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Rahman emerges sole leaderCalcutta: Top seed Bangladeshi IM Zia-ur-Rahman emerged the sole leader with 7.5 points after the 9th round of ...

Rahman emerges sole leader
Calcutta: Top seed Bangladeshi IM Zia-ur-Rahman emerged the sole leader with 7.5 points after the 9th round of the Millenium International Open chess tournament. Rahman outplayed erstwhile joint leader DK Muralikrishnan in 38 moves.

Other results (9th round): Rahul Shetty (7) bt IM P Mithrakant, Nassir Wajih (7) drew with IM K Murugan (7), TV Karthikeyan drew with SS Ganguly (7), Shawkat Hossain lost to DK Sharma, Enamul Hosssain bt Sandipan Chanda, K Visheswaran drew with CS Gokhale, S Satyapragyan drew with Shankar Roy

Maharashtra in final
Chennai: Holders Tamil Nadu will meet Maharashtra in the final of the Central Revenue Sports Control Board second Inter-state volleyball tournament on Tuesday. In the semi-finals, Maharashtra beat Andhra Pradesh 22-25 17-25 25-20 28-26 15-11 while Tamil Nadu defeated Delhi 25-19 25-18 25-22.

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Seeds advance
Vijayawada: All seeded players in the Mini boys singles entered the second round on the opening day of the13th Mini/Sub-junior National badminton championship.

Results: Sub-junior boys: Rohan Castelino (Ktk) bt Jaideep Sarviya (Guj) 15-8, 15-2; B Vikas Reddy (AP) bt Mukul Thapa (UP) 15-6, 15-9; Vineet Manuel (Ker) bt Premkumar (Bih) 15-6, 15-2; Utsav Prkash (Ktk) bt Mayank Behl (Pun) 16-17, 15-0, 15-3. Mini: T Dinesh (AP) bt Datta Prasad Sakanth (Goa) 15-2, 15-4; Ashutosh Pant (UP) bt Suranjam Bhobare (Asm) 15-3, 15-1; P Kashyap (Ktk) bt Renu Chkravarty (Tpr) 15-1, 15-2; Anshuman Hazarika (Asm) bt Gautam (Ker) 15-0, 15-1; Ajay Jayram (Mah) bt Alexusviyaj (Pon) 15-0, 15-0; Anand Pawar (Mah) bt Vasho Vardan 15-1, 15-1; Rohi Sadani (Mah) bt Rohul Dey (Asm) 15-1, 15-1; Amit Khadgi (Mah) bt Akash Shah (Guj) 15-0, 15-1.Mini girls: Krishna Deka Raj (Asm) bt Nandini (HP) 11-1, 11-0; Shipi Kankane (Mah) bt Ch Sivarani Devi (Mnp) 11-0, 11-0; Vaidehi Dave (Guj) bt Kawleen Sehtal (Raj) 11-3, 11-5; Charu Bajaj (UP) bt Vanisha Kalhotra (JK) 13-10, 11-7.

Chief Justice of India B R Gavai shoe attack: Parties unite to slam ‘attack on democracy’

Shoe thrown at Chief Justice Gavai: Parties unite to slam ‘attack on democracy’

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PM Modi and other leaders condemned the shoe-throwing incident at the Supreme Court, calling it an attack on democracy. The lawyer responsible, Rakesh Kishore, claimed the CJI's remarks insulted "sanatan dharma." The incident was condemned by leaders across party lines, with many highlighting the Dalit background of the CJI and calling it an assault on the judiciary and the Constitution.

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