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WFI invites Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat & Sakshee Malikkh to national trials on 10-11 March

PTI -
United World Wrestling (UWW) lifted suspension on WFI on condition that the federation does not discriminate against protesting wrestlers.

Delhi Police urges court to frame charges against Brij Bhushan in sexual harassment case

PTI -
Delhi Police had filed chargesheet against BJP MP and former WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh last June. Court to hear matter next on 20 January.

Sakshee Malikkh slams junior wrestlers for their protest. ‘They’re running propaganda for Brij Bhushan’

ANI -
Young wrestlers protested against veteran grapplers Malikkh, Bajrang Punia & Vinesh Phogat, accusing them of disrupting wrestling activities & jeopardising future of children in the sport.

‘Govt must gauge delicacy of situation, foster trust in Kashmir’ — Urdu press on Poonch civilian deaths

Heena Fatima -
ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Indian men’s cricket is cracking in post-Kohli-Shastri era. The team has lost its killer instinct

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues.

WFI suspension: Indian Olympic Association forms 3-member panel to run wrestling body

ThePrint Team -
Sports ministry suspended Wrestling Federation of India's executive body Sunday, three days after Sanjay Singh, a close aide of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, was elected its president.

After sports ministry suspends WFI, ex-chief & BJP MP Brij Bhushan says ‘severed ties with wrestling’

ANI -
The BJP MP also said that his upcoming meeting with Union Home Minister Amit has nothing to do with the matter.

Indian women’s Test cricket win over Australia is an inevitable toppling of the first domino

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues.

WFI chief Sanjay Singh says will talk to govt, seek revocation of suspension

Amanpreet Singh -
The Sports Ministry on Sunday suspended the newly-elected WFI for not following due procedure while announcing the dates for the U15 and U20 National Championships in Gonda, UP.

Citing ‘influence of ex-office bearers’, govt suspends newly elected WFI body, ad-hoc panel to take over

Shubhangi Misra -
Sports ministry says in letter to IOA that it took note of ‘compelling situation arising out of (continuing) influence & control of former office bearers’ on working of WFI.
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Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

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If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

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Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

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New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

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We were given free hand, no restrictions placed on us: IAF chief on Op Sindoor

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New Delhi: Indian Air Force chief Air Marshal A.P. Singh Saturday made it clear that there were no restrictions imposed by the political class...

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

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Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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