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Indian Express
4 hours ago
- Sport
- Indian Express
India win six gold on day two to dominate Taiwan Open athletics
The Indian contingent won as many as six gold medals, including double podium finishes in women's 800m final and long jump competition, on the second and final day of Taiwan Open international athletics championship here on Sunday. Three-time national champion Vithya Ramraj, Rohit Yadav, Pooja, Krishan Kumar and Annu Rani won the gold medal in their respective events in an impressive outing by the Indian contingent. Also winning gold was the team of Santosh T, Vishal TK, Dharamveer Chaudhary, and Manu TS, the quartet finishing on top of the podium in the men's 4x400m event with a championship record of 3:05.58s to sign off the country's successful campaign on a positive note. Yashas Palaksha rallied to win silver in the men's 400m hurdles with a personal best timing of 42.22s, the result giving a big boost to his confidence after missing out on the 2025 Asian Championships. Vithya clocked 56.53s to strike gold in the women's 400m hurdles event, her third best time of the year helping the athlete to gain some useful ranking points for the upcoming World Championships. The athlete from Tamil Nadu competes in 400 metres hurdles, 400 metres and 4×400 metres relay. Before this, she had clocked 56.04s in the Federation Cup final and 56.46s in the Asian Championship final. Rohit could not breach the 75m mark in the men's javelin throw competition but a best throw of 74.42m was enough for him to claim gold in the event. Taipei's Huang Shih-Feng won silver with a throw of 74.04m, while his compatriot Cheng Chao-Tsun was third with an effort of 73.95m. Pooja won the women's 800m final with a championship record time of 2:02.79s to edge past compatriot Twinkle Chaudhary, who clocked 2:06.96s to clinch silver. Krishan Kumar then came back from behind to win the top prize in the men's 800m final with a time of 1:48.46s, which is also a new championship record. In the women's javelin final later in the day, Annu Rani struck gold after she threw the spear at a distance of 56.82m. The Indian could not improve on her season's best performance but the sub-57 metre throw was enough for her to finish ahead of silver winner Hatarabage Lekamalage (56.82m) of Sri Lanka and Taipei's Pin-Hsun Chu (53.03m). In the women's long jump event, India's Shaili Singh (6.41m) and Ancy Sojan (6.39m) then won the silver and bronze medals respectively, finishing behind Australia's Delta Amidzovski (6.49m), who won the gold medal.
News18
9 hours ago
- Sport
- News18
Taiwan Athletics Open: India Dominate With 5 Gold Medals
Last Updated: India's Rohit Yadav won javelin, Vithya Ramraj won 400m hurdles, Krishan Kumar set a record in 800m at the Taiwan Athletics Open. The Indian team secured five gold medals, including double podium finishes in the women's 800m final and the long jump event, on the second and final day of the Taiwan Open International Athletics Championship on Sunday. Three-time national champion Vithya Ramraj, Rohit Yadav, Pooja, Krishan Kumar, and Annu Rani each won gold in their respective events, marking an impressive performance by the Indian contingent. Yashas Palaksha won silver in the men's 400m hurdles with a personal best time of 42.22s, boosting his confidence after missing the 2025 Asian Championships. Vithya clocked 56.53s to secure gold in the women's 400m hurdles event, her third-best time of the year, earning her valuable ranking points for the upcoming World Championships. The Tamil Nadu athlete competes in the 400m hurdles, 400m, and 4×400m relay. Previously, she had clocked 56.04s in the Federation Cup final and 56.46s in the Asian Championship final. Despite not surpassing the 75m mark in the men's javelin throw, Rohit's best throw of 74.42m was enough to claim gold. Taipei's Huang Shih-Feng won silver with a throw of 74.04m, and Cheng Chao-Tsun took bronze with 73.95m. Pooja won the women's 800m final with a championship record time of 2:02.79, edging out compatriot Twinkle Chaudhary, who took silver with 2:06.96s. Krishan Kumar made a comeback to win gold in the men's 800m final with a championship record time of 1:48.46s. In the women's javelin final, Annu Rani secured gold with a throw of 56.82m. Although it was not her season's best, it was enough to beat Sri Lanka's Hatarabage Lekamalage (56.82m) and Taipei's Pin-Hsun Chu (53.03m). In the women's long jump event, India's Shaili Singh (6.41m) and Ancy Sojan (6.39m) won silver and bronze medals, respectively, finishing behind Australia's Delta Amidzovski, who took gold with a jump of 6.49m. First Published: June 08, 2025, 17:29 IST
Scroll.in
a day ago
- Politics
- Scroll.in
Sambhal violence: Posters with photos of absconding suspects to be displayed in other UP districts
Posters of the absconding persons accused in the Sambhal violence case will be displayed in other districts of Uttar Pradesh, PTI reported. The properties of the persons accused wanted in the matter will also be attached, the news agency quoted Sambhal Superintendent of Police Krishan Kumar as saying on Friday. Kumar added that raids were being conducted at several locations to arrest the persons. The police had in February put up posters with photos of 74 persons suspected to be involved in the violence that erupted in November. The photos were displayed at several spots in Sambhal for residents to identify the persons accused in the matter and help authorities find them. On November 24, violence broke out in Sambhal after a group of Muslims objected to a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Chandausi town. A trial court had ordered the survey in a suit claiming that the mosque had been built in 1526 by Mughal ruler Babar on the site of the 'centuries-old Shri Hari Har Temple dedicated to Lord Kalki'. Five persons were killed in the violence during the survey. In December, the district administration said that posters of those allegedly involved in the violence will be put up on public walls. Additionally, the Uttar Pradesh government had said that it will make those involved in the violence pay for the damage to public property and display their pictures on public walls. The police have registered eight first information reports against 150 persons and 2,500 other unidentified individuals suspected to be involved in the violence. Several persons were arrested for allegedly throwing stones at the police during the violence. In 2020, the Uttar Pradesh government had put up posters of individuals allegedly involved in vandalism during the protests against the contentious Citizen Amendment Act, before the Allahabad High Court forced them to be taken down, The Hindu reported.
Time of India
21-05-2025
- Time of India
56-year-old man arrested in 55L PF fraud case in Jaipur
1 2 Jaipur: City police Tuesday arrested a 56-year-old man for his role in a Rs 55 lakh embezzlement case involving the misuse of Provident Fund (PF) auto-withdrawal system of the state insurance and provident fund department. SHO (Ashok Nagar) Krishan Kumar said that the accused was identified as Mohammad Khurshid , who was posted as a class four employee at an Unani hospital. The case came to light after the joint director of the department filed a written complaint at Ashok Nagar police station on June 27, 2023. The complaint alleged that several officials manipulated the auto-withdrawal mechanism introduced in 2021, which was designed to streamline fund disbursals by allowing employees to apply online using OTP verification linked to their registered mobile numbers. The amount was supposed to be transferred directly to the employee's account without any manual interference. Ahead of this rollout, the department unfroze all PF accounts to allow for reconciliation and record updates predating April 1, 2012. The accused, including a man identified as Sandeep Mathur, allegedly inflated their GPF opening balances as of that date. Using the auto-processing system, they diverted nearly 90% of these inflated amounts into their personal accounts, resulting in substantial losses to the govt exchequer. An FIR was registered under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant), and 120B (criminal conspiracy). Mathur was sent to judicial custody. Two co-accused, identified as Khurshid and Lokesh Meena, remained absconding. The court issued permanent arrest warrants against them, and in view of the gravity of the case, the DCP (South) office announced a cash reward of Rs 15,000 for information leading to the arrest of each fugitive.
Indian Express
17-05-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
Punjab finance secretary raises alarm as revenue from GST, excise dips
Punjab Finance Secretary Krishan Kumar has raised an alarm over revenues from two major resources, including Goods and Services Tax (GST) and excise, dipping in April, and flagged it to the administrative secretaries of the departments concerned. Under its tax revenue, against the collection of Rs 4,534 crore collected last year over the same period, only Rs 3,977 crore could be collected this year, registering a negative growth of 12 per cent. There is a decrease of Rs 525 crore in GST receipts and Rs 228 crore in excise receipts in April 2025 over the previous year. The state was able to collect Rs 1,587 crore in GST in April 2025 compared to a collection of Rs 2,112 crore in April last year, registering a negative growth of 25 per cent. The collection from state excise was Rs 1,093 crore in April last year. This year, there is a collection of Rs 865 crore, registering a negative growth of 21 per cent. Kumar has now written to the excise and taxation departments. Cash-crunched Punjab has been depending on collections from GST and excise in the state. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), after taking over the reins of the state, had recorded a steady increase in collections from GST and excise. It was for the first time that the state's collections from excise crossed the Rs 10,000 crore mark during the last fiscal. The government is looking at further revenue enhancement. However, the April collections have been a dampener at a time when the government is looking at mopping up more revenue. The communication also states that the departments, which were to collect cess under the Punjab State Cancer and Drug Addiction Treatment Infrastructure Fund Act (CADA), 2013, but have not been collecting the due revenue. As a result, the receipt under this Act has been decreasing continuously from Rs 79.09 crore in the 2023-24 financial year to Rs 41.91 crore in 2024-25. The departments concerned that collect CADA are agriculture and farmers welfare, excise and taxation, health and family welfare, housing and urban development, industries and commerce, local government, medical education and research, public works, PIDB, revenue and rehabilitation, rural development and panchayats, social security and development of women and child. The communication also states that an internal audit organisation had conducted an audit of the surcharge of social security, and it was noted that the transport department failed to collect revenue of Rs 13.49 crore under the provisions of the Act. The department did not collect Rs 4.97 crore from commercial vehicles and Rs 8.52 crore from non-commercial vehicles. Also, there was a negative growth of 29 per cent in sale proceeds of maps collected by urban development department, negative growth of 99 per cent from contribution from Employees State Insurance Corporation, and negative growth of 42 per cent in CADA fund by the health department and 53 per cent in cultural heritage, maintenance and development fund. Sources said that Chief Secretary K A P Sinha may call a meeting of the secretaries of the departments concerned and discuss the issue. 'The finance secretary has to be responsible for paying the salaries of the employees at the right time and spend on other expenditures. The state is already cash-crunched. Every leakage has to be plugged,' an official said. A senior government functionary said that the dip in GST collections was due to the Centre recovering Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) worth Rs 859.24 crore. 'Our gross collection was Rs 2,653.77 crore, which was the highest in April compared to previous years. We kept urging the Centre not to deduct the entire amount at once. We had requested them to deduct about Rs 100 crore every month. However, we lost Rs 1,057 crore for less refund and recovery of IGST. That is why this is showing a dip in the net collections,' he said. He added that the recovery of Rs 859.24 crore has been affected by the Goods and Services Tax Council from Punjab. This recovery has been done from all the states due to the negative balance in the IGST ledger as decided in the 55th GST council meeting held in December 2024.
