Jalandhar : Goraya resident Reena (34) returned home today after a harrowing time in Saudi Arabia, where she was underpaid and tortured by her employers. Her return was facilitated by the External Affairs Ministry after her video, in which she appealed to AAP MP Bhagwant Mann to rescue her, went viral. Talking to The Tribune, […]
Istanbul : Turkey’s legendary triple Olympics gold medallist weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, the diminutive “pocket Hercules,” has died aged 50, state media said. Suleymanoglu, only 1.47m (4.8 feet) tall, scored a historic hat-trick of consecutive Olympics titles starting in Seoul in 1988 then Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta in 1996. The Bulgarian-born Suleymanoglu, who had in […]
Kolkata : Despite play starting 15 minutes earlier than the scheduled start, only 72-odd overs were bowled today. It’s very odd — on a perfect day for cricket, the spectators were short-changed by 18 overs. The reason is simple: It’s quite gloomy by 4.30pm, and pitch-dark by 5.15pm. Someone needs to remind the BCCI/ICC that […]
Sushil Manav in Chandigarh There are layers of factors for the worst state of pollution that we saw early this month. If one factor is stubble burning, the other is political and administrative inaction. Caught in between are farmers and common citizens who are left at the mercy of weather It was a better day, […]