Justice is more imp than Asian Games, says Bajrang Punia

First India Bureau New Delhi: Olympic bronze medalist Bajrang Punia announced that getting justice is more important than the Asian Games at the moment in a media interaction at the ongoing wrestler’s protest here on Sunday.

The protesting wrestlers on Sunday also accused the media of helping WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh more than the players, saying the newspersons should not give him the platform to speak. P5

COCKPIT ENTRY INCIDENT DGCA issues notices to Air India CEO, head of flight safety

THEIR MOTIVE IS JUST POLITICS AND NOT MY RESIGNATION: SINGH

WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment by wrestlers, on Sunday slammed athletes for their protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar and said that their motive is politics and not his resignation. He alleged that those who have levelled allegations against him belong to an akhada whose patron is Cong MP Deepender Hooda.

First India Bureau New Delhi: DGCA, on Sunday issued a show cause notice to Air India CEO Campbell Wilson and Head of Safety, Security and Quality Functions Henry Donohoe for the airline’s lapses in reporting about incident of a pilot allowing a female friend inside cockpit during a Dubai-Delhi flight on February 27.

There was a delay in investigating the incident. Both the executives have been given 15 days to respond to the show cause notices.

—DGCA official

SATWIK-CHIRAG MAKE HISTORY!

1ST INDIANS TO BECOME ASIAN CHAMPS IN 58 YRS

Badminton players Chirag and Satwiksairaj pose for photos after winning the gold medal in men’s doubles at Badminton Asia Championships 2023, in Dubai, Sunday.

Star doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty rewrote Indian badminton’s history books on Sunday, becoming the first from the country after Dinesh Khanna to be crowned champions at the Badminton Asia Championships. It was India's first gold medal at the continental tournament in 58 years.

Neighbour booked for raping woman at knife point

First India Bureau Jaipur: A 33-year-old woman has filed a case of rape against her neighbour in the Gandhi Nagar police station. The accused neighbour, who came home on the pretext of meeting her husband, raped her at knife point. Police said that in the complaint, the woman wrote the accused neighbour raped her at knifepoint. He then blackmailed the woman by making obscene videos and extorting money. Distressed by this, the woman narrated her ordeal to her husband. On Saturday, the woman lodged a report against the accused neighbour at the Gandhi Nagar police station.