BAI handed the cash prize of Rs one crore to the Indian team and Rs 20 lakh to the support staff after their arrival in the country, in a city hotel here on Saturday night.
Aakarshi Kashyap and Priyanshu Rajawat are set to be picked for the upcoming Commonwealth Games and Asian Games respectively after emerging as winners in women's and men's singles at Badminton Association of India's (BAI) selection trials here on Wednesday.
Kiran George will challenge Priyanshu Rajawat for the top spot in men's singles, while Aakarshi Kashyap will clash with Ashmita Chaliha to decide the women's singles winner in the BAI's national selection trials on Wednesday, April 20.
Sameer Verma pulled out following a back injury as Kiran George and Priyanshu Rajawat remained in contention for the pole position in men's singles
B Sai Praneeth's hopes of making the Indian team for the upcoming major team events were dashed after he failed to top stage 2A group on day 3 of BAI's selection trials.
Saina Nehwal's decision to skip the selection trials for the CWG and the Asian Games could well be the beginning of an end to what has been an illustrious journey in international badminton for more than a decade and half.
Two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Saina Nehwal on Thursday questioned the timing of selection trials and slammed the Badminton Association of India for "putting" her out the two mega sporting events later this year.
Gopichand on Friday filed his nominations for one of the vice-president's post, while Mishra threw his hat in the ring for the general secretary's position. The elections are scheduled to be held on March 25.
Several complaints were received by police stations in the country regarding the listing of Muslim women for "auction" on the 'Bulli Bai' mobile application with photographs sourced without permission and doctored.
Vishal Kumar Jha, Shweta Singh and Mayak Rawat were denied bail by Bandra Metropolitan Court Magistrate Komalsing Raj on January 20, but a detailed report of the order was made available on Friday.
The court rejected the bail application of 'Bulli Bai' app creator noting that a vilification campaign against Muslim women containing derogatory content and offending material having communal overtones was run on this app.
Police officials said there is a possibility about his alleged involvement in the earlier ‘Sulli Deals’ case and that they are investigating the matter.
Mumbai police cyber cell had arrested the two on January 5 from Uttarakhand, and they were brought to Mumbai after their transit remand was procured from a local court there.
An engineering student who is the creator of the 'Bulli Bai' app was arrested by the Delhi Police from Assam. The creator was shown no regret for his action during the interrogation. The app was created to defame women of a particular community.
A team under the supervision of IFSO unit DCP KPS Malhotra, ACP Raman Lamba, Inspector Vijendra and Sub-Inspector Neeraj was constituted to track and apprehend the alleged person.
'Bulli Bai' app which targeted Muslim women by putting up their images online for 'auction'.
Earlier, the police had arrested 1 engineering student Vishal Kumar Jha and one Shweta Singh. According to police, Shweta was mastermind behind the controversy.
The main accused woman was handling three accounts related to 'Bulli Bai' app, the Mumbai Police said.
The Minister said that the government was taking strict action on the issue and said that such targeting of women was unacceptable. "It was a cyber communal conspiracy against the country's composite culture and it will not succeed. Strict action is being taken against criminals behind it. Their communal conspiracy will be exposed at earliest," Naqvi said.
Terming the matter "serious", Delhi Minorities Commission earlier issued a notice to city police chief Rakesh Asthana seeking an action-taken report on January 10. It said the interests of Muslim women need to be safeguarded by nabbing the culprits.
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