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P several minutes near the body. the first Indian to win bad- Ponnappa also won a bronze in The V-P was seen wiping off minton World Championships women’s doubles in 2011 while Om Birla, veteran BJP leader the mortal remains of the party headquarters on Deen tears with a handkerchief. gold by beating arch-rival B Sai Praneeth was the latest to LK Advani, party’s working departed leader were consigned Dayal Upadhyaya Marg from Prime Minister Narendra Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in a join the club as he settled for a ormer Finance Minister president JP Nadda and Union to the flames amid chants of where his last journey began Modi, who is on a foreign lop-sided summit clash here. bronze in the men’s singles in FArun Jaitley was cremated Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman, “Arun Jaitley amar rahen”. and the mortal remains were visit, had on Saturday paid an The Olympic silver-medal- this edition on Saturday. at the Nigambodh Ghat with Harshvardhan, Smriti Irani and Earlier, the top leaders taken to the Nigambodh Ghat emotional tribute to Jaitley, L list won 21-7, 21-7 in the final Sindhu, who has also won full State honours on Sunday. Anurag Thakur paid their last from across the political spec- for cremation. saying he cannot imagine that "# that lasted just 38 minutes. a silver each in the 2018 A host of dignitaries, including respects. Chief Ministers of trum and hundreds of his A huge crowd gathered at he was far away from India in ""# % Two years after being Commonwealth Games and Vice-President Venkaiah Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, admirers and party workers the cremation site along the Bahrain while his “dear friend” robbed off the gold by Okuhara 2018 Asian Games, was a in Naidu, Defence Minister Karnataka, Gujarat, Bihar and gathered at the departed banks of the Yamuna to bid and party colleague passed ""#'("' in an epic 110-minute final at different class on Sunday as she Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Delhi were among the digni- leader’s residence at Kailash final farewell to the 66-year-old away in New Delhi. (' (#*( Glasgow that was considered as towered over her Japanese Amit Shah, Lok Sabha Speaker taries who were present when Colony in the morning and at BJP stalwart who passed away Continued on Page 4 one of the greatest battles in opponent in all departments of badminton history, Sindhu the game. finally exorcised the ghost of The fifth seeded Indian, that heart-wrenching loss with who enjoyed a 8-7 head-to- a completely dominating win head lead over third seeded over the same opponent. Okuhara ahead of Sunday’s “Last time, I lost in the contest, was simply unstop- final, before that also I lost in pable as she dished out an the final, so it is a very impor- attacking game right from the cy of backing cross-border ter- The two countries agreed tant win for me. I want to thank start to race to 8-1 lead. rorism and its support to ter- to focus on enhancing coop- the crowd for supporting me. The Indian targeted the n a veiled attack on Pakistan, ror groups on its soil. eration in energy, covering the I won it for my country and I deep corners and unleashed IIndia and Bahrain on Sunday During Modi’s visit to areas of joint exploration and am very proud being an her big smashes to gather called on the international Bahrain, the first by an Indian training of human resources. Indian,” Sindhu said. points at will. community to reject the use of PM, that concluded on Sunday, The two leaders agreed to “A big thanks to my coach A precise net shot helped terrorism against other coun- the two sides also discussed enhance cooperation to Kim and Gopi sir and my sup- Okuhara to snap Sindhu’s run tries as both sides agreed to ways and means to further pro- strengthen maritime security porting staff and I dedicate this of straight eight points but the further enhance cooperation in mote cooperation in in the Gulf region, vital for the win to my mom, it’s her birth- Indian quickly got the control the field of security and cyber security, including security and safety of sea lanes. day today,” she added. back when Okuhara went wide counter-terrorism. prevention of use of cyber The two sides underlined It was third time lucky for and then unleashed two good- A joint statement, issued space for terrorism, radicali- the importance of enhancing Sindhu, who had lost to looking smashes to enter the after Prime Minister Narendra sation and for disturbing social high-level political exchanges, Okuhara and Carolina Marin break with a massive 11-2 lead. Modi held talks with King harmony. defence and higher education of Spain respectively in the Okuhara tried to step up Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and The leaders also noted the cooperation, trade and eco- 2017 and 2018 finals to settle the pace but an alert Sindhu Prince and Prime Minister “need for concerted action by nomic relations and people-to- for a silver twice. was up to the task. Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa the international community people linkages. With her fifth medal of the The Indian targeted during his two-day visit to against terrorism” and “under- The leaders also noted the World Championships, the 24- Okuhara’s forehand corner to Bahrain, said the two sides lined the importance of com- increasing trend of bilateral year-old Indian was already one take two more points. exchanged views on bilateral, prehensive sanctioning of ter- trade and existing potential for of the greatest ever women’s Sindhu used her height to regional and multilateral issues rorists and their organisations two-way investments and reaf- singles players in the showpiece produce those attacking clears of mutual interest during the by the UN”. firmed their desire to provide event’s history. She had won a which Okuhara could not meetings. They also said that region- favourable environments for bronze each in the 2013 and negotiate. At 16-2, Sindhu “Both sides called on all al connectivity projects should trade and investments. 2014 editions. committed a couple of states to reject the use of ter- be based on international law, India also welcomed the Sindhu is now the joint unforced errors before again rorism against other coun- including respect for sover- interest of Bahrain to join the highest medal winner in taking control of the match. tries; dismantle terrorism infra- eignty and territorial integrity International Solar alliance women’s singles in the World Sindhu eventually grabbed structures where they happen of states, in an apparent refer- (ISA), recognising the impor- ! % % % RuPay card in the Gulf Championships history with as many as 13 game points to exist and to cut off any kind ence to China’s push for its Belt tance of it as international inter- % % ./ ) !,- Kingdom, it said. former Olympic champion when Okuhara went long and of support and financing to the and Road Initiative (BRI). governmental organisation, During the official meet- Zhang Ning of China who has she sealed the first game with terrorists perpetrating terror- During the meetings, the which has become an effective of its membership, to make it statement said. ings, the two sides also under- won an identical 1 gold, a body blow which her rival ism from all territories against two sides also noted the platform to facilitate the deploy- more representative and effec- An MoU was also signed lined their close bilateral ties, 2 silver and 2 bronze between sent out. other states; and bring perpe- increasing trend of bilateral ment of solar energy. tive in tackling global chal- between BENEFIT, a deep-rooted in shared history 2001 and 2007. In the second game, trators of acts of terrorism to trade and existing potential for Both the sides also empha- lenges. Bahrain company handling and cultural affinities, sus- Prakash Padukone became Sindhu continued her ram- justice,” the statement said two-way investments and reaf- sised on the urgent need to The two countries also ATM and POS transactions tained and nourished through the first Indian to win a medal paging form, grabbing two without naming any country.