Spectacular fireworks bring curtains down on Asiad

The skies lit up with fireworks as an emotional China brought curtains down on biggest Asian Games.

The skies lit up with dazzling fireworks as an emotional China brought the curtains down on the biggest Asian Games in a riot of colour,foot-tapping music and a cultural extravaganza at the Haixinsha Island on the Pearl River here today.

If the opening ceremony held at the same riverside venue on November 12th was high on technical wizardry,the closing was a heart-touching display of warmth by the people of this South China city whose infrastructure has improved remendously as a result of hosting the Games which saw India record their best-ever medal haul till date.

India finished sixth on the medal rostrum with a record 14 gold,17 silver and 33 bronze for an overall tally of 64,eclipsing their earlier record of 57 medals in the 1982 Asian Games in Delhi.

The police said the trio from Chandigarh — Rohan (21), Sumit (22), and Mohit (19) — were dhol players by profession and had procured the weapons due to an old rivalry with local residents.

Suspecting affair, Odisha lecturer assaults wife and her friend, parades them on street

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A lecturer of Commerce and his associate were arrested for assaulting his wife, garlanding her with slippers and parading her on the road with her male friend. The woman, who has been living separately from her husband, was assaulted and humiliated in public. The incident was recorded and shared on social media. Police have seized evidence and are investigating the matter.

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