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Greg Barclay gets second term as ICC chairman, Jay Shah to head F&CA committee
Melbourne: New Zealand’s Greg Barclay was on Saturday unanimously re-elected as chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) for a second two-year term. Besides Barclay’s re-election, BCCI secretary Jay Shah was elected…
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All party meet ‘rejects’ Constitutional Amendment providing 10% quota to EWS
Chennai: An all Legislative party meeting chaired by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday said it “rejected” the 103rd Constitutional Amendment providing 10 per cent EWS quota by the…
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Taliban bans Afghan women from entering parks and gyms
Despite the promises and reassurances made by the Taliban after it took control of the country in August 2021, regarding the way women should be treated and their rights preserved, its decisions prove the…
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Lingayat Mutt sex scandal gets intriguing; victim’s mother arrested
Chitradurga: Karnataka Police have arrested the mother of the minor victim in second POCSO case against Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru. The arrest has been made in a case alleging conspiracy against…
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Shiv Sena (UBT) unfazed as MP joins Shinde side
Mumbai: Five months after the erstwhile Shiv Sena split vertically, hardcore Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Gajanan Kirtikar abruptly switched over to the Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. However,…
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Telangana wants ‘people first’ politics, not ‘family first’: Modi attacks TRS
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that workers of the Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) heavily inspire him as they are fighting a ‘war’ against an ‘oppressive’ state government. “People…
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Gujarat: BJP MLA who called Bilkis Bano’s rapists ‘sanskari’ handed Godhra ticket
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Chandrasinh Raulji, who labelled Bilkis Bano’s rapists as sanskari was on Friday given a ticket to contest assembly elections from Godhra. It is to be noted that…
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US President Biden, Egypt’s Sisi discuss regional, int’l issues
Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his visiting US counterpart Joe Biden discussed a number of regional and international issues, the Egyptian Presidency said in a statement. Meeting on the sidelines of…
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BJP should make Sukesh Chandrashekhar its national president: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the BJP should make conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar its national president as he was speaking the same language as the saffron party. During…
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Telangana: Students rag junior; booked for attempt to murder after video surfaces
Hyderabad: The Shankarpally police on Friday booked a group of students for allegedly ragging a student at IBS College Shankerpally Mandal in Ranga Reddy district. The accused were also booked for attempt…
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Gujarat polls: Daughter of 2002 post-Godhra Naroda Patiya riots case convict gets BJP ticket
Ahmedabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded the daughter of a 2002 post-Godhra Naroda Patiya massacre case convict from Naroda seat of Ahmedabad for the upcoming Assembly elections. Payal Kukrani (30),…
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Car hits milk tanker near Chittoor killing 2-yr-old, parents from Bengaluru
A young couple and their two-year-old perished on the road after the vehicle they were riding in collided with a milk truck on the Tirupati-Bengaluru national highway close to Kanipakam town, 10…
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Kerala: Guv-govt spat to intensify as assembly session likely in Dec
Thiruvananthapuram: The spat between Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and the Pinarayi Vijayan government is likley to worsen with the CPI-M planning to convene the state Assembly next month. By calling for…
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It is just small chunk of flesh, says Lalu’s daughter who decides to donate her kidney to RJD chief
Patna; It is just a small chunk of flesh, said Rohini Acharya, RJD president Lalu Prasad’s Singapore-based daughter, about her decision to donate a kidney to her ailing septuagenarian father. In her…
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Pakistani rupee suffers decline after upward trend
Islamabad: The Pakistani rupee (PKR) has suffered a decline following an upward trend in the last three consecutive sessions, according to the central bank. On Friday, the greenback was traded at 221.64…
