The brother of slain Bangladeshi radical leader Sharif Osman Hadi has alleged that a faction within the interim government plotted his brother's killing to disrupt the upcoming general election. A special assistant to the Chief Adviser has resigned following the allegations.
A 28-year-old bike taxi rider has been arrested for allegedly molesting a woman passenger and robbing her after diverting the route towards a secluded stretch in east Delhi, police said on Tuesday.
Security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir are facing a new threat from 'bedroom jihadis' who use social media to spread misinformation and incite communal discord. These individuals, operating from their homes, are part of a sophisticated cross-border effort to destabilize the region by disseminating inflammatory content and propaganda.
The Indian squad, which is expected to comprise 16 members, will be one of the trickiest ones in recent times as there is a debate around who the new captain should be.
A seven-year-old boy who was kidnapped from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, over 30 years ago has been reunited with his family. Raju, now 38, was abducted in September 1993 and taken to Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, where he was forced to tend sheep and goats. He was eventually found by a Sikh businessman who helped him return to Ghaziabad. After three decades of uncertainty, Raju's family was finally reunited with him.
Gagan Khoda struck 107 to help Rajasthan reach 347 for 8 on Day 3 against Hyderabad.
The opener was unbeaten on 145 as Central ended day one of the Duleep Trophy match against West on 227 for 2.
BCCI's national selection panel is set to shrink in the wake of Supreme Court's order to implement the Lodha Committee reforms and both Gagan Khoda and Jatin Paranjpe will have to leave as they don't conform to the set norms.
The discarded India opener scored 86 before Rajasthan slumped to 205 for 6 against Bengal on day 1 of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match.\n\n
Under fire due to a stinging status report filed by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice RM Lodha Committee, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is likely to remove senior national selectors Gagan Khoda and Jatin Paranjpe when the members meet for SGM this Friday.
Jatin Paranjpe and Gagan Khoda are set to be removed from the BCCI senior selection panel after the Board was clearly told to trim to the panel to three members in place of five, as recommended by the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee.
A day after a man was arrested in Ghaziabad for allegedly posing as the long-lost son of two different families -- one in Ghaziabad and another in Uttarakhand, police on Saturday said the accused duped at least seven more families in other states using the same story.
Along with the senior selection committee, the entire women's selection panel will be overhauled
Six weather stations across Delhi recorded over 100 mm of rain in a single day, the India meteorological department (IMD) said on Thursday, categorising it as an "extremely intense spell".
Khoda hurt at not being given chance to defend himself
When DDCA secretary Verma was contacted, he said that there hasn't been any wrong selections.
Former India players Gagan Khoda and M S K Prasad were named as the new national selectors at the Board of Control for Cricket India's annual general meeting, in Mumbai, on Monday.
The Delhi and Districts Cricket Association sacked its senior selection committee, comprising former National selector Gagan Khoda, Mayank Sidhana and Anil Bhardwaj, on Thursday after the state team was decimated by Saurashtra in a Ranji Trophy group league game.
A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi dimissed the plea challenging the decision of the Lakshadweep administration and said courts cannot intervene in administrative decisions.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on Lakshadweep Administrator Praful Khoda Patel's policies which have angered and upset the majority Muslim population of the Union Territory.
The Kerala high court on Tuesday stayed the operation of two recent orders of the Lakshadweep administration--to close down dairy farms and remove meat products, including chicken from the menu of midday meals for school children.
The visuals on social media also showed huge traffic on the National Highway-24 and Sarai Kale Khan where vehicles were crawling. Water from the overflowing Yamuna river reached ITO, a key route to commute from east Delhi to central Delhi and Connaught Place.
'The IPL should form the selection basis for the T20 team and at the most the ODI team.'
The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed a plea against administrative reforms being implemented in Lakshadweep.
The complainant had in the statement claimed that Sultana spread false news about the spread of Covid-19 in the Union Territory during a debate on a Malayalam TV channel.
Official sources said the administration modified the school timings and regular school activities to ensure "optimum utilization of resources, proper engagement of learners and necessary planning of teaching learning process".
Suyash battles through Delhi cricket politics to shine in IPL
'The home minister of India has given his assurance to the MP of Lakshadweep.'
Lakshadweep has been witnessing a series of protests by residents for the past few weeks against Administrator Praful Khoda Patels decision to implement reform measures in the islands.
Venkatesh Prasad and Sunil Joshi were on Tuesday shortlisted along with three others for the national selectors' job. Agarkar not being shortlisted also is an indicator that the Board is likely to stick to the existing zonal policy for the national selectors.
Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly said the two replacements in the selection panel will be picked by the end of this month.
'Lakshadweep has some of the nicest people I've met. They do not deserve this.'
The CAC's immediate task is picking replacements for outgoing selectors MSK Prasad and Gagan Khoda.
Behind this never-say-die attitude of the BJP is probably the calculation of the Roman emperors that if bread is scarce, give the people circus, observes Amulya Ganguli.
Sunil Joshi replaced MSK Prasad (South Zone), who had an extended run after completing his four-year tenure. Joshi's selection from South Zone and Harvinder getting picked from Central Zone also shows that the Board has stuck with the zonal policy.
The Lakshadweep administration, which is under attack from the Opposition for its changes, on Thursday said it was laying the foundation for the future of islands in a planned way and to develop it on the lines of Maldives in two decades.
The selection committee, headed by MSK Prasad, is nowhere close to completing its tenure as per the new BCCI constitution, but new Board president Sourav Ganguly will decide whether the panel will complete the mandated five years in office.
Given Narendra Modi's trust in him, Praful Khoda Patel is unlikely to back down in Lakshadweep.
Vijay Rupani, the fourth chief minister to demit office in BJP-ruled states during the coronavirus pandemic, was sworn in as chief minister -- his second stint as CM -- in December 2017.
Last year, Prasad was appointed as selector in place of Roger Binny from South Zone.
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