Hours after the Sunday night's tragic stampede in Allahabad, which claimed 36 lives and left 30 injured, Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minster Azam Khan stepped down as the chairman of the Kumbh Mela committee.
Terming the money spent on building the Taj Mahal as "unjustified", Uttar Pradesh's Urban Development minister Azam Khan said that he would have led the mob had they decided to bring it down.
Star batter Virat Kohli, who is the second leading run-getter in the World Cup with 354 runs after five matches, has improved three spots to be on joint fifth spot with Aussie left-handed opener David Warner (up two spots).
Australian opener David Warner called time on a legendary ODI career on Monday. A look at his ODI career in numbers.
Lahore Qalandars took to Twitter and shared the pictures from Shaheen's wedding ceremony.
The left-handed batter walked in at number five, with Men in Blue in trouble at 66/4 in 14.1 overs in India's Asia Cup opener against Pakistan in Pallekele on Sunday.
Rohit Sharma jumped five places to sixth in the ICC ODI ranking for batters.
Babar Azam's side had been in charge after claiming a handy first-innings lead of 149 in the first match of the two-Test series.
Misbah said in a TV interview that despite the advice from him and Mohammad Hafeez, PCB chose to not have a relook at Pakistan's spin attack.
Pakistan team director Mickey Arthur feels the "boys" of 2019 batch have become grown up men four years later and promised an aggressive brand of cricket from them over the course of the ODI World Cup.
A group of fans shouted 'Jai Shri Ram' (Hail Lord Ram) multiple times when Rizwan was walking back to the pavilion after being dismissed by pacer Jasprit Bumrah.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal may not have succeeded in getting the two policemen shifted for allegedly patronising a drug racket. But in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, theft of seven buffaloes belonging to state's powerful minister Azam Khan led the authorities to promptly punish three cops.
The Pakistan cricket team arrived in Hyderabad on Wednesday, its first visit to India in seven years, to compete in the ODI World Cup beginning on October 5.
BJP members took strong exception to the comments and rushed to the well demanding that the speaker expunge the "derogatory words" from the proceedings.
Miffed over his removal as minister in-charge of Meerut, Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has shot off a letter to Akhilesh Yadav, stating that the Uttar Pradesh chief minister could remove him from the state cabinet if he was found unfit to be a minister. Terming his removal as minister in-charge of Meerut as "improper", Khan on Thursday admitted writing a letter to the UP chief minister, but denied that he has offered to quit.
However, confusion remained in the Pakistan camp over the grant of visa.
IMAGEs from the World Cup match between Pakistan and New Zealand played at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday
Akram had lambasted the team for being lethargic on the field after their loss to Afghanistan. In a post-match show on Pakistan based A Sports channel, Akram said it looks like the team has been eating kilos of meat every day.
Irfan Pathan took a hilarious dig at the Pakistan cricket team after their Asia Cup group stage clash
Shafique and Salman pummel Sri Lanka, Pakistan eye series sweep
Young Ishan Kishan along with Hardik Pandya pulled the Indian team out of a tough situation to register a record stand against Pakistan during their Asia Cup encounter on Saturday.
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Friday held mobile phones responsible for rape of minors saying misuse of these gadgets by the younger generation has led to an alarming rise in such cases.
Dominant Pakistan took charge of the second Test against Sri Lanka after bundling out the hosts in two sessions for a paltry 166.
Australia head coach Andrew McDonald said the hosts would field their strongest side against Pakistan, which means a welcome return for spinner Nathan Lyon, who will chase his 500th Test wicket after injury ruled him out of the last three matches of the Ashes.
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam said the massive 238-run win over Nepal in the Asia Cup opener will give his side confidence.
During the Multan Test between Pakistan and England, which ended with an unlikely English win on Monday evening, banners inviting Virat Kohli to the country has gone viral on social media.
Shadab Khan doesn't shy away from expressing his love for Bollywood movies and local food.
Some sort of VIP culture exists everywhere. India's, however, is unique in its pervasiveness and its arrogance. And, while unique, it isn't really something that can be exported.
'With Agha (Salman), Shadab (Khan) and (Mohammad) Nawaz, we have enough power-hitting to improvise. It's just a matter of giving them confidence.'
Bypolls to one Lok Sabha and four assembly seats across four states will be held on May 10 along with the Karnataka assembly polls, the Election Commission announced on Wednesday.
Pakistan tailender Naseem Shah cut down Afghanistan's Fazalhaq Farooqi in the final over of a cliff-hanger once again on Thursday.
Mohammed Nabi's superb all-round show helped Afghanistan beat Pakistan for the first time in T20 Internationals in Sharjah on Friday.
Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minister Azam Khan, who shot into the spotlight for making a lot of hue and cry over his frisking by US security officials at Boston airport last week, is now off to South Africa,.
Discredited and ousted Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh was understood to be behind the protest demonstrations at a function organised by Uttar Pradesh Urban Development and Minorities Welfare Minister Azam Khan on his home-ground, Rampur on Monday.
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Thursday invited rebel Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh to join his party saying that its doors were open for him.
A total of 33 members of the Pakistan contingent, including players, three travelling reserves and team officials, are awaiting their visas.
Meanwhile, the sports ministry has asked the PCB not to offer a long-term contract to its incumbent director of cricket Mohammad Hafeez yet, who came into the role after the 50-overs World Cup last year.
Indian batters Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan made significant improvements in the latest ICC ODI Rankings for men's batters after their impressive performances in the ongoing Asia Cup 2023.
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