'Before Maradona and the 1986 World Cup people were mostly fans of Brazil, but Maradona after the 1986 World Cup divided Kolkata in two halves.'
All-rounder Krunal Pandya tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the postponement of Tuesday's second T20 International between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo.
The BCCI has said that the tri-series in Sri Lanka will go on as planned.
Kerala top the list of state-wise break-up of repatriation requests with 25,246, followed by 6,617 from Tamil Nadu and 4,341 from Maharashtra. A total of 3,715 people from Uttar Pradesh requested for evacuation, 3,320 from Rajasthan, 2,796 from Telangana and, 2,786 from Karnataka.
The Panama registered tanker New Diamond was carrying 270,000 metric tonnes of crude oil from Kuwait to India when its engine room caught fire off the coast of Sangamankanda in the eastern district of Ampara, Sri Lankan Navy spokesman Capt Indika Silva said.
The Indian Coast Guard has seized 1,500 kg of heroin.
The navy said that so far the 270,000 metric tonnes of crude oil it was carrying had not been affected by the fire.
The properties overseas include two luxury hotels - one in New York and one in London - two residential apartments in London valued at 15 million each, and a yacht stationed in the UK. In India, Kapoor's six bungalows in Delhi's upscale localities, including Jor Bagh, Hauz Khas, and Kautilya Marg, were also identified.
ED attached 21 properties of Nirav Modi and his group worth over Rs 523 crore.
Reader Jitendra Dhulekar sent us this picture from Sri Lanka.
The pattern is invariably the same: One targetted killing followed by a retaliatory attack; and then the dam bursts. Violence gets unleashed. And it has been no different this time, says Nitin Gokhale who has reported on major ethnic/communal riots across Assam over the last three decades
The accident occurred around 11.25 am at Visakhapatnam Port Trust's Single Point Mooring Terminal, where crude and oil supplies are handled.
The Coast Guard has deployed ships and aircraft to enhance surveillance and vigil along the coast amidst tensions between Pakistan and India.
It looks unlikely that a proper plan was in place or else the deaths could have been averted, reports Jyoti Mukul.
There seems to be no respite for YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy as the Andhra Pradesh high court on Wednesday rejected his bail plea in the disproportionate assets case.
Although the Malabar is a routine exercise which has been carried out for several years now, security experts attach a lot of traction to it in view of China's assertive behaviour in the South China Sea, observes Rup Narayan Das.
An oil leak was on Sunday reported from the Panama-flagged cargo vessel MV Rak which sank off the city coast earlier this week due to ingress of water in the cargo hull, officials said.
'The Indian Navy has sufficient combat power in areas of interest to India that can quickly scale up operations if the need arises.' 'This includes all the choke points leading into the Indian Ocean as also areas within.'
They said stranded Indians in central Asia as well as in various European countries will be brought back home in the second phase of evacuation beginning May 15.
Reader Manish Jain sent us a photograph of Sachin Tendulkar.
Residents mourn as the bodies of Bali bombers Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron arrive in their hometown of Tenggulun in East Java, Indonesia.
Adinetha is a film in sync with the current political scenario. It's a tad preachy, lengthy and utopian to watch. Jagapathi Babu carries the film on his shoulders.
Reader Dr.Yadunandan T V sent us these pictures from Colombo.
For instance, in the last quarter of the previous financial year, Emaar MGF sold 650 flats, priced at Rs 48-80 lakhs (Rs 4.8-8 million), in its Gurgaon project within a day of launch.
Director Samudra does not experiment with the script. He makes a frame-to-frame copy of the Tamil film Sivakasi. Even the wardrobe of the lead couple, the dialogues and music is the same.
Angry man Rajasekhar returns, this time round to cleanse the political system in his latest film Evadaithe Naakenti.
Officials said the Enforcement Directorate along with the Central Bureau of Investigation launched fresh searches on March 22 at the Samudra Mahal luxury residential flats of Modi in Mumbai's Worli area which resulted in the recovery of fresh valuables.
People across India and Nepal on Monday celebrated Mahashivratri with devotion and religious fervor.
Dr Rajasekhar is excited about the censor board's response to his latest film.
The commissioning of these ships is of great significance for the Coast Guard, that is the nodal agency for oil spill response in India's Exclusive Economic Zone under the National Oil Disaster Contingency Plan.
There is no word yet on the progress of rescue operations for the accommodation barge SS-3 and the Sagar Bhushan oil rig.
An Indian sailor was feared dead while 22 others were rescued from a burning but empty Indian-owned oil tanker off the Malaysian coast on Monday.
The visitors discovered that some of the players' money and apparels were stolen from right under their nose in Colombo.\n
Indian cricketers will be accorded high level security during the Asia Cup tournament in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of a suicide bombing attack in Colombo.
From the Gulf countries to Malaysia and the UK to the US, the multi-agency operation christened 'Vande Bharat Mission' will see the state-owned AI operate 64 flights till May 13 in the first phase to ferry around 15,000 Indian nationals from 12 countries.
'Should the government be in the business of running banks?' 'Particularly when it does not have the fiscal strength to continuously infuse capital into such banks?'
The Shiv Sena on Saturday said that Narendra Modi's "toilets first, temples later" remark show that the Bharatiya Janata Party is not in touch with the views of its prime ministerial candidate.
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