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Yediyurappa’s House Attacked in K’taka During Banjara Community Protest Over Reservation, Sec 144 Imposed

Afghanistan clinch first-ever series win against Pakistan in any format

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Police Cavalcade with Gangster Atiq Ahmed Reaches Naini Jail in UP’s Prayagraj

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The convoy of gangster-turnedpolitician Atiq Ahmed being escorted by police to Prayagraj entered Uttar Pradesh on Monday after crossing Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh, a police official said. The carcade had entered MP from the Rajasthan border in the morning, hours after it set out from the Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad on Sunday evening. “It halted briefly at Kharai in Shivpuri district at around 7 AM on Monday to enable Ahmed to attend nature’s call. The convoy left Shivpuri district after a brief halt and entered Jhansi district of UP at around 9 AM,” the Shivpuri police official said. When

Uddhav Thackeray warns Rahul Gandhi against insulting Veer Savarkar

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Aditya Roy Kapur looked dashing in a white t-shirt and jeans which he paired with a dashing jacket.

Jain community to observe nine-day long Oli festival from March 28

As Narendra Mehta looks to head to work this week, he resolves to live an austere life observing the nine-day Oli festival. “It is to conform to the teachings of Mahavir Bhagwan and all the Tirthankaras who told us to stay pure in our lives. I merely look to do ‘palan’,” said Mehta, a Jain who makes it a point to observe Oli every year. This time, the nine day festival starts from March 28.

Ahmed, wearing a white turban, got down from the police van to attend nature’s call, reporters asked him whether he was “afraid”, to which he replied by saying “kahe ka dar” before police personnel whisked him away. Notably, after stepping

Parliament proceedings adjourned amidst Opposition ruckus

The Opposition MPs came wearing black clothes, considered a mark of protest, to oppose the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as Lok Sabha MP

Agency News: New Delhi

Rajya Sabha proceedings were on Monday adjourned in the pre-lunch session as opposition MPs created a ruckus over the Adani issue. Dressed in black clothes, the MPs of the Congress and other parties began shouting slogans even before Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar took his seat. Sensing the mood, Dhankhar adjourned the proceedings till 2 pm. The opposition MPs came wearing black clothes, considered a mark of protest, to oppose the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as Lok Sabha MP. out of Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad, Ahmed expressed fear that he might be murdered. murder, murder,” Ahmed had told reporters outside the prison while being whisked away in a police vehicle by security personnel.

“Modi-Adani bhai, bhai,” they shouted, targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They also raised slogans demanding a probe by a joint parliamentary committee into allegations of corporate fraud and stock price manipulations against the Adani Group. Adani Group has denied all charges. Opposition members in Lok Sabha stormed the Well wearing black clothes and two Congress MPs hurled papers towards the Chair.

Upset by Rahul Gandhi’s “My name is not Savarkar, won’t apologise” comment after his disqualification as an MP, ally Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday warned of “fissures in the Maharashtra opposition alliance” if the Congress leader didn’t stop “insulting our God”. “I want to tell Rahul Gandhi that we have come together, that’s right, we have come together to save democracy and constitution in this country. But do not make any statements that will create fissures. They (BJP) are trying to provoke you, if we miss this timing, then our country will surely go towards autocracy,” Uddhav Thackeray said. The Congress and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv

Railways to operate Vande Bharat Metro train between Jammu and Srinagar: Vaishnaw

Agency News: Jammu

Railway Minister Ashwini

Vaishnaw on Sunday said a Vande Bharat Metro train will be operated between Jammu and Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir once the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla

Rail Link Project (USBRL) becomes fully operational. Addressing mediapersons at the first run of a track-mounted trolley on the world’s highest arch bridge constructed on the Chenab river, he said the USBRL project will be completed by December this year or January 2024. Vaishnaw travelled on the track-mounted trolley with railway officials and inspected the iconic bridge having the height of 359 metres from the Chenab riverbed.Vaishnaw said it has been decided to set up a Vande Bharat Express train maintenance facility at Badgam in the Kashmir Valley and in the first go Vande Bharat Metro will be run between Jammu and Srinagar cities once this important railway link, which will connect the Kashmir Valley with the rest of the country through rail network gets completed.

Sena, along with the NCP, have been in an alliance since they formed a coalition government in Maharashtra in 2019. They stayed in the alliance even after a coup in the Shiv Sena brought down Uddhav Thackeray’s government and rebel Eknath Shinde took power in an alliance with the BJP. Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of Hindu ideologue Vinayak “Veer” Savarkar during his Bharat Jodo Yatra last year had sparked a rift between the Congress and Uddhav Thackeray’s party. The allies had smoothed over differences at the time.

Afghanistan: Six Dead, Several Injured In Suicide Blast Near Foreign Ministry In Kabul

Agency News: Kabul

At least six people were dead and several others injured in a suicide attack on Monday near Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry in Kabul, AFP quoted the Interior Ministry as saying. The blast occurred in front of a business centre near the Foreign Ministry. The heavily fortified area is home to several government buildings and foreign embassies.Afghan forces stationed near the Foreign Ministry targetted the attacker but he detonated the explosives and “killed six civilians and wounded a number of others”, ministry spokesman Abdul Nafy Takor tweeted.Afghanistan-based

Tolo News also tweeted, “A blast happened on Foreign Ministry’s road near the Daudzai Trade Center in downtown Kabul this afternoon, eyewitnesses said, describing it as a heavy explosion.” Italian non-governmental organisation Emergency, which operates a hospital in Kabul, confirmed it had received two dead and 12 wounded, including a child.

Amritpal Singh Believed to be Hiding in Nepal; Indian Embassy Seeks Cooperation

Agency News: Kathmandu

India has requested the Nepal government not to allow fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who is believed to be hiding in Nepal, to flee to a third country and arrest him if he attempts to escape using Indian passport or any other fake passport, a media report said on Monday.In a letter sent to the Department of Consular Services on Saturday, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu has requested the government agencies to arrest Singh if he tries to flee from Nepal, the Kathmandu Post newspaper reported.“Singh is currently hiding in Nepal,” the paper said, citing a copy of the letter obtained by it.“The esteemed ministry is requested to inform the Department of Immigration not to permit Amritpal Singh to travel through Nepal for any third country and arrest him if he attempts to escape from Nepal using Indian Passport or any other fake passport under intimation to this mission,” it said. The letter and Singh’s personal details have been circulated to all the concerned agencies from hotels to airlines, the paper said, citing multiple sources.Singh, who is said to be possessing multiple passports with different identities, has been on the run since March 18 when the police launched a crackdown against him. The elusive preacher gave the police the slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade was intercepted in Punjab’s Jalandhar district.

89806 active cases now comprise 0.02 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate has been recorded at 98.79 per cent, according to the health ministry’s website.The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has increased to 4,41,64,815, the data stated. The case fatality rate has been recorded at 1.19 per cent. According to the ministry’s website, 220.65 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered so far under the nationwide Covid vaccination drive.

Youth Congress chief Srinivas defends ‘Dayan’ remark against Smriti Irani

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Youth Congress president Srinivas BV landed himself in trouble yet again after making an alleged incendiary comment against Union Minister Smriti Irani during a public rally.The Congress leader allegedly called the Cabinet Minister a “dayan” and also attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from the Lok Sabha. “Smriti Irani has become mute and deaf, I want to tell her... This Dayan, Inflation Dayan has been made a DARLING for sitting in Bedroom,” Srinivas said. Incidentally, Srinivas had run away from police during a protest in Delhi when Rahul Gandhi was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning. The former Karnataka U-19 cricketer also slammed PM Modi and called him a “coward” for disqualifying Rahul Gandhi in an attempt to “kill” him. Only two cowards were born in India.

Noted Malayalam actor and former MP Innocent dies at 75

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Former MP and veteran Malayalam actor Innocent died on Sunday at a private hospital here. He was 75. The actor, who was under treatment at the hospital since March 3, breathed his last at 10.30 pm. ”He was infected with Covid and had respiratory issues along with multiple organ failure resulting in heart failure,” the hospital said in a release. As the news of his death spread, social media was flooded with messages from people from all walks of life, including prominent actors and politicians, expressing their condolences and grief. Kerala

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in a Facebook post condoled the actor’s death and said that Innocent has left an indelible place in the minds of his audience with his spontaneous

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Uncertainty and volatility to dominate last week of financial year’s trading

Yediyurappa’s House Attacked in K’taka During Banjara Community Protest Over Reservation, Sec 144 Imposed

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Bihar Dy CM Tejashwi Yadav Becomes Father, RJD Camp Celebrates

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Samar Singh in the case of Akanksha Dube’s death

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It was an extremely tough and volatile week at the bourses. Markets were all over the place and the small net change at the end of the week, does not convey the overall movement or the sentiment that prevailed. Markets gained on two of the five sessions and lost on three. BSESENSEX lost 462.80 points or 0.80 per cent to close at 57,527.10 points while NIFTY lost 155 points or 0.91 per cent to close at 16,945.05 points. The broader indices saw BSE100, BSE200 and BSE500 lose 0.97 per cent, 0.93 per cent and 0.99 per cent respectively. BSEMIDCAP and BSESMALLCAP lost significantly more at 1.98 per cent and 1.48 per cent respectively. The Indian Rupee gained 7 paisa or 0.08 per cent to close at Rs 82.48 to the US Dollar. Dow Jones gained on four of the five trading sessions and lost only on the day FED raised interest rates. Dow Jones was up 375.55 points or 1.18 per cent to close at 32,237.53 points. The US FED raised interest rates by 25 basis points on expected lines. The rate band is now at 4.75 per cent – 5.00 per cent. This is the ninth consecutive rate hike since the FED began raising rates from March 22. Suffice to say that because of the high inflation, rates which were at 0-0.25 per cent one year ago, are now at 4.75 per cent -5.00 per cent. Further, Jerome Powell, post the announcement has not said or conveyed that there would be an immediate pause going forward. There may be further hikes and then a pause. Keep your fingers crossed. A point to be kept in mind is that 2/3rd of the Quantitative Tightening has been returned post the bank failure. After the two banks went down in the US followed by the Swiss bank Credit Suisse, it’s now the turn of the German Bank, Deutsche Bank. Shares of the bank have crashed and there is talk on the street that the German regulator would have to step in and ensure a bailout of sorts.

UP: 38 school girls test Covid positive in Lakhimpur Kheri

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Thirty-eight girl students of the Kasturba residential school in Mitauli block of Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district have tested positive for Covid-19 infection, a district health official said. Lakhimpur Kheri Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Santosh Gupta, said that one staff member was also found Covid-positive during a contact tracing exercise on Sunday after which the entire campus has been turned into a quarantine centre by the Health department. This is the highest num-

Former Karnataka CM and veteran BJP leader BS Yediyurappa’s house was attacked in Shikaripura town of Shivamogga district by members of the Banjara community on Monday. Protestors also resorted to stone-pelting, injuring some policemen during a protest against the internal reservation for the Scheduled Castes (SCs) announced by the state government. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC have been imposed in the town. Police used batons to disperse the large number of protesters, which included women. Some members of the Banjara community, who are also known as Lamani or Lambani, were injured. Police were taken by surprise as the agitators, most of them youths, swarmed near Yediyurappa’s house and started hurling stones, damaging window glasses.Sensing the situation going out of control, additional forces were summoned to the area.The agitators alleged that “less” reservation was given to the ‘Scheduled CasteTouchables’, to which the Banjara community belongs.The Karnataka cabinet had last week decided to introduce internal reservation amongst the SCs.

CM of Rajasthan has given permission, startups will be given work order up to 25 lakhs without dentor

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Jubilations erupted in the RJD camp on Monday as news spread that Tejashwi Yadav, the party’s de facto leader and the deputy chief minister of Bihar, has become a father. Yadav, who has stayed back in Delhi by the side of his wife Rajshree after an interrogation by the CBI last weekend, broke the news on his Twitter handle and also shared a picture of himself holding the baby girl. Yadav was on March 25 quizzed by the Central Bureau of Investigation for more than eight hours, while the Enforcement Directorate questioned his MP sister Misa Bharti for over six hours, in connection with the railways land-for-jobs scam case. Interestingly, while delivering a speech inside the state assembly last week, the Deputy CM, who is in his early 30s, had said he wished that his firstborn child be a daughter. In north India, which is largely patrilinear, most families have traditionally wished for sons to the extent that there have been cases of infanticides of baby girls. Yadav’s statement thus came as a welcome one.

BJP functionary in Puducherry killed, assailants hurled bomb before hacking him to death

ber of new Covid cases reported in a district in a day this year. Gupta, who rushed a medical team to the Kasturba school, said samples of all 92 contact cases of the school had been sent for testing. The report of 38 among them was positive. Most of those tested positive were asymptomatic, he added.“All students and staff had been advised seven-day quarantine on campus and provided medicine kits. Condition of all students, barring two who have cold, is fine,” the CMO said. Those found Covid-positive had been kept in a separate wing in the school campus, he added.

10-year-old boy’s throat slit in alleged ‘human sacrifice’ ritual, three arrested

Agency News: Bahraich

Three people have been arrested for allegedly killing a 10-yearold boy here after an occultist asked them to perform a “human sacrifice”, police said on Sunday.

Superintendent of Police Prashant Verma said Parsa village-resident Krishna Verma’s son Vivek had gone missing on Thursday night.

On the same night, the child’s body with his throat slit was found in the field, he said. During probe, police found that the dead child’s cousin Anoop had two-and-half

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has made a big announcement to encourage startups. The state government has approved the proposal to amend the Rajasthan Transparency in Public Procurement (RTPP) Rules-2013. Important decisions are being taken by the Rajasthan government to promote startups, one more big decision has been taken by the Rajasthan government today. Rajasthan Startup Policy-2022 has increased the number of work orders given to startups to 6 in the financial year. Also startups belonging to women, differently abled, transgender, scheduled castes and tribes can get one more work order. Till now startups used to get a maximum of 3 work orders, which has now been increased. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced in the budget for the year 2023-24 to increase the limit of non-tender purchases from startups to Rs 25 lakh, under which this approval has been given.

Hathras Case: Supreme Court Rejects UP Government Plea Against High Court Order

year-old son who was mentallychallenged and also used to remain sick. When treatment did not yield positive results, Anoop approached an occultist near his village, police said.The occultist instigated Anoop to perform human sacrifice following which he along with Vivek’s uncle Chintaram killed the child using a spade, police said. The three accused - Anoop, Chintaram and the occultist - were arrested on Saturday, police said. The SP on Sunday said a case of murder has been registered against the accused.

Bilkis Bano case: SC calls crime ‘horrendous’, issues notice to Gujarat govt

A Bench of Justices

K.M. Joseph and B.V. Nagarathna called the crime committed against Bilkis “horrendous” and issued a notice for a detailed hearing on April 18

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The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gujarat government to present a relevant file granting remission to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case on April 18. A Bench of Justices K.M. Joseph and B.V. Nagarathna called the crime committed against Bilkis “horrendous” and issued a notice for a detailed hearing on April 18.

Bilkis Bano had filed two petitions, one of which requests that the Supreme Court reconsider its May

2022 judgment mandating the Gujarat government to consider a convict’s release request. The court has ruled against this. In response to the court’s verdict and one convict’s release petition, the Gujarat government released all the convicts under an obsolete policy after consulting a panel of men connected to the ruling BJP. The panel members explained their verdict by referring to the men as “sanskari” Brahmins who had already served 14 years in prison and had been decent citizens. Meanwhile, the Congress dubbed as “immoral and shameful” as one of the rapists, Shailesh Bhatt, sharing a stage with BJP MP Jaswant Bhabhor and his MLA brother Shailesh Bhabhor at a government event at Limkheda in Dahod district of Gujarat.

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The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition filed by the Uttar Pradesh government challenging the Allahabad High Court’s order to consider giving a job to a family member of the Hathras victim and to relocate the family from Hathras. A bench of Chief Justice of India

DY Chandrachud and Justices

PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala expressed surprise at the Uttar Pradesh government coming in an appeal against the High Court’s order. “These are facilities provided to the family. We should not interfere. The state should not come up in these matters,” CJI Chandrachud told the State government’s counsel. ”Whether the elder married brother could be regarded as a dependent of the victim was a question of law to be considered,” the state government told the top court. The counsel appearing for the State told the top court that it is ready to relocate the family but the family wants to be shifted to Noida, Ghaziabad or Delhi.

The appeal was filed against the directions passed by the High Court on July 26, 2022, in which the court had taken note of the socio-economic backwardness of the family and the rights granted by the SC/ST Act and directed the Uttar Pradesh government to consider giving employment to one of the family members of the victim.

Deposited 50% of interim compensation for Morbi bridge victims:

Oreva Group to Gujarat HC

Agency News: Morbi

Oreva Group has deposited 50 per cent of the interim compensation amount for the victims of the Morbi cable bridge collapse tragedy, the Gujarat High Court was told on Monday. The company told the division bench of acting Chief Justice A J Desai and Justice Biren Vaishnav that the first instalment (50 per cent of the total amount) was deposited on March 14, and the rest would be paid on or before April 11. Oreva Group (Ajanta Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd) was responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Britishera bridge on the Machchhu river in Morbi that collapsed on October 30, 2022, killing 135 people and leaving 56 others seriously injured. The high court is hearing a suo motu (on its own) Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the tragedy.On Monday, the HC took on record the affidavit of Oreva Group and granted the

Agency News: Puducherry

On Sunday night, a BJP functionary in the union territory was hacked to death by bikeborne masked assailants, stated reports. The deceased, identified as Senthil Kumaran (42), a resident of Vanniyar Street, was hacked to death in Villianur; he was attacked with country bombs, It is yet to be ascertained how culprits are involved, some reports however suggested that seven people were involved in the killing.Shocking visuals of the incident has gone viral on social media. Senthil is seen waiting near an establishment and speaking on the phone when bike-borne assailants hurl a bomb at him which eminates smoke affecting visibility.Once the smoke clears, Senthil is seen on ground as the assailants escape the scene on their bike.the incident took place at 9 pm on Sunday when assailants hurled bomb and then hacked him to death by slashing his neck with lethal weapons. He was reportedly standing near a bakery adjacent to Kannaki Government Higher School in Villianur. The police were cited in the report as saying that the BJP functionary died on the spot.

Bhuwa’s death in Bhavnagar, the whole incident was caught on camera

Agency News: Bhavnagar

The incidence of heart attacks at a young age is alarming, with the number of people falling to death during a sports activity, at a gym or dancing at a wedding. In such an incident in Bhavnagar, people’s lives have been lost. In the incident that happened here, he died in the fall of smoldering soil. When the incident happened, people were sitting thinking that the wind of Mataji had come, but when Bhuwa was not conscious for a long time, people ran away. Following the incident, the village is in mourning. When Bhuva started blowing during a program, the people present here

The company had proposed to pay Rs 5 lakh to the kin of each of the 135 deceased and Rs 1 lakh to the injured as interim compensation company time it had sought to deposit the remaining amount. The bench kept the matter for further hearing on April 18. During an earlier hearing, the HC had directed the company, whose Managing Director Jaysukh Patel has been named the main accused in the bridge collapse case and is currently in judicial custody. were talking about the arrival of Mataji’s wind. But people were surprised that Bhuwa did not stand up again. After waiting for a while, on examination, it was found that his breathing had stopped. This incident has also been captured on camera. 65-year-old Makabhai Gohil, who was buried in Mataji’s mandwa in Kuda village of Bhavnagar, started to smoke.

Hindutva outfit stirs ‘namaz on campus’ pot: Private university

Agency News: Lucknow

A private university in Mathura has accused a regional political outfit, the All India Hindu Mahasabha, of cooking up a controversy by falsely claiming that its Kashmiri students offer namaz in the open on the campus every day. The Yogi Adityanath government had in 2021 banned all religious activities at public places in Uttar Pradesh. Vivek Srivastava, administrative officer of the Sanskriti University, said some students had indeed offered namaz in the open on the campus a month ago. “But we spoke to them and the issue was resolved amicably. We also informed the district administration about this through the local intelligence unit of the police at the time,” he said. “Some people are showing an old video and alleging that namaz is being offered here in the open every day. This is baseless and wrong.” Mahasabha members held a demonstration at the district collectorate office on Saturday and handed a memorandum to officials alleging the university was facilitating “namaz on the campus”.

There has been a new twist in the death of Bhojpuri film actress Akanksha Dubey. In this matter, the police of Sarnath police station have filed a case against singer Samar Singh and his brother Sanjay Singh under other sections including incitement to commit suicide. The police have taken this action on the complaint of Akanksha’s mother who reached Varanasi from Mumbai. Akanksha’s mother Madhu said that my daughter was very courageous. He will not commit suicide. He appealed to the policesystem for justice. Akanksha Dubey’s mother and brother reached the police station on Monday morning. Madhu said that he spoke to Akanksha on mobile at seven o’clock on Saturday evening. She was happy then and did not mention any problem. When I called at 12 o’clock in the night, he did not pick up the phone. He didn’t even tell about going to any party.

In Poll-bound Karnataka, JD(S) MLA S R Srinivas Resigns, to Join Congress

Agency News: Bengaluru

JD(S) MLA S R Srinivas (Gubbi Srinivas) on Monday submitted his resignation as a legislator to the Karnataka Assembly Speaker, ahead of the polls in the state, and said he will be soon joining the Congress. Srinivas was accused of crossvoting in the June 2022 Rajya Sabha polls, which according to the JD(S), contributed to the defeat of its candidate D Kupendra Reddy.

Last year, the JD(S) had expelled Srinivas, and had even moved a petition to have him, along with another MLA K Srinivas Gowda from Kolar, disqualified under the anti-defection law. “After my resignation is accepted (by the Speaker) I will discuss with Congress leaders about joining the

Congress officially…I’m planning to join Congress officially on March 31, after discussing with taluk leaders, I will decide,” Srinivas said.Stating that he was resigning as JD(S) legislator with a lot of pain, he claimed that he was forced to take such a step by the party leadership, who expelled him on the basis of “false allegations.” “I had worked under the leadership of (H D) Deve Gowda and (H D) Kumaraswamy in JD(S) for about 20 years.

24,000 crores of banks are trapped in this bankrupt company of Anil Ambani, Hinduja increased the tension

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Banks have Rs 24,000 crore stuck in Anil Ambani’s bankrupt company Reliance Capital. But at present their problems are not getting resolved. Hinduja Group had increased its bid to Rs 9,000 crore in December. But now he has retracted from it. He has told the banks that he will not be able to make such a big offer. Torrent was the highest bidder in the first auction. Torrent had bid Rs 8,640 crore and Hinduja had bid Rs 8,110 crore. After this, Hinduja increased its bid to Rs 9,000 crore. This led to the second round of auction. This was challenged by Torrent in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has not yet given its verdict

According to administrative officer of Sanskriti University, some students had indeed offered namaz in the open on campus a month ago on this. According to a report in Business Standard, some lenders to Reliance Capital had a meeting with Torrent Group and Hinduja Group on Friday. In this, Hinduja said that its original bid of Rs 8,110 crore should be considered. Hinduja had increased its bid under the challenge mechanism. This may result in huge loss to the banks in the form of interest cost. In the recently presented budget.

“There are 82 Kashmiri students at Sanskriti University. They offer namaz in the open on the campus every day,” Mahasabha treasurer Dinesh Sharma said. “We want the district administration to stop this immediately or we will proceed to recite the Hanuman Chalisa there as well as at the Idgah mosque in the city.” A senior university member who sought anonymity told reporters on Sunday: “They are showing an old video in which seven students in the university uniform are seen offering namaz on an open ground on the campus.” He added: “We are a reputable private university imparting education in engineering.

Salman Khan threat email: Mumbai cops apprehend man from Rajasthan

Agency News: Mumbai

The Mumbai police have apprehended a man from Rajasthan in connection with an email threatening actor Salman Khan that was received at the latter’s office here recently, an official said on Sunday. The man, a resident of Rajasthan, was nabbed by the team of Bandra police station and is being brought to Mumbai, an official said. The complaint about the threat e-mail was recently lodged at the Bandra police station by one Prashant Gunjalkar, who according to police, frequently visits the Bandra-based residence of Salman Khan and runs an artist management company. When Gunjalkar was present in Khan’s office in Galaxy Apartment recently, he noticed an email had been received from the ID “Rohit Garg”. The sender of the e-mail, written in Hindi, said: “Goldy Bhai wanted to talk to Salman

Khan face-to-face to close the matter”, adding, “Agli baar, jhatka dekhne ko milega”, the police had said.“After a detailed technical investigation into the case, police got information about the accused person’s whereabouts, following which a team was sent to Rajasthan and the man was apprehended,” the official said.He is being interrogated by a police team about the threat to the actor, he said.After the threat mail was received.

Afghanistan clinch first-ever series win against Pakistan in any format

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Fazalhaq Farooqi and Najibullah Zadran’s impressive show helped Afghanistan register a thrilling seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the second T20I on Sunday to seal their first series triumph over their Asian rivals. Opting to bat first, Pakistan posted a total of 130/6 on the board. In response, Afghanistan chased down the target with a solitary delivery remaining. Farooqi was the standout performer with the ball, finishing with impressive figures of 2/19 in his four overs and was also adjudged Player of the Match. Chasing 131, Afghanistan got off to a steady start thanks to the 56run partnership between Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran for the second wicket. Gurbaz was particularly impressive with the bat, scoring 47 runs to lay the foundation for a successful run chase. Ibrahim

Jadeja promoted to A plus; KL Rahul demoted, Bhuvneshwar out of central contract

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Zadran also played a crucial role in the middle order, scoring 38 runs to keep the momentum going for Afghanistan. With the finish line in sight, Afghanistan lost a couple of quick wickets which gave Pakistan a glimmer of hope. However, Mohammad Nabi (14*) and Najibullah Zadran (23*) showed their experience and composure under pressure to guide Afghanistan to a comfortable seven-wicket win. The victory was an incredible achievement for Afghanistan, as they registered their first-ever series win against Pakistan in any format of the game.

Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was rewarded with the elite grade A plus retainership, while Axar Patel got promoted to A category as the BCCI announced the annual contracts on Sunday.The 34-yearold Jadeja, who was joint Player of the Series in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, was one of the four players to be placed in the A plus category, along with skipper Rohit Sharma, former captain Virat Kohli and injured pacer Jasprit

Bumrah. Top-order batter KL Rahul got demoted to Grade B after a string of poor performances.Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ajinkya Rahane and Ishant Sharma didn’t get a contract as BCCI handed retainership to 26 cricketers in four groups of A plus (Rs 7 crore), A (Rs 5 crore), B (Rs 3 crore) and C (Rs 1 crore).It seems curtains for the veteran trio, who have been dropped from the contract list, signalling that they are no longer in the reckoning for the national team.Spin allrounder Axar had plenty to be happy about as he was promoted to A category, while wicketkeeper batter KS Bharat also landed a maiden central contract after being included in Group C.Star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, who is recovering after undergoing treatment for his injuries following a horror crash in December last year, remains in A category, which also includes Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami.

Indore stadium pitch rating changed from ‘poor’ to ‘below average’

Agency News : Indore

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has changed the pitch rating of Indore’s Holkar Stadium -- the venue for the third Test between India and Australia -- to ‘below average’ from ‘poor’ following a BCCI appeal. The ICC also gave the Narendra Modi Stadium pitch in Ahmedabad, the venue for the fourth Test, an ‘average’ rating for the slow batting deck where both teams had one completed innings each. The match had ended in a tame draw, with India winning the series 2-1. At Indore, Australia had defeated India by nine wickets inside three days of the Border-Gavaskar Test to secure a World Test Championship final berth. The ICC appeal panel reviewed the earlier decision of the match referee Chris Broad and found that there was not enough excessive variable bounce to warrant the ‘poor’ rating. The pitch, which had initially received three demerit points, will now get only one demerit point. “The footage from the Test was reviewed by an ICC appeal panel consisting of Wasim Khan, ICC General Manager – Cricket, and Roger Harper, ICC Men’s Cricket Committee Member. Both were of the opinion that, while the guidelines had been followed by the Match Referee in accordance with Appendix A of the Pitch Monitoring Process, there was not enough excessive variable bounce to warrant the ‘poor’ rating,” said an ICC statement on Monday. ”The panel, therefore, concluded that the pitch should be rated ‘below average’, meaning the Holkar Stadium will receive only one demerit.

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SUN Mobility to power 50,000 electric vehicles of Zomato’s fleet over next two years

Agency News : New Delhi

Electric vehicles energy infrastructure and services provider SUN Mobility on Monday said it has entered into a partnership with online food delivery platform Zomato to power 50,000 electric two-wheelers of the latter’s fleet over the next two years.Under the partnership, SUN Mobility will provide its battery swap solutions for last-mile deliveries with the initial fleet deployment to start in the National Capital. Through this association, the last-mile delivery partners onboarded on Zomato’s platform will benefit from convenient and cost-effective battery swapping solutions for their e-2Ws (electric two-wheelers), the company said in a statement. The association with Zomato is a significant step towards achieving SUN Mobility’s goal to build a sustainable and environmentally friendly ecosystem, SUN Mobility CEO Anant Badjatya said in a statement.“By deploying 50,000 electric two-wheelers in Zomato’s fleet.