BEFORE Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first rally in West Bengal after the election calendar was declared, at the historic Brigade Parade Ground, on Saturday BJP threw another gauntlet in the high-voltage battle for the state. He announced that he will deploy Suvendu Adhikari, the Trinamool leader who recently passed to …
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News England captain wants better shots, more points for a draw at the County Championship Joe Root has reiterated his call for changes to be made to county cricket to provide players with better preparation for international play. Root, England’s test captain, suggested that flatter terrain and a change in …
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KOLKATA: Former Mamata Banerjee acolyte Suvendu Adhikari was officially named on Saturday as the BJP candidate who will contest Nandigram’s high-risk seat against her. BJP National Secretary General Arun Singh announced Adhikari’s candidacy at the party headquarters in Delhi and published a list of 57 nominees for the 60 seats …
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A 20-year-old man jumped to death from his sixth-floor apartment in Mulund after allegedly stabbing his father and grandfather on Saturday. The incident took place at the Vasant Oscar Housing Society. Police said Shardul Mangle killed his father Milind, 55, a motivational speaker, and grandfather Suresh, 85, bedridden with a …
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Varavara Rao had been detained since August 28, 2018, awaiting trial. New Delhi: Varavara Rao, the 81-year-old activist poet who has been in jail for more than two years in the Koregaon-Bhima case, left Mumbai Nanavati Hospital on Saturday night after he was granted bail by the Bombay High Court. …
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The ICC World Trials Championship final will not be played at Lord’s, with the ICC planning an alternate venue in England due to the ongoing pandemic, according to a Times of India report. India will face New Zealand in the final on June 18. ‘Show man’ Ravichandran Ashwin wins the …
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The Tamil Nadu assembly election will take place in a single phase on April 6. New Delhi: The DMK has decided to allocate 25 seats to ally with Congress for next month’s elections in Tamil Nadu, sources told NDTV on Saturday. The party will also give Rajya Sabha a seat …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized the need to optimize manpower planning in the military and civilian parts of the national security architecture, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. By hindustantimes.com | Written by Kanishka Sarkar, Hindustan Times, New Delhi PUBLISHED ON MARCH 06, 2021 9:45 PM IST Prime Minister Narendra …
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One day after Customs linked the Chief Minister of Kerala to the gold smuggling case, Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday harshly criticized the BJP-led central government and said “this land will not blame us, no matter what you do.” In a forceful response, CM Vijayan said: “All I have to say …
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Like taking out the receptionist’s frustrations in wait times at A&E, blaming England’s individual players for their series loss in India might be understandable, but it’s largely easy. Of course, these results look ugly. And more than the results, the loss margins (317 runs, 10 wickets, and one inning and …
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