Month: September 2024

Priyanka Recalls Kashmir Trip With Indira Gandhi Days Before Her Assassination

September 28, 2024 admin

“It was a call from her land and Mata that took her to Kashmir,” she reminisced (File) Bishnah (Jammu): The Congress will restore Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Saturday while she slammed the BJP for using the Union territory as a pawn to “stir emotions” elsewhere in the country….

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Succession plan likely to be discussed on the sidelines of BCCI AGM

September 28, 2024 admin

A view of the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. BCCI’s 93rd Annual General Meeting will be held in Bengaluru on September 29, 2024. There were whispers about Shah’s successor have been getting louder with every passing week. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The 18-point agenda for the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI’s) 93rd…

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Watch: End of coal power in the U.K., Fridays for Future

September 28, 2024 admin

Tipping Point | End of coal power in the UK, Fridays for Future | Video Credit: The Hindu The United Kingdom is moving away from coal power for good. On September 30, the 2,000-megawatt Ratcliffe coal plant in Nottinghamshire will shut operations, ending the U.K.’s 142-year-long tryst with coal power. Is moving away from coal…

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J.D. Vance-Tim Walz vice presidential debate: When and where?

September 28, 2024 admin

This combination of images shows Republican vice presidential nominee J.D Vance (left) and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. | Photo Credit: AP Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance will face off next week in the only scheduled U.S. vice presidential debate, a chance for each man to reinforce his running mate’s message to…

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Parthiv Patel Dismisses Hardik Pandya’s Test Comeback Rumours, Says “Practising With Red Ball Only Because…”

September 28, 2024 admin

File photo of Hardik Pandya.© Instagram/@hardikpandya93 Around a week ago, Hardik Pandya sent the social media buzzing after uploading a video from his practice session. What grabbed atttention in the clip was the fact that Hardik was practising with a red-ball. This gave rise to rumours of the all-rounder’s comeback to Test cricket….

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“Don’t Think Steve Smith Or Joe Root Or Kane Williamson…”: Ex-India Star’s Massive Virat Kohli Comparison

September 28, 2024 admin

File photo of Virat Kohli.© BCCI India star Virat Kohli‘s lean patch in international cricket continues. The right-handed batter failed to fire in the recently-concluded first Test against Bangladesh held in Chennai. In both innings of the Test, Kohli delivered subpar scores of 6 and 17. Kohli’s poor form has put him under…

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Train Hits Stone Placed On Railway Track In UP, No Damage Reported

September 28, 2024 admin

After inspection, the train resumed its journey, officials said. (Representative pic) Ballia (UP): The engine of a train hit a stone placed on the railway track in the Bairia area here on Saturday, officials said, adding that no damage was caused. The incident assumes significance as it was a fresh one amid several cases of…

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Senior Iran Military Unit General killed In Israeli Strike In Lebanon: Report

September 28, 2024 admin

General Abbas Nilforoushan was the deputy commander of Guards operations. (Representational) Tehran: A senior general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps was killed in an Israeli air strike in Lebanon alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, state media reported Saturday. General Abbas Nilforoushan, deputy commander of Guards operations, “was killed in Israel’s attack on Lebanon that assassinated…

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Hassan Nasrallah killed: Hamas says ‘assassination’ will only strengthen resistance; Iran says Hezbollah leader’s ‘path to continue’

September 28, 2024 admin

An image of the late leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah with a black stripe for mourning is displayed on a television set airing a broadcast from the private Lebanese station NBN in Beirut on September 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Saturday (September 28, 2024) it mourned Lebanon’s Hezbollah…

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HD Kumaraswamy Attacks Siddaramaiah For “Double Standards” On Karnataka Governor

September 28, 2024 admin

Mr Kumaraswamy said the government and the chief minister are at fault. Bengaluru: Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday attacked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and accused him of having “double standards” while speaking about the governor. “When Siddaramaiah was in power earlier, he praised the governor for permitting prosecution against former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. When…

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