Month: September 2024

“Another Year…”: Yuzvendra Chahal’s Heartfelt Birthday Post For Wife Dhanashree Verma

September 27, 2024 admin

File photo of Yuzvendra Chahal (right) and Dhanashree Verma.© Instagram/@yuzi_chahal23 India spinner Yuzvendra Chahal shared a heartfelt post for his wife Dhanashree Verma on her birthday on Friday. Dhanashree, who works as a dancer and a photographer on the professional front, turned 28. Chahal posted a series of their pictures on Instagram with…

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Sri Lanka appoints Priyantha Weerasuriya as acting Police chief

September 27, 2024 admin

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Friday (September 27, 2024) appointed Senior Deputy Inspector General Priyantha Weerasuriya as the acting police chief, replacing Deshabandu Tennakoon who was suspended by the Supreme Court in July. The move comes after a three-member bench of the apex court issued an order that will remain in effect until…

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Sri Lanka Star Kamindu Mendis Breaks Vinod Kambli’s 30-Year-Old Record, Equals Don Bradman In Elite Test List

September 27, 2024 admin

New Zealand were flailing at 22-2 and trailing by 580 on Friday against a dominant Sri Lankan batting attack that saw middle-order maestro Kamindu Mendis reach 1,000 runs from just eight Test appearances. Sri Lanka declared at 602-5 shortly before stumps on day two in Galle after a 200-run partnership between Kamindu and…

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2 Climate Activists Jailed For Throwing Soup At Vincent Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers”

September 27, 2024 admin

London: A UK judge on Friday jailed two climate activists who threw soup at Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” at London’s National Gallery in 2022 for terms of two years and 20 months respectively. Just Stop Oil protesters Phoebe Plummer, 23, and Anna Holland, 22, were convicted at London’s Southwark Crown Court of criminal damage in…

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Chandrababu Naidu vs Jagan Reddy Over Cancelled Tirupati Temple Visit

September 27, 2024 admin

Chandrababu Naidu scaled up his attack on Jagan Mohan Reddy. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has hit back at YSR Congress president Jagan Mohan Reddy for claiming his government obstructed his visit to Tirumala. “He is spreading lies,” said Mr Naidu, adding no notices had been served to his predecessor blocking his temple visit. “Did…

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World No. 595 Zhang Shuai, Who Once Lost 24 Straight Games, Stuns US Open Semi-Finalist Emma Navarro In China Open

September 27, 2024 admin

Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev both won in straight sets to launch their China Open title bids Friday while 595th-ranked Zhang Shuai pulled off a big shock in the women’s draw. Four-time major champion Alcaraz defeated fellow 21-year-old Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4, 6-4 and faces Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands in round two…

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Jammu & Kashmir elections: History in making, says CEC Rajiv Kumar

September 27, 2024 admin

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday (September 24, 2024) described the ongoing Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir as “history in the making”, saying people are standing in long queues outside polling booths at places where calls were once given to boycott…

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Foreign diplomats tour polling booths in Jammu and Kashmir

September 27, 2024 admin

A delegation of diplomats from various countries arrives at a polling station during the second phase of assembly elections in Srinagar on September 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: Imran Nissar In a first, foreign diplomats from 15 countries on Wednesday (September 25, 2024) arrived in Kashmir to observe the electoral process. They expressed satisfaction over…

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‘Guided tour not good’: Omar Abdullah slams govt for inviting foreign diplomats to see J&K polls

September 27, 2024 admin

National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah Wednesday (September 25, 2024) lashed out at the Centre for inviting foreign diplomats to observe the ongoing Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the polls were an internal matter of India and “we do not need their certificate”. “I don’t know why foreigners should be asked to check…

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Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls: 57% turnout in peaceful Phase 2 polling

September 27, 2024 admin

A paramilitary person stands guard as the voters queue up to cast their vote for the second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections in Budgam on September 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Enthusiastic voters swarmed most polling booths since the morning across 26 Assembly segments of Jammu & Kashmir on Wednesday (September…

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