Month: October 2026

Ranji Trophy: Hamstring injury rules Mhatre out for six weeks

October 13, 2026 admin

Mumbai Ranji Team Vice Captain Ayush Mhatre. File | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Mumbai’s promising opener and vice-captain Ayush Mhatre is set to miss at least six weeks of cricket after sustaining a suspected Grade 4 tear in his right hamstring during the team’s Ranji Trophy season-opener against Chandigarh at the Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai Cricket…

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Former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s twin remarks fuel buzz of rift within State BJP unit

October 13, 2026 admin

Two statements from former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday — one a sharp rebuke and the other a soft political reminder — were enough to heat up the State’s politics and fuel speculation that all may not be well within the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The latest row hints at…

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Over a dozen children dead after boat capsizes in Bihar’s Vaishali

October 13, 2026 admin

People gather at a local hopital after a boat capsized in the Ganga river, with several people feared drowned, in Bihar’s Vaishali district on October 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI At least 13 children died after a boat capsized in the Ganga River in Vaishali district of Bihar, under Raghopur police station area on…

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Delhi govt. makes Aadhaar mandatory for electricity subsidy

October 13, 2026 admin

In August, the Delhi government tabled a CAG report in the Assembly on “lapses” in the subsidy scheme under the Aam Aadmi Party. | Photo Credit: file photo The Delhi government has made it mandatory for domestic consumers to share Aadhaar details to avail of the benefits under the power subsidy scheme. A notification issued…

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Root and Tendulkar: Two great players and their motto that has enriched the sport

October 13, 2026 admin

Joe Root has said he had “an unhealthy relationship” with captaincy. Sachin Tendulkar didn’t enjoy it either | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters Watching Sachin Tendulkar play his final Test innings in Mumbai, I turned to a friend and said confidently, “No one will ever break his aggregate record because no one can score 15,000-plus runs given…

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Jantar Mantar denotified as protest site based on SC order: police to High Court

October 13, 2026 admin

Bhim Army members marching through Connaught Place on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP The Delhi police on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that the decision to denotify Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site was taken based on the Supreme Court’s directions. Representing the police, Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma told Justice…

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After route diversions, commuters face reduced DTC services with hundreds of buses pulled for protest duty

October 13, 2026 admin

Protest-related restrictions have disrupted traffic and affected bus services. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Commuters in Delhi are facing a twin challenge due to the protest-related restrictions: diversions that have disrupted vehicular movement and reduced Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) services, with hundreds of buses deployed for police duty. ‘600 buses taken off’ The government…

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WRD begins removal of invasive plants from irrigation tanks along Palar River in Vellore

October 13, 2026 admin

invasive plants were removed from six tanks such as Thorapadi, Agaramcheri, Kolamangalam, and Melmanavur. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Ahead of the Northeast monsoon, the Water Resources Department (WRD) and Exnora International have started to remove the invasive seemai karuvelam (Prosopis Juliflora) in dry irrigation tanks along Palar River, to store excess rainwater from reservoirs…

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Muslims disproportionately flagged in Delhi SIR

October 13, 2026 admin

Muslims were 60% more likely to be marked for “logical discrepancies” than non-Muslims. Image for representation only | Photo Credit: H. Vibhu An analysis of Delhi’s draft electoral rolls released as part of the special intensive revision (SIR) process showed that the software-driven check for “logical discrepancies” in their records is flagging a disproportionately higher…

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Elevated corridor tenders: B-SMILE conditions may have restricted competition

October 13, 2026 admin

The report noted that the flyover-length criterion was used in the Minerva Circle tender to reject a bidder. | Photo Credit: File photo The tenders for Bengaluru Smart Infrastructure Limited’s (B-SMILE) eight elevated corridors, which have now been cancelled, were based on a common template that combined provisions from two standard contract documents while also…

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