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In the second clash on Wednesday, Colin De Grandhomme put on a stellar all-round display with 56 runs and two important wickets as the Brampton Wolves defeated the Montreal Tigers by 15 runs. The Brampton Wolves’ first innings score of 143 proved enough to win them the match.The Toronto Nationals won an important toss and asked the Mississauga Panthers to bat first. The Nationals ran through the Panthers’ top order with brilliant spells from Faheem Ashraf and Saad Bin Zafar who bagged two wickets apiece early on.Chris Gayle (4), Navneet Dhaliwal (5) and Azam Khan (8) all perished in the…

The Russian delegation led by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, and China’s party-government delegation, led by Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Li Hongzhong, arrived in Pyongyang this week to attend events marking the landmark anniversary on July 27, which the North refers to as Victory Day, reports Yonhap News Agency.The visits by the delegations from the two countries, which share strong ties with the North, marked a rare invitation of foreign guests given that the reclusive state has maintained strict border restrictions since the Covid-19 breakout.According to the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim and Shoigu on Wednesday visited…

“Such a crime is not only a violation of law, human and social relations, but also destroys the social structure. The person committing such a crime deserves maximum punishment,” the court said in its order on Wednesday.The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1.2 lakh on the accused which would be paid to the victim’s family.”Dhruv Rai, special judge (POCSO), has ordered that the accused be hanged till death under IPC section 302 and section 6 of POCSO Act with a fine of Rs 1 lakh; seven-year imprisonment under section IPC 201 with Rs 20,000 penalty,” said additional district…

The survivor’s father told reporters that the cleric of the coaching centre had sent the girl on a mission to collect Rs 10 from every house in the locality to purchase a mat for students.He alleged, “The accused was alone in the house when he grabbed my daughter, tied her hands, put tape on her mouth and raped her. He then locked her in the bathroom for around three hours. My daughter somehow managed to reach home and narrated her ordeal to her mother. I was out of the city when the crime took place. My wife informed me about…

“We had a good quarter. We continue to see strong engagement across our apps and we have the most exciting roadmap I’ve seen in a while with Llama 2, Threads, Reels, new AI products in the pipeline, and the launch of Quest 3 this fall,” Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in the report on Wednesday.Moreover, the company reported that Facebook’s daily active users were 2.06 billion on average for June, an increase of 5 per cent year-over-year.”Long-term debt was $18.38 billion as of June 30, 2023,” it added.Headcount was 71,469 as of June 30, a decrease of 14…

V.P. Lingajothy, a lawyer who came to the UK from Sri Lanka in 1983, asked an undercover Mail reporter to pretend that he is a pro-Khalistani who was ill-treated and tortured in India to get asylum in the UK. The undercover reporter posed as a farmer from the Punjab who just landed in the UK on a small boat. “You can say that the Indian government accused you of being pro-Khalistani, you were taken into custody, arrested and you were ill treated, tortured, sexually tortured. That’s why you couldn’t marry and you were frustrated, you wanted to commit suicide,” the…

The Buffaloes put on a fine performance to lift themselves off the bottom of the points table and throw the battle for the top four spots wide open.Batting first, the Cape Town Samp Army had a slow start as they lost the early wickets of Tadiwanashe Marumani (0) and Matthew Breetzke (3). Meanwhile, Rahmanullah Gurbaz at the other end was scoring at a brisk pace.Gurbaz, who has been in fine form through the course of the tournament, though could not kick on after getting a start, and was dismissed for 27 off 12 balls. The in-form Karim Janat was also…

The fact came to the fore during a presentation of the survey at a meeting held at LDA on Wednesday.The survey was conducted on the directions of LDA vice chairman Indramani Tripathi.The survey identified a total of 2,440 properties comprising 1,936 residential and 504 commercials. It included those which were not in the LDA records.Investigations also found two commercial properties spanning 20,000 sqft of land — one was under illegal occupation and the other had no construction.Tripathi instructed the officials of the engineering and planning section to conduct on-site inspections of all identified properties and submit a comprehensive report.The survey…

The ceremony will take place in January 2024 and about 10,000 guests are expected to attend the event.Champat Rai, general secretary of the Ram Mandir trust, said they have proffered a range of dates between January 15 and January 24, though the precise date shall be determined by the Prime Minister.The invitation letter, bearing the signature of the trust’s president Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, states that the Prime Minister’s presence would enhance India’s global reputation.In anticipation of the congregation of such a notable assemblage, security agencies have devised a foolproof, guest-oriented security apparatus for the ceremony.The Ayodhya administration is collaborating…

Mourners took the 8th Muharram procession from Guru Bazaar (Shaheedgunj) to Dalgate area of uptown Srinagar.Authorities had made special arrangements for Thursday’s procession by arranging refreshments, medical camps and traffic regulations to ensure that the procession passed peacefully.During the last 34 years authorities had not allowed this procession fearing sectarian violence and mischief by anti-national elements.Senior Shia Muslim leader and former minister, Imran Raza Ansari was instrumental in persuading the authorities to allow this year’s 8th Muharram procession.Imran had made a fervent appeal to the members of the Shia Muslim community to join Thursday’s procession and ensure that the same…