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New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday sought the minor wrestler complainant’s response on police’s cancellation report filed in the alleged sexual harassment case against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.Additional Sessions Judge Chhavi Kapoor issued notice to the complainant during in-chamber proceedings and directed for a response to the police report to be filed by August 1, also the next date of hearing.The Delhi Police had, on June 15, sought cancellation of the FIR in the minor wrestler’s complaint case alleging sexual harassment by Singh.The 550-page report filed by police before the…

London, July 4 (IANS) England batter Ollie Pope was on Tuesday ruled out of the rest of the Men’s Ashes 2023 Test series due to a shoulder injury. According to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Pope dislocated his right shoulder during the second Test last week and he will require surgery.”Scans in London on Monday revealed the full extent of the injury and he will miss the rest of the summer campaign and will require surgery. He will work closely with the England and Surrey medical teams in respect of his rehabilitation,” the ECB said in a statement.Pope…

In 2016, onions brought tears to consumers’ eyes, and now it is tomatoes that have turned sour.According to recent reports, the price of tomatoes has skyrocketed from Rs 15 per kg in the first week of May to an astonishing Rs 120-150 per kg in various regions across the country.Wholesalers say that the price of vegetables have doubled in one week and their sales have been reduced by 40 per cent.“I am selling tomatoes at Rs 120 per kg while bottle gourd (lauki) is being sold at Rs 60 per kg. The coriander, which we usually gave as complimentary, is…

The 2024 home international season will open with England women and England men hosting Pakistan in concurrent white-ball series.The Test matches in the summer begin with two home series against West Indies (July 10- 30) and Sri Lanka (August 21- September 10) following their return from the T20 World Cup.Both the series comprise three Tests, with Lord’s, Trent Bridge, The Oval, Manchester and Edgbaston hosting the matches.Australia will return to England for a white-ball series in September, playing three T20Is (September 11- 15) and five ODIs (September 19- 29).To build on the growing interest in the women’s game, England women…

The actor chose to grace the social media platform on the birth anniversary of the Indian revolutionary Alluri Sitarama Raju, the character which was played by his nephew Ram Charan in ‘RRR’.The actor hasn’t shared any posts on his feed so far with no Instagram Story and nobody that he follows. Kalyan’s entry into Instagram was enthusiastically received by his fans, who made the hashtag #PawanKalyanOnInstagram trend on Twitter.His bio reads, “Rise, face, choose…Jai Hind!”Welcoming his brother to Instagram, actor-producer Nagendra Babu shared, “On the day of the birth anniversary of Alluri Sitarama Raju, who said that the freedom of…

AAP Assam in-charge Rajesh Sharma told IANS: “We are against the delimitation. But we will not join any alliance with the Congress. Our party believes that forging an alliance with either Congress or BJP is the same. As of now, we will be only part of forums to oppose the draft delimitation proposal.”The opposition parties in Assam have alleged that Election Commission of India (ECI) has been working at the behest of the BJP as far as the delimitation process in the state is concerned.The Congress is trying to forge a combined opposition front in the state to counter the…

As Twitter writes its own nemesis as it finally heads towards a fully paid service, Musk rivals have sensed the deep grudge among Twitter users.Before Twitter owner Musk and Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg enter a full-on cage fight (both are apparently preparing for the Jiu Jitsu showdown), Instagram Threads is expected to launch on Thursday, according to an App Store listing for the application.”Say more with Threads — Instagram’s text-based conversation app. Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what’ll be trending tomorrow,” according to Meta.With the new…

The ‘By The Way’ rock group’s bassist is not a fan of the way they made their 1984 self-titled record and he blames it on the lack of “connection” with musicians Jack Sherman and Cliff Martinez, who replaced Jack Irons and Hillel Slovak after they quit, though he insists they are “great” at what they do, reports ‘Female First UK’.Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, he said: “I always regret the way we made the first one.”I think the songs are really good. Our band was smoking at the time. But (drummer) Jack (Irons) and (guitarist) Hillel (Slovak) quit, and…

The 40-year-old pacer picked up only three wickets in the first two Tests and surprisingly let go of two catches while Tongue claimed five wickets during the second Test match after being named Moeen Ali’s replacement.Tongue removed both Australia openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja in the first innings, and Steve Smith twice.To rectify their campaign, and with the little rest in between matches, Ponting feels Tongue must once again be included, leading the hosts to further reshuffles.”From what I saw last week, I thought he was the standard of their fast bowlers. (Stuart) Broad got the wickets in the…

During the meeting, which was attended by Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth, secretary in the department of investment and public asset management Tuhin Kanta Pandey, banking secretary Vivek Joshi and corporate affairs secretary Manoj Govil, the finance minister ensured that all proposals should be implemented in a time bound manner.”Besides the review of implementation of various announcements of Union Budget, Union FM Smt. @nsitharaman underlined the importance of continuous assessment of progress to ensure that various announcements are implemented in a time bound manner,” the finance ministry tweeted.–IANSans/svn