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Although the hearing on a petition filed by Trinamool Congress national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee seeking relief from the ambit of investigation in the matter was scheduled for Thursday, the high court’s division bench of Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Uday Kumar had kept the order on reserve.On Friday, the order was passed wherein ED has been directed that the documents related to Banerjee’s assets and properties to be submitted by him to the central agency by October 10 should be examined by officers who have special expertise in analysing such documents. As per the order, the central agency should…

Talking about getting the role, the Irish actor said that he got the gig by completely improvising his audition tape.Detailing this, he said: “The Joker, that was funny how that happened. I just made it up. I wanted to make it Kubrick-y: symmetrical, the X on the back, the square doorframe, everything square. I just wanted swag to come across. Swag and endearing. It was just me giving my idea. And then I’s like, I’ma send this in!”However, Keoghan had not in fact applied to get the role of the Dark Knight’s arch nemesis; instead he had actually applied to…

Addressing media at the Muruga Mutt premises in Chitradurga, the Chief Minister, on the arrival of the Central Drought Study Team for the drought study in the state, said that it has already been briefed on the reality of the drought situation in the state. Out of a total 236 taluks, 195 taluks have been declared drought-affected and crops worth more than Rs 30,000 crores damaged. The state has suffered crop loss in about 42 lakh hectares, which amounts to 52 per cent of crops, he said, adding that apart from the Upper Krishna and Narayanpur Reservoirs, there is no…

Talking about the gig, Arjan said that he was absolutely thrilled to be chosen. Detailing his selection process, the ‘Rustom’ actor said: “It’s an exhilarating character, and I’m thrilled to have been chosen to portray a computer geek seeking vengeance for his grandfather’s death.”He added: “The casting team reached out to me about six to eight months ago. They carefully reviewed my body of work, and after meticulous and detailed meetings, things fell into place. We engaged in workshops and training before the shoot, which was an amazing learning experience.”A power packed-action-comedy feature, the venture is helmed by director Mei-Juin…

“I don’t think this World Cup will be decided on how well you read the pitches. But it will be decided on how well you play on those pitches and variety of conditions you get to execute your plans. Adaptability is going to be a really good challenge in this World Cup and how teams adapt to various pitches, conditions, and bowling they will have to face.”Honestly, we try to read the pitches as possibly well as we can and both teams will try to do that. But at the end, its about executing your skills on those pitches; it…

Hangzhou, Oct 6 (IANS) Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched the gold medal match berth in badminton men’s doubles at the 19th Asian games, defeating the former world Champion Malaysian duo of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the semifinal, here on Friday. Satwik and Chirag, the world no. 3 pair, registered a 21-17, 21-12 win over the Malaysians, who are the Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist, to clinch the final berth.–IANSbc

Playing a brand of hockey that has led to its recent metamorphosis into a medal contender in world hockey, the Indian men’s hockey team defeated defending champions Japan 5-1 to re-established its superiority in the continent by winning the gold medal in the Asian Games for the fourth time in 19 editions.The bonus they gained for their consistent performance in the hockey competition in Hangzhou was a berth in next year’s Paris Olympics as the Asian Games in a qualifying tournament for the Olympics.On Friday, India defeated Japan 5-1 in the final, riding on a brace by skipper Harmanpreet Singh…

San Francisco, Oct 6 (IANS) Billionaire and SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Friday predicted that the Starship can make an uncrewed mission to Mars in three or 4 years.Delivering a keynote address at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Baku, Azerbaijan via video conferencing, the billionaire said that the huge reusable rocket system has a decent chance succeeding in its upcoming test flight, the New York Times reported.”I think it’s sort of feasible within the next four years to do an uncrewed test landing there,” Musk was quoted as saying Clay Mowry, the president of the International Astronautical Federation.His comments…

Starting October 7, the offers on the entire product portfolio will go live, which includes exciting offers on the latest flagship OnePlus 11 series as well as the recently launched popular OnePlus Nord 3 series.At the Cloud 11 event this year, OnePlus unveiled two highly anticipated flagship smartphones, the OnePlus 11 5G and OnePlus 11R 5G, expanding their flagship line-up.Customers purchasing the OnePlus 11 5G and the OnePlus Marble Odyssey can avail an Rs 3,000 Instant Bank Discount and special price coupon of Rs 4,000.Customers also stand a chance to get a complimentary unit of the OnePlus Buds Z2 till…

The observations by a bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Arif Doctor came while a hearing a suo motu public interest litigation taken up in the wake of a series of patient deaths in several government-run hospitals this week, specifically Nanded and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.State Advocate-General Dr. Birendra Saraf said that the load on government hospitals often increased owing to referrals from private or smaller hospitals when extremely critical patients are brought to state-run facilities.However, public hospitals cannot ask anyone to go away and they try to accommodate everyone, private hospitals don’t adhere to norms for patient referrals, and…