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Bengaluru, Aug 28 (IANS) The Hubli Tigers stormed into the finals of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20, riding a 114-run partnership between Md. Taha (69) and K.L Shrijith (61 not out) beat Shivamogga Lions by 8 wickets with six overs to spare in the first semifinal.After the Shivamogga Lions were put in to bat in the first semifinal against Hubli Tigers, openers Rohan Kadam (54 off 44 balls) and Nihal Ullal (7) were off to a quiet start scoring 37 runs without losing any wicket.Hubli landed the first blow in the seventh over as Mitrakanth Yadav got rid of Nihal…

Gehlot’s lawyers presented an application on his behalf in the court, and said that the complainant in the case is not appearing for three hearings. In such a situation, the Rajasthan CM should be acquitted in this case.His lawyers also presented the decisions of other courts in front of the court. They said, “It is necessary for the complainant to be present in the case of defamation. He (Shekhawat) is also not appearing in court for three consecutive appearances.”The court will now hear Gehlot’s application on September 6.Shekhawat had claimed defamation in the case of Gehlot accusing him and his…

The four players — Sombir Goswami, Mukilan Shanmugam, Gokulakannan M and Bittu Banwala — have been selected to play for U Mumba out of the hundreds of players that attended the trials in Mumbai.All four players could fit into the starting squad of many PKL teams with their immense potential and will be seen in action in different positions for U Mumba, the team informed in a release on Monday.Sombir Goswami (left corner), Mukilan Shanmugam (left cover), Gokulakannan M (right cover) and Bittu Banwala (right corner) will only add to the existing defensive strength of the side.The NYP selections took…

Speaking to reporters, Deve Gowda declared that no legislator will quit the JD (S). The news about the JD (S) leaders’ alleged exodus to the Congress is just a rumour, he added.He maintained that a meeting would be held on September 10 and party leaders and workers from all the districts would take part in it. “I request all the workers not to desert me at the age of 91,” he appealed.Many programmes would be organized. “We don’t have hatred towards opposition parties. I want to organize programmes in the interest of the party. We will organize the party and…

“Which age we’re living right now? Some people say that we are living in an age of plastic… there was the Stone Age, the Iron Age and now the Plastic Age… and we are fast moving to the Cyber Age. We are still not there, but we’ll be there soon. But unfortunately, there are problems.”The first problem is that there are many highly-professional criminal gangs which are able to hack very well-protected enterprises… very well-protected businesses, governments. And second, unfortunately, we see that they are slowly shifting to industrial systems.”They are moving to the direction of infrastructure, including critical infrastructure.…

State Congress President Nana Patole said that various political parties around the country have united against the ‘tyrannical’ rule of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and have made a thunderous fist called I.N.D.I.A. to give a unified challenge.“Just as Mahatma Gandhi had given the slogan ‘Quit India’ to the British rulers from Mumbai, we shall also issue a ‘Chale Jao BJP’ call at the Mumbai meeting,” said Patole.He said the alliance will also unveil its new logo at the meeting in the presence of all the parties, adding that more parties including some from the ruling NDA are likely to…

Pragnesh Patel, 44 — father of key accused Tathya Patel — is also facing charges in the accident as he has been named co-accused.The move came after the Ahmedabad district court previously rejected a similar plea on grounds related to his need for cancer treatment and medical evaluation at the Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai.The court, opposing bail plea, put forth its argument asserting that he demonstrates a pattern of engaging in similar offences and then proceeding to amicably settle disputes with the complainants.In addition, the court referred to a report issued by the Jaguar car company, which seemingly suggests…

As per a report in ESPNCricinfo, Professor Arjuna de Silva, SLC’s chairman of the medical committee, said Madushanka tore an oblique muscle during the practice game and could be battling to regain fitness ahead of Men’s ODI World Cup, happening from October 5 to November 19 in India.It added that Kumara has suffered a side strain, a recurring injury in his case. His recovery time from the injury may put him out of the Asia Cup completely as well. The duo joins Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera on Sri Lanka’s injury list.The report added that Chameera has a pectoral injury…

The action-packed night at Aturto 1.2 saw some of the most exciting and skilled fighters gathered under one roof to promote the finest fight show of the evening rewarding the select few untapped winning talents who came prepared to ace their combat game.Jowkhum is renowned for writing history as the fighter from Arunachal Pradesh who won battles in Indonesia in addition to winning bronze at the Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) Asian Championship in Kyrgyzstan.Techi Karda and Johnny Darlong, who won the title Match of the Night at the second Aturto Fight event, were the night’s other big…

The study, published in the Nature Communications, showed that white-tailed deer across Ohio, US, have increasingly been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.Scientists collected 1,522 nasal swabs from free-ranging deer in 83 of the state’s 88 counties between November 2021 and March 2022.More than 10 per cent of the samples were positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and at least one positive case was found in 59 per cent of the counties in which testing took place.“We generally talk about interspecies transmission as a rare event, but this wasn’t a huge sampling, and we’re able to document 30 spillovers.…