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“Bhagwant Mann had earlier announced when he was an MP that dealing with paddy stubble was the responsibility of the state government. Now that Mann is in power he should fulfill this responsibility and release adequate compensation to farmers to help them in managing the stubble instead of ordering registration of cases against them,” Badal said in a statement.He asked Chief Minister Mann to distribute the chemical he and his boss Arvind Kejriwal had claimed would dissolve paddy stubble to farmers instead of taking draconian action against them.The SAD President told the chief minister, “You should practise what you preach.…

Bengaluru, Nov 4 (IANS) Rachin Ravindra has become the first New Zealand batter to hit three centuries in an edition of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup when he reached the three-figure mark in the league stage match against Pakistan here at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, on Saturday.Ravindra, 23, took a single off Pakistan fast-bowler Mohammad Wasim Jr. in the 34th over to complete his third century of this World Cup, after previously making a hundred against England (on World Cup debut) and Australia. He eventually made 108 off 94 balls, hitting 15 fours and a six at a strike-rate of…

“We are announcing that we will be creating a path for developers of Instant Games on Facebook to launch their games directly to people on Facebook, even if the game is in the early stages of development and historically would have been blocked by the Quality Guidelines,” Meta said in a blogpost on Friday.The company also said that it will change the way games are distributed across our organic discovery experiences.In the new process, the tech giant is introducing the Play Lab tier, which will allow games that previously may not have passed Quality Review to go live on the…

New Delhi has been under heavy smog for the last five days, caused by an unprecedented spike in the Air Quality Level (AQI) of the national capital. The city’s AQI went from 351 on Thursday morning to 471 on Friday morning, hitting the severe category.It forced the schools to be closed for two days and non-essential construction work being banned, along with restrictions on vehicular movement. On Saturday morning, the AQI level was recorded at 413, with the overall air quality still at severe level. The city is scheduled to host its last ODI World Cup game between Sri Lanka…

The Chief Minister in a statement condemned the incident as an inhuman crime against the people.Mann, while quoting the Gurbani, said the verse “Pawan Guru, Paani Pitaah, Mata Dharat Mahat” explains how “our great Gurus have equated air (pawan) with teacher, water (paani) with father and land (dharti) with mother”.Unfortunately, he said, this incident has reflected that the words of the great Gurus are not being honoured by the people in the state.The Chief Minister said the government cannot be mute spectator to this “heinous” incident and allow the anarchy to prevail.He said the government official had gone to fields…

In episode 60 of the family special week of the quiz based reality show, Big B welcomed ‘The Wagle Family’, from the sitcom ‘Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey’ to the hot seat.Sumeet along with Pariva Pranati, and Bharati Achrekar came to the hot seat. Sumeet plays the lead character of Rajesh Wagle, Pariva plays Vandana Wagle, while Bharati is seen as Radhika Wagle.During the conversation, Amitabh said: “Rajesh (referring to Sumeet), you know Mr Computer says that you’re an amazing singer. I want you to perform for our studio audience and viewers back home.”“The instruments are here.…

The company had made a profit of Rs 1,808 crore in the same quarter a year ago.The revenue of the company stood at Rs 38,945 crore during the reporting quarter.The loss was mainly due to a sharp increase in the net tax outgo which increased to Rs 9,092 crore from Rs 1,674 crore a year ago.This was due to tax deduction on a one-time gain of Rs 1,223 crore, and on account of the adoption of the new tax regime.Vedanta earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) grew by 49 per cent YoY to Rs 11,479 crore.However, the zinc…

Williamson accomplished this remarkable feat by dispatching Hasan Ali’s short delivery for a boundary and scored an impressive 95 runs in a mere 79 balls. This achievement allowed him to surpass the seasoned Stephen Fleming, who had amassed 1075 runs across 33 innings, and now Williamson stands atop the list of highest run-scorers for New Zealand with 1084 runs in just 24 innings.The 33-year-old, however, missed out on scoring his third World Cup century after getting out of 95 in the 35th over off Iftikhar Ahmed.”Kane Williamson’s 95 runs today made him the team’s leading @cricketworldcup run scorer. Williamson overtook…

Speaking after the meet, Shivakumar gave a stern warning that no Congress legislator should put his political career and party’s prospects in jeopardy by issuing public statements over the post of Chief Minister.”All leaders have been warned not to make any public statements. For those who were warned earlier for making statements, CM Siddaramaiah himself had warned all party leaders that including himself, if public statements are issued it is going to bring an embarrassment to the party,” the Deputy Chief Minister said.”Even if the media asks questions, the party leaders are asked not to give replies. The media will…

Addressing a Press conference on Saturday, he said the Centre should constitute a committee comprising technical experts from other states for a comprehensive probe under the supervision of a sitting judge of the Supreme Court.He said the committee should look into all aspects from preparation of estimates, to planning, designing and construction of the project.Revanth Reddy also demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally inspect the Medigadda barrage during his next Telangana visit to understand the situation first hand.Slamming Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for massive corruption in the project, the Congress leader alleged that KCR and his family are…