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Heeding to some realistic suggestions made by the retired judges – Justice M. G. Gaikwad and Justice S. B. Shukre, plus Ministers Atul Save, Dhananjay Munde, Uday Samant, and Sandipan Bhumre, Jarange-Patil said that he would give a two-month extension – till January 2, 2024 – to the government to implement Maratha reservation.”This is the final ultimatum… Take this new deadline extension and give us the quotas. If you betray us, then Marathas from all over Maharashtra will troop to Mumbai and lay siege on its borders,” he warned, and after his address, accepted a glass of water and sipped…

Shami had figures of 5-1-18-5, taking his overall tally to 45 as he became the highest wicket-taker for India in World Cups, getting past Zaheer Khan’s tally of 44 in 23 matches. Shami, who had claimed5-54 against New Zealand earlier in this World Cup, reached the mark in just 14 matches.Shami, who came into the playing XI after Hardik Pandya was injured, has taken 14 wickets in just three matches so far.The last time they met Sri Lanka in the final of the 2023 Asia Cup in Colombo, India bowled them out for 50 in 15.2 overs. On Thursday, India…

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee’s General Secretary Viriato Fernandes on Thursday addressed a press conference and slammed the BJP government for looting taxpayers’ money on the pretext of conducting national games.“Substandard work has been done wherever the games are taking place. The temporary overlays erected at many places are not safe due to substandard work. I demand a safety audit and repairs/corrections to avoid unfortunate incidents,” Fernandes said.He said that all the rules have been flouted during the tendering process. According to him, for the last nine years the Goa government was aware that national games would take place, but still…

BNP’s Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi had called for a three-day complete blockade of the country three starting October 31 to press the party’s one-point demand of immediate resignation of the Awami League government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.On Wednesday, five minibuses and an ambulance were set ablaze in different parts of the capital city. The police have said that they have arrested one person regarding this incident.In the Baridhara area — the diplomatic zone of Dhaka — the miscreants set ablaze a minibus belonging to Boishakhi Paribahan on Wednesday evening, said Rozina Akter, Fire Service Control Room…

Earlier, the opposition had targeted the Bihar government for allegedly giving a maximum number of jobs to outsiders.“It is a matter of happiness that people of other states will come to Bihar and educate our students. There are 88 per cent candidates from Bihar recruited as teachers. We have issued notification to 1.70 lakh teacher posts and over 8 lakh candidates have given the examinations. Those who are raising questions against the recruitment do not know anything about it,” the Chief Minister said.He said that the Central government has recently announced jobs for 51 thousand candidates which was highlighted on…

Shami took his tally of wickets in the ODI World Cup to 45 after taking his fifth wicket, he surpassed Zaheer Khan and Javagal Srinath’s 44 wicket records to become the highest wicket-taker.He has also now four five-fors in ODIs, the most by an Indian. Three of them have come in the World Cups, the joint-most with Mitchell Starc.Shami also entered the top 10 of the highest wicket takers in ODI World cup history, which is topped by Glenn McGrath with 71. Among active international cricketers, only Mitchell Starc and Trent Boult are above him in the list with 56…

In the settlement with New York Attorney General Letitia James, Uber will pay $290 million and Lyft will pay $38 million, touted as the largest wage-theft settlement for the AG’s office, reports CNBC. “For years, Uber and Lyft systemically cheated their drivers out of hundreds of millions of dollars in pay and benefits while they worked long hours in challenging conditions,” James said in a statement. “My office will continue to make sure that companies operating in the so-called ‘gig economy’ do not deprive workers of their rights or undermine the laws meant to protect them,” she added. In a…

Alarmingly, this was the case even if the adults didn’t have Covid-19. But the figure was higher in those who already had mild cognitive decline before the pandemic, according to the research published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity. Researchers looked at results from computerised brain function tests from more than 3,000 participants, who were aged between 50 and 90 and based in the UK. The study checked the participants’ short-term memory and ability to complete complex tasks. They found that cognitive decline quickened — 50 per cent — significantly in the first year of the pandemic. This continued into the…

The accused was identified as Rizwan, a resident of district Deeg, Rajasthan who used to pose as Vikram Rathore, ACP from the Crime Branch.It is worth mentioning here that Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar had played the role of an ACP named Vikram Rathore in the movie ‘Rowdy Rathore’ and the name is being frequently used by cyber cheats to dupe people.According to the police, on July 18, a case was registered based on the complaint of T. Aggarwal, who alleged that he received an unknown WhatsApp video call featuring an undressed girl, during which a screenshot was taken, capturing the…

That will be the only final at the Yash Shooting Academy ranges, on day one of the National Games Goa 2023 Shooting competitions, which will see close to 325 shooters from over 30 States and Union Territories (UTs) compete till November 09, across the 15 Olympic Shooting disciplines.Haryana’s Sarabjot Singh, just recently back from his bronze medal and Paris Olympics quota-winning exploits at the 15th Asian Shooting Championship in Changwon, Korea, will lead a field of 37 air pistol shooters vying for the first National Games Goa Shooting title.The field consists of the top 15 ranked shooters in the discipline…