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Lucknow, Oct 15 (IANS) Ahead of a must-win clash against Sri Lanka in the 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup, Australia captain Pat Cummins admitted that he had found it hard to read the pitches in various Indian venues and decide on what has to be the gameplan as per the different conditions.Australia’s campaign is facing dark clouds after suffering a loss to India on a spin-friendly pitch in Chennai and against South Africa on a bouncy Lucknow pitch.“It’s a tricky one, even ODI cricket compared to T20s played over half the game in daylight, half at night. So, it’s a…

Islamabad, Oct 15 (IANS) At least six terrorists and a soldier were killed on Saturday during a clash between security forces and terrorists in North Waziristan district of Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said. The security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the Mir Ali area of the district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement on Saturday night.”During the conduct of the operation, intense fire exchange took place between own troops and terrorists as a result of which six terrorists were killed while eight terrorists got injured,” the…

Herat (Afghanistan), Oct 15 (IANS) A new tremor killed one person and injured 35 others in west Afghanistan’s Herat province on Sunday, a statement of the provincial government said. “As a result of the earthquake, which rocked Herat at 8:06 a.m. local time today, one person was killed and 35 injured persons have been shifted to hospital,” the statement confirmed.The number of casualties could go up, the statement further said.Locals also said that two tremors in a short span of minutes rocked Herat and its vicinity on Sunday morning.Two deadly quakes, each with a magnitude of 6.2 on the Richter…

Though both of them talked primarily about their books, ‘The Ties That Divide Us’ by Dosanjh and ‘A Life In The Shadows’ by Dulat, discussions in this picturesque hill station of Himachal Pradesh in their sessions digressed to the contextual diplomatic row that India and Canada are undergoing following allegations of a potential link between agents of the Government of India and the killing of Khalistan extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.Dosanjh, who has been a premier of British Columbia, suggested both the Indian and the Canadian governments should hold talks to diffuse the ongoing crisis in the interest of…

Aiming for a third consecutive term in power, the BRS has promised more than what Congress had announced under six guarantees last month.The Congress had promised financial assistance of Rs 2,500 for every woman and cooking gas cylinder for Rs 500. It had also promised financial assistance of Rs 15,000 per acre for farmers and monthly social security pension of Rs 4,000 for various beneficiaries.BRS promised that under the Sowbhagya Laxmi scheme, women belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL) will get monthly financial assistance of Rs 3,000.Releasing the BRS election manifesto on Sunday, BRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar…

It is not clear as to why Manasvi took a step back and whether she will be entering the show once it starts to air or would be a wild card entry.Lawyer Sana Raees Khan has stepped in place of Manasvi and is the new entrant. Sana is known for handling cases including the drug cases that involved superstar Shah Rukh Khan ’s son Aryan Khan in 2021. She represented Avin Sahu, who was amongst the first co-accused to have secured bail in the drug case.The 12 contestants as of now include Ankita Lokhande, Vicky Jain, Jigna Vora, Munawar Faruqi,…

Official sources said that a soldier identified as Gurcharan Singh was injured in the landmine explosion along the LoC in Kalsian area of Nowshera sector.“The soldier belongs to Sikh light infantry.”He was given first aid at Nowshera and then shifted to the Army’s command hospital in Udhampur town,” sources said.–IANSsq/dpb

The number of casualties could further go up, a hospital official said.Locals said that the tremors have damaged around 30 villages in the province.Two deadly quakes, each with a magnitude of 6.2 on the Richter scale, followed by several aftershocks, rocked west Afghanistan with an epicentre in the Zinda Jan district of Herat province on October 7, leaving over 2,000 dead and thousands more injured.Since October 7, Herat has been experiencing a series of tremors, forcing locals to stay and sleep on the public ground to escape possible devastating aftershocks.–IANSInt/uk

Kartik hails from Chennai and has the medical condition of autism because of which he struggles with communication and understanding people. Simple everyday tasks can be daunting for him.However, during the course of the episode, Kartik, who hadn’t spoken with his mother in 27 years due to his inability to speak, found a way to express his love and emotions to her through his first original song, ‘Maa Meri Maa’.Composed by Rathijit Bhattacharjee and penned by Ravikesh Vatsa, the composition is a tribute to Kartik’s unwavering source of strength—his mother, and is a profound message from Kartik to her.Neeti Mohan,…

The accident happened after the KTM bike on which the deceased and his friend were travelling rammed into two pedestrians.The deceased was identified as Anshu kumar, a native of Bihar’s Gaya who was residing at varsity’s Satluj Hostel.The official said that Anshu was pursuing BA 1st year in Russian language at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).According to police, in the early hours of Sunday, information regarding an accident in JNU campus was received from AIIMS Trauma Centre at Vasant Kunj North police station.On receipt of the information, a police team reached AIIMS Trauma Centre and on inquiry it was known that…