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The eight-lap race for the touring cars witnessed some drama even before it commenced. Pole-sitter and Balu’s team-mate Gurunath Meiyappan, the championship leader in the Indian Touring Cars category, retired with a turbo issue on the outlap itself and could not take the start.Balu, the 48-year-old multiple champion from Coimbatore, who had qualified P3, made a great start and overtook Ritesh Rai, the private entrant from Chennai, by Turn-2 in the opening lap and never looked back.His vast experience was in evidence as he tip-toed past the water puddles around the track with a near-flawless drive and had something to…

The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 has approved Chamika Karunaratne as a replacement for Dasun Shanaka in the Sri Lankan squad, here on Saturday.Karunaratne who has played 23 ODIs, was named as a replacement after Shanaka was ruled out due to a right thigh muscle injury sustained during Sri Lanka’s match against Pakistan on October 10. The injury needs three weeks to recover.Karunaratne is already in India and has been travelling with the team as their reserve player and could come into contention to play Sri Lanka’s next match against Australia in Lucknow on…

This initiative includes empowering teachers through opportunities to learn from the best schools nationwide.Recently, Education Minister Atishi engaged with 40 mentor teachers from MCD schools in various divisions, who had recently visited innovative schools in Palampur and Bengaluru. They shared their experiences and insights with her.Addressing the mentor teachers, Atishi stressed the importance of providing teachers with exposure to global educational trends to ensure high-quality education for every child.While teachers in Delhi government schools have made significant professional progress in the last eight years of the Arvind Kejriwal government coming to power, the MCD teachers are now the focus of…

The Railways have been asked to submit an affidavit on this count to NGT.Sources aware of the development said that in July 2022, the NGT directed the completion of setting up the STF within the next six months.However, since then, 15 months have passed, and there has not been any progress on this count, which the tribunal had taken note of.It was learnt that the state government has complained about delay in allotment of land by railways authorities had been delaying the project for an indefinite period.The railways department too has its own logic in the matter.According to it, unless…

The charge of India’s third straight victory on a sluggish pitch with variable bounce was led by Jasprit Bumrah’s intelligent variations and Kuldeep Yadav’s accurate wrist-spin fetching them figures of 2-19 and 2-35 respectively. Mohammed Siraj, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja also took two scalps each as India bowled out Pakistan for just 191 in 42.5 overs.From cruising at 155-2, Pakistan lost eight wickets for just 36 runs in 13 overs in a shocking batting implosion, also their worst collapse for the last eight wickets in their history of playing in the Men’s ODI World Cup. Such was Pakistan’s innings…

After getting specific information regarding the distribution and sale of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), the STF team conducted a raid at a rented home at Dakhingaon in Saukuchi Road in Guwahati.Five people were arrested following the operation, according to police.They have been identified as Nizam Ali, Hafizur Rahman, Abdul Rajak, Munindra Hazarika and Atikur Rahman.Police said that Nizam Ali and Hafizur Rahman are residents of North Lakhimpur area while Abdul Rajak and Munindra Hazarika reside in Lakhimpur, and Atikur Rahman is a native of Hatigaon neighbourhood in Guwahati.During the raid, the STF team seized fake currency notes amounting to…

Chandigarh, Oct 14 (IANS) Punjab on Saturday clinched the overall trophy at the 11th National Gatka Championship held at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi.‘Gatkabaaz’ from Chandigarh exhibited an impressive performance, securing the runner-up position, while Haryana and New Delhi achieved third place jointly.This national competition saw participation of over 900 boys and girls athletes assisted by their 80 team coaches and managers from 14 states, besides 35 technical officials deployed to conduct it smoothly.This event was organised by the National Gatka Association of India (NGAI), the country’s oldest registered Gatka organization, with collaboration of the Gatka Association of Delhi and…

Mumbai, Oct 14 (IANS) The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) is preparing a formal complaint against dodgy officiating against Indian athletes Neeraj Chopra and Jyothi Yarraji in the recently concluded Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.The track officials had surprisingly ‘failed’ to measure the first throw by India’s Olympic and World Champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, forcing him to make his first throw again as he went on to win the gold medal with a dominant 88.88m throw.The Chinese track officials made an immoral attempt to get India’s Jyothi Yerraji from the women’s 100m hurdles event after a Chinese competitor Yanni…

Upendra Kushwaha, is one of the NDA leaders raising doubts about the caste survey data ever since it was released by the Bihar government on October 2.“We appreciate the Bihar government for conducting the caste-based survey in Bihar, but the way the data was released is not satisfactory. Many people are complaining that the survey agents did not come to their house or contact them, so how were the personal details of people collected,” Kushwaha alleged.“A majority of the people in Bihar are confused following the emergence of the data. We want the government to address its discrepancies,” Kushwaha said.Kushwaha…

The meme depicts the fan as being happy when Pakistan was 155/2. The meme then showed him going to the washroom and returning to see Pakistan getting all out.Batting first against India, the Pakistan team saw a sudden collapse as they lost the last eight-wicket for a mere 36 runs adding on the board. After the early loss of both the openers skipper Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan partnered together and added 83 runs for the 3rd wicket.Babar got out to an inswinging delivery of Mohammad Siraj after scoring a half-century, Rizwan was deceived by Bumrah’s slower delivery and got…