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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…

Sitharaman, who attended the Plenary Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) in Marrakech, Morocco to discuss the priorities identified in IMF MD’s Global Policy Agenda, said this during her intervention.She noted that the 2023 has been a year of continued uncertainties and expressed concern about the weak medium term growth and policy trade-offs confronting policymakers worldwide.Sitharaman reiterated the importance of IMF quota reforms to ensure an adequately resourced IMF at the centre of Global Financial Safety Net, bolstering IMF’s lending capacity, and support to members through IMF’s lending toolkit to prevent debt crises.She also highlighted the need…

As per its new training system for very young athletes, under the age of 14, the AFI has introduced a new plastic javelin that helps refine the players’ throwing technique while also developing their shoulder muscles, AFI president Adille Sumariwalla told IANS on Saturday.The AFI has also discontinued competitions for sub-junior and youth levels as it wants youngsters at that level to enjoy sports and not get into specialisation in the race for medals.”We have conducted some studies which have shown that only 3 percent of athletes from those winning medals at sub-junior and youth level go on to excel…

The accused have been booked under Section 376D (gang rape) of the IPC, and sections of the Pocso Act, and the SC/ST act in women police station of the district. The incident occurred on Friday when the victim went for some work in a nearby market. She was intercepted by the four persons on bikes and kidnapped. They had taken to a deserted place and gang raped her one by one. After committing the crime, they left the victim at the spot and fled. The victim, somehow, reached home and narrated her ordeal to her parents. “The victim approached Murliganj…

Participating at the virtual inauguration of the festival edition of ‘Jago Bangla (Wake up Bengal)’, hher Trinamool Congress’s party organ in Bengali on Saturday, the Chief Minister said that since Durga Puja is not just a religious festival and that spirit should be followed during the forthcoming days of festival season.”There should be no divisive attempts during those days. While religion is to individuals, the festival is for all. So there should be no discord over it. Everyone should be united in celebrating the festival. Everyone should keep that in mind and not get trapped into any kind of provocation…