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‘Sachin Tendulkar grew up in a different era’: Manjrekar amid calls for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s India debut | Cricket News

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s record-shattering IPL 2026 campaign has sparked one of Indian cricket’s biggest selection debates. The 15-year-old batting sensation from Bihar’s Samastipur amassed 776 runs in 16 matches at a staggering strike rate of 237.31, while smashing a record 72 sixes during the season.The extraordinary run has prompted…

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SC sets up expert panel on Aravalis, petitioners question its independence | India News

New Delhi: In search of a new expansive definition of ‘Aravali hills and ranges’ after dropping the earlier court-accepted controversial 100m height criteria, Supreme Court has entrusted the task to a five-member high-powered committee that’ll include experts from Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, Forest Survey of India and Geological Survey of India.A bench…

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Norway Chess: R Praggnanandhaa humbles Magnus Carlsen once again; Gukesh, Divya Deshmukh suffer classical losses | Chess News

Magnus Carlsen, R Praggnanandhaa, Divya Deshmukh, and D Gukesh (Photo by Michal Walusza for Norway Chess) NEW DELHI: If you turn the pages of an English dictionary to find the meaning of the word “cliché”, it will tell you that a cliché is nothing but a phrase or an idea that has been so overused…

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ED on Dawood’s drug trail, raids 20 locations | India News

NEW DELHI: A countrywide crackdown has begun to dismantle an international drug syndicate operating from India, with ED carrying out searches across 20 locations on Tuesday in Mumbai, Surat, Ankleshwar and Rajkot, including premises linked to some associates of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.Salim Dola, one of Dawood’s associates, was recently arrested in Turkey on…

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Cbse: CBSE debacle: Coempt edged past TCS in tech evaluation, lens now on tender design | India News

NEW DELHI: The tendering process behind CBSE’s massive on-screen marking (OSM) project has come under sharper scrutiny after procurement records showed that Hyderabad-based Coempt Eduteck Pvt Ltd narrowly edged past Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in the technical evaluation before securing a decisive advantage through a sharply lower financial bid.The scoring pattern has triggered questions among…

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Scheme to phase out BS-IV trucks, buses may get cabinet nod today | India News

NEW DELHI: Union Cabinet is likely to approve an incentive scheme aimed at phasing out BS-IV trucks and buses in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) and replacing them with BS-VI and electric vehicles over the next five years. The proposal, Naya Safar, is likely to be taken up on Wednesday so that the scheme can…

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IAF chief in France, defence ministry issues LoR to Paris for 114-jet deal

NEW DELHI: IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh has reached France for a four-day visit to give a push to the Rafale deal even as the defence ministry has issued a Letter of Request (LoR) to the European country for the procurement of 114 multirole 4.5-generation fighter jets in a deal estimated to…

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Court summons Naveen Jindal, former coal secretary | India News

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Monday took cognisance of charges filed against industrialist Naveen Jindal, former coal secretary P C Parekh and others under IPC provisions relating to criminal conspiracy and cheating, and the Prevention of Corruption Act, in what it described as “one of the most voluminous chargesheets of coal block cases”.Special judge Sunena…

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MEA: No role for 3rd party to settle Nepal border row | India News

NEW DELHI: After Nepal PM Balendra Shah sought UK’s intervention in the India-Nepal border dispute, the Indian govt Tuesday strongly rejected any third-party mediation on what it described as a bilateral issue. Speaking in Parliament on Sunday, Shah had said London should take an interest in resolving the dispute as it originated during the times…

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SC: Criminal cases on loan defaulters must end after settlement | India News

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has held that criminal proceedings should not be allowed to go on against a loan defaulter if the bank and the debtor reached a compromise for settlement of the loan account. The SC said it would have a debilitating effect on the overall economy if such proceedings are allowed.A bench of…

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