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16 Feb

Shreyas Iyer signed as new captain of Kolkata Knight Riders

editor0 CommentsIndia, SportsIPL, Shreyas Iyer

A perennial performer in the IPL, Shreyas Iyer proved he is a big player from the word go. Winning the Emerging Player of the year in his rookie season with 439 runs for then Delhi Daredevils, who bought the uncapped player for a record Rs 2.6 crore at the auction, now Kolkata Knight Riders appointed new signing Shreyas Iyer as their new captain ahead of the Indian Premier League 2022 season on Wednesday. Venky Mysore, CEO & MD of KKR said "We are delighted firstly to have been able to successfully bid for Shreyas in the IPL auction & to…

16 Feb

India’s longest tunnel Katra-Banihal section T-49 was connected by the Indian Railways

editor0 CommentsNorth East

According to the Northern Railways, the main tunnel of the Katra-Banihal section T-49 was successfully connected between Sumber and Arpinchala stations. After its completion the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) mega project will be the longest tunnel of the Indian Railways. The major highlights are: (1) It is 12.758 km long surpassing the 11.2 km long Pir Panjal Tunnel on the Banihal-Qazigund section. (2) The south portal of Tunnel T-49 is located in the picturesque Sumber village at a distance of 45km from the district headquarters Ramban in Jammu and Kashmir at an altitude of 1400m and the north portal of…

16 Feb

‘Virat Kohli remains relaxed and positive, that hundred will come soon’

editor0 CommentsSportsRaj Kumar Sharma, virat kohli, Yash Dhull

Virat Kohli remains in a relaxed set of mind and it is just a matter of time before he gets that hundred," said childhood coach Raj Kumar Sharma on Tuesday. Kohli has been getting starts and half-centuries regularly but has not added to his 70 hundreds in more than two years. Questions are being raised over his form but coach Raj Kumar Sharma feels they are not valid ones as he continues to score runs. "I feel people who are questioning his form should look at his stats. After watching that they will find it tough to criticise him. The hundred…

16 Feb

Bappi Lahiri, the well known Singer and Composer passes away at 69

editor0 CommentsBreaking NewsBappi Lahiri

Bappi Lahiri passed away on Wednesday morning. He was admitted to Criticare Hospital in Mumbai’s Juhu area, where he breathed his last breath. According to the doctor he was discharged from the hospital on Monday after undergoing treatment for a month. On Tuesday suddenly his health deteriorated. He had an infection in his lungs and he was facing difficulty in breathing. At present, his mortal remains are at his Juhu house. Bappi Lahiri, also known as the "Disco King" in India was born in Calcutta, West Bengal in 1952 into a family with a rich tradition in classical music. He began his career…

15 Feb

Russia shows signs of de-escalation, to pull back some troops from Ukraine border

editor0 CommentsInternationalRussia

Moscow is starting to return some troops at the Ukrainian border to their bases, the Russian government announced Tuesday — but Ukraine's president and Western officials have urged caution over taking Russia's claims at face value. In a statement early Tuesday, Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, said troops that had recently been posted to Russia's southern and western military districts — which share a border with Ukraine — had completed their military drills and "have already begun loading onto rail and road transport and will begin moving to their military garrisons today." It came amid…

15 Feb

Lalu Prasad convicted in Rs 139-crore Doranda treasury case, fifth in fodder scam

editor0 CommentsPoliticalbihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav was convicted on Tuesday in the Rs 139.35-crore Doranda treasury scam, the fifth fodder case in which he was named as a conspirator. Yadav, who was then the chief minister of Bihar, was named in the scam relating to embezzlement in the state’s animal husbandry department between 1991 and 1996. Prasad had earlier been sentenced to 14 years in jail in four other fodder scam cases. "Lalu Prasad has been convicted. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on February 18," the CBI counsel said. The court of Special CBI Judge SK…

15 Feb

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Ashish Misra, accused of running over farmers, walks out of jail

editor0 CommentsPoliticalUttar Pradesh

Union minister Ajay Misra's son Ashish Misra, who was arrested in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, walked out of jail on Tuesday after he was granted bail. Ashish Misra was released from jail after he was granted bail by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court. Ashish Misra's lawyers submitted two bail bonds of Rs 3 lakh each in regards to his bail orders on Monday. Ashish Misra was arrested on October 9 last year in connection with the violence that erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri. On October 3, 2021, eight people, including four farmers, were…

15 Feb

Money laundering: ED searches premises in Mumbai ‘linked to Dawood Ibrahim, aides’; one held

editor0 CommentsNorth EastDawood Ibrahim

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday detained a person from Mumbai in connection with its investigation in a money laundering probe linked to the operations of the underworld, illegal property deals and hawala transactions. Early morning, ED conducted multiple searches in Mumbai. The raids are currently underway at about ten locations in Mumbai. Officials told that action is being conducted under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The ED action is based on a recent FIR filed recently by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against 1993 Mumbai blasts mastermind and fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and some independent intelligence inputs received…

15 Feb

Tata Motors Press statement

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Indiatata motors

Tata Motors is delighted with the opportunity provided to participate in the progressive and transformational Auto sector PLI scheme that aims to drive self-sufficiency and world class competitiveness through 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative. We are committed to shape India’s vehicular landscape with smart and sustainable mobility solutions powered by new age technologies to address the evolving needs of both personal and commercial mobility and this opportunity will help us drive this with even greater vigour.

15 Feb

NEET PG 2022 medical aspirants move SC for clarity on EWS quota

editor0 CommentsEducationNEET PG, SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court will soon hear the plea related to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test- Postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2022 as several medical aspirants have approached the top court seeking clarity in the information bulletin regarding the applicability of EWS criteria. Earlier the top court had paved the way for starting the stalled NEET-PG 2021 counselling process based on the existing 27 percent reservation for OBC in the All India Quota seats, saying there is an “urgent need” to begin the admission process. It also allowed 10 percent EWS reservation for this year and…