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It was an absolute run-fest in Delhi on Saturday as SunRisers Hyderabad went past 250 for the third time in the IPL 2024. With the help of some tremendous hitting from Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Shahbaz Ahmed, SRH put up an intimidating total of 267/6 in 20 overs. However, DC put up a string fight with youngster Jake Fraser-McGurk taking a leading role. He came out all guns blazing scoring a 15-ball half century, the fasted in IPL 2024 this season. It’s the joint third-fastest fifty in the history of the tournament. Fraser-McGurk’s innings included seven sixes and five fours…
Manipur chief electoral officer on Saturday announced repolling at 11 polling stations in the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency on April 22. The decision follows a directive from the Election Commission to declare the polls held at these stations on April 19 as null and void and schedule fresh polling. The affected polling stations are Moirangkampu Sajeb and Thongam Leikai in the Khurai constituency, four in Kshetrigao and one in Thongju in Imphal East district and three in Uripok and one in Konthoujam in Imphal West district, the official said. Incidents of firing, intimidation, destruction of EVMs at some polling…
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday claimed the then chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had told him in 2019 that he would groom his son Aaditya Thackeray as the next CM of Maharashtra as part of the power-sharing agreement between the two parties. Mr Thackeray also said Mr Fadnavis, a senior BJP leader, had told him that he would move to the Centre in the next two to three years. Addressing a rally in Dharavi, Mr Thackeray claimed the then BJP chief Amit Shah had come to Matoshree, the private residence of the Thackerays, to seek an alliance with…
Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives on Saturday quickly passed two key aid bills to counter China and bolster Taiwan while also threatening a ban on TikTok if it fails to divest from Beijing. Voting on major bills on Ukraine and Israel was yet to come. Lawmakers began voting on the foreign aid and arms bills, totaling some $95 billion, at 1:00 pm (1700 GMT), and embattled Republican Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to rely on Democratic votes for passage. The bills are the product of months of acrimonious negotiations, pressure from US allies and repeated pleas for assistance…
The BJP is likely to perform better this time than what it achieved in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, a top economist and psephologist told NDTV today. Surjit Bhalla, whose new book ‘How We Vote’ details the voter’s mindset, in an interview to NDTV said the BJP may get 330 to 350 seats. “Based on statistical possibility, they should get 330 to 350 seats on their own. This is just the BJP, not including its alliance partners,” Mr Bhalla said, agreeing that the party whose campaign is led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi would likely see a 5 to 7…
BJP’s Moradabad candidate Sarvesh Singh, a five-time MLA and a one-time MP, died a day after his Uttar Pradesh constituency went to polls in phase one of the general elections. He was 72. Sarvesh Singh, who has been ill for a long time, was undergoing treatment at a Delhi hospital. “Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar has passed away,” UP BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary told news agency PTI. “He had some problem in his throat and had an operation. Yesterday, he had gone to AIIMS for a check-up,” Mr Chaudhary added. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath termed the death of the leader an “irreparable…
Nitish Kumar teed up a new controversy on Sunday when he took a swipe at his former ally Lalu Yadav and his “many children”. The family however chose to respond with love. “Some people claim everything these days. They appointed their wives when they were removed. Now, it is their children these days. Ab paida to bahut kar diya. Itna zyaada paida karna chahiye kisi ko, baal baccha? (Does anybody beget so many children?” asked Nitish Kumar, who was addressing an election rally in Katihar in favour of NDA’s Lok Sabha nominee Dulal Chandra Goswami. While the Chief Minister did…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had stopped taking insulin months before his arrest and is on a basic anti-diabetes oral medicine, officials said on Saturday, citing a report by the Tihar jail administration to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena. “The entire narrative being built and fear-mongering by the Aam Aadmi Party regarding Kejriwal’s sugar levels, is only based on a purported treatment of Kejriwal being carried out by a Telangana based private clinic. Interestingly, Kejriwal, as advised by the Telangana doctor, was on an insulin – reversal programme and the doctor had stopped insulin dosage much before the arrest of Kejriwal,” the…
A user on the microblogging website X and the Railway Ministry took swipes at each other over a viral video of a crowded 2nd AC sleeper coach in which many people were seen allegedly travelling without a ticket. The user, Kapil, alleged that the crowd had reached “one of the most premium coaches” of Indian trains. “Only First AC is left to be destroyed,” he said on Friday while re-sharing an April 14 video of the overcrowded Kashi Express, which runs between Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur. The video was originally shared by a passenger on the train and showed…
Bipasha Basu misses no chance to shower love on her husband Karan Singh Grover and today was no different. On the occasion of Husband Appreciation Day, Bipasha Basu shared a heartfelt message for Karan on social media. The actress shared two pictures on Instagram. The first image captures the couple posing for a mirror selfie, with Bipasha Basu flaunting her baby bump. The second image captures a tender moment on the day of their daughter Devi’s birth. In the snapshot, Karan Singh Grover is gently touching Bipasha’s hair as she peacefully rests in the hospital. Expressing her gratitude, Bipasha thanked…