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BCCI rules out AP govt ‘take over’ of ACA
Vijayawada, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has said it was not possible for the Andhra Pradesh government to ‘take over’ the affairs of the Andhra Cricket Association (ACA), following the recent crisis involving its former General Secretary V Chamundeswaranath, according to its President and BCCI fixtures committee member Gokaraju Gangaraju.
Gangaraju, who [...]
Police in naxal-hit districts to be equipped with satellite phones
Mirzapur, Police would be provided satellite phones for easy communication in naxal-infested Mirzapur and Sonebhadra districts of Uttar Pradesh.
The sleuths in these naxal affected districts, would be the first in the state to be equipped with satellite phones, Inspector General of Police (Vindhyachal) Chandradev Tiwari said today.
The satellite phone would ease the communication as the [...]
22 villages in Kurukshetra to have solar lights
Chandigarh, The Haryana government has selected 22 villages of Kurukshetra district for the installation of solar street lighting system under the scheme of Scheduled Caste Special Component Programme.
Giving this information here today, an official spokesman disclosed that the villages having more than 50 per cent SC population had been provided modern and efficient solar lights. [...]
Notorious gangster beaten by rival gang members
Sangrur, A notorious gangster and undetrail was beaten by about a dozen members of a rival gang at the courts complex in Sunam today.
Police sources said that undertrial Sukhbir Singh, who is imprisoned at the Central Jail here was taken to Sunam in connection with the hearing of a case. As he alighted from the [...]
Pietersen describes captaincy as ‘facing an oncoming train’
London, Star batsman Kevin Pietersen has described captaincy as like facing an oncoming train and said it just ”weighs you down when the team performs badly”.
”All day every day, it’s like facing an oncoming train.It absolutely hammers you,” Pietersen was quoted as saying by the ‘The Daily Telegraph’.
”Then if you’re not playing well, like we [...]
TN CM announces stipend hike, but striking medicos relentless
Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today announced hike in the stipend to House Surgeons and Post Graduate Assistants, but the striking doctors, demanding increase in stipend, declined to call off the stir, saying the hike was insufficient.
As the statewide indefinite strike, launched by about 3,500 house surgeons and PG assistants, entered the third [...]
Day train between Bangalore-Mangalore this month: Minister
Bangalore, Union Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa today said the day train service between Bangalore and Mangalore would be introduced by the end of this month.
Talking to newspersons here, he said a long pending demand of passengers would be fulfilled by the end of this month.
”I assure that the train service between [...]
Braving chill and rain, pilgrims proceed towards Amarnath cave
Srinagar, Braving icy winds and rain, more than 2000 yatris, including women and children, today left the Baltal base camp for the holy Amarnath cave shrine.
As many as 2,060 pilgrims also left the Nunwan-Pahalgam base camp this morning after remaining stranded for a day yesterday due to slippery track condition.
A senior officer of the Shri [...]
NCW for nationwide debate on decriminalising gay sex
New Delhi, Taking note of the Delhi High Court decriminalising homosexual relations, National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Girija Vyas today called for a nationwide debate on Section 377 of IPC since it was a complex issue concerning the society.
”…It’s a very complex issue which will have serious consequences on the society. I would like [...]
Businessman’s son kidnapped in Meerut
Meerut, A buisnessman’s son has been abducted from the city.
Senior Superintendent of Police Brij Bhushan today said Akshay, son of Devesh Bansal, went missing under suspicious circumstances last evening.
The family said the kidnappers had demanded Rs one crore as ransom for the youth’s release.
Investigation was underway.
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