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Rachin Ravindra will carry along with him that soothing ‘home ground’ feeling when the New Zealand top-order batter steps on to the field here on Wednesday for the first Test against India. After all, his familial roots are firmly entrenched in Bengaluru. His parents Ravi Krishnamurthy and Deepa hail from the city, while his grandparents T. Balakrishna Adiga, a noted educationist, and Poornima still stay here, and a cosy family get together ahead of the match is on cards too. “It’s something different about playing a Test match. You’re here for five days and it’s a tradition, you know, Test cricket’s the pinnacle. I guess it makes it extra significant because of the family connection,”… Read More »“I Am A Kiwi”: Rachin Ravindra’s “Indian Heritage” Remark Wins Everyone

The Election Commission (EC) will announce the dates for Assembly polls in Maharashtra and Jharkhand on Tuesday. The EC will announce the poll schedule at a press conference to be held at 3.30 pm. In Maharashtra’s last Assembly elections in 2019, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), comprising a then unified Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), along with the Congress, had won 154 of 288 seats. This year’s election will probably be the last prestige battle of 2024 with the fractured Shiv Sena and NCP battling the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance. Sources in the BJP told NDTV the party will contest on 158 of the state’s 288 seats. It has offered 70 seats to Eknath Shinde’s… Read More »Maharashtra, Jharkhand Election Dates To Be Announced This Afternoon

The Pakistan Cricket Board’s newly-appointed selection committee stunned the entire cricketing fraternity with the decision to drop Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, and Naseem Shah from the team ahead of the 2nd Test against England. Though the trio’s form has been a concern of late, the fact that Pakistan would drop their best batter Babar Azam, was incomprehensible to many. Former England captain Michael Vaughan was one of those who questioned the baffling decision, calling it ‘stupidty’ from the Pakistan selection committee. “So Pakistan haven’t won in a while .. Go 1 nil down in the series and decide to drop the best player in @babarazam258.. I guess Pakistan cricket is full of surprises but this… Read More »“Absolutely Stupid”: England Great Loses It As Pakistan Drop Babar Azam

Overnight rains lashed Chennai and nearby areas and the India Meteorological Department on Tuesday said the low-pressure area is likely to turn well marked soon. While civic authorities said there has been no water stagnation in subways in view of preventive maintenance, water logging was seen in several places inconveniencing road users. Since Monday night, Chennai and its suburbs, including those falling under nearby Tiruvallur district has been experiencing intermittent rains. #WATCH | Tamil Nadu: Rain lashes parts of Chennai city. (Visuals from Koyambedu area in Chennai) pic.twitter.com/kf2mfGz6fr — ANI (@ANI) October 15, 2024 The IMD in a post on X said: “The low pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal persisted over the same… Read More »Heavy Rain In Chennai, Nearby Areas, Schools And Colleges Shut

A 26-year-old British man died on Sunday after falling from Spain’s tallest bridge, which he had climbed to create social media content, authorities reported on Monday. Accompanied by a 24-year-old fellow Briton, the unidentified victim fell while climbing the cable-stayed bridge in Talavera de la Reina, approximately 70 miles southwest of Madrid, the Guardian reported. The man reportedly attempted his climb without any safety equipment. Local authorities also cited heavy rainfall in Talavera before the accident, which may have made the bridge’s surface slippery, according to Spanish media reports. “As far as we have been able to learn, they had come to Talavera to climb the bridge and create content for social networks, which has resulted in… Read More »British Influencer Falls To His Death While Trying To Climb Spain’s Highest Bridge