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Arguably the finest bowler of his generation and the best in the world at the moment, Jasprit Bumrah is used to getting the highest praise from cricketers, experts and fans alike. However, former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali has gone one step further in stating that Bumrah is so good that he would threaten batters on cement pitches. Bumrah – who won the Player of the Tournament award in India’s title-winning 2024 T20 World Cup – was singled out for compliments by Ali. “Even if you play Bumrah on a cement pitch, his awkward action could deceive batters. That is the reality. Not the rest of the bowlers. For the rest, it depends on form and… Read More »“He Can Take Wickets On Cement”: Ex-Pak Star’s High Praise For Bumrah

The Bengal government has written to the junior doctors protesting against the rape-murder of a colleague, asking them to participate in  a discussion. The email came as the doctors marched to the health secretariat today and is camping out there, seeking immediate resignation of several senior officials and the city police chief. In the e-mail to the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front, the government has asked the doctors to come for a discussion and end the month-long standoff.   But the doctors have refused, saying the e-mail has come from the health secretary, one of the people whose resignation they had been seeking. “The email has come from the health secretary and this is insulting… Read More »“Insulting To Us”: Called For Talks, Bengal Doctors’ Strong Rebuff

Vehicles equipped with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) On-Board Units (OBUs) will have the capability to automatically pay tolls based on the distance they cover. In a development that could fast track highway travel, the government has notified updates to the existing National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008. The centre wants to introduce toll collection through satellite-based systems which could help highway travellers to avoid the long queues that still exist despite the implementation of mandatory Fastags. The updates include the addition of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) along with the On-board Units (OBUs) as a method for toll collection. This will work in conjunction with the existing systems like a… Read More »Government To Implement Satellite-Based Toll Collection

The Centre has directed deployment of two fresh CRPF battalions comprising about 2,000 personnel for security duties in ethnic strife-torn Manipur, official sources said Tuesday. The battalion number 58 is being moved from Warangal in Telangana while the one numbered 112 is being sent from Latehar in Jharkhand. The first unit will have its headquarter in Kangvai (Churachandpur) in Manipur while the second will be stationed around Imphal, the sources told PTI. They said the move has been ordered following the withdrawal of two Assam Rifles battalions from Manipur for operational duties in Jammu and Kashmir and some other parts of the Northeast. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed that all the companies… Read More »Centre Sends 2,000 More Paramilitary Personnel To Violence-Hit Manipur

Looking to defend the Communist Party of India (Marxist) bastion of Kulgam, which he has won since 1996, Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami is now facing a very different challenge in the form of a candidate backed by the Jamaat-e-Islami.  Speaking exclusively to NDTV on Tuesday, Mr Tarigami said this is not the first time the Jamaat has made a U-turn in terms of entering electoral politics and insisted that there is no “green wave” in the red citadel. The CPI(M) leader, who is the consensus candidate of the National Conference-Congress alliance, faces a contest from Sayyar Ahmed Reshi, a candidate backed by the Jamaat, Mohammad Amin Dar from the Peoples Democratic Party and the Apni Party’s… Read More »‘No Green Wave’: CPM Candidate On Jamaat-e-Islami’s Challenge In J&K Polls