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Sachin Tendulkar wanted to have a crack at Australia but was immediately told to ‘shut up’. Sachin Tendulkar made a career out of two things – Being the best batter of his time and remaining one of the most non-controversial figures while doing so. Throughout Tendulkar’s 25-year-long career, the Master Blaster hardly lost his composure – or even if he did, Sachin hardly let it dictate his emotions. Skip the one-off incident of the verbal assault he unleashed on Glenn McGrath during the ICC Champions Trophy Knockout in Nairobi. He might have given the Aussie a mouthful, yet Tendulkar remained…

Bihar Deputy CM Vijay Sinha crossed paths with RJD MLC Ajay Kumar in Lakhisarai, and the two traded big allegations on the road. Political blame game moved to the streets in Bihar’s Lakhisarai on Thursday as deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sinha clashed with an RJD legislator in the middle of the road. As people moved to polling booths to vote in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections, Sinha and RJD MLC Ajay Kumar traded big allegations on the road. “Daaru peekar kaise muh mehak raha hai… (look how your mouth stinks due to alcohol),” Sinha said to Kumar,…

Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankuke said the probe committee will check if the exemption in stamp duty was given as per the law. Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday ordered a probe into the allegations of irregularities in a Pune land deal involving Parth Pawar, son of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar. “I have sought all the information. A probe has also been ordered…will bring out the truth in this matter,” said Fadnavis as the state government suspended a sub-registrar and constituted a three-member committee to probe the deal. The sub-registrar’s office allegedly waived the stamp duty of ₹21 crore…

For the JNUSU Presidential race, Aditi Mishra from the Left alliance secured victory after receiving 1,937 votes against ABVP’s Vikas Patel, who got 1,488 votes. The Left Unity registered a massive victory in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) election, sweeping all the four central panel posts against RSS-backed ABVP candidates. The Left Unity, comprising the All India Students’ Association (AISA), Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and Democratic Students’ Federation (DSF), was in close contest with the ABVP. For the JNUSU Presidential race, Aditi Mishra from the Left alliance secured victory after receiving 1,937 votes against Vikas Patel of…

According to the Centre’s forecast, the city’s air quality will continue to remain in the ‘very poor’ bracket. Delhi and NCR remained engulfed in a thick haze of smog as the pollution levels in the national capital slipped to ‘very poor’ category after two days of slight improvement. While the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi on Thursday morning was 278, the pollution levels breached into ‘very poor’ category again, with the AQI reaching 311. On Wednesday, Delhi had recorded an AQI of 202, under the ‘poor’ category. According to the Centre’s forecast, the city’s air quality will continue to…

The BCCI has announced India’s squad for the Test series against South Africa, with Rishabh Pant returning as vice-captain. The BCCI Men’s selection committee has announced India’s squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against South Africa. Notably, the Indian Test vice-captain Rishabh Pant has returned to the side after recovering from his toe fracture. Gill continues as the captain, as Pant takes his place back as his deputy. The two matches in the series will be played in Kolkata from November 14 and Guwahati from November 22 as a part of the 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle. The squad…

The tweet is from 2021, when Zohran Mamdani, then a relatively unknown New York assemblyman, seemingly referenced the Timothée Chalamet-starrer Dune. Zohran Mamdani broke the internet with a ‘Dhoom Machale’ moment at the end of his victory speech after winning the New York City mayoral polls on Tuesday night. Now his old tweet has resurfaced, which seems eerily similar. Mamdani, 34, has scripted history by becoming the first-ever Muslim mayor of New York City. He is also the youngest person to win the mayoral election in a century. Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, won the mayoral election on the basis of…

Pakistani officials reportedly told at least 14 Hindus from Delhi and Lucknow that they could not travel with the Sikh group. Several Hindus were reportedly sent back to India after crossing over to Pakistan as part of the Sikh Jatha (group), which had gone to the country for the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism. Pakistani officials told at least 14 Hindus from Delhi and Lucknow that they could not travel with the Sikh group as they weren’t a part of the religion. “Pakistani officials told us you are Hindu, you cannot go with a…

As Zohran Mamdani concluded his speech, the song ‘Dhoom Machale’ from the Abhishek Bachchan-John Abraham-starrer started playing in the background. Zohran Mamdani has scripted history with a massive victory in the New York mayoral election, not just defeating his opponents but taking on tall leaders, including US President Donald Trump. The first Indian-origin, African-born and the first Muslim to have won the “Big Apple” mayor race, Mamdani’s victory speech was immersed in symbolism, with references to India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the 2004 Bollywood anthem “Dhoom Machale”. As the newly-elected Democratic Mayor ended his speech, taking on President…

Union minister Kiren Rijiju alleged that Rahul Gandhi “is in collusion with anti-India forces” and said that the “games he is playing will never succeed”. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s press conference on the alleged “vote chori” in Haryana drew sharp reactions from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with Union Minister Kiren Rijiju advising the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha to discuss “serious issues.” Rijiju brought up Minta Devi, a woman whose photograph Gandhi had used in a previous press conference. The union minister said that Minta Devi had ‘scolded’ Congress for that act. “It clearly shows…