Akash Deep replaces Bumrah, India make three changes as England opt to bowl in 2nd Test

Birmingham, 2/7: England skipper Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bowl against India, who will be without pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, in the second Test of the five-match series here on Wednesday. England fielded an unchanged side that won the opening Test by five wickets. India decided to rest premier pacer Bumrah with…

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Iran enacts law suspending cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog IAEA

Tehran, 2/7: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian put into effect on Wednesday a law passed by parliament last week to suspend cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, Iranian state media reported. Iran has threatened to halt cooperation with the IAEA, accusing it of siding with Western countries and providing a justification for Israel’s air…

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Parliament security breach: Delhi High Court grants bail to accused Neelam Azad, Mahesh Kumawat

New Delhi, 2/7: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to two accused in the December 2023 Parliament security breach case. A bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar granted relief to Neelam Azad and Mahesh Kumawat on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 each and two sureties of the like amount….

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Quad ministers condemn Pahalgam terror attack without naming Pakistan

Washington, 2/7: The Quad grouping of the United States, India, Japan and Australia called on Tuesday for the perpetrators of Pahalgam attack that killed 26 to be brought to justice without delay. The April 22 attack sparked heavy fighting between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan in the latest escalation of a decades-old rivalry as India blamed…

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Cabinet approves Rs 1.07 lakh crore employment-linked incentive scheme

New Delhi, 1/7: The government on Tuesday approved an Employment Linked Incentive Scheme with an outlay of Rs 1.07 lakh crore to support job generation, enhance employability and social security across all sectors, with special focus on the manufacturing sector. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister…

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Stokes dismisses Bumrah factor; declares himself massive fan of Pant

Birmingham: England captain Ben Stokes on Tuesday dismissed the chatter surrounding Jasprit Bumrah’s availability for only three Tests out of five as “India’s problem” and said he is expecting the “passionate” visitors to fight hard in the second Test irrespective of the team composition. Bumrah was by far the best Indian bowler on show at Leeds,…

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South Calcutta Law College expels three accused in gang-rape of student

Kolkata, 1/7: The authorities of South Calcutta Law College have expelled three accused in the alleged gang-rape of a 24-year-old student from the institute, an official said on Tuesday. Prime accused Monojit Mishra, who was a contractual employee at the college, was among those expelled from the institute. Mishra, along with co-accused Zaib Ahmed and…

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Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede: CAT revokes suspension of senior IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash

Bengaluru, 1/7: The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Tuesday morning ordered the suspension of a senior IPS officer in Bengaluru to be set aside. The development was confirmed to DH by Dhanush Menon, the counsel on record for Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vikash Kumar Vikash, who the Karnataka government suspended following the stampede in…

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