Aaditya Thackeray in UP for non-political Ayodhya trip

Mumbai, 15/6: Maharashtra Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray reached Lucknow for his scheduled trip to the holy land of Ayodhya here on Wednesday morning.     At the Lucknow airport, a large number of Shiva Sainiks accorded a warm and enthusiastic welcome to Thackrey, carrying the party flags, banners and raising full-throated cries of ‘Jai Shri…

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Rahul quizzed by ED for third day, Congress continues protesting

New Delhi,16/6:  The Congress continued to protest near the party headquarters on Wednesday as Rahul Gandhi appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the third straight day in the National Herald case.     Party leaders cound be seen sloganeering and holding banners and being ushered by the Delhi Police, which had heavily barricaded the…

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Militant who killed J&K bank manager gunned down in Shopian encounter

J&K, 15/6: Two Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, one among whom was involved in the recent targeted killing of a bank manager, were killed in an overnight gunfight with security forces in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday.     The gunfight erupted in Kanjuilar Arsa village of Shopian on Tuesday night after the security forces launched…

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Neeraj Chopra shatters own national record in first competition after Tokyo Olympics gold

New Delhi, 16/6:India’s superstar javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra made a spectacular return to competition after his historic gold in the Tokyo Olympics, a stunning throw of 89.30m shattering his national record and placing him second in a star-studded field at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, on Tuesday.     The 24-year-old Chopra’s first…

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Moosewala killing: Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi brought to Punjab under heavy security

Chandigarh, ,15/6: Punjab Police brought gangster Lawrence Bishnoi under heavy security to the state from Delhi in the early hours of Wednesday to question him in the singer Sidhu Moosewala murder case.     Bishnoi was produced before a court in Mansa district which remanded him to seven-day police custody, sources said.   A Delhi…

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Viacom18, Star India bag IPL media rights for whopping Rs 48,390 cr

Mumbai, 14/6: The BCCI on Tuesday reaffirmed its status as a cricketing behemoth by securing one of the biggest broadcast deals in the history of the sport, fetching an eye-popping Rs 48,390 crore ($6.20 billion) through IPL media rights for a five-year period, starting 2023.     While Disney Star retained their Indian sub-continent TV…

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Senior Congress leaders including Surjewala, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury protesting ED probe against Rahul detained

New Delhi, 14)6:Delhi Police on Tuesday detained senior Congress leaders including Randeep Surjewala, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, KC Venugopal, Manickam Tagore and others as Rahul Gandhi made his second appearance before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the National Herald case.     Surjewala and others were detained as they began protests over the ED probe against…

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Soaring IPL digital rights push BCCI earnings to more than double

Mumbai, 14/6:The BCCI received a financial windfall as its e-auction of the media rights of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the next five-year cycle (2023-27) fetched a mind-boggling Rs 44,075 crore after selling its TV and digital rights for the Indian sub-continent.     While everyone is tight-lipped about the winners, insiders revealed that…

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