‘Shaheen Afridi ko drop kiya magar Babar Azam…’: Former cricketer questions Pakistan team selection for second Test against Bangladesh | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Pakistan left out star pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi for the second Test match against Bangladesh starting in Rawalpindi on Friday, with Pakistan’s head coach Jason Gillespie saying he will be rested to allow him to spend time with his new-born son and family.Bangladesh upset a formidable home team with a clinical ten-wicket display…

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SC pulls up Telangana CM Revanth Reddy for remark on Kavitha bail order, warns of contempt | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday took strong exception to Telangana CM A Revanth Reddy’s reported statement that “there is also a talk that Kavitha got bail because of the deal between BRS and BJP” and reminded him that it had just a day before issued notice to additional chief secretary of Maharashtra for contemptuous…

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Amritpal Singh tied to foreign agencies: Punjab to HC | India News – Times of India

CHANDIGARH: Punjab govt claimed before Punjab & Haryana HC that Amritpal Singh, radical Sikh preacher and Khadoor Sahib MP, was “involved in anti-state activities and had ties with foreign agencies“.In response to Amritpal’s petition challenging his detention order under National Security Act passed by Amritsar district magistrate in March this year, the state said “Amritpal…

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Haryana polls: BJP list soon, may drop sitting MLAs, ministers | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Vying for a third straight term amid major losses in recent Lok Sabha polls and the possibility of anti-incumbency, BJP’s central election committee (CEC) meeting took place on Thursday to finalise candidates for the single-phase Haryana assembly polls.Sources said there is a possibility of sitting MLAs, including ministers, being culled based on several…

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3 Pakistani terrorists killed in Kupwara ops | India News – Times of India

SRINAGAR: Three Pakistani terrorists were shot dead early Thursday at separate locations near the LoC in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district as security forces intensified counteroffensives to ensure peace during J&K’s first assembly elections in a decade from Sept 18 to Oct 1.Another shootout between security forces and terrorists was reported late Wednesday night in a…

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BJP-led OBC panel to discuss caste census amid oppn assault | India News – Times of India

New Delhi: With the opposition’s relentless insistence on caste census, Parliament’s Committee on Welfare of OBCs on Thursday included the politically sensitive subject on its agenda, following a strong demand from the members that it be discussed by the panel. BJP ally JDU supported the demand raised by DMK and Congress among others.The committee, headed…

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