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[ad_1] Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin has decided to approach the Telangana High Court to challenge the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) Ombudsman’s order directing the removal of his name from the North Stand at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. The decision, passed by Justice (Retd) V Eswaraiah — who also serves as HCA’s Ethics Officer — was based on a petition filed by Lords Cricket Club, a member unit of the HCA. The petition alleged Azharuddin, during his tenure as HCA president, misused his position by pushing for the stand to be named after him in December 2019, without proper General Body ratification. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!"I will definitely take legal recourse and will be appealing to the High Court to stay this order. It is a shame that an India captain's name is […]

[ad_1] Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray pats his nephew Raj Thackeray, son Uddhav Thackeray (left) (TOI Archives, Times Content.com) As Maharashtra watched, one Thackeray broke away while the other chose to stay and steer the Sena through stormy watersNEW DELHI: In what was a defining moment for Maharashtra politics, the winter of 2005 witnessed a rift that split not just a party but a powerful political family. As Raj Thackeray formally announced his resignation from Shiv Sena — the party once helmed by his uncle and political idol Bal Thackeray — it sent shockwaves through the state’s political landscape.According to a TOI article, at a packed press conference held at Shivaji Park Gymkhana — barely metres from the very ground where Balasaheb founded the Sena in 1966 — Raj laid bare his disappointment. Choked with emotion, he told reporters that […]

[ad_1] Yogi Adityanath and Akhilesh Yadav (R) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav stirred the pot with a claim about the Maha Kumbh of this year, suggesting that it was part of a BJP plot to present Yogi Adityanath as the Prime Ministerial candidate. Addressing the media in Prayagraj, SP supremo said, "It is being heard that during the Maha Kumbh, it was their plan to announce his (CM Yogi Adityanath) name as the Prime Minister's face. They wanted to make this a political Kumbh. This was not a religious Kumbh."Yadav didn’t stop there. He targeted the saffron party, accusing it of fostering division in society. "The truth is that if anyone is creating rifts between religions, then it is the BJP. Creating a divide in society in the name of religion, caste is a very well-planned programme of […]

[ad_1] File photo: Kheal Das Kohistani, state minister for religious affairs in Pakistan (Picture credit: X/@KesooMalKheealD) A Pakistani Hindu state minister was attacked with tomatoes and potatoes in Sindh on Saturday by protesters opposing the federal government’s proposed canal projects, which critics say will reduce the province’s share of irrigation water. Kheal Das Kohistani, state minister for religious affairs in Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet, was targeted by a group of demonstrators in Thatta district, however, he remained unharmed.The attack, which took place amid rising tensions over the Green Pakistan Initiative, drew swift condemnation from both federal and provincial authorities. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif termed the assault on Kohistani “unacceptable” and assured of “a thorough investigation” into the incident. “The attack on the public representatives is unacceptable. The persons involved in the incident would be given exemplary punishment,” he said.Federal […]

[ad_1] Rajasthan Royals' Vaibhav Suryavanshi plays a shot in Jaipur. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Fourteen-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi etched his name in IPL history on Saturday as the youngest-ever debutant, and he did so with flair befitting a seasoned pro.Representing Rajasthan Royals, the teenager smashed a six off his very first ball in top-flight cricket, lofting Lucknow Super Giants’ Shardul Thakur effortlessly over extra cover at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. It was a shot that announced his arrival with authority — and drew instant plaudits.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Among those stunned was England’s Sam Billings, who took to X to gush: "This is utterly absurd!!!!! 14! First ball. Look at the bat swing too, like prime Yuvi…wow."The comparison to Yuvraj Singh — one of India’s most stylish and fearless stroke-makers — speaks volumes of the impression […]

[ad_1] Chennai Super Kings players during the IPL 2025 match against Lucknow Super Giants at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. (PTI) Exactly at the half-way stage of the tournament, the mighty Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are languishing at the bottom of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 points table. In the seven games they have played so far, they have lost five, and their regular captain Ruturaj Gaikwad. They have had two mid-season signings in Dewald Brevis and Ayush Mhatre but the reluctance to let go of old ways, which more often than not were winning ways in the past, has cost them dearly.While most teams are firing on all cylinders in the first six overs, CSK are operating at a run-rate of under 8 - the worst amongst all teams. They have tried […]

[ad_1] Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar’s compensation increased in the fiscal year 2024, according to the company’s recent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As per the filing, Kumar’s annual compensation rose to $8.2 million in 2024, marking nearly 14% rise from the previous year. The company's proxy statement noted that Kumar's realized compensation was lower than the target direct compensation. This is primarily because his 2024 Performance Share Unit (PSU) grants are scheduled to vest in future periods, contingent upon meeting specific performance criteria.Kumar assumed the role of CEO at Cognizant in January 2023, after serving as president at Infosys. During the 2024 fiscal year, Kumar’s direct compensation for 2024 was increased to $16,100,000, a 11% increase vs. 2023.What SEC proxy filing said about Cognizant CEO’s salary“The Compensation Committee, at its meeting in February 2024, evaluated Mr. […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: In an incident reminiscent of the Atul Subhash case, a 33-year-old techie from Uttar Pradesh, Mohit Yadav, has died by suicide, allegedly due to mental harassment by his wife. In a video message recorded before his death, Yadav cited the lack of legal protection for men as a key reason behind his decision."By the time you get this video, I will be gone from this world. If there was a law for men, maybe I wouldn’t have taken this step. I couldn’t bear the mental torture by my wife and her family. Mom, Dad, please forgive me," Kumar said in the video. "If I don’t get justice even after my death, then let my ashes be immersed in a drain," he added.He claimed that his wife Priya Yadav threatened him to register his house and property in […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday launched a sharp attack on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and the BJP during a rally in Buxar, calling their alliance “opportunistic” and accusing Kumar of frequently switching sides solely to hold onto power. “Nitish Kumar changes parties just for ‘kursi’. He has once again joined hands with the same ideology that was responsible for Mahatma Gandhi’s death,” Kharge said. The Congress chief accused the BJP-JD(U) government of failing Bihar’s people and claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had failed to deliver on his 2015 promise of a Rs 1.25 lakh crore special package for the state. “People of Bihar must ask, where is that money? Modi ji is running a factory of lies,” Kharge said. He also alleged that the BJP and RSS were against the poor, women, and marginalised […]

[ad_1] Representative image (AI-generated) NEW DELHI: A 40-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh was stunned to know that his missing wife had eloped, after spotting her with another man in a WhatsApp video taken at the Taj Mahal in Agra.Shakir, who had returned home on April 15 after attending a family wedding, found his house locked and his wife Anjum and their four children missing. On April 18, he filed a missing person report at the Rorawar police station in Aligarh."Neighbours told him Anjum had left with the children and taken valuables from the house," said Rorawar SHO Shiv Shankar Gupta. "She left before anyone could intervene."After days of unsuccessful searching, a relative of Shakir came across a WhatsApp status video in which Anjum was seen at the Taj Mahal with an unidentified man. Shakir recognised the man as someone from […]