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NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan captain and member of the cricket board's technical committee, Mohammad Hafeez, has made a fervent plea for unwavering support and a boost in confidence for skipper Babar Azam in the lead-up to the forthcoming World Cup in India. Addressing the media on Saturday, Hafeez addressed concerns regarding Babar's captaincy and stressed the importance of a collective effort."It is not...

RAIGAD: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has taken a treasury officer into custody for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 6,000 from a retired government employee in Maharashtra's Raigad district. The accused, identified as Maruti Ramchandra Pawar, is said to have solicited the bribe from the complainant, Kashibai Tukaram Mahabale, a retired health department worker aged 62. The bribe was allegedly...

SILIGURI: Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling will receive a pair of Siberian tigers from Pafos zoo in Cyprus in an animal exchange programme. The Darjeeling zoo will send two red pandas in exchange, said zoo officials.State forest minister Jyotipriya Mallick said the pair of tigers will arrive by the end of November. "Darjeeling zoo is getting a pair of Siberian tigers in an exchange...

NEW DELHI: Heavy rains lashed parts of the national capital Delhi on Saturday afternoon. The city had witnessed widespread rain and thundershowers on Friday as well.Weather analysts have attributed the rain to a combination of meteorological factors. "The monsoon line of trough passed through south of Delhi, while there is also a cyclonic circulation over southern Haryanaand north-east Rajasthan.There...

MUMBAI: Over 50 residents were rescued from various floors of a 12-storey building in Kurla-west after a fire broke out on Friday night.The incident took place in a Slum Rehabilitation Authority(SRA) building located opposite Kohinoor Hospital. According to BMC’s disaster management, the fire was confined to electrical wiring, scrap materials etc in the electrical duct from the ground to the 12th...

NOIDA: A construction lift taking nine workers to the upper floors of a residential tower on Friday morning crashed to the ground from the 14th floor, leaving four of them dead and five others on ventilator support.The lift collapse - among the worst construction site accidents in recent years - was reported at Amrapali Dream Valley Phase 2 in Techzone 4 around 8.30am when around 7,000 workers at the...

MUMBAI: At its first cabinet meeting in Marathwada to be held on Saturday, after a gap of seven years, the Maharashtra government is set to clear a package of over Rs 40,000 crore for the backward region. This will include an outlay for irrigation, public works, agriculture and medical education. The state faces both Lok Sabha and assembly polls next year.The cabinet meeting is being held at Chhatrapati...

NOIDA: With the arrest of eight suspects, the Noida Police on Friday said they have busted a key gang involved in the theft of cars in Delhi National Capital Region (NCR). The police recovered 10 stolen vehicles, including Toyota Fortuners and Hyundai Cretas, which had been pilfered from various locations, including Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida, and Gurugram.Authorities suspect that this gang has been...

NEW DELHI: Ravindra Jadeja entered his name into the record books by becoming only the second India player to complete the double of 2000 runs and 200 wickets in ODI cricket after legendary Kapil Dev.Jadeja, who has 2578 runs in 123 innings to his name in ODIs so far, completed 200 ODI wickets during the Asia Cup Super Four match against Bangladesh in Colombo on Friday. The left-arm spinner Jadeja got...

THANE: Two persons were feared trapped after a four-storey residential building, tagged as 'dangerous' by the authorities, collapsed in Dombivli area of Maharashtra's Thane district on Friday, a civic official said.The two persons trapped have been identified as Arvind Bhaskar (70), and Kirti Lodia (45).The building 'Adinarayan Bhuvan', located at Ayre village in Dombivli east, collapsed in the evening,...