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At the toss, captain Virat Kohli had said Rishabh Pant has replaced Shankar, who has a toe niggle. It can be recalled that Shankar was hit on his toe by a Jasprit Bumrah yorker during practice

"Some may call it dynasty or whatever, it is the way the Congress has evolved over the years. Somehow it has been dependent on the pan-India appeal of the Gandhi family," the former vice-chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority, Marri Shashidhar Reddy said.

Unbeaten India are yet to clinch a semifinal spot though they have put one foot on a last-four berth with 11 points from six matches. They play England on Sunday before taking on Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in their last two matches

Rampant concretisation in cities and unchecked use of groundwater have depleted the groundwater so much that the garden city of Bengaluru might soon turn into a Chennai.

 

Kodi Suni was found guilty with respect to the murder of TP Chandrasekharan, Kerala's RMP leader, who was hacked to death on May 4, 2012. While serving life imprisonment, he allegedly made a call to a jewellery owner in Qatar and threatened him.

Tamil Nadu government requests Centre's intervention in the Cauvery water issue. Jharkhand minister CP Singh has promised to order a probe into mob lynching incident in Jamshedpur. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top stories of the day.

'I know everyone is very concerned about what is happening. I may have just extended myself in the gym this morning. I was getting a pain in my chest and I just thought that it was best to see a doctor. I was taken to the hospital, pain continued obviously and a lot of tests were done,' Brian Lara said from the hospital

In the interest of the party and movement, the party will contest all small and big elections based on its own strength, said BSP chief Mayawati, in a series of tweets.

After Telangana MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy of the Congress hinted at joining the BJP, the Congress is now considering taking action against him. However, the party plans to take legal opinion in view of the argument that anti-defection law may not apply if he is suspended.

Amroha MP Danish Ali has been made the leader of the party in Lok Sabha, and Nagina MP Girish Chandra has been appointed the chief whip.

In May, Atul Rai was accused of sexually assaulting a college student at his residence. While the total number of cases against him was 24, the BSP MP had declared that he had 13 case against him in his affidavit submitted to the Election Commission

Akot sessions court judge Manish Ganorkar on Wednesday granted protection from arrest of Patel, who was absconding since the incident took place on May 24.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee and BSP chief Mayawati skipped the all-party meeting convened by PM Modi to discuss his ‘one-nation, one-poll’ idea
 

PM Modi tweeted saying, ‘Best wishes to Rahul Gandhi on his birthday. May he be blessed with good health and a long life.’
 

Former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, may have to vacate his present residence at Undavalli, which is located on the banks of the Krishna river in Amaravati