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Nottingham: Chetan Narula, reporting for MyNation from Trent Bridge, previews the India-New Zealand ICC World Cup 2019 match. The two unbeaten teams face off on Thursday (June 13) with rain threat looming large over the big clash. India will be without the injured Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul will open the batting with Rohit Sharma. The number four spot could go to Vijay Shankar.

'As far as the batting order goes, yes, KL (Rahul) moves up at the top of the order, and there are various options the team management can utilize going into the next game. Obviously, Vijay Shankar is going to be an option, and there are a couple of others as well,' said Sanjay Bangar ahead of India's World Cup 2019 game against New Zealand

“After hard work of over two months, our Jawans have finally cleared 474km-long highway from Manali-Sarchu highway. We have given a green signal to traffic from June 10,” 38 Border Task Force (38 BRTF) commander Col Uma Shankar said.

The newly built duplex flats will have have earthquake-resistant construction and Green building features like solar panels, LED lights, says CPWD. 

JDS MLA Gauri Shankar said even if Karnataka chief minister Kumaraswamy removes him from the party, he would still oppose the coalition government

London: Chetan Narula reports for MyNation as India take on Bangladesh in the second warm-up game at Cardiff on Tuesday (May 28). The Men in Blue got a reality check in the first warm-up against New Zealand, with Ravindra Jadeja's attacking half-century the only bright spark. 

In Cardiff, India need to shed their rustiness and turn up the intensity as they play one final practice game before the tournament opener against South Africa on June 5. Kedar Jadhav and Vijay Shankar are recovering well, and one or both of them could feature in Tuesday's game.

London: Chetan Narula reports for MyNation from The Oval (London) as India prepare to take on New Zealand in the first warm-up ahead of the ICC World Cup 2019. All-rounder Vijay Shankar was hit on his right forearm batting in the nets on Friday (May 24). He walked off in pain and will undergo scans in London this evening. 
Meanwhile, Kedar Jadhav continued his process to full recovery and fitness after suffering a left shoulder injury during the IPL. It is unsure if either player will feature in Saturday’s (May 25) warm-up game against the Black Caps.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of the Art of Living Foundation, celebrates his 63rd birthday today (May 13)

May 9 is the birth anniversary of Sri Shankaracharya, the proponent of Advaita philosophy. He is known to be an itinerant monk who went on preaching about oneness of the world. He also set up four monasteries in the four different directions to enable spiritual seekers

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will be awarded with ‘Order of St George’ on May 5 in an open event in one of the famous churches in Kerala. This has been organised as part of the 462-year-old church’s commemorative feast.

Centre spends nearly Rs 40 to 50,000 crore for service, welfare; Rs 7,881 crore on Delhi Police; Rs 40,000 crore annually on the Delhi Metro, road infrastructure, Yamuna cleaning, hospitals, Delhi University, BJP said in its complaint.

Tamil actor Robo Shankar honours Asian Athletic Championship gold medalist Gomathi Marimuthu.

In a letter dated April 22, the EC has transferred the officer-in-charge of Raghunathganj and Farakka police station officer-in-charge Uday Shankar Ghosh and Bidhan Haldar who is the assistant sub-inspector of Shamsherganj police station, all of which falls under Murshidabad district that goes to polls on Tuesday. 

Goa-Belagavi I-T sleuths raided the residence of Congress-JD(S) Lok Sabha candidate Lakshmi Hebbalkar's aide in Belagavi.

The selectors led by MSK Prasad have picked young Vijay Shankar in the squad and ignored the experienced Ambati Rayudu, who, not long, was batting at no 4 for India and many, including Indian captain Virat Kohli, had said that he is going to be India’s ‘no 4’ in the World Cup.