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MUMBAI: An already-troubled Hardik Pandya could be in for a big setback if things don’t go his way in the ongoing Indian Premier League (PL) 2024. While the batter Hardik is yet to fire, having only scored 131 runs in 6 matches at an average of 26.20 this season. With the ball, Hardik has been fairly inconsistent to even take up the responsibility. He has barely bowled in the last 4 matches, and when he has, the opponent team’s batters have ripped him apart. With a place in India’s T20 World Cup 2024 squad, Pandya has reportedly been sent a…

RANCHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has made four fresh arrests in connection with the alleged illegal land grab-linked money laundering case against former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and others, official sources said on Wednesday. Those taken into custody under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) have been identified as Antu Tirkey, Priya Ranjan Sahay, Bipin Singh and Irshad, they said. The ED had on Tuesday conducted searches at the premises of Tirkey and some others here. With these arrests, the total number of people taken into custody in this case has risen to eight. Soren,…

DELHI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde met actor Salman Khan this afternoon days after shots were fired outside the actor’s home in Mumbai’s Bandra. Security around the actor’s home was tightened as the Chief Minister arrived. Mr Khan stepped out to greet the Chief Minister and escorted him into his home, where Mr Shinde met and shook hands with the actor’s father, noted screenplay writer Salim Khan, politician Baba Siddiqui and his son Zeeshan. The government is with you, I have told Salman Khan. Both the accused have been arrested. They will be interrogated. We will get to the root…

WASHINGTON: The US has encouraged India and Pakistan to avoid escalation and find a resolution through dialogue, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday. Asked whether the Biden administration is concerned about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s remarks that India will not hesitate to kill terrorists in their homes, Miller said, “As I have said before, the United States is not going to get into the middle of this. But we do encourage both India and Pakistan to avoid escalation and find a resolution through dialogue.” Miller, while addressing a press briefing, said that…

RAIPUR:In one of the largest operations by security forces in Chhattisgarh, as many as 29 Naxalites have been killed and their bodies were recovered on Tuesday in the Kanker area. This figure can go up as the search operation is still on, Chhattisgarh Police said. Of the 29 Maoists, more than a dozen were women who were wielding deadly weapons and trying to protect the men when forces attacked them. Three security personnel, including two Border Security Force jawans and one personnel of the state police’s District Reserve Guard (DRG), have suffered injuries. According to officials, if the figure…

DELHI: Breast cancer has become the world’s most common cancer, according to a new report by the Lancet Commission. Around 7.8 million women were diagnosed with breast cancer in five years till the end of 2020 and about 6,85,000 women died from the disease the same year, it said. Despite significant improvements in research, treatment, and survival in breast cancer, the report revealed that “gross inequities persist, and many patients are being systematically left behind.” The new Lancet Commission called it a “global blunder.” Breast cancer cases will increase from 2.3 million in 2020 to more than 3 million by…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In order to prevent attempts to falsify documentation for illegal operations, the Bombay High Court in Goa has ordered the Directorate of Mines & Geology Department to keep a record of the transit passes granted to operators for the transportation of sand. The court has also mandated that the records be uploaded on the department’s website. The Division Bench of Justices M. S. Sonak and Valmiki Menezes closed the contempt plea against the authorities, praising them for their efforts to stop illicit sand mining, which might be a win for the State. Along with the thanks was…