From Khelo India to Pay-to-Play: Hyderabad’s Cricket Scandal

Special Correspondent Hyderabad cricket is no longer being mismanaged. It is being methodically dismantled—selection by selection, season by season, dream by dream. Behind the ceremonial announcements of under-23 and under-19 squads lies a far uglier scorecard: one that tracks influence instead of innings, connections instead of centuries, and loyalty to power brokers instead of loyalty…

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IAF’s two-seater microlite aircraft meets with accident in UP’s Prayagraj, crew safe

Prayagraj: A two-seater, ultra-light trainee aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed into a pond near the KP College ground in Prayagraj on Wednesday, officials said. The incident took place in the area under the jurisdiction of the Georgetown police station. A quick emergency response followed soon after the aircraft went down. According to ANI,…

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Navy’s sail training ship INS Sudarshini embarks on transoceanic expedition

New Delhi:  Indian Navy’s sail training ship INS Sudarshini has embarked on a 10-month transoceanic expedition, during which the vessel will traverse 22,000 nautical miles, and visit 18 ports in 13 countries, officials said. Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Southern Naval Command (SNC), Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena, flagged off INS Sudarshini from the Kochi naval base,…

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233-year-old Ramayana manuscript gifted to Ayodhya’s Ram Katha museum

New Delhi: A rare 233-year-old Sanskrit manuscript of Valmiki’s Ramayana has been gifted to the Ram Katha museum in Ayodhya, the Culture Ministry said. In a landmark cultural handover, Shrinivasa Varakhedi, Vice Chancellor of the Central Sanskrit University, presented the manuscript of the Valmikiramayanam (with the Tattvadipikatika) to Nripendra Misra, Chairman of the Executive Council…

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