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HT quoted Gavaskar's writing in his column for The Sportstar. ALSO READ: 'There is only one MS Dhoni but…’: Sunil Gavaskar praises Dhruv Jurel again Gavaskar also rued England's unnecessary chirping throughout the series and linked it to their lack of success in the Indian Premier League, unlike the Australians. Compared with Australian cricketers like Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins, who broke the bank during the IPL 2024 auction in December, Gavaskar pointed out that English players have more often than not hit the jackpot.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. This season promises to be exciting as it marks the return of several prominent cricketing stars to the field. PBKS Starts IPL 2024 Campaign Against Delhi Capitals on March 23 Punjab Kings (PBKS) will start their IPL 2024 journey with a match against Delhi Capitals on March 23 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh. The team, led by Shikhar Dhawan, will play only one home game in the initial phase of the tournament, with the remaining schedule to be announced after the General Elections 2024 schedule is finalized.

Watch: PM Modi flags off 10 new Vande Bharat trains However, city chronicler Bharat Gothoskar said not all names had colonial connections, and one name is in fact derived from a Marathi word for `grazing land'. Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale has demanded to change the British-era names of these eight local railway stations- Curry Road, Sandhurst Road, Cotton Green, Dockyard Road, and Kings Circle stations on the Central Railway network. Tamil Nadu: Special mountain toy train in Nilgiris to run from March 29 to July 1 Shewale has demanded renaming the names of eight local railway stations to Lalbaug, Dongari, Kalachowki, Mazgaon, and Tirthkar Parshwanath stations.

India can play a key role in building a resilient global electronics supply chain, said Cristiano Amon, chief executive of US chip giant Qualcomm Inc. In an interview with ET's Romit Guha and Himanshi Lohchab, Amon said the country has an opportunity to create large companies that serve both the domestic and global markets in areas such as semiconductor packaging and manufacturing. Edited excerpts: What are the opportunities for Qualcomm in India? There's an incredible opportunity with the transition to 5G. But it's not only 5G, but also the incredible opportunity that is developing with Gen AI and the opportunity to do Gen AI at the edge, not only at data centres, but across many different industries. What's Qualcomm's investment plan for India? India is our largest R&D site outside San Diego. We have a presence in a number of sites — from Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and Noida. The majority of our chips are designed in India, both hardware and software. With the world looking for alternatives to make the overall electronic supply chain more resilient, we see that India has an important role to play, an opportunity to create over time, very large Indian companies serving not only the Indian market, but also global, whether it's smartphone industrial modules, whether it's semiconductor packaging, and eventually semiconductor manufacturing.

cricket tournament. Pant has represented Delhi Capitals (DC) since 2016 and scored 2,838 runs in 98 matches at an average of 34.61 and a strike rate of over 147, with a century and 15 fifties to his name. The schedule until April 7 has been announced as of now, with the remainder to be declared later.

Indian Railways is all set to introduce a second Vande Bharat Express train on Ahmedabad-Mumbai route. The new semi high-speed train will commence its operations from Tuesday (March 12) onwards and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to flag it off. 

Ramadan 2024 in India: The crescent moon of Ramadan 2024 is expected to be sighted in India on Monday, March 1, which means the fasting for the holy month will begin on Tuesday, March 12. The timetable informing Ramadan 2024 fasting, Sehri, and Iftar timings comes in handy as it helps in the observance of prayers to the almighty. The Ramadan 2024 moon was sighted in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, March 10, and usually the crescent moon is sighted in Asian countries including India, a day after Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Narendra Modi will inaugurate 10 new Vande Bharat trains across various routes in the country, pushing the total number of operational trains past the half-century mark. These new additions come a little over two months since the last batch of trains were launched. 10 New Vande Bharat's Routes The 10 new trains cover a range of routes, including 1. Lucknow-Dehradun 2. Patna-Lucknow

Election Commission held a briefing here in the national capital on Monday for all its observers for the General Election to Lok Sabha and General Election to Legislative Assemblies 2024. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar will address the meeting, according to sources. The aim of the meeting for over 2000 observers is to streamline strategy to ensure that the model code is implemented during the elections. The observers will monitor polls to ensure the process is «free and fair.»

Gold And Silver Prices Today: Gold prices experienced a slight increase on Monday. The price of 24 carat gold is Rs.6631.9 per gram, up by Rs.65.0. The price of 22 carat gold is Rs.6074.8 per gram, up by Rs.59.0.

ARCs) are lining up for the bankrupt ACCIL Corp's ₹270 crore debt in what is turning out to be a rare 100% recovery for banks. The asset in question is an ACCIL-owned hotel in Jaipur, which has been put on block by lenders to recover their dues. Last month, Omkara ARC beat competitor Asset Reconstruction Company of India (Arcil) with a ₹38 crore cash offer to Chennai-based Indian Bank in a Swiss challenge. Separately, Arcil has emerged as the preferred bidder to take over the ₹113 crore debt owed to Union Bank of India, the lead lender in the case.

Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case to probe an international drugs trafficking racket that allegedly involves a former functionary of the DMK, official sources said Sunday. The case has been filed by the federal agency under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) taking cognisance of a bunch of FIRs, including the NCB case where 36-year-old Jaffer Sadiq was arrested on Saturday for his alleged involvement in smuggling about 3,500 kgs of pseudoephedrine with a street value of about Rs 2,000 crore. The NCB said Sadiq's links with Tamil and Hindi film financers, some «high profile» people and related to «political funding» were under its scanner. The NCB is expected to soon summon a senior DMK party functionary in connection with two transactions of Rs 7 lakh made by Sadiq, according to sources in the anti-narcotics agency.

Tamil Nadu Law Minister and DMK leader S Regupathy on Sunday asserted that his party has no links whatsoever with Jaffer Sadiq, the prime accused in an international drug trafficking case being investigated by the Narcotics Control Bureau. The DMK also warned of legal action against those who attempt to link Sadiq with either the party or its leaders. Speaking to reporters, Regupathy said the BJP regime has now deployed the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to «besmirch» the DMK regime after «misusing» the Enforcement Directorate, the Income Tax department and the Central Bureau of Investigation for that purpose. After the DMK assumed office in 2021, the state government has taken swift action against drug peddling and this has been lauded by courts, he said. «Today, they (Centre) are thinking of intimidating the DMK through the NCB.» Sadiq had held the post of Chennai West-NRI Wing Deputy Organiser in the DMK until he was recently dismissed by the party after allegations connecting him to drug trafficking surfaced. Regupathy blamed NCB Deputy Director General Gyaneshwar Singh for holding a press conference about Sadiq's arrest — even before the probe is completed — based on «false calculations» to tarnish the DMK's image and «to let the BJP gain political mileage» out of it just before the Lok Sabha polls.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The coach of the Indian team emphasized the value of learning despite the outcome of the game. Rahul Dravid acknowledged the challenges Team India faced during the five-match series and said that the boys came through with flying colors.

Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested former DMK functionary Jaffer Sadiq in Delhi on Saturday, in connection with a ₹2,000 crore international drugs trafficking case. The central agency has termed Sadiq the «mastermind and kingpin» of the illicit network spread across India, Australia and New Zealand. Sadiq, a producer of Tamil films, was recently expelled by the DMK from the party after the NCB stated that he was linked to the drugs network. He was the Chennai West deputy organiser of the DMK's NRI wing. The opposition BJP and AIADMK in the state have been targeting the DMK over the matter. Last month, the NCB said it had arrested three people, all hailing from Tamil Nadu, and seized 50 kg of narcotics-making chemical pseudoephedrine during a raid at a godown in Delhi. The searches by the NCB, along with the special cell of the Delhi Police, came about following a tip-off received towards the end of 2023 from the Australian and New Zealand authorities about «large quantities» of pseudoephedrine concealed in desiccated coconut powder and mix food powder being smuggled into their countries from India.

ALSO READ: Karnataka set to get sixth Vande Bharat Express; new Bengaluru- Kalaburagi train to chug on March 12 The new addition to its fleet will be virtually launched by PM Modi on 12 March. Bengaluru Central MP PC Mohan has confirmed that the new semi-high-speed rail will hit the tracks soon. According to details, posted by Hindustan Times, the new Vande Bharat Express comes in orange and white colors, unlike the previous white and blue combination.

Office space demand in India's six major cities will remain healthy this year as domestic and foreign firms are expected to lease 50-55 million square feet area to expand their businesses, according to a FICCI-Colliers report. Gross leasing of office space stood at 58.2 million square feet across six major cities namely Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune. Industry body FICCI and real estate consultant Colliers India earlier this week released its report 'India Office: Repurposed to scale-up'. The report has given three scenarios for office demand forecast — optimistic, realistic, and pessimistic.

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s (DMK) and was Chennai West Deputy Organiser (NRI Wing) until he was dismissed permanently from the party on February 25 over his links with the drug cartel. Also Read : International drug racket in Delhi: Film producer identified as mastermind; NCB, Delhi Police seize illegal substance His links led to political war of words with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), opposition parties in Tamil Nadu, mounting attack on DMK over Jaffer.

Ford exited India in 2021 but it has not completely left the country. Infact, Ford India is now in an expansion mode but in a slightly different context. As per a report in the Times of India, Ford is expanding its Chennai tech hub and is planning to hire an additional 3,000 employees in the next two to three years to develop electric vehicle (EV) applications for its global EV platforms. The Chennai hub currently has 12,000 employees.

Indian Army following their successful completion of rigorous training at the Officers Training Academy (OTA) on Saturday. Additionally, three officer cadets and six women cadets from friendly foreign countries successfully completed their training, fostering bonds of camaraderie and cooperation across international borders, the OTA said. Reviewing the impressive and meticulously turned out passing out parade by the contingents at the Parameshwaran drill square, OTA, Chennai, Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari said warfare was undergoing a fundamental change with the emergence of new technology and radically newer doctrines. «India's security dynamics involves multi-faceted threats and challenges. It would require us to build multi-domain capabilities and execute operations simultaneously and in shortened timeframes,» he said and called upon the young officers to stay abreast with technological advancements.

alliance can afford to ignore the state. Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Election Dates The Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Elections are likely to be held in late April or early May, typically concluding in the first half of the election season due to the state's efficient electoral processes and high voter turnout.