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sports division and its employees will be absorbed into the India Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd (CSKCL), said people close to the development. UltraTech Cement is acquiring promoter N Srinivasan's stake in India Cements. The IPL team isn’t part of the acquisition. Srinivasan's daughter Rupa Gurunath, whole-time director of India Cements, will likely join the board of the IPL franchise. She has been directly involved in its management and will now spearhead expansion plans. India Cements has a strong sports tradition with cricket teams playing in the first division of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) league, along with support staff. The chairman of CSKCL is R Srinivasan, the promoter’s cousin.

Tilak: The Empire’s Biggest Enemy, in a sense, completes the triumvirate of the three interrelated historical legacies that have shaped modern Maharashtra and dramatically impacted national life. As Tilak’s last major biography in English appeared perhaps half a century ago, this fresh evaluation of his political career is timely given the tectonic shifts that have since taken place in India’s pollical culture.

Uttar Pradesh Minister and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad lashed out at the Samajwadi Party (SP) for remaining silent on the rape of a minor girl in Ayodhya and accused the party of attempting to 'protect' SP leader Moeed Khan, who is the main accused in the case. Speaking to the media on Saturday, Sanjay Nishad said, «Akhilesh Yadav's PDA is a lie. Those who raise the slogans of PDA and feel proud of the fact that they won in Ayodhya, it seems that they have won with the help of these criminals. They are protecting the criminal, neither they are expelling him from the party nor saying anything against the accused.» «Today, I have raised this issue in the House and till date I make sure that he gets hanged, I will stand by the victim. I thank the UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath that he has taken cognizance and action in the case. I just hope that how I can protect my community,» he added.

Boeing Starliner is one of those spacecrafts that has been in the headlines for some time now, but for all the wrong reasons. The spacecraft is currently stranded in space, with hopes of being repaired diminishing as each day passes. Meanwhile, the two astronauts it had carried to space, are currently marooned and there is a concern over the fact about how these astronauts will return home safely.

women boxers at the centre of a gender row at the Paris Olympics took up the sport to escape from bullies: Lin Yu-ting had an abusive father while Imane Khelif was roughed up by boys in her village. Both find themselves embroiled in a global maelstrom that has sparked reaction from US presidential candidate Donald Trump, Harry Potter author J.K Rowling and a host of commentators. Online, they have been subjected to «an awful lot of abuse», Mark Adams, spokesman for the International Olympic Committee, said on Friday.

landslides in the early hours of July 30 in Wayanad will go down in Kerala’s history as one of the worst natural disasters the state has faced. It’s a calamity that has claimed over 200 lives, as per official data on Saturday morning, with the final figure expected to be much higher, razed homes and traumatised a society that still carries the scars of past disasters. In the aftermath of the tragedy, as a political blame game ensues between the Centre and the state, one of the immediate questions is to what extent the landslides could have been predicted and their effects mitigated. The other is, what can we do to contain the damage to life when—and not if—such phenomena recur, with climate change and human intervention exacerbating disasters? While landslides are very tricky to predict, it can be done as some other countries have shown, says M Rajeevan. The vice-chancellor of Atria University, Bengaluru, he is former secretary at the Ministry of Earth Sciences and former director of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology. In an interview with Indulekha Aravind, he says, “It’s not an easy problem to solve, but if we don’t do it, who will?” Edited excerpts:

Mortal Kombat 2 will be released in theaters in the United States on October 24, 2025. The film is the fourth installment in the Mortal Kombat franchise, which began in 1995.

Kyiv has stepped up aerial attacks on Russian territory, saying it carries out the strikes in retaliation for the bombardments Ukraine has faced since Russia invaded more than two years ago. «Last night, drones from Ukraine's Security Service visited the Morozovsk airfield in the Rostov region» that stored aircraft and guided aerial bombs, the source said.

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Assam Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) signed an MoU with Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited (APPL) and the Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), subsidiaries of Tata Group companies. The function held at Lok Sewa Bhawan in presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Chairman Tata Sons Natarajan Chandrasekaran. It may be noted that MD ATDC Padmapani Bora, CEO IHCL Puneet Chhatwal and MD and CEO APPL Sukhjeet Singh Malhotra signed the memorandum of understanding. As a part of the MoU, a Taj Resort and Spa will be opened with an investment of Rs. 120 crores. Moreover, under the MoU, Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited in collaboration with Indian Hotels Company Limited will establish hotel and hospitality infrastructure with modern facilities at Kaziranga. ATDC on behalf of Government of Assam will be acting as a nodal agency to implement the project.

Barack Obama has been making headlines right after the time Joe Biden resigned as the Democratic Party candidate from the US Presidential Election race. Soon after, VP Kamala Harris assumed the role of the Democrat candidate, as Obama, already having served two terms as the President, would not have been Constitutionally able to take up the responsibility.

Chennai: Classic Legends, a subsidiary of Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, and retailers of Jawa and Yezdi range of motorcycles in India has announced plans to open 200 retail showrooms every year, a top official said on Saturday. Classic Legends was also gearing up to launch the popular BSA range of motorcycles on August 15, company CEO Ashish Singh Joshi said here, after inaugurating a new outlet 'Swastik Motors' spread across 6,000 sq ft at Mount Poonamallee, dubbed as the largest showroom in the country. «We have about 450 dealerships currently. We have planned to take it up to 600 by this financial year. If you compare this with anybody else, we still have a long way to go. For the next few years, we will keep on adding 200 odd (showrooms) every year.» he told reporters. On setting up the largest showroom in the city, he said, «we are excited to open the doors to the country's largest Jawa Yezdi dealership in Chennai. Tamil Nadu is a significant market for us, and this expansion reflects our dedication to giving our patrons the best experience possible from the time they enter our store until they ride out on their brand-new motorcycle. We are optimistic that this facility will help us add many more enthusiasts to the clan.»

Adani Cement-owned Ambuja Cements will be investing Rs 1,600 crore in the Nawada district of Bihar to set up a six-million-tonne cement grinding unit. This is not only the first investment by the Adani group in Bihar, but also the largest investment for the state from the cement industry. The project will be set up in three phases in the states, with the first phase entailing an investment of Rs 1,100 crore, a capacity of 2.4 million tonne, and completion targeted by December 2025. “This investment aligns with the State Government's development programs and our growth plans,” Pranav Adani, director of Adani Enterprises was quoted in a release. “State Government’s support in fast tracking and provisioning of all permits has made this landmark investment possible in short time,” he said.

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bakery of a man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl and recording the act on camera, according to an official. «The bakery of Moid Khan has been demolished,» Ayodhya's District Magistrate Chandra Vijay Singh told PTI. «The bakery had one big room and one small room. It was illegally built over a pond, and has been demolished,» Singh said. Police had on July 30 arrested bakery owner Moid Khan and his employee Raju Khan from the Pura Kalandar area of Ayodhya district in connection with the rape case.

North Dakota voters will decide in November whether to eliminate property taxes

A New York official says a village's former clerk will be the first politician to forfeit their pension under a state anti-corruption law after she stole over $1 million

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a final redemption price for the first tranche of the sovereign gold bond (SGB) scheme at Rs 6,938 per gram and fixed the redemption date as August 5, Monday. Those who invested in the scheme have made an income of a whopping 122% (Rs 3,819) over the issue price of Rs 3,119 per gram. This does not include an interest income of 2.5% given by the government. The 2016-17 SGB Series I was issued on August 5, 2016. The SGBs are repayable on the expiration of eight years from the date of the issue of the gold bonds.