Former MLA Rameshkumar Kuthe on Friday resigned from the primary membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

The OBC leader's exit could be a setback for the BJP in eastern Maharashtra's Gondia district ahead of assembly elections.

His associates and followers wanted him to leave the party, Kuthe wrote in his resignation letter addressed to state BJP chief Chandrashekar Bawankule.

Kuthe had represented Gondia in Maharashtra assembly as a Shiv Sena legislator in 1995 and 1999.

He was with the BJP since 2018, but the recent visit of state Congress chief Nana Patole to his residence had led to speculation about his future moves. (PTI)

Four collegians on a trekking trip drowned on Friday in a dam in Khalapur in Maharashtra's Raigad district, a police official said.

The incident occurred at 2:30pm in Sondewadi when the deceased were near Sondai fort along with their National Cadet Corps colleagues, the official said.

"A total of 22 men and 15 women, who are residents of the western part of Mumbai, including Bandra, were part of the trekking trip. At Sondewadi, one of the men entered the dam for swimming. He cried for help when he started drowning, and three of his friends who jumped in to save him also started drowning," he said. (PTI)

An independent candidate from Mumbai North West constituency on Friday moved Bombay High Court challenging the win of Shiv Sena's Ravindra Waikar in the Lok Sabha elections, results of which were announced on June 4.

Alleging malpractices and illegalities in the counting, defeated candidate Bharat Shah, in his plea, sought HC to declare the results of the Mumbai North West constituency as null and void.

Waikar won the poll from the constituency by just 48 votes against his nearest Shiv Sena (UBT) rival Amol Kirtikar. Shah, from the Hindu Samaj Party, contested as an independent candidate and received 937 out of the 9,54,939 votes polled in the constituency.

Shah, in his plea also. sought direction to the Election Commission of India to probe the alleged fraud. (PTI)

Former BJP leader Eknath Khadse on Friday met Union home minister Amit Shah in Delhi.

He was accompanied by newly appointed Union minister and his daughter-in-law Raksha Khadse.

The veteran leader from Maharashtra who is currently with the NCP (SP) led by Sharad Pawar told PTI that it was a courtesy call.

"Raksha Khadse has been made Union minister of state for sports. So we went to thank Amit Shah for it," he said, adding that politics was not discussed in the five-minute meeting.

Raksha, a BJP leader, won from the Raver Lok Sabha seat for the third time in the recently held elections.

Asked about his re-entry into the BJP which is awaited for the last few months, Eknath Khadse said," Let's wait." He was associated with the BJP for more than four decades before joining the Nationalist Congress Party in 2020 and becoming a member of the state legislative council. (PTI)

Repairing work has started on approach road of Atal Setu MTHL, India's longest sea bridge which was opened for traffic before Lok Sabha elections, by MMRDA appointed contractor. This comes after Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole visited Atal setu today after cracks were found on the road in first monsoon.

A history-sheeter wanted by Uttar Pradesh police and carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head has been arrested in Maharashtra's Palghar district, local police said on Friday.

Rahimulla Ibrahim Ansari (32), against whom two First Information Reports have been registered at Kotwali police station in Ayodhya, was on the run for two years, said an official here.

He and his gang members were accused of breaking into cars and stealing laptops and cash among other things, the official said.

As witnesses were not ready to testify against them, UP police had registered cases against the gang members under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, in 2022. (PTI)

Two days after the land acquisition process for the proposed Shaktipeeth Expressway was halted in the wake of protests, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said his government was considering the possibility of realigning the project.

Projects will not be imposed on the people and also will not be implemented without taking them into confidence, he said.

The proposed 802-km-long Shaktipeeth Expressway will connect Pavnar in Wardha district (in the Vidarbha region) to Patradevi in the coastal Sindhudurg (in Konkan). The expressway will pass through 12 districts before entering neighbouring Goa.

In a statement, Shinde said his government will take people into confidence before going ahead with the project.

His remarks come against the backdrop of protests against the project in different parts of the state.

"We will not impose any project on the people. The (Nagpur-Mumbai) Samruddhi Expressway was a gamechanger project which was completed taking all stakeholders into confidence," he said. (PTI)

Activist Manoj Jarange on Friday accused the Maharashtra government of trying to create tension between the Maratha and OBC communities, vowing that he won't “let it happen”.

He said there are 8-9 people in the government who have "hatred" for the Maratha community and their names will reach the public domain at the “right” time.

The government is thrusting new leaders to the fore and moving others aside to create a rift between the Maratha and OBC communities, he said, stressing that those protesting over their demand for non-dilution of the OBC quota are not at fault.

OBC activists Laxman Hake and Navnath Waghmre have been fasting in the Jalna district since June 13 demanding that the government scrap the draft notification that recognises Kunbis as “sage soyare” (blood relatives) of Maratha community members. The agrarian Kunbi community enjoys OBC status in the state.

Hitting back, Hake, who is on a hunger strike since the past nine days seeking a written promise that OBC quota will not be diluted to accommodate the Maratha community, accused Jarange of double speak. He brushed aside the Maratha quota activist's warning that he would take part in the assembly polls, claiming "Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Indira Gandhi were defeated, so who is Jarange". (PTI)

Three Maharashtra ministers and a member of the legislative council on Friday met OBC activists Laxman Hake and Navnath Waghmare and urged them to end their fast, which entered the ninth day.

The delegation comprising ministers Atul Save, Uday Samant and Girish Mahajan, and MLC Gopichand Padalkar met the activists at the protest site at Wadigodri village in Jalna district. Newly-elected Shiv Sena MP Sandipan Bhumre was also present.

Mahajan also called up Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis from the stage and made them talk to the protesting activists.

The two OBC activists are opposed to activist Manoj Jarange's demand over implementation of the draft notification that recognises Kunbis as “sage soyare” (blood relatives) of Maratha community members. Kunbi, an agrarian group, falls under the OBC category, and Jarange has been demanding that Kunbi certificates be issued to all Marathas, thus making them eligible for quota in government jobs and education. Waghmare also said that their protest will continue till the government gives in writing that the OBC reservation won't be disturbed. (PTI)

Mumbai Congress chief Varsha Gaikwad on Friday demanded the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged irregularities in NEET-UG.

Taking part in a protest organised here by her party over the issue, she also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's `silence' on the students' plight.

"Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan should resign on moral grounds," said Gaikwad, who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Mumbai North Central constituency in the recently held elections.

"Prime minister Modi has not uttered a word about the hardship faced by students due to the irregularities that have come to light," she said, while also adding that education should not be politicised and students should get justice. (PTI)

At least 14 police personnel were injured after a group of persons allegedly pelted them with stones demanding the custody of a man, who was arrested for sexually assaulting and killing a six-year-old girl at Jamner in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district, police said on Friday.

The incident of stone-pelting occurred around 9.30 pm on Thursday outside the Jamner police station, they said.

"A six-year-old girl was allegedly abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered at Chinchkheda Shivar village in Jamner on the night of June 11. The accused person had fled away from the spot taking advantage of darkness," an official said.

"The police had launched a search for the accused, who was finally arrested on Thursday. But after getting information about his arrest, the deceased girl's family members, their relatives and local residents gathered outside the police station demanding that the accused be handed over to them so that they can punish him for the heinous crime," he said. (PTI)

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole visits Atal setu, India's longest sea bridge which was opened for traffic before Lok Sabha elections, after cracks are found on the road in first monsoon.

The Bombay High Court on Friday queried if it amounted to confinement when the juvenile accused in the Pune Porsche case was granted bail but was taken back in custody and kept in an observation home.

A division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande said there was no denying that the accident was unfortunate.

“Two people have lost their lives. There was trauma but the child (juvenile) was also in trauma,” the court said.

The bench also questioned the police under what provision of law, the order granting bail to the minor accused in the Porsche accident case was amended and how he has been kept in “confinement”.

In the early hours of May 19, the juvenile was allegedly driving a Porsche car at very high speed in an intoxicated state when the vehicle crashed into a bike, killing two software engineers – Aneesh Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta – in Pune's Kalyani Nagar. (PTI)

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Friday that artificial intelligence (AI) will be used for more effective and efficient policing and resolving traffic management issues in the state.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the home department, which he heads, Fadnavis said IIM Nagpur, in association with the government, had prepared a report on how to use AI for effective and efficient policing, crime detection and “predictive situations”.

“A government company will be formed. the project will be rolled out soon. Analysis of criminals and the nature of crimes can be done. Data on cybercrime can be analysed and traffic management issues can also be resolved. Modules will be prepared for different units,” he said.

Fadnavis said rains and model code of conduct for the assembly polls, due in October, could delay the ongoing police recruitment drive and some candidates might not get another chance because of the age bar. Wherever it is raining, the next dates have been announced for outdoor physical tests, he said. (PTI)

The Bombay High Court on Thursday expressed displeasure over the Maharashtra government failing to implement fully the Supreme Court's directions on the issue of `living will'.

A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar said it was "unfortunate" that someone had to file a petition to get a judgment passed by the apex court implemented.

A living will is a legal document that a person can execute in advance, spelling out medical treatments they would or would not want used to keep them alive in case of medical emergency or terminal illness, as well as preferences for other medical decisions, such as pain management or organ donation.

India Meteorological Department has sounded a “yellow” alert for the city. As such, moderate to heavy rainfall is expected for the next 24 hours. Mumbai has been seeing rains since last night already. The Santacruz observatory recorded 20 mm of rainfall in 24 hours, while the Colaba observatory recorded 55 mm of rain in the previous.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that “no heatwave conditions” are likely “in most parts of the country for the next four-five days” — a forecast that’s likely to bring some relief to the sweltering national capital.

The department’s forecast predicts a possibility for a light spell of rains, dust storms or thunderstorms on Friday. A minimum temperature of 28.4 degree Celsius was recorded at Delhi’s Safdarjung base station. For over a month, Delhi has been recording a maximum temperature of over 40 degree Celsius

Four months after his mobile number was randomly added to a WhatsApp group where he was advised how to make good money in the stock market, a 52-year-old doctor from Mumbai’s Andheri ended up losing Rs 65.8 lakh to a cyber fraud. Last week, he approached the Mumbai police and filed a complaint.

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The United Nations General Assembly, heeding a call by Prime Minister Modi, declared in December 2014 to observe June 21 every year as the International Day of Yoga.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and civic commissioner Bhushan Gagrani attended the event, organised by BJP leader Shaina NC.

The United Nations General Assembly, heeding a call by Prime Minister Modi, declared in December 2014 to observe June 21 every year as the International Day of Yoga. 

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday appealed to citizens to make yoga an integral part of their daily lives.

Speaking at an event in the Marine Drive area here to mark the 10th International Day of Yoga, Shinde said “Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Baba Ramdev have popularised yoga worldwide”.

“Citizens must make yoga an integral part of their daily lives. Everyone must practise it daily, and not just one day,” he said.

PM Modi said the world sees yoga as a powerful agent for global good as it helps people live in the present. "When we are peaceful within, we can also make a positive impact on the world...Yoga is making new ways of positive change in the society," he said.

Several key BJP party leaders, ministers and state executives took part in yoga sessions organised across the city. Union Minister Piyush Goyal took part in a Yoga session on the occasion of International Day of Yoga.

BJP leader Shaina NC said to news agency ANI, "The importance PM Modi has given to Yoga, you can see a glimpse of it here in Mumbai...health is wealth and our PM has taught us...Yoga is being celebrated across the world now..."

The Bombay High Court on Thursday expressed displeasure over the Maharashtra government failing to implement fully the Supreme Court's directions on the issue of `living will'.

A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar said it was "unfortunate" that someone had to file a petition to get a judgment passed by the apex court implemented.

A living will is a legal document that a person can execute in advance, spelling out medical treatments they would or would not want used to keep them alive in case of medical emergency or terminal illness, as well as preferences for other medical decisions, such as pain management or organ donation.

As per the SC judgment, all municipal corporations have to set up medical boards and nominate a competent authority as a custodian to preserve living wills.

A person has to notarise two copies of the will. During medical treatment and emergencies, one copy has to be provided to the doctor who would then call for the second copy from the custodian for verification, and decide the course of treatment as per the wishes expressed in the living will. (PTI)

Activist Manoj Jarange on Thursday alleged that the Maharashtra government's stand that inclusion of "sage soyare" term in the Maratha reservation notification will not stand legal scrutiny indicated that it was against such a provision.

Speaking to reporters a day before, minister Girish Mahajan had said that Jarange was demanding reservation for `sage soyare' (those related by birth or marriage) of Marathas who possess the Kunbi caste certificate, but it will not stand legal scrutiny if challenged in the court.

"As far as I know, such a reservation cannot be given, but if there is a workable solution, the government will pursue it," the BJP leader had said.

Reacting to the statement, Jarange told reporters here that he was firm on his stand that Marathas should get reservation in the Other Backward Class (OBC) category.

Kunbi, an agrarian community, enjoys OBC status in Maharashtra. Jarange has been demanding that Kunbi certificates be issued to all Marathas, making them eligible for quota in government jobs and education. (PTI)

A 32-year-old man being taken to Goa after his arrest from Uttar Pradesh dashed out of Mumbai airport and fled despite a chase by a cop from the coastal state, police said on Thursday.

Imad Wasim Khan made the daring escape around 6 am on Wednesday after a Goa police team arrived with him at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, an official said.

Khan is an accused in a case registered at Mapusa in Goa for alleged wrongful confinement, voluntarily causing hurt, and personating a public servant, he said.

Based on inputs, Goa recently police visited Khan's hometown in UP's Saharanpur and took him into custody with the help of their local counterparts.

The two-member police team boarded a flight to Mumbai and arrived at T2 (terminal 2). As one of the cops was asking the airport staff about T1, from where they were to take a flight to Goa, Khan escaped from the clutches of the other. (PTI)

Mumbai police on Thursday registered an FIR after two unknown thieves committed theft at actor Anupam Kher's office in Veera Desai, Andheri.

Kher also shared a video on Instagram regarding the theft incident.

More details awaited. 

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Parab, who is party's candidate for the Mumbai Graduates' constituency of the Maharashtra legislative council, on Thursday alleged the names of around 10,000 to 12,000 voters enrolled by his party do not figure in the final list.

Addressing a press conference here, he alleged political interference in the functioning of the Election Commission.

He also claimed that the names enrolled by the rival parties have been included in the list.

Parab is a candidate from the Mumbai Graduates' constituency, a seat the undivided Shiv Sena won five times in the past.

As per the Election Commission's records, 1,20,771 voters are eligible to vote in the Mumbai Graduates' constituency that will go to polls on June 26.

"Names of 10,000-12,000 people enrolled by us do not find a place in the list of voters of supplementary list. We suspect that this has been done deliberately," Parab said. (PTI)

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said his party will approach the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Council polls as the MLAs of the ruling parties who will vote in the election face the prospect of disqualification.

He said that observations were made by the Supreme Court while hearing the disqualification plea that MLAs of ruling Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP could be disqualified.

"In such circumstances when MLAs could be disqualified and the case is being heard in the Supreme Court, it is unconstitutional that these lawmakers elect MLCs. They do not have any right to vote," he said.

"We will mention to the Supreme Court that this election is unconstitutional and illegal and the polls must be stayed," Raut said.

The Shiv Sena (UBT) has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar's decision to not disqualify its rebel MLAs. (PTI)

The Navi Mumbai police have registered a case against a 31-year-old man for allegedly befriending a woman through a matrimonial site and raping her, an official said on Thursday.

After allegedly sexually assaulting the 30-year-old complainant on the pretext of marriage, the accused, a resident of Dombivli in Thane district severed ties with her, the official said citing the FIR.

According to the police, accused Shadab Munaf Ansari and the woman, who lives in Mumbra, became friends a few years ago.

Promising to marry her, the man raped her at a lodge in Panvel of Navi Mumbai and in a hotel in Dombivli, the woman claimed.

The woman approached the police after Ansari allegedly backtracked on his promise, the official said. (PTI)

With the onset of monsoon, the Konkan Railway on Thursday said it is undertaking several safety measures, like round-the-clock patrolling on the tracks, use of advanced communication systems and installation of flood warning systems, to effectively tackle rain-related challenges on the route.

It said it is deploying 672 personnel for round-the-clock patrolling along the tracks during the monsoon season.

In a statement, the Konkan Railway said it remains steadfast in its commitment to ensuring a secure and smooth travel experience, supported by its participation in national disaster management protocols and regular weather updates from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Incidents of landslides, boulder collapse occur every year during the monsoon season on the Konkan Railway route.

It said the railway's monsoon timetable, effective from June 10 to October 31, adjusts sectional speeds to accommodate weather conditions, prioritising passenger safety. (PTI)

The IMD on Thursday afternoon issued an orange alert for Palghar, Thane, Raigad and Ratnagiri as severe rainfall continued to lash these district of Maharashtra. However, the weather bureau has kept Mumbai under a yellow alert as the financial capital recorded lesser rainfall than these districts.

The two activists whose indefinite fast over the OBC quota entered the eighth day on Thursday have alleged that Maratha youths are ending their lives due to confusion created by campaigner Manoj Jarange.

Laxman Hake and Navnath Waghmare have been agitating at Wadigodri village in Jalna district demanding that OBC reservation not be diluted.

They are opposed to Jarange's demand over implementation of the draft notification that recognises Kunbis as “sage soyare” (blood relatives) of Maratha community members. Kunbi, an agrarian group, falls under the OBC category, and Jarange has been demanding that Kunbi certificates be issued to all Marathas, thus making them eligible for quota in government jobs and education.

Hake said the Maratha community might be economically disadvantaged but they are not socially backward. “The reservation criteria pertain to those who are socially backward,” said Hake, suggesting that Marathas should pursue schemes for their economic development with the government.

“Jarange is creating confusion and because of that Maratha youths are committing suicide over reservation. Jarange is comparing Marathas to OBC communities,” Hake said. (PTI)

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said the Congress will decide on the appointment on the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha as it has maximum seats among the INDIA bloc parties in the Lower House of Parliament.

Asked if efforts will be made to have the Lok Sabha's deputy speaker from the opposition, Pawar claimed this "rule" was not followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his last government.

"A discussion will take place on that point, but I do not think any fruitful outcome will be there from it," he said.

Pawar was speaking to reporters at Baramati in Maharashtra's Pune district.

The BJP won 240 seats in the recently held polls to the 543-member Lok Sabha and formed government with its partners in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). (PTI)

The Mumbai division of Central Railway (CR) plans to install height gauges on both sides of the 112-year-old Sion Road Over Bridge (ROB), which has been declared unsafe, starting from midnight on June 21. 

The safety measure primarily aims to prevent the entry of heavy vehicles, while the demolition of the bridge is pending.

Due to its weakening condition, instructions were issued to demolish the Sion bridge and make room for laying tracks for the fifth and sixth railway lines between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CSMT) and Kurla. These lines are essential for enhancing mail and suburban train services.

The height gauges will have a clearance of 3.60 meters.

The Vakola Nullah bridge will be extended from two lanes to four lanes, and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has agreed to pay Rs 11 crore to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the land required to complete the project. This will expedite the process of the bridge expansion.

According to a source from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), which is executing the project, the BMC has already initiated the disbursement process. Officials now believe that Phase 1 of the project is likely to be completed by September.

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"Everything was snatched from us. Party's name, symbol, our MLAs, MPs. Despite that Shiv Sena continued its struggle and our nine MPs won (Lok Sabha election) in Maharashtra. If we had our party's name and symbol, 20-22 Shiv Sena MPs would have won. We challenge PM Modi...that those who were given party's name and symbol, should come and contest on their own in Maharashtra. We will show it you then," says Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut 

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) won nine Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, while the Shiv Sena headed by Shinde emerged victorious in seven constituencies.

Asserting his enduring relevance in Maharashtra politics, Shinde, who became CM in June 2022 after revolting against the leadership of his then-boss Uddhav Thackeray, said he will win more elections, referring to the assembly polls.

Thane and Palghar districts faced heavy showers overnight, prompting authorities to issue a 'red alert' for Palghar district. At present, Thane district has witnessed significantly higher rainfall at 228.93 mm this monsoon as opposed to 50.70 mm in the same period last year. 

Thane encountered intense rainfall resulting in sporadic incidents of falling tree branches.

In a recent development due to heavy rains, search operations for an excavator and its operator in Sasun Navghar, Palghar, have been halted. The excavator and its operator got trapped in a tunnel of a water project following a soil cave-in on May 29.

The situation remains critical as the region braces for more anticipated showers.

The India Meteorological Department issued a 'red alert' forecasting very heavy showers in Palghar over the next three hours, Palghar district disaster management cell chief Vivekanand Kadam told PTI.

The flooding of the Surya River in Palghar submerged a bridge in Manor, disrupting movement between Wada and Manor. 

The city received 35.51 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am today, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said.

The Bombay High Court is expected to hear a habeas corpus plea on Friday from the aunt of a juvenile accused in the Pune Porsche crash case. She is seeking his release and claiming that he was sent to custody in an "unlawful and arbitrary" manner. On June 14, the court declined immediate relief to the child in conflict of law (CCL) and said it would hear the plea on June 20. However, as the plea was not listed today, the lawyers mentioned the same before a division bench of Justices Bharati H Dangre and Manjusha A Deshpande, which posted the hearing to Friday, June 21.

It has been a month since the crash where two IT engineers Aneesh Awadhiya and his friend Ashwini Koshta, both 24, died after a speeding Porsche car, allegedly driven by a 17-and-a-half-year-old boy in an inebriated state, hit their motorcycle at Pune’s Kalyani Nagar junction around 2.30 am on May 19. Find out all about the case here.

What is up for discussion today?

UGC-NET cancelled hitting 9 lakh students

The Ministry of Education (MoE) announced late Wednesday night the cancellation of the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET), just a day after over 9 lakh candidates appeared for it across 317 cities, following inputs from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs that “the integrity of the examination may have been compromised”. Read more.

Naveen Patnaik begins a new innings — this time in the Opposition

Former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik is all set to begin his new innings — this time on the Opposition benches. On Wednesday, BJD’s legislature party elected him as the Leader of the Opposition after his party lost the state assembly polls to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Read more.

68 Indians among over 500 dead due to scorching heat during Hajj

On Tuesday, AFP reported that at least 550 people have died on the Hajj pilgrimage. Out of those, 323 were Egyptians who died due to heat-related illness, the international news agency reported citing two Arab diplomats. Read more.

World T20: What Virat Kohli’s five runs from nine balls tell about India’s batting

Three innings, nine balls, five runs. The numbers tell a sorry tale of Virat Kohli’s World Cup. But if there is a Kohli story that the cold, stone numbers don’t tell, it is how he has been at the heart of India’s brave new philosophy at this T20 World Cup. He has failed, so far, in translating the gung-ho approach into concrete runs, but that is only incidental in the larger scheme of how India is embracing modern ethos without dispensing entirely with the old-guard. Read more.

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