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Gavaskar to get Maharashtra Bhushan award

MUMBAI: Chief Minister Manohar Joshi today announced that the prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan award will be conferred on the veteran cricketer Sunil Gavaskar. The award, comprising a 5 lakh rupee cash and a memento with citation, will be conferred on the legendary cricketer at a function to be held at the Wankhede Stadium. The award has been constituted for honouring outstanding personalities in the field of art, literature, sports and science.

SC ban order

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday relaxed its earlier October 2 deadline imposing a ban on 15-year-old commercial vehicles, including buses, taxis and autorickshaws and fixed December 31 this year to scrap these vehicles from the Delhi roads.