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Chandrashekhar Bawankule, BJP President Maharashtra | Image: X/@cbawankule3 min read Last Updated : Oct 16 2024 | 1:11 PM IST Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday said Chief Minister Eknath Shinde should be willing to make “sacrifices”, in terms of seat-sharing for the assembly polls, like the BJP has done to keep the alliance intact. The comments come a day after the Election Commission announced the schedule for polls to 288 seats in the state assembly. Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp Voting is scheduled on November 20 and the counting will take place…

Virat Kohli on Day 1 of the India vs New Zealand 1st Test© AFP There was little to cheer for the crowd at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru during  the first session on Day 1 of the first Test match between India and New Zealand on Wednesday. Rain continued to pour as no action was possible and the toss was also delayed in the match. However, the supporters found a reason to cheer as local hero Virat Kohli came out on the field. Kohli has been a part of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru franchise since the inception…

A man flying high above Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza in a powered paraglider spotted something unexpected on top of the ancient landmark: a dog. Source link

Montana’s Republican governor on Wednesday will face his Democratic challenger in likely their only debate this election season in a state tilting toward the GOP.Gov. Greg Gianforte at first dismissed Ryan Busse, a former firearms industry executive, as not a “serious candidate” and refused to debate the Democrat because he hadn’t released his tax returns.Busse responded by releasing 10 years of income tax records, setting the stage for the debate hosted by ABC Fox Montana.Gianforte’s election by a wide margin in 2020 — with backing from former President Donald Trump — ended a 16-year run of Democratic governors in Montana.The…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — October’s supermoon is the closest of the year and it’s teaming up with a comet for a rare stargazing two-for-one. The third of four supermoons this year, it will be 222,055 miles (357,364 kilometers) away Wednesday night, making it seem even bigger and brighter than in August and September. It will reach its full lunar phase Thursday.In a twist of cosmic fate, a comet is in the neighborhood. Discovered last year, comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas is now prominent in the Northern Hemisphere after wowing stargazers in the Southern Hemisphere. The moonlight will wash out some of the comet’s…

Representative Image© AFP Perth will stage the first Test in the 2025-26 Ashes, it was announced Wednesday, ending Brisbane’s almost 40-year run of hosting of the opener of the Australia-England series. England’s bid to win back the historic Ashes urn will begin at Perth Stadium on November 21, 2025, with the second day-night Test to be played at Brisbane’s Gabba, Cricket Australia said. A pre-Christmas Test will be in Adelaide, before the traditional Boxing Day encounter in Melbourne and the new year match in Sydney. It will be the first time an Ashes Test, has been staged at…

Incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz faced off against challenger Democratic Rep. Colin Allred in a passionate and at times acrimonious debate hosted by ABC affiliate WFAA in Dallas, Texas, Tuesday night that touched upon a variety of issues animating the closely-watched race.Cruz, a staunch conservative and supporter of former President Donald Trump who is running for a third term, is locked in a tight race with Allred, a former NFL linebacker on his third term in the House of Representatives. Cruz leads Allred by just 4 percentage points, according to 538’s Senate polling average for Texas as of Tuesday night.Cruz’s…

3 min read Last Updated : Oct 16 2024 | 12:00 PM IST Shares of Sterlite Technologies gained as much as 6 per cent at Rs 128.45 per share on the BSE. The stock price of the company moved up on Wednesday after the firm announced its foray into the artificial intelligence (AI)I-led data centres segment with an integrated optical portfolio.  The company officially entered the AI-led Data Centre segment by showcasing its comprehensive range of integrated optical cable, connectivity, and interconnect offerings at the India Mobile Congress 2024. The Union Telecom Minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia, inaugurated the Make-in-India…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday put under scrutiny recruitment of civic volunteers under West Bengal’s ‘Ratirer Sathi’ scheme, floated after the RG Kar hospital rape-murder incident in which an earlier similarly engaged volunteer is the prime accused, and said such hirings cannot be a device to confer political patronage.”Recruitment of civic volunteers cannot be a nice process to confer political patronage on unverified persons,” said a bench of CJI D Y Chandrachud, and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra. It sought details of recruitment process from the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC govt in three weeks while barring their…

OMAHA, Neb. — Thousands of Nebraska residents with felony records will learn Wednesday whether they’ll be able to vote in next month’s hotly-contested elections after the Nebraska Supreme Court issues its ruling on a lawsuit seeking to restore their voting rights.The state’s high court heard arguments in August on a lawsuit challenging a decision by the state’s top election officials to ignore a new state law restoring the voting rights of those who’ve been convicted of a felony. The decision comes just days ahead of state deadlines to register to vote in the Nov. 5 general election. Brad Christian-Sallis, a…