Ashes debutant Joe Denly confirmed that Joe Root had phoned him this week and said he wants to bat at three, dropping Denly to fourth man in.
'Pakistan's trump card is that it is the only credible guarantor on the horizon who can reasonably assure the Western world that Afghanistan will not again become the revolving door for international terrorism.' 'Trust Pakistan to play this card optimally,' explains Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The Modi minister, known for his controversial statements, dropped another bombshell on Thursday.
BJP MLA Raja Singh was booked on Tuesday over his alleged provocative statements pertaining to the Beef Festival that is proposed to be held at Osmania University campus on December 10.
The legislator from West Bengal claimed that there were several incidents where people across the country had been attacked by "cow vigilantes" over rumours of eating beef and smuggling cattle.
A senior CPI-M leader said there is no comparison between Sangh Parivar's demand for a complete ban on beef and Catholic Church's call for a ban on liquor.
Four Kashmiri students were arrested on charges of disturbing public peace following rumours that they had cooked beef in their hostel room in a private university in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district.
Section 144 of the CrPC prohibits an assembly of more than four persons in an area.
Paramilitary force personnel and state police force will be deployed and drone cameras will be used to ensure security on Friday.
'The people of Jharkhand know that Modi is not going to become chief minister, so why should they vote for the BJP?'
The move comes days after the Indian Navy also warned of a possible terror attack from the sea side.
Next season, if Ferrari can carry their gathering momentum into 2020, could even see Leclerc challenging for the championship after losing out to Hamilton's Mercedes outfit this year.
The development to tweak the 2004 law, cleared during the previous Bharatiya Janata Party government, has come following the thrashing of a Muslim man and a woman on suspicion of carrying beef in MP's Seoni district last month.
Vij had last year pitched for declaring cow as the national animal and launched an online poll on the issue.
The reports suggested six members of the terror outfit infiltrated into the state by sea from Sri Lanka and moved to different cities, including Coimbatore, according to the police.
The report, released on June 21, alleged that some senior leaders of the BJP "made inflammatory speeches against minority communities".
Early Cricket Club chairman Gary Shacklady, himself a vegan, realised that many of the meals, especially at away grounds, were inaccessible to many of the players. This included the team's Hindu and Muslim players, who do not eat beef and pork for religious reasons.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday said the tri-nation T20 series in Sri Lanka, also involving the Indian team, will continue despite the country plunging into a state of emergency following communal violence.
Congress vice president has promised to raise the Maharashtra beef ban issue in Parliament, claims beef trader who met him.
The incident took place on January 13 on Kushinagar Express on its way to Gorakhpur. The trouble began after an unclaimed bag was recovered from the general compartment of Kushinagar Express which contained meat.
In the wake of the terrorist attack on the Pathankot Air Force Base, security was on Saturday stepped up in the national capital and several states. Security has been beefed up at the airport, railway stations, bus stands and other vital installations.
Ikhlaq's daughter, Shaishta, has been made the prime witness in the case.
Jammu South's Sub-divisional Magistrate Srikant Balasaheeb Suse said around 300 students from NIT Srinagar have left by Madras Janta, Sri Shakti, Malwa and Hapa express trains.
The high court, however, upheld the ban on slaughter of cows and bullocks in the state.
A 'curfew-like' situation prevailed on the campus with heavy police security being deployed to prevent any untoward incident.
The death toll rose to 5,394 after a record single-day spike of 230 fatalities in the 24 hours since Sunday 8 am, the Union Health Ministry said in its morning update. It showed the number of confirmed cases rising by 8,392 to 1,90,535. However, a PTI tally of figures announced by states and union territories, as of 9.35 pm, showed a higher death toll of 5,501.
Students' groups says they will go ahead with their plans while a BJP MLA vows to stop them.
The Osmania University authorities late on Wednesday evening made it clear that no "beef festival" would be allowed to be organised on the varsity campus.
Great chefs are alchemists. They put ingredients and flavours together in ways that are sometimes unfathomable, says Rahul Jacob.
Of the total scrips traded, 1,998 advanced, 631 declined and 184 remained unchanged.
The Bombay high court on Thursday said it would start hearing from December 5 all the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the beef ban legislation in Maharashtra.
Top gainers in the Sensex pack include SBI, Yes Bank, Tata Motors, L&T, ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, ONGC, Maruti, M&M, Axis Bank, RIL, Hero MotoCorp, HDFC, Vedanta, Asian Paints, Tata Steel and Bajaj Finance, rising up to 7 per cent.
A division bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday declined to hear a bunch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the beef ban legislation in Maharashtra after one of the judges recused himself from hearing them.
Against the backdrop of Kerala House beef controversy, an article in Organiser has said those insisting on eating cow meat wanted the "freedom to insult Hindus".
'Clearly, Washington has all but given up hope following US Acting Assistant Secretary of State Alice Wells's stormy visit to Colombo last month where she read the riot act to Sri Lankan leaders to sign the pending status of forces agreement allowing American troops to use Sri Lanka as a hub for operations in the Indian Ocean,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The Delhi high court on Friday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking enactment of a law prohibiting slaughter of cows and sale of beef and such products across the national capital region, terming it as "misconceived".
As the stage is set for the fifth and final round of voting for 57 seats in the Bihar assembly poll to decide the fate of political biggies, people woke up on Wednesday morning to find a prominent newspaper advertisement featuring a woman loving hugging a young bovine, and attacking Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his silence over the 'beef' statements made by his allies.
Stoking a controversy, a local Bharatiya Janata Party leader has threatened to behead Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in public if he consumed cow meat in Shivamogga.
The I&B ministry did not grant the film titled "Caste on the Menu Card", an exemption certificate.
The online edition of the 52-page magazine has been removed from the official website of the primary education department.
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