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The BCCI has exempted Jasprit Bumrah from the Vijay Hazare Trophy to manage his workload ahead of a busy white-ball season and the T20 World Cup. Despite asking other stars to play domestic cricket, Bumrah has been rested due to past injury concerns. Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja will feature in the tournament.

In a letter to Rahul Gandhi, last month that has come to the public domain now, the ex-Minister says Congress could have won 8 to 10 additional LS seats if ‘vote theft’ had been prevented

Officials flag rise in cases of street prostitution in Cyberabad

The infection has been confirmed in one ward each of eight panchayats in Alappuzha and in four villages in Kottayam. In Alappuzha, 19,881 birds within the one-km radius of epicentres will be culled and around 5,000 birds in Kottayam. Culling will begin on December 26

The Election Commission has released draft voter lists for Madhya Pradesh and Kerala, showing significant deletions. Madhya Pradesh removed over 42 lakh voters, including deceased, untraceable, and shifted residents. Kerala also deleted more than 24 lakh names for similar reasons, with final rolls to be published in February.

LDF, with 15 seats in the 32-member civic body, is expected to announce its chairperson and deputy chairperson picks on December 24; UDF, with 12 seats, is unlikely to field candidates; NDA, with five seats, is set to finalise its strategy the same day

Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit said that global supply networks for critical minerals are highly concentrated and increasingly subject to export controls and geopolitical pressures

The inscription, originally discovered at Gobbur, a border area between Telangana and Karnataka, is currently housed in the State Archaeology Museum, Hyderabad

As many as 98, 344 and 1,61,262 voters have been dropped from the list in Pathanamthitta and Kottayam respectively

Senior Supreme Court advocate emphasises the need for people to realise the dangers involved and unite to raise their voice against such policy changes