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Sports

Virender Sehwag’s son Aaryavir slams double century | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Aaryavir, the son of former Indian cricket star Virender Sehwag, achieved a remarkable feat on Thursday by scoring a double hundred whilst representing Delhi against Meghalaya at the MCA Cricket Ground in Shillong in the Cooch Behar Trophy.After choosing to bat first in the match that commenced on Wednesday, Meghalaya managed to score 260 runs in their first innings.Delhi responded strongly on Day 2, establishing a commanding lead of 208 runs at stumps with only two wickets down, following an impressive 180-run partnership between Aaryavir and Arnav S Bugga for the opening wicket.Whilst Bugga notched up a century before departing, Aaryavir carried on to achieve a remarkable double hundred. He remained not out on 200 from 229 deliveries, his innings featuring 34 fours and two six...
Politics

After Sangma’s NPP pulls support from Biren govt in Manipur, BJP dares it to do the same in Meghalaya

New Delhi: Days after the National People’s Party (NPP) withdrew its support from the N. Biren Singh government in Manipur, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) challenged the Conrad Sangma-led NPP to end their alliance in Meghalaya. The BJP accused the NPP of staying in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) only to secure central funds. Speaking to ThePrint, Meghalaya BJP Vice-President Bernard N. Marak, who was the party’s candidate in the bypolls to the Gambegre assembly constituency, said the NPP “cannot afford” to detach itself from the BJP due to “rising debts” of the state government led by Chief Minister Sangma.  The NPP, which has 31 MLAs in the 60-member Meghalaya assembly, leads the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) in the state. The BJP, which has two MLAs, is a constitue...