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India slams Pakistan for raking up Kashmir issue at UN – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rajeev Shukla has rebuffed Pakistan for "unnecessarily" raking up the Kashmir issue at a UN meeting, warning that its campaign of misinformation cannot change the facts on the ground.Delivering India's riposte to Pakistan at the UN session on Tuesday, Shukla, without naming the neighbour, said "a delegation", which is "habitual of resorting to disinformation and misinformation", used the august UN forum to peddle lies, adding that it measures the world's largest democracy by its own yardstick of spreading falsehoods."However, let me be clear. Real democracies function differently. People of J&K turned out in record numbers in the recently concluded free and fair elections. No amount of disinformation and misinformation will change facts on the ground," said Shukl...
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BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla defends Kanpur as Test centre amid criticism | Cricket News – Times of India

KANPUR: BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla on Monday put up a stout defence of Kanpur as a Test centre, saying the venue can't be denied the chance to host long format matches as it is set to undergo an upgrade to improve its infrastructure. Persistent rain has played havoc with the second Test between India and Bangladesh at the Green Park as two full days of play were washed out without a ball being bowled.The stadium has an outdated drainage system and three super soppers were used to dry the ground after rain.On Sunday, it did not rain much and the sun also came out for a brief period but the wet outfield did not allow play to begin. Only 35 overs could be bowled across the first three days of the Test."Well criticism is one thing which we are used to being in administration of BCCI in ...
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Government will decide on India’s travel to Pakistan for Champions Trophy: BCCI | Cricket News – Times of India

KANPUR: BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla on Monday said the Indian government will take a final call on whether the national cricket team will travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy next year.Pakistan are scheduled to host the ICC ODI tournament from February 19 to March 9."No decision has been taken (yet). But our policy is that for international tours, we always seek the permission of the government.It's up to the government to decide whether our team should go to any country or our team should not go to any country," Shukla told reporters on Monday."In this case (also), whatever the government will decide, we will abide by that," he added.Shukla was talking to the media on the sidelines of the ongoing second Test between India and Bangladesh.India and Pakistan only play each other...
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