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Pakistan detains Sajid Mir, alleged 'dead' mastermind of 2008 Mumbai terror attacks
The news comes in the backdrop of Pakistan’s renewed efforts to exit the Financial Action Task Force’s grey list

Crucial Shiv Sena meet on Saturday, Maharashtra Police on alert as party workers 'expected to take to the streets'
On Friday, Thackeray convened a meeting of the district chiefs virtually wherein he said that the rebel MLAs who are camping in Guwahati wanted to 'break the party'

Maamanithan movie review: A surprisingly good movie about what makes a man great
Maamanithan doesn’t beat around the bush and tells a nice story straight from the heart.

Kerala: SFI activists vandalise Rahul Gandhi's Wayanad office; CM Vijayan condemns incident
The student organisation protested alleging that Gandhi failed to intervene in the issue of creating buffer zones around forests in the hilly areas of Kerala

Right Word | Remembering Emergency: When guilty went unpunished
Indira Gandhi had imposed Emergency in India on the night of 25-26 June, after she lost a case in Allahabad High Court which declared her election null and void and disqualified her from contesting for six years

Hindu outfit demands no fresh licence should be issued for meat sale in Gurugram
The Hindu Sangharsh Samiti submitted a memorandum addressed to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar demanding that the civic authorities should abandon the process to issue any such licence

First Take | When there’s nowhere to run to
While most often a collective crisis brings out the compassionate side of the human personality, it can also unleash the beast in the individual, as we get to see in Jis Joy’s Malayalam whammy Innale Vare.

Besides high jumper Tejaswin Shankar, AFI names additional five athletes for CWG 2022
Besides Shankar, the other four athletes are Asian Games gold medallist heptathlete Swapna Barman, marathon runners Srinu Bugatha and Anish Thapa, and Jilna MV for 4x100m relay event.

England vs New Zealand: Hundred hero Jonny Bairstow leads hosts' stunning fightback on Day 2 of third Test
England ended the second day on 264-6, just 65 runs behind.

Wayne Rooney resigns as the manager of turbulent-hit Derby County
Rooney was unable to keep Derby in the Championship last season after the crisis-torn club was hit by a 21-point deduction as punishment for financial issues.

Govt panel recommends emergency approval for SII's Covovax for 7-11 year olds
The recommendation has been sent to Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for final approval

Singapore National Swimming Championships: India contingent continues to dazzle with gold
Srihari Nataraj and Aneesh Gowda won gold medal in 50m backstroke and 200m freestyle event respectively.

Inflation expected to remain higher than RBI tolerance level till Dec, says Shaktikanta Das
The RBI governor said inflation is currently the biggest challenge confronting most economies in the world and the current surge is primarily because of global factors

India's arrangements for crude oil procurement well understood, says foreign secretary
At the media briefing Vinay Mohan Kwatra informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Germany for the G7 Summit on 26-27 June and will also travel to UAE on his return to India

TNPL 2022: Murali Vijay disappoints on his return to competitive action in nearly two years
The batter failed to make an impact as he was runout while trying to take a quick single, for eight runs in 13 balls.

India vs Leicestershire: Visitors take 82-run second innings lead on Day 2 of practice game
Wickets at regular intervals hurt Leicestershire who surpassed 100 runs for the loss of four wickets. Mohammed Shami struck twice to remove Sam Evans and Cheteshwar Pujara.

‘Kohli’s career picked off amazingly because he found MS Dhoni’: Ahmed Shehzad on lack of support in Pakistan cricket
Shehzad said that the seniors and ex-cricketers in Pakistan cannot digest the success of younger players and it is unfortunate for Pakistan cricket.

Yashwant Sinha reaches out to PM Modi, Rajnath Singh to seek support for presidential polls
Yashwant Sinha also reached out to his mentor and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani

Sri Lanka vs Australia: Alex Carey, bowlers script Aussies' consolation win in fifth ODI
Australia bowled out the hosts for 160, a tricky total on a bowling-friendly Colombo pitch the tourists overhauled with 10.3 overs to spare.

US SC ends abortion rights: 'Ruling taking America 150 years back,' says Biden as Trump hails 'decision made by god'
The decision, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination of decades of efforts by abortion opponents, made possible by an emboldened right side of the court that has been fortified by three appointees of former President Donald Trump