As India gears as much as play the two-day warm-up recreation towards the Prime Minister’s XI at the moment, Greg Rowell, a lawyer and Cricket Australia official in his mid-50s now, recollects the 1991 Prime Minister’s XI recreation at Canberra’s Manuka Oval. Then a 23-year-old trying to break into the Australian workforce, Rowell completed the sport with flattering figures of seven for 27, together with the prized scalps of Sachin Tendulkar and Ravi Shastri. Right here’s the story of the touring groups taking part in PM XI’s recreation and Rowell’s trajectory into serving on the board of Cricket Australia.
Large Story
It’s been practically every week since 4 individuals died of gunshot wounds metres away from the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid after violence broke out in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal. This got here after a Sambhal court docket handed an ex-parte order permitting a survey of the mosque by an advocate commissioner, after paying attention to a plea that claimed the mosque was constructed after demolishing a temple.
“Peace and concord should be maintained”
In the latest growth, the Supreme Courtroom has directed a trial court docket in UP — which had allowed a survey of the mosque which Hindus claimed was constructed by destroying the “Shri Hari Har temple” — to briefly halt proceedings within the matter. “We don’t wish to say something at this stage. However peace and concord should prevail… this could not occur. It’s important to be completely, completely impartial and make sure that nothing goes improper,” CJI Sanjiv Khanna mentioned in oral remarks.
Again in Sambhal, the district court docket, the place the authorized battle over the mosque started, assembled to listen to the matter for the primary time because it allowed a survey of the sixteenth century construction. The court docket granted the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) ten extra days to submit its report.
Following the dispute, Ajmer has develop into the most recent pressure on the material of peaceable coexistence of the 2 communities. In her column, Shazia Ilmi, the BJP nationwide spokesperson, writes: “Apart from listening critically to Mohan Bhagwat’s recommendation, the likes of Vishnu Gupta can even be taught from Dara Shikoh’s perception that there isn’t any important distinction between Islam and Hinduism.”
Whereas the Jama Masjid was inbuilt 1526 by an official of Babur appears to be past doubt. A lot else concerning the mosque is unclear, misplaced amongst strands of mythology, historical past, and authorized paperwork. Right here’s the story of the mosque, which is on the centre of a row over a court-mandated survey.
Solely in Specific
Earlier this week, the decades-long property feud among the many former Mewar royals performed out in full public view following the ‘coronation’ of Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) MLA Vishvaraj Singh Mewar. The occasion introduced into focus the lives of Rajasthan’s erstwhile royals, and the sway they maintain over the general public. The Indian Specific traveled to Udaipur as battles and palace intrigues of a bygone period got here alive in a struggle for royal legacy.
Specific Opinion
“… the fractured polity of the area and, certainly, the nation, is the monumental hurdle to addressing this recurrent nightmare. Air air pollution, then, is a shared problem of your complete Subcontinent and tackling it affords a novel alternative to construct bridges throughout the troubled waters between South Asian neighbours.”
In our Opinion part at the moment, Vikram Patel delves deeper into the air air pollution disaster that grips the bigger Indian subcontinent, and the necessity for a cross-border, cross-state solidarity to deal with this recurrent nightmare.
In Politics Right this moment
The Congress will launch a “nationwide motion” searching for “free and honest elections” and goal the Election Fee (EC) for its “partisan functioning.” At a gathering of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the social gathering centered on what they imagine represent “electoral malpractices” in any respect ranges, blaming them for its defeats in Haryana and Maharashtra. “The CWC believes the integrity of your complete electoral course of is being severely compromised… Growing sections of society have gotten annoyed and deeply apprehensive,” the decision acknowledged.
Film Overview
Questioning what to binge-watch this weekend? We’ve obtained you coated. Neeraj Pandey’s Netflix heist film Sikandar ka Muqaddar soars on the power of plot and efficiency, with stars servicing the story, simply the best way it must be. “The 2-hour plus period is dotted with twists and turns you don’t see coming, even because the whodunit-howdunit suspense retains simmering: there are issues I did twig on to, however the surprises saved coming, making issues pleasant,” writes Shubhra Gupta’s in her film assessment.
That’s all for at the moment. Have a beautiful weekend!
Till subsequent time,
Ariba
