CHANDIGARH: Four-time legislator and Congress rebel, Kiran Choudhry, 69, on Wednesday, filed her nomination for the bypoll to the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Haryana as a BJP nominee.

CHANDIGARH: The pan-India shutdown on Wednesday to oppose the Supreme Court ruling on the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) failed to evoke a response across Punjab and Haryana as life was not disrupted, except a few places in Punjab. Likewise, the situation was almost normal in Chandigarh.

CHANDIGARH: Four-time Congress legislator Kiran Choudhry, who joined the BJP along with her daughter Shruti Choudhry in June, on Tuesday resigned from the Haryana legislative Assembly and is likely to be the party’s nominee for the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Haryana.

CHANDIGARH: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar along with Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and S.S. Sandhu held a two-day comprehensive review of the poll preparedness for the forthcoming Assembly elections in Haryana.

LUCKNOW: Lucknow Super Giants' exciting young fast-bowler Mayank Yadav had to walk off the field after bowling just one over against Gujarat Titans in Sunday’s match. Before that, Mayank was down on pace and was hit for three boundaries in his solitary over yielding 13 runs.

CHANDIGARH: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Monday announced the fielding of Surinder Kamboj, the father of AAP legislator Jagdeep Goldy Kamboj, as its candidate from the Ferozepur Lok Sabha seat in Punjab.

MUMBAI:Actress Preity Zinta, who is the co-owner of Indian Premier League (IPL) team Punjab Kings (PBKS), shared a "post-match selfie" with all-rounders Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma, whom she tagged as "deadly duo" after they guided PBKS to three-wicket win over Gujarat Titans.

Adelaide: Jason Gillespie has resigned from his role as Head Coach of the South Australia and Adelaide Strikers. He will finish his role with South Australia Cricket Association (SACA) at the end of June after a nine-year tenure, the association said on Thursday.

CHANDIGARH: Aiming to achieve a minimum of 75 per cent voter turnout in Haryana, an increase of five per cent higher than the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, state's Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Agarwal on Friday said the department is making efforts to ensure the maximum participation of people in the polls scheduled to be held on May 25.

MUMBAI: Musheer Khan broke legendary Sachin Tendulkar's 29-year-old record to become the youngest Mumbai batter to score a century in the Ranji Trophy final against Vidarbha, here at the Wankhede Stadium.