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This time for Africa: After 27 years, Bavuma & Co reach promised land

The New Indian Express Madurai

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June 15, 2025

SOME of cricket's most emotionally-charged wins have come on the back of boundaries. MS Dhoni against Sri Lanka in 2011. Ben Stokes off Pat Cummins in 2019. Arjuna Ranatunga off Glenn McGrath in 1996. Carlos Brathwaite off Stokes in 2016.

- SWAROOP SWAMINATHAN

On Saturday afternoon, an everyday drive on the off side for a single echoed throughout the cricketing world in a manner it has seldom done in the almost 150-year history of the sport's oldest form.

At 12.45 PM on a sun-baked Lord's, Kyle Verreynne drove a loose ball in front of square before running the single most important run in South Africa's cricketing psyche. Even before Verreynne had completed five of the 22 yards, he had both his arms aloft. The batter at the other end, David Bedingham, was smiling even before completing it.

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2 Christians denied burial as C’garh villagers oppose; cops deployed after tension

DAYS after the family of Manish Nishad (28)—a Christian convert from Kanker’s Kodekurse village who died on November 5—struggled to perform his last rites amid opposition from other locals, a similar situation played out on Saturday in Balod’s Jewartala.

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The New Indian Express Madurai

RSS identified as a body of individuals, says Bhagwat

IN a veiled remark against Congress leaders criticising the RSS for operating without registration, the Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said his organisation is recognised as a body of individuals.

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November 10, 2025

The New Indian Express Madurai

The New Indian Express Madurai

Reporting financial fraud on Sachet portal

Anyone who has lost or been cheated of their investments can file complaint by logging into the RBI operated portal

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November 10, 2025

The New Indian Express Madurai

Israel recovers remains of soldier held since 2014

ISRAEL on Sunday received the remains of a hostage in Gaza which Hamas said were the body of an Israeli soldier who was killed in 2014 and held for 11 years.

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1 min

November 10, 2025

The New Indian Express Madurai

PM, Shah to meet top cops in C’garh for final Maoist blow

WITH a special focus on the government’s target to completely eliminate Naxal menace in the country, the 60th edition of annual Director General of Police (DGP) and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Conference will be held in Chhattisgarh’s Nava Raipur from November 28 to 30.

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November 10, 2025

The New Indian Express Madurai

L&O in shambles, appoint regular DGP: EPS to CM

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday urged Chief Minister MK Stalin to appoint a regular Director General of Police for the state by selecting a senior police officer from the list sent by UPSC as per the regulations.

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November 10, 2025

The New Indian Express Madurai

IS FACTOR INVESTING HERE TO STAY?

T a recent seminar where I was a speaker, I was asked whether I felt Factor Investing is here to stay.

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November 10, 2025

The New Indian Express Madurai

SINGING OUR SOULS AWAKE

A new trend is reportedly rocking young India called ‘bhajan clubbing’, in which Gen Z gathers in various spaces for sessions of singing and dancing to remixed devotional songs.

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4 mins

November 10, 2025

The New Indian Express Madurai

After testing HIV+, woman kills son, ends life in K’giri

IN a tragic incident highlighting the continued stigma related to HIV/AIDS, a 40-year-old woman near Hosur strangled to death her nine-year-old son before ending her life on Sunday, a week after learning that they had contracted the virus from her husband.

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November 10, 2025

The New Indian Express Madurai

The New Indian Express Madurai

Vice Admiral Anil Jaggi appointed commandant of National Def Academy

THE National Defence Academy (NDA), Armed Forces' tri-services training institution, has got a new Commandant.

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November 10, 2025

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