The big news for Chennai Super Kings ahead of the IPL 2024 season was the decision to replace MS Dhoni with Ruturaj Gaikwad as the captain. Dhoni ended his long tenure as the CSK captain and put his support behind Ruturaj as the new leader of the side. While the move to appoint Hardik Pandya in place of Rohit Sharma as the Mumbai Indians captain was not accepted well by the fanbase, the CSK fans were happy with Ruturaj with Dhoni backing him. CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan opened up about the decision process and praised Ruturaj for leading the side well and also the smooth transition.
“The discussions we had with the team management from before a couple of years when Ruturaj came into the CSK and started performing well, we felt that he will be a good choice to captain the side. Both Flem (Fleming) and MS (Dhoni) had long discussions with him, they had plans to make him as a future captain,” Viswanathan told CSK in a YouTube video.
“His performances and also the way he app..

The Bengaluru Police has registered a case against 104 people after a rave party was busted at a farmhouse on the outskirts of Bengaluru earlier this week.
The ‘Sunset to Sunrise Victory’ rave – held at GM Farmhouse in the Singena Agrahara area near Electronic City – was attended by high-profile men and women from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and continued till the early morning hours, initial reports said. The prominent guests included Telugu actors Hema and Ashi Roy, sources told NDTV.
According to the FIR, accessed by NDTV, 73 men and 30 women were at the party, of whom 59 men and 27 women tested positive for narcotics in the blood test done by the police at a private hospital.
Most of the people who attended the party were consuming drugs, the police said, adding that the Central Crime Branch (CCB) will send notices to all those who have tested positive.
The police seized 14.4 grams of MDMA pills, 1.16 grams of MDMA crystals, six grams of hydro cannabis, five grams of cocaine, 500-..

For some, the Pune Porsche crash is a tragic example of why minors should not be allowed to drive. Many see it as a test of the country’s justice system. For another section, the question is whether privilege will again enable the teen to get off lightly. But for two homes in Madhya Pradesh, it is about a vacuum that nothing can ever fill. For them, “the Porsche case” signifies endless pain.
Anish Awadhiya and Ashwini Kostha were two 24-year-old engineers who left their small city homes with many dreams. That night in Pune, they were out to meet friends and were returning on a bike when a drunken teen at the wheel of his high-end car hit them from behind. Ashwini, eyewitnesses said, was thrown 20 feet high and landed hard. Aneesh was thrown at a parked car. Both died on the spot.
At her Jabalpur home, Ashwini’s mother Mamata is still in shock. “We were supposed to send her off in a doli (to the groom’s house) after her wedding, but we were forced to carry her arthi (bier),” she told ne..

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) stars Virat Kohli, skipper Faf Du Plessis and wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik reflected on ups-and-downs, but an inspirational and memorable Indian Premier League (IPL) season following their loss to Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the eliminator on Wednesday. RCB’s dream run following a horrid first half and a winning streak of six games finally came to an end after a four-wicket loss to RR in the eliminator at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium on Wednesday.
The season was one to remember for RCB as they were on the brink of elimination after winning just one out of their first eight games, but won their next six games by great margins and knocked out defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in a virtual knockout clash to secure the final playoff spot on basis of net-run-rate. However, the 17-year-old long wait for the trophy continues after the loss to RR. Nonetheless, the team’s performance this season has won them a lot of acclaim from fans, exper..