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  Ruturaj Gaikwad has said he tries to learn as much as possible from  Mahendra Singh Dhoni  and the skipper’s encouraging talks had kept him going during the current edition of the IPL Prolific Chennai Super Kings run-getter Ruturaj Gaikwad has said that he tries to learn as much as possible from Mahendra   Singh   Dhoni   and the skipper’s encouraging talks had kept him going during the current edition of the Indian Premier League here. Gaikwad, who is the leader of the ‘Orange Cap’ charts with 603 runs, anchored the chase against Delhi Capitals on Sunday with a 50-ball 70, smashing five fours and two sixes as the three-time IPL champions won the high-scoring match by four wickets with two balls remaining. “Every time, Dhoni tries to encourage me and start afresh (in) every game, keep up the form. (He tells me to) learn from every game and move forward. He said to try and finish the game. It is what separates good players from normal players. I am just lo...

  DMK will hold a protest outside the Raj Bhavan to demand Tamil Nadu Governor give his immediate assent to the bill for reservation to government school students in medical college admissions DMK President M.K. Stalin on Thursday said his party will hold a massive protest outside the Raj Bhavan on Saturday to demand Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit give his immediate assent to the bill for reservation to government school students in medical college admissions. Stalin made the announcement after he received a reply to his letter in this regard from the Governor on Thursday. In his letter, Purohit had said that he needs three to four weeks time to arrive at a decision on the Bill that provides 7.5 per cent horizontal reservation in medical college admissions to those who had studied in government schools. “The same has also been informed to the delegation of Ministers who called on me recently,” he told Stalin. Stalin, who is also the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly,...

BJP leader and Union minister Smriti Irani said Rahul Gandhi was taking out his yatras not for farmers but in support of “middlemen who looted the country” Attacking Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his protest marches against the three recently passed farm laws, BJP leader and Union minister Smriti Irani Tuesday said he was taking out his yatras not for farmers but in support of “middlemen who looted the country”. Hitting out at the Gandhi scion for his remarks that if his party is voted to power it would abolish the farm laws, Irani said, “I think Rahul Gandhi lives in a dream world where he thinks he is a king.” When Gandhi opposes the farm laws, Irani asked, does he also oppose the proposition that farmer will be paid within three days of selling their produce, that they are free to sell them anywhere in the country and that their land cannot be used in the recovery process in any case. “The fact is  Rahul Gandhi  is on Congress yatra in support of middlemen not farmers a...