Smriti, Harmanpreet & Deepti named Captains for Women's T20 Challenge

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Prince Siddhartha's birthplace Lumbini in Nepal; Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal took aim at the BJP over the anti-encroachment drive in the national capital by the civic body; Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma have been named captains of Trailblazers, Supernovas and Velocity respectively for the Women's T20 Challenge, and other top news in this bulletin.
A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on Monday ordered that a pond in the Gyanvapi Mosque complex be sealed amid reports that a “Shivling” has been found in it. The Varanasi court ordered district magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma “to seal the area and prohibit the entry of any person to the area. In its order, the court said the DM, police commissioner and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) commandant Varanasi will be responsible for the security of the sealed area. Seven months after he put Kushinagar, the place where Gautam Buddha attained Nirvana, on the international airport map, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Prince Siddhartha’s birthplace Lumbini in Nepal to showcase the shared Buddhist heritage of the Indian sub-continent. PM Modi inaugurated the Kushinagar airport on Abhidhamma Day (when Lord returned to earth from heaven after three months) and will be in Lumbini on thrice auspicious Buddha Purnima Day. Eleven ministers were inducted into Manik Saha’s council of ministers on Monday a day after he was sworn in as the Tripura chief minister following his predecessor Biplab Kumar Deb’s resignation from the post. Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya administered the oath to the ministers Jishnu Devvarma, Ratan Lal Nath, Pranajit Singha Roy, Manoj Kanti Deb, Shantana Chakma, Ram Prasad Paul, Bhagaban Chandra Das, Sushanta Chowdhury, NC Debbarma, Rampada Jamatia and Prem Kumar Reang. Other than Jamatia and Reang, the rest of the ministers were also part of Deb’s council of ministers Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday took an aim at the BJP over the anti-encroachment drive in the national capital by the civic body. “The way the BJP is destroying people’s houses and shops in Delhi, it is not right. Bulldozers can run on the shops or houses of 63 lakh people. This will be the biggest destruction of independent India,” he said in a video address. He also promised to ensure to transfer ownership of properties of residents if the AAP is elected to power in the civic body elections. Katrina Kaif has shared a post for husband Vicky Kaushal on his first birthday after their wedding. The couple is vacationing in New York and pictures of them together show they are having a good time together. Katrina shared fresh pictures with Vicky from New York on Instagram along with a romantic message. Several other family members and friends also wished Vicky on the occasion.. Sharing two pictures of them together, Katrina wrote, “New York Wala Birthday. My (heart emoticon). Simply put YOU MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER.” Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma have been named captains of their respective sides Trailblazers, Supernovas and Velocity for the Women’s T20 Challenge that takes place from May 23 to May 28. The opener will be played between Trailblazers and Supernovas, with all matches to be played at Pune’s MCA Stadium. There was no place for veterans Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami.