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Amid reports of Rohit Sharma making it clear about not playing T20Is, former India opener Gautam Gambhir said he would like to see both Rohit and Virat Kohli play the T20 World Cup slated to take place in the West Indies and the United States of America in June next year. Rohit led India to the final of the recently concluded ODI World Cup on the back of a record 10 victories on the trot. Although India faltered in the final, losing the match to eventual champions Australia, Rohit's selfless leadership stood out in what can be termed as one of India's most dominating outings in a World Cup.

The US thwarted a conspiracy to assassinate Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu on American soil and issued a warning to India over concerns it was involved in the plot, the Financial Times has reported citing sources.

This came two months after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged that Canadian security agencies were probing “credible allegations” about a potential link between Indian government agents and the killing of a Canada-based Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Vancouver in June.

'Gehlot ka dil hai Rajasthani, neta nahi mileage aisa chahe torch lekar dhoondna' (Gehlot's heart is Rajasthani, you will not find such a leader even if you use a torch) — so blares the campaign song of the Congress at the Chief Minister's 'Guarantee Rally' in rural Dausa.

Gehlot has chosen to call all his election rallies as 'Guarantee Rallies', hard-selling his seven promises to the people. This has become the centre-piece of his campaign and was reiterated in the party manifesto launched on Tuesday — with the focus on Rs 10,000 a year allowance for women head of a family, the Chiranjeevi medical insurance scheme for all — hiked from Rs 25 lakh a year to Rs 50 lakh — , a new law for Old Pension Scheme (OPS) and a gas cylinder at Rs 500.

The Election Commission (EC) has issued a show-cause notice to the chief of BJP’s Delhi unit over social media posts against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) star campaigner and party head Arvind Kejriwal earlier this month.

BJP’s Delhi unit president Virendra Sachdeva has been asked to respond to the notice by 8 pm on Thursday.

Last week, AAP had filed a complaint with the EC saying the Delhi unit of BJP had posted a video on Facebook and X earlier this month that contained morphed images and videos of Kejriwal. The party said the posts were uploaded with an intention to ruin the “clean and undisputed image” of Kejriwal.

Pakistan President Arif Alvi has stirred a controversy by proposing a "one-state solution" to the Palestine problem in a significant departure from established policy, prompting the caretaker government to distance itself from the remarks and calls for his resignation.

The presidential office made waves on November 17 by advocating for a "one-state solution" to the Palestine issue. However, Alvi's office retracted the statement within a few hours, marking an abrupt about-face in the official position.