Top News Of The Day: 2 Hours Before Play, Manchester Test Cancelled
The fifth Test match between India and England, scheduled to begin today in Manchester, has been cancelled, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Friday. Income Tax officers visited the offices of news sites NewsClick and Newslaundry today, calling it a "survey" and not "raids". The surveys are linked to allegations of tax evasion, officials said; Amid strict COVID-19 restrictions in Mumbai, the Ganesh Chaturthi celebration was a muted affair; Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, whose party has long assailed the ruling BJP for entwining politics and religion, was on Friday seen exhorting people to chant 'Jai Mata Di' from a stage in Jammu and invoking his Kashmiri Pandit lineage and other top stories of the day.
