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CHENNAI: For the third year in a row, Tamil Nadu will have a new men’s team head coach. Former India U-19 captain and TN’s Ranji Trophy-winning member M Senthilnathan will replace L Balaji, who came in place of Mumbai man Sulakshan Kulkarni last season.It comes as a surprise to most in TN cricket circles, given the respect that Balaji commands. The former India paceman, who led TN to the 2011-12 Ranji final, was the state team’s bowling coach under Kulkarni. He took over as the chief coach when the latter left midway through his two-year contract following a controversy involving captain R Sai Kishore.“Balaji was a players’ favourite and the TNCA Cricket Advisory Committee’s decision not to renew his contract was quite surprising,” a source close to the developments told TOI.Balaji, as TN chief coach, even attended the coaches’ seminar organised by the NCA and TNCA about a month ago. There were not too many indications at that stage that his contract would not be renewed. The only thing that could have gone against Balaji was the fact that the team crashed out in the quarterfinal phase of the Ranji Trophy. TN, often carrying the tag of a ‘white-ball powerhouse’, were knocked out in the early stages of the two shorter-format competitions.During the Ranji Trophy, Balaji could not attend two games due to health reasons, and it is a matter of conjecture whether that was held against him.Meanwhile, Senthilnathan, who had served as the TN senior selection committee chairman, comes in with quite a bit of experience, thanks to his stint at the MRF Pace Foundation. He will have the company of batting coach Tanveer Jabbar and bowling coach T Kumaran, a former India pacer. Tanveer is the only member to be retained from the previous coaching group.After officially taking up the baton, Senthilnathan set the bar high. “All of us in TN cricket want to win the Ranji Trophy (they last bagged it in 1987-88). But now that I have been given the opportunity, I want to win all three titles (Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy being the other two). Why only Ranji Trophy? Why can TN not do it?” Senthilnathan told TOI.“Every coach comes into a team with a mindset to win titles. When TN last won the Ranji Trophy, I was part of the team. Hopefully, my luck will change it (fortunes),” Senthilnathan said of ending a near four-decade trophy wait in the premier red-ball tournament.The newly-appointed head coach emphasised that he will focus on the team delivering a fearless brand of cricket and providing good “role clarity” to the players.Chief selector Vasudeva Das retained: Former TN batter Vasudeva Das will continue in his role as the chairman of the five-member senior selection panel. Guru Kedarnath, who served as the bowling coach of the senior team last season, has taken over as U-23 side’s head coach. Former India U-19 and TN player Yo Mahesh has been appointed as the chief coach of the U-19 team.
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Bengaluru: In a pre-dawn operation Thursday, Lokayukta sleuths raided four govt officials in Bengaluru, Kolar, Yadgir and Davanagere and booked them on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.Lokayukta police carried out the raids in more than 20 places.Taluk health officer from Surapura in Yadgir, Raja Venkappa Nayak, topped the chart with assets worth Rs 12.6 crore, including Rs 4 lakh in cash, 11 sites, 13 acres of agricultural land, petrol bunk, nursing home, lodge and bar.Other raided officials are Suresh Babu G, survey supervisor, assistant director of land records and survey settlement, Kolar, with Rs 8.8 crore in assets, including three sites, five houses, five acres of agricultural land and Rs 3 lakh in cash; MB Ravi, assistant executive engineer, Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board, Davanagere, with Rs 2.3 crore in assets, including four sites and two houses; Srinivas Murthy, executive engineer, BBMP’s Malleswaram zone, with over Rs 3.4 crore in assets, including four sites, six houses and Rs 10 lakh in cash.
New Delhi: Passengers using app-based cab aggregator services from Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport will have to shell out more as Delhi International Airport Limited(DIAL) has increased the pick-up charges by around 40%, according to sources.The new charges apply to Ola and Uber rides originating from all three terminals of the airport. The revised collection fee is Rs 245 plus 18% GST — totalling Rs 289.Earlier, the fee was Rs 173, excluding GST.Ola and Uber account for four lakh monthly trips from Delhi airport terminals, and comprise a major chunk of the total airport commercial trips in the national capital.”Airport pick-up fee in Delhi is already among the highest in India and comes to around 25% of the total average fare paid by the rider,” a source said, adding, “With the new increase, the rider will pay almost 40% as pick-up fee. The steep increase does not correspond to any new facilities for riders.”The pick-up fee is reviewed every year. With the new increase, the pick-up will be among the costliest in the country, the source said.Airport fare paid by the rider is a combination of airport pick-up fee, plus toll tax and driver earnings, along with commission. With the increased airport fee, riders will pay more overall.The toll tax, along with the airport pick-up fee, itself will be around 50% of the total fare on average, and this will neither go to the driver nor the aggregator, but to the airport.There was no immediate response from DIAL.Confirming the development, an official spokesperson from Uber said that for all airport trips taken on the cab aggregator, a pick-up fee is charged as part of our commercial agreements with airports.”This fee is passed on to the airport. Uber does not retain these charges. As part of the recent contract renewal with Delhi airport, the pick-up fee for Uber trips from the airport was revised by the airport operator,” he said.The official added, “We want to clarify that there was no increase in fares by Uber itself. The updated fare reflects only the revised airport pick-up fee charged by the airport operator.”
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