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The Legend League Cricket (LLC) 2026 edition commenced on March 11 at the at the Indira Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Haldwani between the Mumbai Spartans and India Captains.The Legend League Cricket (LLC) 2026 edition commenced on March 11 at the at the Indira Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Haldwani between the Mumbai Spartans and India Captains. A host of former international players are part of the brief tournament set to be played between six teams across four venues, giving a chance for viewers to catch them.The likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Ross Taylor, Martin Guptill, Carlos Brathwaite, Hashim Amla, Chris Gayle, and Naman Ojha are part of the six-team tournament. The four venues in the tournament are Indira Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Shri Ramkrishna College Ground, Gandhi Sports Complex Ground and Captain Roop Singh Stadium.

A 19-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man were found brutally murdered with stones at the Galla Mandi complex in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. Their identities were confirmed through recovered IDs. A forensic probe is underway, and the motive remains unknown.New Delhi: A shocking case of double murder was reported in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani as a young man and woman were found dead near Galla Mandi within the Haldwani Mandi complex on Thursday. According to the preliminary investigation, the victims were allegedly killed by repeated blows with stones. SP City Manoj Katyal stated that their heads were brutally crushed with stones, initially making identification impossible. However, they had recovered IDs from both and identified them as 19-year-old Lakshmi Pokhariya and 31-year-old Shubham Tamta.

Nainital Police arrested taxi driver Deepak Singh Bora for assaulting and attempting to rape a woman passenger after diverting to a deserted road.The Nainital Police on Saturday arrested a taxi driver accused of assaulting, robbing and attempting to rape a 22-year-old woman passenger from Delhi near Haldwani in Nainital.The accused has been identified as Deepak Singh Bora, 39, a resident of Fatehpur Mukhani in Haldwani.Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Manjunath TC said the woman had arrived in Haldwani by bus from Delhi via Dehradun on March 5, from where she travelled to Kathgodam by auto and hired a taxi to Nainital around 11pm. According to police, around 1.30am, near Baldiyakhan on the Nainital road, the driver allegedly diverted the vehicle onto a deserted road in Patwadangar instead of heading to Nainital. When the woman protested, the driver stopped the car, allegedly misbehaved, assaulted her and tried to rape her, the officer said, adding that the accused also snatched her mobile phone to prevent her from alerting anyone.The woman, however, managed to escape and hid in the forest throughout the night, and was spotted by local women on March 6, who alerted the police and took her to the Tallital police station, the SSP said. Police and forensic teams inspected the scene, and the woman was treated at a government hospital. Based on her complaint, an FIR was registered against the unidentified taxi driver under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the officer said.