Horse forced to smoke weed during trek to Kedarnath Temple
Dehradun: A disturbing video from Uttarakhand has surfaced on social media, where two men are seen forcing a horse to smoke weed during a trek at Kedarnath. The inhumane act has gained widespread criticism along with several requests to officials to take urgent action.
The two horse operators can be seen holding the horse’s mouth closed so that they can insert a joint into its nostril. After the men forced the horse to smoke, they repeated the action again. A Twitter user suggested that this is usually done by mule/horse owners to make the animal work more.
The Uttarakhand Police on Friday shared that a legal action is being taken against the concerned horse operator. “ A total of 14 cases have been registered so far in relation to cruelty to equine animals,” they tweeted. The police further appealed to the public that such incidents should immediately be reported for quick action.
Several people raised concerns against this heinous act and shed light on the plight of animals under the name of tourism and transportation. A person shared that we must stand together against animal cruelty. “This barbarity has to stop in Dev bhoomi, limit the number of tourists,” tweeted another user.
#Uttrakhand Some people are making a horse smoke weed forcefully at the trek of Kedarnath temple.@uttarakhandcops @DehradunPolice @RudraprayagPol @AshokKumar_IPS
— Himanshi Mehra 🔱 (@manshi_mehra_) June 23, 2023
should look into this matter and find the culprit behind thispic.twitter.com/yyX1BNMiLk
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IPL mega auction to be held in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on November 24, 25: BCCI
New Delhi, Nov 5: The mega auction ahead of the Indian Premier League 2025 will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on November 24 and 25, the BCCI announced on Tuesday.
This is the second successive year the auction is being held overseas as Dubai hosted the previous one ahead of the IPL 2024.
The player registration officially closed on Monday and a total of 1,574 cricketers (1,165 Indian and 409 overseas) have been signed up for the auction, which will clash with the third and fourth day’s play of the first Test between India and Australia in Perth, which begins on November 22.
Each franchise will be able to form a maximum squad of 25 players (including respective retained players), and a total of 204 slots will be up for grabs from the auction.
The list includes 320 capped players, 1,224 uncapped players and 30 players from the Associate Nations.
Among capped players, 48 are from India. Moreover, 965 uncapped players of the country will also be part of the auction.
This year’s auction will feature some high-profile India stars such as Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Arshdeep Singh.
The 10 franchises will collectively have around Rs 641.5 crore to spend for the available 204 slots.
Out of those 204 slots, 70 are earmarked for overseas players.
As of now, 46 players have been retained by the 10 franchises with cumulative expenditure of Rs 558.5 crore.
Each franchise was allocated Rs 120 crore to build their squads but after the retention process, which was announced on October 31, Punjab Kings have the biggest purse -- Rs 110.5 crore.
The Punjab outfit retained just two uncapped players -- Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh for Rs 9.5 crore.
Rajasthan Royals, under Sanju Samson, have the smallest purse of Rs 41 crore after retaining six players.
The Kolkata Knight Riders have also retained six players but they have a remaining purse of Rs 51 crore.
