I don’t have any differences with Shivakumar: Revanna clarifies on media report
Bengaluru, June 21: “I don’t have any differences with Minister DK Shivakumar. We are fine. But you people (media) are trying to divide us and giving free publicity”, said PWD Minister HD Revanna.
Speaking to reporters at Vidhana Soudha here on Thursday, Revanna said that both of them were in good terms. But media people have been making issues and giving publicity. “Why should we oppose when you are giving free publicity”, he said.
Common Minimum Programmes (CMP) meeting of the government was held on Wednesday and there was no difference between Shivakumar and himself after the meeting over loan waiver issue. Programmes would be introduced by merging the manifestos of both the parties. “It is our priority that CMP should give importance to loan waiver issue. I have informed our opinion. In the same way, we have placed our demand of giving Rs 6000 pension every month for senior citizens and Rs 5000 for pregnant women per month for five months. It is far from truth that both of us have exchanged verbal duals. We have good relationship. But the media is creating the issue”, he clarified.
Income Tax department conducted raids on Minister DK Shivakumar. But there should not be any vindictive politics in such issues. Power is not eternal. One who has the power today will be powerless one day. It is not good to hate anybody.
-HD Revanna, PWD Minister
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Gill, Mandhana win top BCCI awards
New Delhi (PTI): Prolific batters Shubman Gill and Smriti Mandhana were named the Best International Cricketers (Men's and Women's) at the BCCI Naman Awards 2026 here on Sunday, recognising their outstanding performances in the 2024–2025 season.
Gill won the prestigious Polly Umrigar Award, while Mandhana received the award for the fifth time.
For Gill, it was his second Cricketer of the Year award after first winning it in 2023.
Former stars Roger Binny, Rahul Dravid and Mithali Raj were honoured with the Col. C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the BCCI's highest honour, recognising their outstanding service to Indian cricket.
India's five trophy-winning sides (2025 ICC Champions Trophy, 2025 Women's ODI World Cup, 2025 U-19 Women's World Cup, 2026 Men's U-19 World Cup, and 2026 T20 World Cup) were honoured as well on the occasion.
Gill enjoyed a stellar 2025 and established himself as one of the team's most dependable batters in the longer formats.
On the tour of England, skipper Gill led from the front in the five-Test series, finishing as the top run-getter with 754 runs in 10 innings at an average of 75.40, including four centuries and a top score of 269.
Gill also played a pivotal role in India's Champions Trophy triumph last year, having entered the tournament as the No.1-ranked ODI batter in the world. He made an unbeaten 101 against Bangladesh in India's opening match, and finished the tournament with 188 runs.
Mandhana finished 2025 with 1,703 international runs, including 1,362 in ODIs, the most by any woman in a calendar year. In doing so, Mandhana became the first batter in women's ODI history to score 1,000 runs in a single calendar year.
Mandhana also made handsome contributions to India's maiden Women's World Cup title triumph, aggregating 434 runs in nine matches to end as the tournament as India's leading run-scorer and the second-highest overall.
Before the World Cup, the left-hander Mandhana smashed a 50-ball century against Australia in New Delhi to register the fastest ODI hundred by an Indian batter, surpassing Virat Kohli's 52-ball effort.
Shafali Varma (Best Woman Cricketer Senior Domestic One-Day), Ira Jadhav (Best Woman Cricketer (Domestic), Harsh Dubey (Best All Rounder in the Ranji Trophy), and Ayush Mhatre (Best All Rounder in Domestic Limited Overs Competitions) too won awards for their strong performances across the 2024-25 domestic season.
