Not the time to be neutral, time to pick a side: Journalist Rana Ayyub
New Delhi: Noted Journalist Rana Ayyub on Monday said India was going through a phase wherein people of the country need to pick a side and it was not a time to be neutral.
Taking to her Twitter account she called on the people of the country and said it was time to choose democracy over dictatorship.
“Hello India. This is not the time to be neutral. This is the time to pick a side. This is the time to chose democracy over dictatorship” (SIC) she wrote in the tweet.
Her tweet came on a day when Twitter India withheld several accounts that were reporting and commenting on farmer protest. The micro-blogging site added the accounts were withheld over "legal demand".
Hello India. This is not the time to be neutral. This is the time to pick a side. This is the time to chose democracy over dictatorship.
— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) February 1, 2021
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Hardik Pandya, Nehra fined for breaching IPL Code of Conduct
Mumbai, May 7 (PTI): Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya and his team were handed hefty fines for maintaining a slow over rate, while their rival side Gujarat Titans' head coach Ashish Nehra also copped a financial penalty and a demerit point for conduct "contrary to the spirit of the game" in their IPL clash here.
MI lost by three wickets via the Duckworth-Lewis (DLS) method to GT in a rain-affected match which concluded well past midnight at the Wankhede Stadium here.
"As it was his team's second offence of the season under the IPL's Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Pandya was fined Rs 24 lakh," the IPL said in a statement.
The rest of the MI team, including the impact player and concussion substitute, were each individually fined either Rs 6 lakh or 25 per cent of their respective match fees, whichever is lesser.
Nehra's offence was not explicitly stated in the IPL press release but the former pacer was visibly agitated for a considerable time during the match which had multiple rain stoppages. He was also seen engaged in animated discussions with on-field umpires.
"Ashish Nehra, Head Coach, Gujarat Titans, has been fined 25 per cent of his match fees and has also accumulated one demerit point for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct," the IPL stated.
"He admitted to the Level 1 offence under Article 2.20 - which pertains to the conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game - and accepted the match referee's sanction," it added.
For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the match referee's decision is final and binding.
