After IPL, Tata Group bags title rights for WPL
New Delhi, Feb 21: Tata Group on Tuesday bagged the title rights for the inaugural Women's Premier League beginning in Mumbai on March 4.
A BCCI source told PTI that Tata has secured the rights for five years. The Indian multinational conglomerate had last year replaced Vivo as the title sponsor for the Indian Premier League.
"The deal has been inked for five years," the source said.
The first edition will be played in Mumbai at two venues, Brabourne Stadium and DY Patil Stadium.
The sale of media rights had fetched BCCI Rs 951 crore and the five teams were sold for Rs 4700 crore.
At Rs 3.40 crore, Indian opener Smriti Mandhana was the most expensive buy at the auction held earlier this month.
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Mangaluru: School girl dies in compound wall collapse
Mangaluru (Karnataka), May 20: A seven-year-old schoolgirl died when a part of a compound wall fell on her while she was playing on Monday, police said.
Shazia was the daughter of Siddique and Jameela of the new Padpu village of Harekala in Mangaluru Taluk , police said.
The school administration said that Shajia was playing with the gate when the wall collapsed. There had been a lot of rain overnight, and the foundation of both pillars supporting the gate had weakened. The police have registered a case and are investigating.
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The school was built by Padma Shri awardee Harekala Hajabba with the money he had saved by selling oranges in Mangaluru city.
He had spent his entire lifetime savings to build this school in the interior areas of Mangaluru Taluk. For this extraordinary feat, the government had honoured him with Padma Shri in 2022.
