The Commonwealth Games is in talks with the International Cricket Council about bringing the sport back into the four-yearly event, organisers said.The famous aluminum Roof system Commonwealth Games Federation, which controls the second-biggest multi-sport event after the Olympics, said it was keen to get cricket back on the bill, with the Twenty20 shortest format of the game a particularly "exciting” prospect.Cricket has only featured once at the Commonwealth Games, at the 1998 event in Kuala Lumpur, but CGF chiefs said their 71 national and territorial associations wanted it back in, provided a viable format could be produced."We’ve had some fantastic conversations with the ICC. It’s very much exploratory,” CGF chief executive David Grevemberg said at the Commonwealth summit in Malta."(It’s) one of the priorities of the movement: all 71 nations and territories unanimously agreed that it would be great to have cricket as part of the sports programme."It’s not out of the question and, working with the ICC, we could come up with a really relevant and exciting format.”At the 1998 Games, 16 teams competed in 50-over matches.Caribbean countries competed separately rather than as West Indies, while a Northern Ireland team also took part. England refused to send a squad as it clashed with the end of the domestic championship season.South Africa beat Australia in the gold medal match.Cricket is not on the agenda for the 2018 Games in the Gold Coast, Australia, but could potentially feature at the 2022 Games in Durban, South Africa.CGF president Louise Martin said West Indies countries such as Jamaica and Barbados would "love” the chance to compete in a global tournament in their own right.Therefore, "it would be completely different” to existing international cricket tournaments,” she said."Let’s think outside the box and open it up.”She said any Commonwealth Games cricket competition would have to involve countries from each region, and give minor nations worthwhile matches and something to play for.

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Dutch navigation company TomTom announced on Thursday a multi-year contract to provide Uber with digital maps and traffic data for the software used by its drivers.It is the latest in a series of deals for the Dutch company, which also signed agreements this year to provide maps for Volkswagen and renew a contract to supply maps for Apple’s built-in iPhone navigation app.TomTom CEO Harold Goddijn said Uber had chosen the Dutch company because the ride-hailing app company wanted to have "total control” over its own products."What they (Uber) get from us is total control of their application,” Goddijn said at the Morgan Stanley TMT conference in Barcelona. Financial terms of the Uber deal were not disclosed. "Contrary to some of our competitors, we provide technology but also the raw data and databases to run” it, he said, adding that the deal relieved Uber of the need to "share sensitive information with other companies.”Uber declined comment beyond saying in a statement that it looked forward to working with TomTom.TomTom’s digital map competitors Google and former Nokia subsidiary HERE, which was purchased by a consortium of German carmakers in August, are seen as long-term competitors famous Aluminum multi ladder to Uber as cars incorporate computer-assisted driving technology or become self-driving.Uber, which initially had bid for HERE, instead purchased Microsoft’s imagery acquisition and map data processing operations in June.News of the Uber deal sent TomTom’s shares up 8.2 per cent in Amsterdam on Thursday and they have now more than doubled this year.Goddijn said he expects TomTom to secure additional deals with carmakers in the future following the German carmakers’ purchase of HERE."Basically from orders booked in 2014 and 2015, we can see that revenue in the licensing segment will grow very significantly in 2016 and 2017 and 2018,” he said.Audi, BMW and Daimler bought HERE, Nokia’s former digital mapping subsidiary in August for 2.9 billion euros ($3.1 billion).Goddijn said that the ownership of HERE by the Germans gives other automakers an "uncomfortable feeling.” "It think on that sentiment it is easier for us to get in front of (other carmakers) and discuss business,” he said."I think that will lead over time to more wins for us.”

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Developers root for online approval and single-window systemAs Kalyan-Dombivali are set get to their new mayor soon, developers from the area feel that the Kalyan-Dombivali Corporation (KDMC) needs to take various steps like that of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) single window system and online approvals for construction of new projects. Developers feel that Kalyan is proposed as a smart city and further to decongest the real estate market of Mumbai, Kalyan and Dombivali deserve more attention from the KDMC.Ankit Wadhwa, director, Wadhwa Group, said, "Today there is availability of land in abundance, but it is being used as dumping grounds by the KDMC. Though there is land available we do not get approvals for constructing buildings on it because half of them are embroiled in litigation or are encroached by the mafia. Kalyan has been proposed as a smart city, but there are still no plans for metro connectivity in the Kalyan and Dombivali areas. At any given time if we need to boost the real estate sector anywhere in the country there has to be infrastructure. 

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While Mr Singh had secured 45,430 votes, AAP’s Krishna Kumar got 23,872 votes and Congress candidate Naresh Kumar had managed to secure only 19,157 votes.Addressing a press conference, Mr Lovely said that Mr Shokeen had joined the Congress only because he believed in the party’s secular ideology.Ahead of the Assembly elections, the Delhi Congress got a shot in its arm with outgoing Independent MLA Rambir Shokeen and his wife Reeta, a municipal councillor, joining the party on Sunday. As the PM of this country, it is his duty to ensure Delhi gets its share of drinking water. Launching a scathing attack on Mr Modi’s rally, he said, "By bringing in leaders from other states clearly showed that the BJP does not have even a single strong local leader. Who is stopping him from telling the Haryana government to release water to Delhi ”Mr Chopra said he was the first legislator in the country who had started building flats for the jhuggi dwellers in the city.”Mr Lovely criticised Mr Modi for stating that his government was committed to provide uninterrupted power supply to Ladder Profiles Suppliers Delhiites. A few days ago, five local BSP leaders Naresh Chand Rathore, Raviraj Yadav, Shamshuddin Saifi, Om Prakash Chautala and Prem Sharma, along with former national secretary of the BJP’s SC Morcha Mahendra Singh, who had later become coordinator of the AAP’s Balmiki Samaj, had also joined the Congress. Mr Shoaib Iqbal, his son and nephew, both councillors, had joined the Congress last month.”The DPCC chief also criticised Mr Modi for "blackmailing” the Delhiites on the issue of drinking water. Has Modiji built even a single flat for any jhuggi dweller in Gujarat ”. "Now Modiji is saying his government will be providing LED lights to save power consumption is nothing new. "Modiji is saying if the BJP government gets elected he will ask the Haryana CM to release water for Delhi from Munak canal.Mr Shokeen was accorded warm welcome by Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh Lovely, party’s former legislative head Haroon Yusuf, former state unit chief Subhash Chopra, outgoing MLAs Jai Kishen and Shoaib Iqbal and senior local leader Chattar Singh. "In Kalkaji area, I got a scheme approved to built 8,064 flats for slumdwellers.Mr Shokeen had surprised one and all by getting 52,564 votes against BJP’s Azad Singh in Mundka in the last Assembly elections. About 3,000 flats are already ready. The city has been facing power crisis during the BJP rule only.”Mr Lovely said the Congress-led government had started providing subsidised LED lights two years ago. Ours was the first government to clear the in-situ construction of multi-storey flats at a cost of `232 crore in Kalkaji. The party also launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Ramlila Maidan rally, saying the presence of the leaders of the other states clearly showed that the saffron brigade does not have strong local leaders in the city. "In our 15-year rule, we had provided uninterrupted power supply to the city.

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