HT Evening Brief Aug 30: PM Modi gets Uzbekistan's highest state honour, Sooryavanshi becomes captain at 15

Here's your 5-minute sprint through today's biggest stories: politics, India, world, entertainment and sports.

Good evening. Here's your quick five-minute lap around today's top stories — politics, India, the world, and more.

PM Modi gets Uzbekistan's highest state honour, Order of Oliy Darajali Do‘stlik

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Sunday conferred the ‘Order of Oliy Darajali Do‘stlik’, Uzbekistan’s highest state honour, by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, in recognition of the deep and enduring ties between India and Uzbekistan. This happened during PM Modi's two-day state visit to the Central Asian country. Read more here.

Tamil Nadu police arrests couple in Manipur for murder of woman found dismembered in Delhi-bound train

Police on Saturday on late Saturday arrested 22-year-old M Manik Uddin Laskar and his wife, Bhagabati Maji alias Ayesha Begum (21) from Manipur’s Jiribam district in connection with the murder of a woman whose dismembered body was discovered in a red trolley suitcase aboard a Delhi-bound train earlier this month, police said on Sunday. Read more here.

Sonam Wangchuk says CJP founders have political ambitions, insists there’s nothing wrong with it

Activist Sonam Wangchuk said that the founders of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have political ambitions, something he assessed during the Jantar Mantar protest in Delhi. However, Wangchuk added that having political ambitions is not wrong and that he would like to see more young leaders join political parties or form their own. Wangchuk said that the CJP founders are not saints and that he was sure they have some sort of political ambition, which is not a bad thing. Read more here.

Toxic worldwide box office Day 4: Yash film crosses ₹255 cr, surpasses Mohanlal's Drishyam 3 lifetime haul

Yash-starrer Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups is continuing its run at the box office despite witnessing a continuous drop in its collections since its record-breaking opening. Although Day 4 fell on a weekend, the film saw a slight dip in its India net collection. Despite the decline, Toxic has managed to maintain a strong overall tally and has crossed the ₹250 crore mark worldwide. Read more here.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi becomes captain at 15, leads East Zone in Duleep Trophy

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the 15-year-old sensation, who hails from Samastipur in Bihar, became the stand-in skipper for East Zone on Sunday in the Duleep Trophy semi-final against the Centre Zone at the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru. The left-handed opening batter entered the contest as the vice-captain, but an injury to regular skipper Ishan Kishan suddenly thrust a far greater responsibility on his shoulders. Read more here.

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