Centurion, Feb 16 (IANS) England captain Eoin Morgan smashed an unbeaten 22-ball 57, only dealing in sixes, as England beat South Africa by five wickets in the third and final match here on Sunday to clinch the T20I series 2-1. Chasing a stiff 223 for victory, 50-over World champions England[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) Chennaiyin FC continued their remarkable run in the Indian Super League with a 3-1 win over ATK at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan here on Sunday. Goals from Rafael Crivellaro (7′) and Andre Schembri (39′) gave them a 2-0 lead before Roy Krishna pulled one back[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The India U17 women’s national team played out a 3-3 draw against the Romania U17 women’s side on Sunday in a friendly match that took place in Turkler, Turkey. Mariyammal Balamurugan scored a brace for India, with Sumati Kumari scoring the third goal for head[Read More…]
Imphal, Feb 16 (IANS) Tiddim Road Athletic Union (TRAU) FC played out an entertaining goalless draw with defending I-League Champions Chennai City FC at the Khuman Lumpak Stadium here on Sunday. TRAU goalkeeper Shayan Roy was magnificent on the day to deny the visitors all three points. TRAU earned a[Read More…]
Hamilton, Feb 16 (IANS) India Test opener Mayank Agarwal on Sunday celebrated his 29th birthday with teammates after helping India draw against New Zealand XI in the three-day warm-up game ahead of the Test series here. Agarwal (81 retired) and Rishabh Pant (70) had a field day as India got[Read More…]
By Navneet Mishra New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Anna movement was recreated during the swearing-in of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday as thousands of people once again gathered at Ramlila Maidan, from where Anna Hazare started Janlokpal movement in 2011, with great enthusiasm and hopes, waving tricolour[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) I-League heavyweights Mohun Bagan on Sunday promised to clear dues of their former players after the All India Football Federation’s disciplinary committee fined them Rs 3 lakh for non-payment of salary to four of its former footballers. The green and maroon brigade, who are front runners[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 16 (IANS) It took just 68 minutes for Australian fourth seed James Duckworth to stop the French Juggernaut Benjamin Bonzi to lift the US $162,500 Bengaluru Open title at the KSLTA Courts here on Sunday. Although the match lasted for only two sets, the spectators were treated to[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) With an aim to expand the organisation base and to make a volunteer bank across the country, the Aam Aadmi Party will be launching a nationwide “missed call” campaign. To be running between February 23- March 23, the campaign was planned in a meeting between[Read More…]
Sydney, Feb 16 (IANS) Australian pacer Megan Schutt said that she was dissapointed with male cricketers Marcus Stoinis and James Pattinson for using homophobic slurs. A champion of LGBTQ rights, Schutt said that she believes both Stoinis and Pattinson didn’t mean what they said but they were using the wrong[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Feb 16 (IANS) Now, visitors from Japan and South Korea will also be screened for Coronavirus, Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said on Sunday. The guidelines in this regard have been issued to all the districts, especially Amritsar and Mohali which have international airports. The minister said the[Read More…]
Varanasi, Feb 16 (IANS) For the first time, the Indian Railways has reserved a seat for a deity on a train. The national transporter, which launched its third IRCTC operated train named Kashi Mahakal Express from Varanasi to Indore, has reserved a seat for Lord Mahakal (Lord Shiva) on board.[Read More…]
Shillong, Feb 16 (IANS) The two-week India-Bangladesh military training exercise Sampriti-IX that focused on counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism and disaster management concluded at Umroi, Meghalaya, on Sunday. According to army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel P. Khongsai, the joint military exercise was aimed at strengthening the military relations between the two countries and it[Read More…]
Srinagar, Feb 16 (IANS) Just days after Union Sports Minister Kiran Rijju announced the first ever Khelo India Winter Games and included SnowShoe sport into the games, Kashmiri athletes representing India in World SnowShoe Championship at Myoko, Japan, have bagged three medals. In the championship that saw athletes from around[Read More…]
Lucknow, Feb 16 (IANS) Three persons were charred to death when a van collided head on with a truck on the Unnao-Hardoi highway on Sunday night. The impact of the accident was so strong that the Van immediately caught fire and the occupants were charred to death inside. The truck[Read More…]
Srinagar, Feb 16 (IANS) According to Dr. A.G. Ahangar, Director, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), the condition of senior political leader, Syed Ali Geelani is stable and conscious, cooperative and oriented, said a government statement. “A team of doctors is monitoring his condition.” the statement added. –IANS zi/rt
Beijing, Feb 16 (IANS) China’s National Health Commission (NHC) on Sunday said that 9,419 coronavirus patients have been cured even as the death from the virus has risen to 1,665 and the number of confirmed cases has reached 68,500. So far, 529,418 people have been identified as having had close[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Expectations are high on a mini trade deal to be announced during US President Donald Trump’s visit to India, industry body CII said on Sunday. The business chamber’s Director General Chandrajit Banerjee said: “Expectations remain high on achieving a bilateral ‘mini’ trade deal, which hopefully[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) As Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday took oath of the office along with his cabinet, let us have a look at the education qualifications of his Ministers. 1. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal: A mechanical engineering graduate from the Indian Institute[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Srinivasan Gawda, a Kambala jockey from Moodabidri in Karnataka will be given time to acclimatise before his trials begin after he set a new record as the fastest runner in the history of the traditional sport of the state’s coastal region, the SAI said on[Read More…]
Guwahati, Feb 16 (IANS) Union Human Resource Department Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishak’ on Sunday warned those who, he claimed, are working to bring down the stature of the esteemed institutes like the Jawaharlal Nehru University or Jamia Milia Islamia. “Be it JNU, Jamia or other institutions, all of them are[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party’s special guest, Baby Kejriwal, who stole the show at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s swearing in ceremony couldn’t meet the AAP Chief on Sunday. This is not the first time the baby caught all the eyeballs except the Chief Minister himself. On[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) With US President Donald Trump scheduled to come to India for two day official visit on February 24, industry body CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee on Sunday said that there are high expectations of a bilateral “mini” trade deal being concluded during the upcoming presidential[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Vodafone Idea is currently assessing the AGR dues and will pay this in the next few days, the company has said in an exchange filing. “We wish to inform that post the hearing yesterday, the company has received letters from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) After Sidharth Shukla took home the Bigg Boss 13 trophy, tweeple seemed to be unhappy with Salman Khan and the winner of the show as there had been a tough fight among the fans of Shukla and his rival Asim Riaz. Salman Khan announced Sidharth[Read More…]
