Rohit Sharma on Sunday became just the second Indian to hit a century against Pakistan in a World Cup match. The Indian opener brought up a 85-ball century in the World Cup match vs Pakistan in Manchester. Captain Virat Kohli was the first Indian to score a century in a World Cup game against Pakistan…
NEW DELHI: A day before the Budget session of Parliament, the Congress on Sunday raised the issues of unemployment, farmers distress, drought, and press freedom with the government, while also calling for early conduct of assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. At an all-party meeting called by the government, the opposition parties demanded discussion on…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Sunday said it will go ahead with its strike on June 17 with withdrawal of non-essential health services across the country in the wake of the recent assault on doctors in West Bengal. The announcement came a day after Union health minister Harsh Vardhan asked states to…
MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Pakistan spearhead Mohammad Amir faced the prospect of being removed from the attack before completing his spell in a key World Cup match against arch rivals India after receiving two official warnings for running on the pitch in his first spell at Old Trafford. World Cup Schedule | Points Table | Blog…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan has failed to complete 25 of the 27 action points given by the international terror financing watchdog FATF to check funding to terrorist groups such as LeT and JeM and frontal groups like Jamat-ud-Dawah and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation. With this, multilateral lenders like the IMF, the World Bank and the EU may continue…
MANCHESTER: India’s cricket captain Virat Kohli bats with legendary focus and always seems to know exactly what he must to do in the middle. On Saturday at the media interaction ahead of the high voltage game against arch rivals Pakistan, he was again in total control. WORLD CUP SCHEDULE | POINTS TABLE Kohli stressed, more…
NEW DELHI: The impasse in West Bengal showed signs of easing on Sunday as the agitating doctors agreed to a meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee, but with a condition that it should be open for media coverage. Talking to the media after a two-and-half-hour-long meeting of their governing body, a spokesperson of the joint forum…
CARDIFF: South Africa finally got a World Cup win under their belts as they eased to a nine-wicket triumph over Afghanistan on Saturday to keep alive their hopes of reaching the semi-finals. BLOG I SCORECARD I SCHEDULE I POINTS TABLE Leg-spinner Imran Tahir took 4-29, engineering an Afghani collapse after a 75-minute rain break as…
LONDON: Skipper Aaron Finch stroked his way to a majestic century as defending champions Australia inched closer to the semifinal berth with a crushing 87-run win over Sri Lanka in their World Cup fixture on Saturday. SCORECARD | FULL SCHEDULE | POINTS TABLE Finch forged two crucial partnerships — 80 with his opening partner David…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that her government is willing to accept all the demands of the agitating doctors and requested them to rejoin services as the stir entered its fifth day. Calling the assault on a junior doctor at a Kolkata hospital an “unfortunate incident”, Mamata said that…