“Shikhar Dhawan has fractured the base of the metacarpal (bone) of his left hand. His hand will remain in cast till mid-July which rules him out of the ICC 2019 World Cup,” team’s administrative manager Sunil Subramanium told mediapersons.
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Skipper Kane Williamson struck a composed unbeaten century as New Zealand virtually knocked South Africa out of the World Cup with a four-wicket victory in a last over finish here Wednesday.
India today rejected a Pakistani media report claiming New Delhi is ready for talks with Islamabad, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar made no such reference in their response to congratulatory messages from their counterparts in that country.
BJP State president K Laxman yesterday condemned the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s remark that he had once called Prime Minister Narendra Modi fascist, saying it reflected his feudal mindset. Rao had said that the NDA government did not give any funds for the mega Kaleswaram Lift Irrigation project across Godavari river, which is to be inaugurated on 21 June.
Senior Karnataka legislator R Roshan Baig, who was suspended by the Congress on Tuesday for attacking its state leadership, Wednesday said he was a “disciplined soldier of the party” and was being punished for speaking the truth.
Days after Tamilnadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami the issue of water crisis was not as big as was being made out by the opposition parties and the media, fisheries Minister D Jayakumar yesterday slammed those politicising the issue.
“He wrote to the board yesterday. I don’t see an issue in him getting the nod to play in overseas leagues now that he has retired from international cricket and IPL,” a BCCI source told PTI Tuesday.
The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras Tuesday is working on techniques to extract methane from ‘gas hydrates’ stashed within the country. The move is aimed at making natural gas locally available and reducing its imports.
Modi led the new Speaker to the presiding officer’s chair. Leaders from the BJP, Congress, DMK (T R Baalu) and TMC went up the podium to greet the 56-year-old new Speaker of the Lower House.