Author: PTI

Tests carried out on Leo Messi have confirmed that he has a fracture of the radial
bone in his right arm. He will be out for approximately three weeks.

Tsehay Gemechu smashed the course record while compatriot
Andamalak Belihu overcame stiff competition in the men’s elite field as the Ethiopian duo raced to top honours of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon here on Sunday.

India made a stupendous comeback after being a goal down as they beat Pakistan 3-1 in the 5th Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament to stretch their unbeaten streak against arch-rivals to 11 games.

In a bid to actualise the dream of a “nirmal” and “aviral” Ganga, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said Sunday the government is looking to complete about 200 projects for ghats and crematoria by March 2019.

The locals had started protesting Saturday, raising slogans against the state government and demanding action against the train’s driver, a day after the accident here.

The airline, however, in a communication to these categories of employees did not give any time line on the payment of the rest 75 per cent of the salary for last month.

The provision, which can free Rs 50,000-60,000 crore of liquidity which banks can lend to NBFCs, will be available to banks up to 31 December, the RBI said in a circular.

India’s Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth stormed into the semifinals of the Denmark Open with hard-fought victories over Nozomi Okuhara and Sameer Verma respectively.

Denying allegations of Puducherry Chief Minister that there was financial transaction in her office on implementation of projects for desilting water bodies, Lt Governor Kiran Bedi Friday said V Narayanasamy was “telling lies to mislead people.”

The railways was not intimated about a Dussehra event along the tracks that led to the deaths of at least 61 people in Amritsar, Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani said in a statement.