dia went down 1-2 to Jordan in an international football friendly here Saturday, an improved second-half performance failing to salvage a draw for the visitors.
Author: PTI
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said that her team is bound to perform well because of the quality in the side which was proved during their thumping 48-run win against Australia in the final group league encounter of the ICC Women’s World T20.
Former all-rounder Dwayne Bravo says the BCCI ‘offered to pay’ his players who threatened to pull out of the 2014 ODI series in India after a contracts fallout with the West Indies Cricket Board.
South African captain Faf du Plessis offered tips to Australia ahead of their big-ticket clashes against India: avoid confrontation with Virat Kohli and give him ‘silent treatment’.
Former Australian pacer Damien Fleming termed Jasprit Bumrah as the ‘x-factor’ in the Indian bowling line-up which will take on Australia in the four-Test series, starting 6 December.
Thousands of pilgrims offered prayers at Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala early today, the first day of the Malayalam month Vrischikom, even as a 12-hour hartal against the preventive detention of a Hindu Aikya Vedi leader began. Pilgrims, including children, queued up in large numbers since the temple opened at 3 am.
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen wondered why women activists were so eager to enter the Sabarimala shrine, which opened for a two-month long pilgrimage season Friday, and said instead they should visit villages where women face several issues.
In a significant decision, the Chandrababu Naidu government in Andhra Pradesh has withdrawn the “general consent” accorded to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct raids and carry out investigations in the state.
Liquor shops in neighbouring states located within five km from the Telangana border will be closed 48 hours before polling day on 7 December, Telangana Principal Secretary (Excise) Somesh Kumar said Friday.