- Sunday, February 23, 2025
MAX O'DOWD hit an unbeaten half-century to steer the Netherlands to a six-wicket victory over Nepal in their T20 World Cup Group D clash on Tuesday (4). Set a target of 107 to win, O'Dowd anchored the Netherlands' run chase with 54 off 48 balls to see the Dutch over…
SCOTLAND openers George Munsey and Michael Jones gave England a fright in their T20 World Cup opener in Barbados on Tuesday (4) before rain spared the defending champions a potentially tough chase. Scotland, in their first T20 against their border rivals, were bidding to match their shock success when they…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (4) tweeted about the results of the general elections 2024, almost 12 hours after the counting began earlier in the day in which he said the people of the country placed faith in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the third consecutive time.…
AS the results of India's mammoth general election were tallied on Tuesday (4), the overwhelming theme among UK-based strategic experts and poll watchers was one of high praise for the country's “thriving and flourishing” democratic process. While prime minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party is on course for a historic…
IN what could be a major concern for the Indian authorities, Khalistani separatist leader Amritpal Singh, who was arrested last year and is in jail at the moment, defeated his nearest rival in Khadoor Sahib parliamentary constituency in the northern state of Punjab where he contested the general election this…
THE results of the Indian election 2024 on Tuesday (4) saw a complete turnaround from what the exit polls had predicted on June 1 as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of prime minister Narendra Modi looked unlikely to win 272 seats, the majority mark to form the government, on…
EARLY counting on the day (4) of results for the Indian general election 2024 suggested that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by prime minister Narendra Modi was not going to see a landslide that many exit polls had predicted ahead of D Day. While most pollsters gave the…
THE Indian stock markets on Tuesday (4) plunged by more than 5,000 points, following a sharp surge in the preceding session. The downturn was triggered by early election results indicating prime minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leading in over 272 seats in the 543-member Lok…
THE northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is always a prized catch in the country's general elections. Since the most populous state sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha or the popularly elected parliament, all parties and their alliances hope to gain the most from there in a bid to…
AFGHANISTAN produced a dominant bowling and batting performance to thrash debutants Uganda by 125 runs in the T20 World Cup in Guyana on Monday (3). Afghanistan openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran laid the foundations for the win with an opening stand of 154 in Afghanistan's 183-5. Left-arm seamer Fazalhaq…
