- Tuesday, March 11, 2025
AS many as 10 people died in Cooch Behar in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal after a pick-up van carrying passengers en route to Jalpesh, a local religious site, got electrocuted, according to the police on late Sunday (31) night. Soon after the incident, the passengers were rushed…
AS a seven-year-old in 1983, Liz Truss played the role of Britain's then prime minister Margaret Thatcher in her school's mock elections, but failed to get a single vote. Four decades on, the foreign secretary is again bidding to emulate the Iron Lady to become Conservative party leader and prime…
INDIAN weightlifters continued to shine at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, UK, with Achinta Sheuli becoming the third from the South Asian nation to win the gold with a combined lift of 313 kilograms (kg) in the men's 73 kg final on Sunday (31). It was the second…
TABRAIZ Shamsi went one better than his wife's request by taking a maiden five-wicket haul as South Africa thrashed England by 90 runs on Sunday to complete a 2-1 Twenty20 series win. The 32-year-old left-arm wrist-spinner took 5-24 as England, set 192 for victory, collapsed to 101 all out with…
TABRAIZ Shamsi's maiden five-wicket Twenty20 international haul sealed South Africa's 90-run thrashing of England on Sunday (31) as the Proteas completed a 2-1 series win. The 32-year-old left-arm wrist-spinner took 5-24 as England, set 192 for victory, collapsed to 101 all out with 20 balls to spare at Southampton after…
INDIA's teen weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga on Sunday (31) created history by winning a gold medal with a record-smashing combined lift of 300 kilograms (kg) in the men's 67 kg final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, the UK. Nigeria's Edidiong Joseph Umaoafia won the silver with 130 kg…
AN aggressive half-century from opener Smriti Mandhana powered India to an eight-wicket win over Pakistan in their second T20I match at the ongoing cricket tournament in Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Sunday (31). With this victory, India is on the way and in the hunt to claim another medal…
MIRABAI Chanu bossed the 49 kilogram (kg) field as expected to defend her Commonwealth Games title and give India the first gold medal of the Birmingham edition in Birmingham, UK, on Saturday (30). The Olympic silver medallist aggregated a total of 201kg (88kg + 113kg) to stamp her authority in…
HERE are some news related to politics in India for Saturday, July 30, 2022: Uddhav Thackeray, the former chief minister of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, on Saturday slammed state governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari over his controversial remarks on the state and said that he has insulted the Marathis…
AN event to honour International Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree in Agra in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday (30) was called off by the organisers after a complaint was filed against the author alleging there are some objectionable comments about Hindu gods in her novel. The…
