- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
AUSTRALIA skipper Pat Cummins on Monday (11) said the experience of playing Tests on two vastly different pitches in Sri Lanka would be vital to their preparations for touring India next year. The tourists went down to Sri Lanka by an innings and 39 runs on day four of the…
SRI LANKA'S president was considering using a navy patrol craft to flee the island Tuesday (12) following a humiliating standoff with airport immigration, official sources said. Gotabaya Rajapaksa has promised to resign on Wednesday and clear the way for a "peaceful transition of power" following widespread protests against him over…
A GANG of conmen set up a fake Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament with farm labourers acting as players to dupe Russian punters in a betting scam reminiscent of the Oscar-winning 1973 movie "The Sting". The grifters managed to reach the quarterfinal stage of their so-called "Indian Premier Cricket League"…
YOGI Adityanath, the chief minister of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday (10) inaugurated the biggest mall of the UAE-based LuLu Group International – the LuLu Mall – in state capital Lucknow. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader inspected the mall after inaugurating it and saw some…
INDIA'S longest surviving tiger, Raja, who was more than 25 years old, passed away on Monday (11) at the SKB Rescue Centre in Alipurduar in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, officials said. "With a very sad heart, this is to inform you that 'Raja' the tiger from SKB…
INDIA batter Virat Kohli is likely to miss the first one-day international (ODI) against England at the Oval on Tuesday (12) after sustaining a groin strain during the third T20 International in Nottingham on Sunday (10). The extent of Kohli's niggle is still not known, but the Indian team management…
WITH Sri Lanka struggling to survive another day because of an intense financial crisis, maritime neighbour India has beefed up surveillance along its waters by deploying more patrol boats and jets, India Today reported. Officials in New Delhi have told India Today that the surveillance has been intensified to prevent…
IT was not a regular Sunday in their lives. Stray dogs of Koh Samui island in Thailand were in for a grand treat when a former luxury chef prepared a special meal for them. The Irish Times reported about the special occasion when Niall Harbison, a former Michelin-star chef, got…
HERE are some news related to economy and business in India for Monday, July 11, 2022: The RBI on Monday announced a mechanism to settle payments for international trade in rupees, which will help boost India's global trade, especially the country's exports, ANI reported. “In order to promote growth of…
US ENERGY secretary Jennifer Granholm is set to use talks with nations such as India and Japan to gather support for a new effort to cap prices for Russian oil. Critics, however, are not convinced. Granholm is scheduled to raise the issue during a meeting with her counterparts from the…
