New Delhi, Oct 31 – Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh made light of a top-order slump to pace India to a comfortable six-wicket victory in the third one-dayer against Australia at the dew-drenched Ferozeshah Kotla here Saturday. Chasing a competitive 230-run target on a difficult slow and low pitch, India lost three quick [...]
New Delhi, Oct 31 – The following is the scoreboard of the third One-day international between India and Australia at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Saturday. Australia: Shane Watson st Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 41 Ricky Ponting lbw b Jadeja 59 Mike Hussey not out 81 Cameron White c Dhoni b Raina 0 Adam Voges c [...]
New Delhi, Oct 31 – India defeated Australia by six wickets in the third One-day International and took a 2-1 lead in the seven-match series at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Saturday. India achieved the target of 230 in 48.2 overs with six wickets in hand after Yuvraj Singh made a flamboyant 78 while skipper Mahendra [...]
Ranchi, Oct 31 – The income tax (IT) department, which is probing a disproportionate assets allegation against former Jharkhand chief minister and MP Madhu Koda and his associates, Saturday conducted raids at 70 places in eight cities and discovered documents relating to illegal transactions worth Rs.2,000 crore, an official said. ‘In the Mumbai raid, we [...]
Jerusalem/Ramallah, Oct 31 – Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak called Saturday on the US and Palestinians to ‘make an effort to start negotiations’ and added that an impasse in the dialogue would only benefit Hamas. Ahead of the arrival of US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barak said that a ‘a dead end in [...]
Amritsar, Oct 31 – Despite the recent advice by the union home ministry asking Indian nationals to avoid travelling to Pakistan in view of the security situation there, a contingent of nearly 1,500 devotees Saturday crossed over into Pakistan to be part of Gurpurab – birth anniversary celebrations of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev. The [...]
Bhopal, Oct 31 – Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnashri Wickramanayake Saturday said ties between India and his country are growing stronger after he inaugurated a Buddhist prayer centre at Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh. ‘The center has been set up for the convenience of Buddhist pilgrims who come here in ample numbers and this will further [...]
Bangalore, Oct 31 – The central government is stepping up intelligence gathering on Maoist guerrillas in consultation with the affected states to check their growing activities, union home secretary G.K. Pillai said Saturday. ‘We are building up the intelligence network in the Maoist areas to collect information on their activities. The affected state governments have [...]
Mohali (Punjab), Oct 31 – Over 2,000 students from different schools in Punjab will come to the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium here to witness the day-night match between India and Australia Monday, an official said Saturday. ‘Over 2,000 students from various towns and villages of Punjab will come here Monday to see the match,’ [...]
Chandigarh, Oct 31 – Four bookies were arrested here for betting on the third one day cricket match test between India and Australia Saturday, police said. The arrest comes two days before India and Australia are to play in neighbouring Mohali. As many as 50 mobile phones, three television sets and a laptop was seized [...]
Washington, Oct 31 – India and the US are making concerted efforts to make Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s upcoming state visit to America, the first such visit under the Obama administration, a success with top officials making preparatory visits. Among the visitors from India last week was the National Security Adviser M K Narayanan who [...]
Kabul, Oct 31 – The Afghan authorities had advanced information about this week’s Taliban attack against UN workers in Kabul and moved to avert it, but the insurgents struck one hour before the extra security measures were in place, an intelligence chief admitted Saturday. Three Taliban fighters, wearing suicide vests and carrying automatic rifles attacked [...]
Lucknow, Oct 31 – A senior officer of the Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on charges of corruption here Saturday, officials said. K.M. Tripathi, currently posted as a regional manager of the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) in Lucknow, was caught red-handed while accepting [...]
Raipur, Oct 31 – The battle against Maoist militants will be long drawn in Chhattisgarh but the police will ensure no civilians suffer as casualties, the state’s police chief said Saturday. ‘Anti-Maoist operations will be long drawn in the state and police will ensure no civilian casualty during the entire operation,’ Vishwa Ranjan, the director [...]
Kolkata, Oct 31 – A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist was shot dead by a group of suspected Maoist guerrillas in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district Saturday evening, police said. Madhab Mudi was killed near Belpahari area in the district ‘when he was working in a farm’, West Midnapore Superintendent of Police Manoj Verma [...]
Chandigarh, Oct 31 – A 14-year-old girl died from Influenza A (H1N1) virus Saturday, becoming the third swine flu casualty here, a health official said. The victim was a native of Karnal town in Haryana, around 130 km from here. She was a student of Class 7 and was staying in the hostel of Sant [...]
New Delhi, Oct 31 – Eight swine flu deaths, including four in Maharashtra, were reported in India Saturday, taking the toll to 473, health authorities said here. Also, 77 new cases of the infection were reported in the country, taking the total number of people infected with the contagious flu to 13,861. With the four [...]
Chandigarh, Oct 31 – To cope with more passengers, Ambala division of the Indian Railways is increasing its existing route-length and would induct new trains in its fleet, said an official here Saturday. ‘Three new trains will be inducted in the coming days – to and from from Sriganganagar to Nanded, Jammu to Varanasi and [...]
New Delhi, Oct 31 – Demanding justice, some families of the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots Saturday protested outside the Karkardooma court here, which was hearing a case related to the savagery in the capital 25 years ago. ‘It has been 25 years since the riots took place. If the government wants, we can [...]
New Delhi, Oct 31 – Delhi Metro train services will be affected between the Barakhamba and Yamuna Bank stations from 6 a.m. to noon Sunday due to maintenance work of the track. ‘The frequency of train services between the Barakhamba Road and Yamuna Bank Metro Stations will be 24 minutes between 6 a.m. to 12 [...]
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