DELHI DAREDEVILS MANAGE 198/5. CHENNAI SUPER KINGS WIN BY 13 RUNS. Vijay Shankar did his best but, in the end failed to take Delhi over the line. 14 runs from the final over, bowled by Lungi Ngidi. Shankar scored an unbeaten 54 off 31 to give Super Kings a late scare but the hosts held their nerves despite the late […]
» Read moreA South Asian will head Britain’s Home Office for the first time as the government sought to contain an escalating crisis over its treatment of Commonwealth citizens and its tough immigration regime more widely. Sajid Javid, the son of a bus driver who emigrated to Britain from Pakistan, is a former banker and MD at Deutsche Bank, who became an […]
» Read moreAn Indian-origin woman and her grandparents died and her two children were injured after a fast-moving blaze swept through their home in Queens, New York City, a media report said. Harleen Maggo and her paternal grandparents Ragvir Kaur-Kainth, 82, and Pyara Kainth, 87, died in the incident late on Saturday. Ms. Maggo’s two children, an eight-year-old girl and a six-year-old […]
» Read moreSixty alleged supporters and members of the outlawed Communist Party India (Maoist) surrendered to the police in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday. “Impressed by Chhattisgarh’s surrender and rehabilitation policy for the Maoists, 60 Maoists surrendered in presence of senior police officials in Narayanpur today,” Narayanpur district police said in a statement. Most of the Maoists and their supporters, who […]
» Read moreUS Senate voted on Thursday to approve former CIA director Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, after a bruising battle by Democrats against President Donald Trump’s nominee. Mr. Pompeo, who earned Mr. Trump’s confidence after a year at the CIA, was accused by Democrats as being too bellicose and harbouring anti-Muslim and homophobic sentiments. But after barely getting the nomination […]
» Read moreCommonwealth Games gold medallist Saina Nehwal and Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu produced dominating performance to progress to the women’s singles quarterfinals of Asia Badminton Championship in Wuhan on Thursday.
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