Galle, Aug 17 (IANS) Left-arm spinners Manav Suthar and Ravindra Jadeja shared seven wickets between themselves as India bowled Sri Lanka out for 284 on Day Three of the first Test, and sealed a formidable 178-run first-innings lead before rain forced early stumps to be taken at the Galle International Stadium in Galle on Monday.
Kathmandu, Aug 17 (IANS) Nepal's President Ram Chandra Paudel on Monday conferred the honorary rank of General of the Nepali Army on Indian Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Dhiraj Seth.
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) While there may be valid reasons to justify an early closure of the RBI’s FCNR(B) deposit scheme, the most likely reason could be that the target for dollar mobilisation has already been achieved with inflows at $57 billion, and another $25-30 billion could easily flow in the remaining days of August, taking the total collections to around $85 billion, an SBI Research report said on Monday.
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) For Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, expanding his vote bank target appears to be the larger aim ahead of next year’s crucial Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, where he is, quite innovatively, revisiting the acronym PDA regularly to include as many categories as possible, while playing the Hindu card, though softly.
Panaji (Goa), Aug 17 (IANS) Shameemudheen emerged as the biggest buy at the Prime Volleyball League (PVL) Season 5 player auction on Monday, with Kochi Blue Spikers securing the blocker for Rs 20 lakh.
Galle, Aug 17 (IANS) Left-arm spinners Manav Suthar and Ravindra Jadeja picked seven scalps collectively as India bowled Sri Lanka out for 284 at stumps on day three of the first Test at the Galle International Stadium on Monday.
Lisbon, Aug 17 (IANS) Indian Navy’s sail training ship, INS Sudarshini, concluded its port call at Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel Island - the capital of the Azores archipelago of Portugal - as part of Lokayan 2026, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday.
Los Angeles, Aug 17 (IANS) Hollywood actress Demi Moore has shared a heartwarming note for her daughter Tallulah Willis as the latter tied the knot with Justin Acee.
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) India registered an increase in both the overall Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) and Worker Population Ratio (WPR) in July this year over the same month of the previous year -- reflecting a year-on-year rise in employment, figures released by the National Statistics Office showed on Monday.
Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) Veteran actress and BJP MP Hema Malini is full of praise for Sunny Deol's recently released period drama 'Batwara 1947'.
