After hammering a career-best knock in India's win over Ireland in the Women's T20 World Cup, Smriti Mandhana said it was the toughest innings she's played.
The Supreme Court verdict on mining royalty case will give a further jolt to the Indian mining industry and will have very large financial implications, as arrears may work out to the tune of more than Rs 1.5 lakh crore to Rs 2 lakh crore, industry players said on Wednesday. The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the power of states to levy tax on mineral rights and mineral-bearing land, and allowed them to seek refund of royalty from April 1, 2005 onwards. According to a senior mines ministry official, the verdict will have a very large financial impact on mining, steel, power and coal companies.
Beth Mooney and Alyssa Healy struck unbeaten half-centuries as defending champions Australia thrashed Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to virtually qualify for the semi-finals of the women's T20 World Cup, in Gqeberha, South Africa, on Thursday.
South African umpire Allahudien Paleker is having a fine Test debut in the ongoing second match of the series against India at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, but very few know that his family has its roots in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a plea challenging the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government's decision to shift legislative assembly-cum-secretariat complex back to its old building at Fort St. George in Chennai.
A helicopter crashed near Wandsworth in central London today after colliding with a crane on top of St George's Tower, a residential building currently under construction.
President Barrack Obama, who November 15 visited Staten Island, the New York City borough devastated by Superstorm Sandy, met with members of the St George Orthodox Church, which was partially damaged.
It may have been Britain's Princess Charlotte's big moment in the spotlight but Prince George stole the show at the royal christening.
Five sites in Tamil Nadu, including famous Lord Sri Ranganathar temple in Srirangam, have been included in the tentative list by the Union Culture ministry for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation 's world heritage status, Union Culture Minister Kumari Selja said on Sunday.
A washout in England-Namibia game in the same group will see Scotland go through.
The policeman assaulted by several legislators in Vidhan Bhawan premises, on Wednesday told Home Minister R R Patil that he was never in the visitor's gallery of the legislative assembly, as claimed by the law makers.
Ramnaresh Sarwan's unbeaten 120 fired West Indies to a seven-wicket victory in their second One-day International against Zimbabwe on Sunday, ensuring the Caribbeans sealed the three-match series 2-0.
Misfiring Indian bowlers in focus as India seek series-levelling win over SA in third T20I
After the coronavirus epidemic broke out, the state government had isolated eight prisons in the state including the Arthur Road prison, and ordered that no new person will be allowed to enter and those inside, including jail staff, will not be allowed to leave prison during lockdown.
A PIL petition was filed on Tuesday in the Madras high court seeking to forbid the Tamil Nadu government from shifting the state secretariat and assembly from the complex built by the previous Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam government to Fort St George. The petition also sought an interim injunction restraining the authorities from shifting the state secretariat and the legislative assembly from the present location.
At least two people were killed and 11 others injured when a helicopter crashed into a crane on top of one of Europe's tallest residential blocks in central London and plunged to the ground in a ball of flame during rush hour on Wednesday.
New Zealand battled to 64 for two in their follow-on innings, still 340 runs behind South Africa, at tea on the third day of the second Test at St. George's Park on Sunday.
New Zealand collapsed again against the South Africa pace attack when they staggered to 47 for six in their first innings in reply to the hosts' 525 for eight declared on the second day of the second Test at St. George's Park on Saturday.
South Africa fast bowler Vernon Philander has been ruled out of the second Test against New Zealand, starting at St George's Park on Friday, as he is suffering from a hamstring strain.
A powerful batting display and disciplined bowling helped South Africa to a 33-run victory over New Zealand in the third and deciding T20 International at St.George's Park on Wednesday.
Assembly Speaker M Appavu said leaders of the two AIADMK factions submitted him 6 letters, including 4 from Palaniswami, asking for separate seating arrangement in the Assembly for their respective members.
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Bhujbal was supposed to go to St George Hospital for a dental treatment but Ghule changed his medical papers without the knowledge of Arthur Road Jail CMO and recommended that he get admitted there for some other reason.
The third and final unofficial cricket One-dayer between India 'A' and the West Indies 'A' had to be called off without a ball being bowled due to rain, leaving the series tied 1-1 in St George's, Grenada.
The India 'A' team's poor run of form in the Caribbean continues. They lost the first of the three-match unofficial ODI series against the West Indies 'A' by two wickets in a last-over thriller, in St George's Grenada.
Ashwin bagged the wicket of Jonny Bairstow to become the first Indian player to reach the landmark milestone.
Statistical highlights of the fourth ODI between India and South Africa played in Port Elizabeth on Friday.
The Indian ace is looking to break the jinx of previous Asian number ones failing to get beyond the second round since 2000.
Chaos reigned at various hospitals in Mumbai with over 80 injured people being rushed for treatment after serial bomb blasts rocked the metropolis on Wednesday evening.
The Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday scored a legal victory when the Madras high court declined to interfere with its decision to shift to the state secretariat and assembly to Fort St George from the Rs 1,000 crore complex, a pet project of the previous Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam regime.
Spanish music sensation Enrique Iglesias will perform a special concert 'Enrique Live' at Emmarentia Botanical Gardens in Johannesburg on September 9, an event which will inaugurate the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 that gets underway a day later at the Wanderers Stadium.
Bangladesh left-arm spinner Taijul Islam took 6/135 but the touring side struggled with the bat as they limped to 139 for five at the close on day two of the second and final Test against South Africa on Saturday.
The second edition of the Champions League Twenty20 would be held at venues in South Africa -- Wanderers in Johannesburg, St Georges Park in Port Elizabeth, Kingsmead in Durban and Centurion Park in Centurion, it was announced on Thursday.
Hashim Amla plundered yet another century to lead South Africa to a commanding 325 for four on the first day of the second and final Test against New Zealand at St George's Park on Friday.
Prior to the state funeral, the late British monarch will lie-in-state at Westminster Hall nearby for four days to allow the public to pay their respects.
Three persons were killed on Wednesday and another injured after a major fire broke out at the Bombay House building, housing the Tata Group offices in South Mumbai.
South Africa beat India by 48 runs (Duckworth/Lewis method) in a rain-affected fourth One-Day International at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on Friday to level the five-match series 2-2. Chasing a formidable target (266), the visitors had made 142 for six after 32.5 overs when play was called off following a second rain interruption.
Having gained a 2-1 lead after registering back-to-back victories in the last two games against the Proteas, India go into the fourth ODI at Port Elizabeth seeking to clinch their first-ever series triumph on South African soil.
Rajasthan Royals edged past Deccan Chargers by three wickets, with two balls to spare, in a closely contested Indian Premier League match at St George's Park at Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
Smriti Mandhana played a sizzling knock as India entered their third successive Women's T20 World Cup semifinal with a win over Ireland.
