Riding on fine performances from veteran Ajit Agarkar and left-arm spinners Iqbal Abdulla and Harmeet Singh, Mumbai staged a remarkable comeback to defeat Himachal Pradesh by 85 runs in a Group A Super League Ranji Trophy match in Mumbai on Friday. The hosts, who were bundled out for a paltry 162 in the first innings, thereby conceding an 84-run lead, dismissed Himachal for 166 in 67 overs, 13 minutes before tea, after setting the visitors a target of 252 to win.
'Agreements signed between the Maldives and China have seriously worried India.'
Rajasthan Royals, after eight games, have a minus net run rate (-0.317) but they became the sixth team to post four wins in the second season of the IPL. Rajasthan Royals, with two important points, have now nine overall in eight matches in the 2009 edition.
Abdullah faced an embarrassing situation at the annual day function of the Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences in Jammu, as an awardee refused to accept an award from him. Not only this, the awardee then used the platform to air the grievances of student community, much to the chagrin of CM.
Britain has granted refugee status to Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives who was jailed in 2015 after a trial that drew international criticism.
A goal deep into stoppage time snapped Dempo's winning spree in the AFC Cup as the Goan outfit settled for a 1-1 against defending champions Al Muharraq in the Group E match at the Bahrain National Stadium on Tuesday night.
India-Maldives ties came under strain under Yameen who was perceived to be close to China.
National Conference president Omar Abdullah on Sunday evening met Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra in the winter capital Jammu and staked claim to form the government. Omar was earlier chosen as the leader of the NC legislature party and state Congress president Saif-ud-Din Soz and another senior party leader Chowdhary Mohammad Aslam met Vohra and handed over a letter pledging the party's support to the NC.
Mumbai colts are participating in the Moin-ud-Dowla Gold Cup invitation cricket tournament, at Hyderabad from September 6.
An Iraqi doctor, who along with his Indian accomplice attempted to set off massive car bombs at the Glasgow airport and a London nightclub, was on Wednesday jailed for a minimum of 32 years after he was convicted of trying to kill hundreds of people in the botched attacks in June 2007.Bilal Abdulla, 29, was found guilty on Tuesday by the Woolwich Crown Court of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions.
Ahmed Adeeb was arrested on charges of high treason.
President Yameen declared the emergency on February 5 after the Supreme Court ordered the release of a group of opposition leaders, who had been convicted in widely criticised trials. Among them was exiled ex-President Mohamed Nasheed. The court said his 2015 trial had been unconstitutional.
Abdullah, 27, was the passenger of the burning explosives-laden jeep, which was allegedly driven by Indian Kafeel Ahmed into the Glasgow Airport last Saturday.
Pacer Murtuza Hussain scalped four wickets as Mumbai reduced Himachal Pradesh to 180 for seven on the second day of the Elite group Ranji Trophy match in Dharamsala on Tuesday.
Riding on skipper Amol Muzumdar's 90, Mumbai scored 324 for nine against Himachal Pradesh on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match in Dharamsala on Monday.
Protesting against the police action, BJP has called for a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Thiruvananthapuram district on Tuesday.
Muskan Pathan scored 99.4 per cent in the ICSE Class 10 examination results announced May 29. She topped.
A Dubai-bound passenger, who had allegedly swallowed 159 capsules containing foreign currencies valued more than Rs 16 lakh, was arrested on charges of smuggling
Their winning momentum punctured after a loss to Rising Pune Supergiants, Sunrisers Hyderabad would look to get back to their winning ways when they take on a struggling Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League Twenty20 match, in Hyderabad, on Saturday.
Abdulla Yameen, half-brother of former autocratic ruler Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, on Saturday clinched an unexpected victory in the presidential run-off elections by defeating former President Mohamed Nasheed, who had led in two recent aborted polls.
Abdulla Zubair was arrested after a tip-off by another LeT operative.
Oil and cash rich Qatar is scouting for strategic partners and investments in India's healthcare, pharmaceuticals and IT sectors, said Hussain Al- Abdullah, deputy general secretary, supreme council for economic and investment affairs of Qatar.
Nasheed, whose Maldivian Democratic Party functions from Colombo, appealed for India's help.
The Mumbai champions lost their AFC Cup match to the Bahrain team 0-1.
"You can change friends but not neighbours," Atal Bihari Vajpayee famously said this 15 years ago.
The two men from Kerala went missing on Tuesday.
Mumbai defeated Saurashtra by five wickets in the West Zone Vijay Hazare trophy tie on Sunday, on the back of Sushanth Marathe's 88 coupled with his 114-run partnership for second wicket with Iqbal Abdullah (55).
'As of now, it may be best for India to insist that Yameen honours the supreme court rulings and ensures that the next election is free and fair,' says Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).
Scolding the official, the senior SP leader said that if had fallen on the muddy path, it would have created a scene.
Exiled ex-Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed on Thursday declared that he would return to his country and run for presidency in elections next year, as he asserted that India will be "mindful of assisting democracy".
Kondhwa police station Inspector Varsharani Patil said, "We have registered a case against the three co-owners under sections 304 (causing death by negligence), 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 342 (wrongful confinement) and relevant sections of Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act and arrested them."
"The Prime Minister thanked the Prime Minister of Pakistan for his telephone call and greetings," MEA said.
Police in Jammu and Kashmir and Telangana are investigating claims by three arrested youths from Hyderabad that they were planning to meet separatist leader Asiya Andrabi to join jihadi terror groups even as she dismissed as "fabricated" allegations that she had any links with Islamic State.
India's silence on this week's troubles in the Maldives is puzzling, says Rajeev Sharma.
Only pride will be at stake when Delhi Daredevils host embattled Royal Challengers Bangalore in an inconsequential IPL game in New Delhi, on Sunday, with both teams seeking an end to their misfiring campaign on a positive note.
Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom had a lucky escape while his wife and two others were injured when an explosion ripped through their speedboat as they returned home after performing Haj in Saudi Arabia on Monday.
President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday night hosted a dinner for visiting South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation leaders and Prime Minister Narendra Modi where the guests were treated to a variety of dishes drawn from various parts of the country.
Gen Rawat said the world looks at India as a country that can balance the rise of China in the region as it was showing its 'assertiveness'.
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