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Mumbai, Nov 2 (IANS) India’s pace bowlers Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj and Mohammad Shami struck in the first over of their spell against Sri Lanka with Bumrah and Siraj becoming the first opening pair to take wickets off their first deliveries. While Bumrah claimed one wicket, Siraj and Shami bagged two wickets each in their first overs as Sri Lanka ended the powerplay with a paltry score of 14/6.Bumrah started the carnage by taking a wicket off the first ball, trapping Pathum Nissanka lbw with one that moved back in to strike the back pad, handing the Sri Lankan opener…

Addressing the India-Sri Lanka business summit in Colombo, Sitharaman said that in the current global scenario, countries are showing greater interest in regional or bilateral agreements rather than in multilateral cooperation, as these help smaller economies to insulate themselves from forex crises, energy and food shortages.”India and Sri Lanka can benefit from such an arrangement and this will lead to a kind of economic integration. It will help Sri Lanka reduce its dependence on external assistance, by providing it’s companies with greater know how and technological self reliance,” the Finance Minister said.She also stressed on the need for Sri Lanka…

The court was hearing a writ-petition filed by the woman wherein she demanded the release of her husband from jail saying that she wants to bear a child, citing procreation as her “fundamental right”. The petition’s arguments prompted the bench of Justice Vivek Agrawal to direct the dean of the government medical college in Jabalpur to constitute a five-member panel of doctors to examine whether the woman is fit to conceive and submit the report within the next 15 days.Subodh Kathar, the government counsel, said, “The husband of the petitioner is in a jail in a criminal case. The woman…

On October 25, the court had sought the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s response on Trinamool Congress strongman Anubrata Mondal’s previous bodyguard’s applications. Special judge Raghubir Singh of Rouse Avenue Court noted that both the probe agencies have submitted their replies to the applications filed by Hossain, and that the copies of the replies have been provided to the accused. The CBI’s first information report alleges that the Trinamool leader, along with Satish Kumar, who was then a BSF Commandant, other public servants and private persons, was involved in the multi-crore cattle smuggling racket. The ED…

The MoU underscores the development of an institutional framework that seeks to incorporate electoral literacy formally into the school and college education system. This includes structured curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities, all of which will help in preparing future and new voters for greater electoral participation and in effect strengthening democracy. It’s crucial to capture the attention of young minds and educate them about the significance and value of their vote in every election.This move by ECI will help them to ‘catch them young’ and prepare students in schools for their first vote and ingrain democratic values and ethos in…

“In light of the rising pollution levels, all govt and private primary schools in Delhi will remain closed for the next 2 days,” the Chief Minister wrote on X. Meanwhile, the doctors have also suggested that children and senior citizens should stay indoors until the air quality improves.With hazy weather conditions and slow wind movement, the air quality in Delhi-NCR continued to remain in the “very poor” category for the sixth consecutive day. Delhi’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) reached 346 on Thursday evening, according to data from the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR). However,…

Accordingly, the CPI-M on Thursday announced that there will be no alliance with the Congress for the elections, adding that it plans to contest 24 seats.The party had set Thursday as the deadline for the Congress to accept its demand for Wyra and Miryalaguda seats.CPI-M state Secretary T. Veerabhadram announced 17 constituencies where the party will field its candidates. “We will announce the remaining constituencies and the candidates in a day or two,” he said.The CPI-M will contest seven seats in Khammam district, including Bhadrachalam and Paleru which it had originally demanded. It will also field candidates in three constituencies…

Bajpayee said he wants to improve and work on himself. The actor was speaking at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, where his film ‘Joram’ was being premiered.Talking about the film, he said: “I am very happy that ‘Joram’ is being premiered for the first time in India. The film has travelled all across the world. We have been to all major festivals and it has garnered a lot of excitement and interest from everyone.“But what is important is that no matter where you travel, you have to come back here and get the reaction of the audience where it is…

The hosts continued their brilliant all-round display in the World Cup, claiming the fourth-largest win ever by bundling out Sri Lanka for 55 in 19.2 overs after riding on some brilliant batting by Gill (92), Kohli (88) and Iyer (82) to post 357/8 in 50 overs.India now have 14 points from seven games and are the first team to confirm their place in the last-four stage in the 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup.Shami claimed his second five-wicket haul of the ongoing World Cup, his 5-18 helping India bundle out Sri Lanka for a paltry 55 at the Wankhede Stadium on…

Rahaman opened a fake farmer’s cooperative in the name of ‘Farmer’s Forum’, where fake members were shown as buyers and sellers of crops, sources said.The ED feels that this was a unique approach adopted by the accused for conversion of “unaccounted” or “black” money into “accounted” or “white” money.The ED is now trying to find out whether this process of fund embezzlement was known by Trinamool Congress leader Jyotipriya Mallick, the former Food & Supplies Minister who is currently in ED custody for his alleged involvement in the ration distribution case.Sources said that Mallick, currently the state Forest Minister, has…