Thursday, 28 February 2019

Oman Dismissed for 24 Against Scotland in One-day Game

Oman stumbled to a new low as they were bundled out for 24 in a List A match against Scotland at the Al-Amerat Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Khawar Ali (15) was the only player who managed to reach double-digit score, as five Oman batsmen were out for naught. This was the fourth-lowest total in List A cricket.

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England Prepare for Archer Dilemma Ahead of World Cup

Jofra Archer might 'come with a big reputation', but England limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan said the team management will only take a call on his inclusion in the 2019 World Cup squad once the Barbados-born 23-year-old qualifies for England selection next month.

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Wounded Bangladesh Play for Pride in Final New Zealand ODI

Bangladesh came into the three-match One-Day International (ODI) series with plenty of hope but will be playing only for pride in the final match of the series at the University Oval, Dunedin on Wednesday (February 20).

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Dominant England Face Buoyant Windies With One Eye on World Cup

The buoyant Windies side will look to feed off the success of their Test side when they take on one of the 2019 World Cup hot favourites England in the first One-Day International of the five-match series at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Wednesday (February 20).

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Don't Consider Pant as My Competition: Wriddhiman Saha

Having been away from competitive cricket since May last year, Wriddhiman Saha - who had replaced MS Dhoni behind the stumps in Test cricket - is set to return to action for Bengal in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy beginning February 21.

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19th February 1980: Botham Eclipses Viswanath's Sportsmanship in Golden Jubilee Test

The English team toured India in 1980 to play the solo Golden Jubilee Test. It didn't turn out to be a very memorable outing for the Indians, as Ian Botham single-handedly destroyed the hosts, with bat and ball.

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Looking Forward to Going up Against Gayle - Rashid

Rashid, who has featured in both Tests and limited overs cricket in recent times but has struggled to impose himself in the longest format of the game, admitted he’s found consistency hard to come by.

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Shai Hope: A Budding Great for West Indies

Shai Hope has scored 1662 runs in 41 ODI innings at an average of 47.48 and strike rate of 71.63. He has registered four hundreds and seven fifties in his career so far.

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Former Pakistan Cricketer Nasir Jamshed's Spot-Fixing Trial Date Set

Former Pakistan opener Nasir Jamshaid and two other men have been given a trial date after they were accused of conspiring to offer bribes to professional cricket players.

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Dananjaya’s Remodeled Action Cleared by ICC

Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya’s action has been found legal and he can resume bowling in international cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Monday (February 18).

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SP slams PM's mega video-conference amid escalating tension with Pakistan

Prime Minister Modi Thursday interacted with over 1 crore BJP workers and volunteers from 15,000 locations across the country in what the party claims is the "world's largest video conference".

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Lok Sabha polls: SAD to contest on 10 seats, BJP gets 3 in Punjab, announces Amit Shah

The SAD will contest on 10 and the BJP on three seats in Punjab in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, announced Amit Shah after a meeting with SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal.

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Delhi HC dismisses National Herald publisher AJL's plea against eviction order

It also rejected the oral request of AJL's counsel that they be granted two week's time to vacate the premises.

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Two Sri Lankan nationals arrested in Tamil Nadu

Police said the two had escaped escaped from Sri Lanka after allegedly killing one of their relatives over a property disputeand had come to Rameswaram recently by illegal ferry.

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Maharashtra Assembly approves interim budget without debate

State Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Wednesday presented an interim budget for 2019-20 having an estimated revenue deficit of Rs 19,784 crore and provision of special fund for farm loan waiver.

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40 school students injured in collision of 2 buses in UP

The injured students were taken to hospital, where they received preliminary treatment, police said, adding, a probe into the matter is on.

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Uttar Pradesh eyes new Guinness record by 500 bus parade

The present record of a similar feat is held currently by Abu Dhabi of 390 buses.

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Fresh landslide shuts Jammu-Srinagar highway

"Landslide clearance operation has started. No vehicular traffic will be allowed till all of it is cleared," an official of the traffic department said.

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6 Pakistan nationals visiting Muzaffarnagar district under vigilance

Six Pakistani nationals had arrived here on February 12 and they have valid visa.

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Earthquake hits Nicobar Islands, no casualties reported

An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale struck Nicobar Islands at 05:30 am on Thursday. 

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Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in Krishna Ghati, no casualty reported

Indian Army retaliated immediately forcing the Pakistani forces to stop the firing at around 7 am, ANI reported.

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When hotels in Kashmir offered free accommodation, food to stranded tourists

Local hotels and houseboat owners in Srinagar came to the rescue of stranded tourists when flight operations were suspended.  

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Meghalaya mine tragedy: Second body pulled out of flooded coal pit

The second body was detected on Wednesday evening with the help of Navy's remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV).

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Work on bunkers to protect civilians along LoC gathers pace

With priority being given to civilian safety in the wake of numerous ceasefire violations by Pakistan, authorities are hoping the bunkers help stop panic among locals.

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Rajasthan: Border areas of Jaisalmer remain on high alert

Tensions have escalated between two nuclear-power nations in the aftermath of Pulwama terror attack.

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Telangana: Woman set on fire for rejecting man's proposal

The police official further informed that the accused has been nabbed.

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Newborn named 'Mirage' to celebrate IAF airstrikes on JeM terror camps in Pakistan

A new-born baby in Rajasthan's Nagore has been named 'Mirage' to celebrate Tuesday's airstrikes conducted by the Mirage 2000 fighter jets of the Indian Air Force on a terror camp run by Jaish-e-Mohammed in Pakistan's Balakot.

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Families of bride and groom clash after chicken replaces mutton in wedding menu

The grooms family had reportedly been assured that mutton curry would be served but on the wedding day, the bride's family said they were short of money. What ensued was absolute carnage.

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Man rapes two minor girls at knife point in Maharashtra's Nagpur

A case has been registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

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India, Pak must de-escalate tensions: Farooq Abdullah

Farooq Abdullah said "Let me remind the two nations that war is a plague that will have far-reaching consequences on the growth and development of the two nations."

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China urges India, Pakistan against 'expansion' of tensions

China's foreign minister has called on Pakistan and India to avoid escalating tensions, expressing to his Pakistani counterpart "deep concern" over the Kashmir crisis amid fears aerial battles could snowball into an all-out conflict. Wang told Qureshi he hoped the nuclear-armed neighbours would "exercise restraint".

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Fathima Bhutto seeks release of captured Indian pilot

Author Fatima Bhutto, the granddaughter of former Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Wednesday asked the Imran Khan government to release an Indian Air Force pilot captured after air combat. Pilot Abhinandan Varthaman was captured on Wednesday after he ejected safely from his MiG 21 Bison aircraft but landed across the Line of Control.

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One-on-one: Trump, Kim meet for second day of nuclear summit

Trump told reporters that "a lot of great ideas" are "being thrown about." He says "when you have a good relationship, a lot of good things happen." The US president also said he’s in "no rush" to make "the right deal". The Singapore summit resulted in cozy images, but only a vague commitment from Kim to "work toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula".

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UN chief Guterres following with 'deep concern' escalating tensions between India and Pakistan

In the wake of the Pulwama terror attack by the Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), tensions have escalated between India and Pakistan.

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China warns party members to stick to Marx, not 'ghosts and spirits'

China officially guarantees freedom of religion for major belief systems such as Christianity, Buddhism and Islam, but party members are meant to be atheists and are especially banned from participating in what China calls superstitious practices. There have been numerous scandals in recent years where senior party members have been accused of involvement in superstition.

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Tottenham Boss Pochettino Charged With Improper Conduct by FA

The English Football Association (FA) has charged Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino with improper conduct for confronting the referee after Saturday's shock 2-1 Premier League defeat at Burnley.

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UK MPs back May's new plan which could delay Brexit

British MPs on Wednesday backed Prime Minister Theresa May's newly-revised plan for leaving the European Union -- which raises the possibility of delaying Brexit. Lawmakers approved a three-step plan unveiled by the embattled leader on Tuesday, that would give her more time to renegotiate an agreement struck with the bloc last year.

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Trump's lawyer unloads on US President, calls him 'conman, cheat and racist'



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Qureshi threatens to boycott OIC meeting over Sushma Swaraj's participation



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Iran's Khamenei says US seeks war, sedition 'everywhere'



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At least 10 killed in fire at Cairo's main train station

At least 10 people were killed and more than 20 injured when a fire broke out at the main train station in Egypt's capital on Wednesday, two medical sources said.

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Pak suspends flight operations at major airports

Pakistan on Wednesday suspended flight operations across major airports, including Islamabad and Lahore, for an indefinite period in the wake of the escalating tensions with India, a top civil aviation authority said. It said the flight operations in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces have been suspended for an indefinite period.

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France to bring proposal to ban Masood Azhar: Sources

France is working on a proposal to ban chief of the UN-proscribed Jaish-e Muhammad (JeM) Masood Azhar after it assumes the Presidency of the powerful UN Security Council in March, sources said. The rotating monthly Presidency of the 15-nation UN Security Council (UNSC) will go from Equatorial Guinea to France on March 1.

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Trump hails N Korea's 'awesome' potential ahead of talks with Kim

Despite little progress on his goal of ridding North Korea of its weapons programmes, Trump appeared to be betting on his personal relationship with North Korea's young leader, and the economic incentive after 70 years of hostility between their countries.

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US's Pompeo urges India, Pakistan to avoid military action

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo spoke separately with the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan and urged them to avoid "further military activity" following an air strike by India inside Pakistan. "I expressed to both ministers that we encourage India and Pakistan to exercise restraint, and avoid escalation at any cost," he said.

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Kim Jong Un, Donald Trump arrive in Hanoi ahead of nuclear summit



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Britain's Theresa May promises to let parliament vote on Brexit delay



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Mexico president says committed to non-intervention on Venezuela



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Kim Jong-un visits North Korean embassy in Hanoi

A convoy of cars travelled the short distance from the hotel to the embassy before Kim Jong-un got out of his limousine and walked inside, accompanied by his sister Kim Yo Jong and other aides. It is not the first time Kim has visited one of his embassies on his travels - he dropped in to the North Korean mission in Beijing in June last year.

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US should not give aid to Pak until it stops harbouring terrorists: Nikki Haley



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US should not give aid to Pak until it stops harbouring terrorists: Haley



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