Perth, Dec 17 (UNI) Nathan Lyon went past 500 Test wickets as Australia rolled over Pakistan, securing a 360-run win in the first Test in Perth. Lyon, already third on the list of highest wicket-takers for Australia in Tests, has now become the eighth bowler overall to go past 500 Test wickets. The 36-year-old achieved…
Mumbai, Dec 17 (UNI) Wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan has requested BCCI to release him from India’s squad for the South Africa Tests. Kishan has cited personal reasons for his withdrawal, which BCCI have accepted. Kishan made his Test debut in July this year and has featured in two Tests, both against West Indies. The news comes…
Napier, Dec 17 (UNI) Kane Williamson returns as New Zealand captain for the T20Is against Bangladesh, beginning December 27. Williamson will be playing the format after a gap of more than a year, having last participated in the home T20I series against India last November. Williamson was missing from cricketing action for most of this…
Nagpur, Dec 17 (UNI) Nine people, including three women workers, were killed and three others were seriously injured in an explosion at Solar Explosives Company located at Bazargaon, near here, on Sunday. Additional superintendent of police Dr Sandeep Pakhale said that the exact cause of explosion has not been ascertained as yet, but police are…
Kolkata, Dec 17 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee left for New Delhi on Sunday for a series of official and political programmes, including a December 20 meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to seek his intervention in getting the state’s dues including MGNREGA funds. Sources said Banerjee, who took the 3 pm Delhi…
New Delhi, Dec 17 (UNI) Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on Sunday said the new building of the Surat Diamond Bourse is a symbol of New India’s capabilities and resolutions, with its radiance overshadowing the largest of edifices in the world. Modi, who was speaking at the inauguration of the bourse building. remarked that a new…
After winning the toss, South African skipper Aiden Markram decided to bat first in first ODI against India
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (UNI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) of 212 Officers Course at Air Force Academy (AFA) in Dundigal, outskirts of Hyderabad on Sunday. The passing out marks the successful completion of Pre-commissioning training of Flight Cadets of various branches in the Indian Air Force. Rajnath conferred the President’s…
Srinagar, Dec 16 (UNI) Border Security Force (BSF) Inspector General, Kashmir Frontier Ashok Yadav on Saturday said that there are intelligence inputs that 250-300 militants are waiting at launch pads to cross the border. The top BSF officer was talking to reporters in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on the sidelines of a function. “As…
New Delhi, Dec 16 (UNI) Former Congress President and MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took a swipe at BJP-led Central government over its policies regarding the unemployment issue. “There was Parliament security breach but the reasons behind is unemployment and inflation,” he said. Responding to media queries about security breach in Parliament, Rahul alleged, “The…
