Australia pip New Zealand in World Cup humdinger

Dharamsala, Oct 28 (UNI) Australia clung on to win off the final ball against New Zealand in the highest-scoring match in the history of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. Set an improbable 389 to win, New Zealand were inspired by Rachin Ravindra’s outstanding century to set up a nail-biting finish. Jimmy Neesham’s extraordinary 58…

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Pradhan flags off Amrit Kalash special train

Bhubaneswar, Oct 28 (UNI) The Amrit Kalash special train carrying the sacred soil from 13,128 villages covering 2720 panchayats spread over 314 blocks in Odisha was flagged off by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan here on Saturday. Pradhan accompanied by former Union Minister Pratap Sharanghi, BJP MP Aparajita Sharangi, BJP Odisha President Manmohan Samal led…

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TN has 6.11 cr electors as per draft rolls

Chennai, Oct 28 (UNI) Tamil Nadu has an electorate of 6.11 crore as per the draft rolls published by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday. The total electorate includes 3,10,54,571 women, 3,00,68,610 men and 8,016 of the third gender. The ECI published the integrated draft electoral rolls of Tamil Nadu which said that…

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