Rajkot, Feb 16 (UNI) Ravichandran Ashwin became just the second Indian bowler and ninth overall to take 500 wickets in Test cricket. Ashwin achieved the milestone during the ongoing Test match here against England. The off-spinner was on 499 scalps at the end of the second Test in Visakhapatnam and completed his 500th with the…
Chennai, Feb 16 (UNI) In a significant step that will ensure long term sustainability of ISRO’s outer space activities, Cartosat-2, ISRO’s first satellite in the second generation of high-resolution imaging satellites, after operating in a sun-synchronous polar orbit for 17 years, bade adieu with a successful descent into the Earth’s atmosphere. ISRO on Friday said…
Patna, Feb 16 (UNI) Leader of the opposition Tejaswi Prasad Yadav on Friday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had come with folded hands to his parents requesting them to accept him in Grand Alliance in 2022. Yadav said Kumar was very apprehensive of BJP creating a split in his party JD(U) in the…
Bengaluru, Feb 16 (UNI) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday presented his record 15th budget with a budget size of Rs 3.71 lakh crore. The state government’s estimated gross borrowings of around Rs 1.05 lakh crore during the 2024-25 fiscal, which is an excess of Rs 1 lakh crore for the first time in the…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 16 (UNI) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has solicited active cooperation from the political parties in Odisha to uphold the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in letter and spirit and to ensure a smooth electoral process. On the first day of the visit of a seven member team of the ECI, they…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (UNI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday announced compensation of Rs 10 lakh each to the families of the deceased and Rs 2 lakh for those seriously injured in the Alipur factory fire incident, which has claimed eleven lives. The CM has also announced assistance of Rs 20,000 for those…
By BD Narayankar Rajkot, Feb 16 (UNI) Ben Duckett’s fabulous century flipped momentum in England’s favour as the tourists put on 207/2 in reply to India’s 445 in the first innings on Day 2 of the third Test here on Friday. Openers Duckett and Zak Crawley started in Bazball fad, putting on a half-century partnership…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (UNI) Another round of discussions between farmers’ unions and the central government is expected to take place on February 18, ‘following the positive talks’ that concluded during the meeting held late last night, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said on Friday. Speaking to reporters here, Thakur said, “The government had invited farmer…
New Delhi Feb 16 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday slammed the Congress party saying that it has only one agenda – ‘anti-Modi, extreme anti-Modi’. He said that Congress was neglecting discussions about a developed Bharat because Modi advocates for it. Addressing the Viksit Bharat Viksit Rajasthan Programme virtually on Friday, the PM said,…
Dhaka, Feb 16 (UNI) A head-on collision between a bus and an autorickshaw killed seven people in Bangladesh on Friday, a local police official said. The fatal road accident happened at around 11:30 a.m. local time in the Mymensingh district, some 122 km north of Dhaka, said Md Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station…
