Kolkata: Rohit Sharma on Thursday created history by smashing the highest individual ODI score with a breathtaking knock of 264 as India thrashed Sri Lanka by 153 runs in the fourth cricket one-dayer to take a 4-0 lead in the five-match series, here today. Courtesy Rohit’s mayhem, India scored a mammoth 404 for five and then easily bowled out the islanders for 251 in 43.1 overs. Returning after a 10-week […]
Virat Kohli, India’s star batsman became the fastest ever batsman to complete 6000 runs in One-Day Internationals. The batting maestro broke former West Indian legend Viv Richards’s record. Kohli achieved the feat against Sri Lanka on Sunday, after he struck a well made 53 runs. Kohli who needed 50 runs to complete the milestone, had 5950 runs in 135 innings. Viv Richards had managed to score 6000 runs in […]
India on Sunday test-fired its nuclear-capable Agni-II strategic ballistic missile from a military base in Odisha, a defence official said. The test was conducted from Wheeler’s Island in Bhadrak district, around 200 km from Bhubaneswar, by army personnel as part of routine user-trials, MVKV Prasad, director of the Integrated Test Range, told IANS. “The test was successful,” he said. The medium-range missile with a range of over 2,000 km has […]
New Delhi: Facebook has restricted access to nearly 5,000 pieces of information on its website in India in the first six months of 2014, the highest for any country, following requests from government and other agencies to act against hate-content on social media platforms. India is the largest userbase for Facebook outside the US with over 100 million users. Similar steps were taken in Turkey (1,893) and Pakistan (1,773) during […]
In a landmark case, a US-based IT firm has been asked to compensate a techie employed at its C V Raman Nagar office in Bengaluru for illegally terminating her services without providing valid reasons and for causing harassment. The labour department, which heard the case, has directed the company to shell out Rs 12.5 lakh. The 27-year-old techie, a native of Delhi, had challenged the decision of the company by […]
Police in the southern Indian state of Kerala say they will not allow couples to kiss in public to protest against alleged harassment by Hindu groups. The “kiss of love” protest was planned after Hindu activists vandalised a cafe in Calicut city last week saying students were using the place to date. Activists say they will gather at the Marine Drive in Kochi (formerly Cochin) city on Sunday and kiss […]
Ahmedabad: After cyclone Hudhud caused devastation in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, the north Gujarat coast is expected to bear the brunt of cyclone Nilofar. The storm is expected to make landfall on October 31 with a wind speed of over 120 kmph and is also expected to hit adjoining Karachi. India Met Department, after issuing a pre-cyclone watch for north Gujarat coast, in its update said Nilofar is was located […]
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Karachi: In a fresh rant against India, Pakistan People’s Party chief Bilawal Bhutto vowed to wrest Kashmir from India. “When I raise Kashmir, the entire Hindustan screams. They know when a Bhutto speaks, they (Indians) have no answer,” the 26-year-old Bhutto scion said during his first public rally here yesterday. “We will take back Kashmir from India,” he said amidst thundering applause by thousands of supporters at mausoleum of Pakistan’s […]
A big crowd of gawkers has gathered around Yuvraj, a giant 1400kg Murrah bull that on Friday was crowned champion at Meerut’s All India Cattle Show by a 10-member jury, startled as much by the animal’s size as by his owner’s refusal to sell it for a mind-boggling Rs 7 crore. As Yuvraj chews on unconcerned, owner Karamvir Singh, who has brought him up “like a son”, says he doesn’t […]
