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Mithali Raj stars as Indian women to beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets to claim T20I series

The Indian women’s cricket team survived a mid-innings collapse to beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the second Twenty20 International for an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, in Ranchi on Wednesday. After restricting Sri Lanka to 107/8 in 20 overs, the Indians endured some anxious moments before coming through in 19 overs.

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Asia Cup preview: Doubts persist over Dhoni’s fitness as India take on Bangladesh tigers in grudge opener

With the lack of India vs Pakistan clashes in the recent past, it won’t be an overstatement to say that the green of India’s fiercest rivals (on and off the cricket field) has been replaced to a large extent by the green of Bangladesh Tigers, on the cricket field. When these two sub-continent teams renew

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South Korea military warns of ‘stern punishment’ for Pyongyang

South Korea’s military warned North Korea on Wednesday to halt all “provocations”, saying its reckless actions would only speed up the “collapse of its dictatorial system.” The verbal volley comes a day after North Korea’s military supreme command, angry over upcoming joint US-South Korean exercises, threatened to attack Seoul’s presidential Blue House. “We strongly urge

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Surgeons at HN Reliance Hospital successfully treat 10-year-old African girl for rare spinal deformity

Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital (RH) successfully performed a rare surgery on a 10-year-old girl from Djibouti – a country located on the Horn of Africa – to treat the serpentine curvature of her spine. With no adequate healthcare facilities available in her country, the patient (she did not wish to be named), a fifth

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‘Half Girlfriend’ not a frivolous romantic-comedy, says Arjun Kapoor

Actor Arjun Kapoor, who has bagged director Mohit Suri’s upcoming film ‘Half Girlfriend’, an adaptation of the eponymous novel of the same name written by author Chetan Bhagat, says the movie is a drama and not just a “frivolous” romantic comedy. “There is pathos and drama in ‘Half Girlfriend’. It’s not just a frivolous rom-com

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WATCH: Sunny Leone, Alok Nath will make you quit smoking in 11 Minutes

Smokers, you just got another reason to quit. A short film starring Sunny Leone, Alok Nath and Deepak Dobriyal present the ‘no smoking’ message in a completely innovative way. Deepak Dobriyal, best remembered as Tanu Weds Manu’s Pappiji, is dying. Alok Nath is starring as Babuji, only he is more Haryana than Sooraj Barjatya in

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I will speak but the government will not let me because they are scared: Rahul Gandhi on JNU row

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the Government was “scared” and will try to muzzle his voice in Parliament on the JNU issue. “I will speak but they (government) will not let me speak because they are scared. They are scared of what I am going to say in Parliament so they will not

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Amnesty report condemns ‘growing intolerance’ in India

Authorities in India failed to “prevent many incidents of religious violence” and sometimes “contributed to tensions through polarising speeches”, Amnesty International said as it condemned growing intolerance in the country in its annual report released today. The rights body in it its report for 2015-16 warned against worldwide assault of freedoms with many governments “brazenly”

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Who leaked Jennifer Winget-Karan Singh Grover’s divorce decree?

Deeply shocked to know that her divorce decree was leaked in the media even before Jennifer Winget received it, the television actress claimed that somebody had done it on purpose. Jennifer Winget and Karan Singh Grover’s divorce was finalised by a Mumbai court on January 11, 2016. However, the news became public knowledge on Tuesday

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US presidential race: Donald Trump notches third straight win in Nevada caucuses

Donald Trump decisively won Nevada’s Republican caucuses on Tuesday as his main rivals battled for second place in an increasingly urgent effort to slam the brakes on the Trump juggernaut. Trump now has three straight victories — in the West, the South and Northeast — a testament to his broad appeal among the mad-as-hell voters

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Country cannot be held to ransom by agitations; Congress, BJP can be held accountable for damage to property: SC

Taking a tough stand on the agitations which cause huge problems to the common man, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress or any organisation can be held accountable for damage to property during unrest. The apex court expressed concern over damage to public property during agitation involving Pattidar leader

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Greece rages at neighbours as fears migrants could be halted

Greece raged at neighbours and began bussing refugees and migrants back from its northern border on Tuesday, after new restrictions by countries on the main land route to Western Europe trapped hundreds behind a bottleneck at the frontier. Athens filed a rare diplomatic protest with fellow EU member Austria for excluding Greek officials from a

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Jat quota stir: Tense calm as Haryana limps back to normal, protestors chased away

Haryana saw a tense calm for the first time in nine days on Tuesday as Jats seeking job quotas withdrew from the streets or were chased away. Highway and rail traffic was restored even as security forces were on alert to foil clashes between Jats and non-Jats. In a sign of people’s anger over the

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh to Feature in Sixth Successive World Twenty20

India’s limited-overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, star opener Rohit Sharma and middle-order specialist Yuvraj Singh are set to make their sixth successive appearance at the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 tournament, which is scheduled to start in India next month. The 27-day tournament begins in Nagpur on March 8 with a total of 19

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Goons thrash cop in Latur, force him to chant ‘Jai Shivaji’

In a shocking incident, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Yusuf Sheikh was forced to chant ‘Jai Shivaji’, ‘Jai Maharashtra’ by around 250-300 local goons here.The cop was also paraded around besides getting assaulted. The incident reportedly took place on February 19.”They threatened and abused me. As many as 250-300 people came in the police station and started

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Small aircraft carrying 23 persons goes missing in Nepal

A Twin Otter aircraft belonging to a private airlines company carrying 23 persons including three crew members have gone missing in Nepal on Wednesday morning. The aircraft belonging to Tara Airlines went missing at 8:10 am, nearly 15 minutes after taking off from Pokhara airport, nearly 200 kms north-west from Kathmandu, to Jomsom in Mustang

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