Ahmedabad, ,19/12: Hardik Pandya slammed India’s second fastest T20I half-century of all time in just 16 balls in the fifth and the final match against South Africa in Ahmedabad on Friday as India finished with a mammoth total of 231/5. The all-rounder hammered four fours and five sixes in his whirlwind knock. Arriving at 115/3…

New Delhi, 12/19: The Election Commission (ECI) on Friday released a list of 4.34 crore voters in the Gujarat draft electoral rolls after completing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in the state. Names of 73.73 lakh voters in the the state were omitted due to various reasons in draft electoral rolls, PTI reported quoting…

Mumbai, 19/12: The BCCI is set to announce the team India squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, which is less than two months away, on Saturday (December 20). The defending champions have continued their top form in the shortest format, having not lost a single series, including a dominant Asia Cup. In…

Dhaka,19/12: Amid unrest in Bangladesh following the death of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, videos show mobs vandalising offices of news organisations including Prothom Alo and Daily Star. The protests began late on Thursday in many cities after Hadi, a spokesperson for Inquilab Mancha platform ‌and a candidate in general elections, was shot in the…

New Delhi, 19/12: The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside an order of the Lokpal granting sanction to the CBI to file a chargesheet against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in the alleged cash-for-query scam. A bench of justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, while pronouncing the order in Moitra’s plea, said “The…

New Delhi, 18/12: Twenty-six Indians working in the Russian armed forces have reportedly died, while seven have been marked as missing by the Russian side, the government told Parliament on Thursday. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh also said efforts are…

New Delhi, 18/12: Parliament on Thursday passed the nuclear energy bill, with the Rajya Sabha giving its nod to the legislation seeking to open the tightly-controlled civil nuclear sector for private participation. The Upper House passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill by a voice vote, while rejecting…

Karachi, 18/12: A popular Pakistani international kabbadi player, Ubaidullah Rajput, faces the prospect of a severe disciplinary action after he appeared for an Indian team in a private tournament in Bahrain on December 16. Ubaidullah found himself in big trouble after videos and pictures of him wearing Indian shirt and waving the Indian flag in…

Muscat, 18/12: India and Oman on Thursday inked a free trade agreement, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Sultan Haitham bin Tarik and explored ways to further add greater depth to the bilateral Strategic Partnership. Modi, who arrived in Oman on Wednesday on the last leg of his three-nation tour, was welcomed by…