Champions Trophy: India bowl out Pakistan for 241 despite Shakeel’s fifty

Dubai,23/2: Indian bowlers were stunningly accurate but Pakistan managed to post a competitive 241 courtesy Saud Shakeel’s polished fifty and Khushdil Shah’s cameo in the Champions Trophy here on Sunday. Shakeel (62, 76b, 5×4) was largely fluent and added 104 runs for the third wicket with skipper Mohammad Rizwan (46), but Pakistan never really managed…

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Donald Trump again attacks USAID, claims $18 million given to India to help with elections

Washington, 23/2: US President Donald Trump has claimed that the Biden administration allocated $18 million in funding to India to help with its elections, arguing that the country doesn’t need this money. His remarks during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday after he repeatedly attacked the United States Agency for…

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Eight trapped in SLBC tunnel mishap in Telangana, state govt taking help of experts

Hyderabad, 23/2: At least eight workers were trapped and 15 others sustained injuries when the roof of an under-construction Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Domalapenta, Nagarkurnool district of Telangana, collapsed on Saturday morning. The roof reportedly caved in about three meters deep in the left tunnel of the twin-tunnel project, near the 14-kilometer…

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Champions Trophy: India-Pak resume desert duel

Dubai, 23/2: India vs Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates comes with a kaleidoscope of indelible memories. India’s stunning defence of 125 in 1985. Javed Miandad’s winning last-ball six off Chetan Sharma the following year. Aaqib Javed’s hat-trick of leg befores in 1991. Mohammad Azharuddin’s last-over takedown of Ata-ur-Rehman in 1996. Of more recent vintage…

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At least 6 workers feared trapped as section of roof in SLBC tunnel project collapses in Telangana

Hyderabad, 22/2: At least six workers were feared trapped when a section of a roof collapsed in the under construction stretch of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana on Saturday, police said. The construction company’s team has gone inside for assessment and it is verifying, they said. Six to eight…

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For about 21 months, Punjab minister Dhaliwal held Administrative Reforms dept which did not exist

Chandigarh,22/2: Punjab Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal was told he is left with only NRI Affairs portfolio as the administrative reforms department he was holding for the past nearly 21 months did not exist, according to a government notification. No staff was given to the minister for the Administrative Reforms department and no meeting related…

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