Mumbai: Ryan Rickelton and Rohit Sharma slammed quickfire fifties to hand the Mumbai Indians a comfortable six-wicket win over the Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match Sunday. This was MI's first opening-round win after 13 seasons. Chasing 221, Rickelton (81 off 43 balls) and Rohit (78 off 38 balls) shared a breezy 148-run opening...

Bhubaneswar:  BJD MP Sasmit Patra Sunday resigned from a Parliamentary committee headed by BJP lawmaker Nishikant Dubey over the latter's remark on former Odisha chief minister Biju Patnaik. Dubey, in a statement March 27, claimed that Biju Patnaik was the link between former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the CIA in the 1960s. In protest, Patra resigned...

Cairo: An attack by Sudanese paramilitaries and their allied rebels in the central region of Kordofan killed at least 14 people, including five children and two women, a medical group said Sunday, in the latest deadly assault of the Sudan war. The Rapid Support Forces and their allies in the Sudan People's Liberation Movement North launched a...

New Delhi:  Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will visit Canada in May, amidst ongoing negotiations for a free trade agreement between the two countries. March 2, the two countries launched negotiations for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA). The issue of Goyal's visit came up during his meeting with Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade of...

Sambalpur: A postgraduate student of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) in Burla allegedly attempted suicide and is currently undergoing treatment in the ICU, officials said. The student, a first-year PG in the paediatrics department, reportedly consumed sedative tablets. Her condition is stated to be stable. Sources said she was under mental stress...

Mumbai: Skipper Ajinkya Rahane (67) and Angkrish Raghuvanshi (51) struck vital half-centuries but Kolkata Knight Riders posted a par score of 220 for 4 in their Indian Premier League clash against Mumbai Indians Sunday. On a placid wicket, Shardul Thakur (339) provided Mumbai with crucial breakthroughs as their bowlers could not really impose themselves in their maiden...

New Delhi: India's growing economy and massive infrastructure needs align perfectly with American expertise in energy, advanced manufacturing and digital infrastructure and both sides are well-positioned for a 'win-win' expansion of their strategic economic pillar, US Ambassador Sergio Gor has said. The envoy said the two countries are prioritising building resilient supply chains for semiconductors and critical...

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Peshawar: Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi Sunday alleged that a recent speech by Kasim Khan, son of former prime minister Imran Khan, was being deliberately misrepresented by the government in an attempt to mislead the public. Addressing a press conference, Afridi said that authorities were trying to shift blame for their economic failures onto Kasim...

London: An Indian-origin man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after seven people were seriously injured when a car drove into pedestrians in England, police said Sunday. The incident occurred Saturday at 930 pm in a city centre street, Friar Gate, Derby, after a car crashed into pedestrians. The police confirmed that seven people were...