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In the end, it was so very West Indies; frantic and chaotic. A dozen runs to defend in the last over, a skilled death-overs operator barraging yorkers, yet the defending champions nearly contrived to lose the game that would have…

Vintage David Warner answered his critics with a sizzling 42-ball-65 as Australia cruised to seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a Super 12 game of the ICC T20 World Cup here on Thursday. Warner, who has gone through a lean patch, was…

Kathmandu, Oct 28 (UNI) Nepal’s former ambassador to the United States, Shankar Sharma, has been recommended as the next ambassador to India, a news report said. Nepal Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand said the government had recommended…

Kabul, Oct 28 (UNI) Tajik officials have said that China has offered to build a $8.6 million military base on the border of Tajikistan with Afghanistan where Tajik military personnel will be stationed. The police outpost, which is later…

Captain Eoin Morgan on Wednesday said England’s impressive run in the T20 World Cup so far has been a “huge compliment” of the progress made by the side in white ball cricket in recent times. England dished out a thoroughly clinical…

Washington, Oct 27 (UNI) There are 439 American still trapped in Afghanistan and the US is in contact with most of them, said the Pentagon during a Senate hearing. Khaama Press quoted US undersecretary of defense Colin Kahul as saying…

Lucknow, Oct 27(UNI) The four suspects picked by the sleuths of the Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS) from the New Delhi-Sealdah Rajdhani express train from Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhya (PDDU) Junction late on Monday night turned out to Bangladeshi…

Doha/Kabul, Oct 26 (UNI) China and the Afghan Taliban wrapped up two days of talks in the Qatari capital on Tuesday, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi assuring help to the Afghan people to overcome their difficulties and in turn…

Afghanistan produced a dominating display of power-hitting before Mujeeb Ur Rahman ripped apart the rival batting line-up with his five-wicket haul as the strife-torn Asian nation routed Scotland by 130 runs in a Super 12 match of the T20…

New Delhi, Oct 25 (UNI) Bangladesh Navy Chief Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal, is on an official visit to India, from October 23 – 29, during which he would visit New Delhi, Mumbai and Wellington in Tamil Nadu. Admiral Shaheen Iqbal will…

New Delhi, Oct 25 (UNI) The Karnataka government on Monday submitted before the Supreme Court that it has no immediate plan to deport the 72 Rohingyas residing in Bengaluru. It also stated that the plea of BJP leader Ashwini…

Kabul, Oct 24 (UNI) Two journalists, including one from Tolo News, were beaten and their cameras and other equipment smashed by Taliban militiamen while they were at the Torkham Gate to cover events at the major border crossing between…

Kabul, Oct 24 (UNI) The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has voiced apprehension that following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, terrorist and criminal groups are likely to take advantage of new opportunities to exploit…

Washington, Oct 24 (UNI/Sputnik) The approval rating of US President Joe Biden went down in his first nine months of presidency more than that of any other US president since 1945, a new Gallup poll revealed. The poll results, released by…

If cricket is a religion in many parts of the world, then T20 is its missionary spreading the gospel to newer lands. Starting Saturday, the big boys of world cricket will get the main event underway after an opening act that, by and…

New Delhi, Oct 22 (UNI) Bansri Lal Arendeh, an Afghan-origin Indian national who was abducted at gun point from near his shop in Kabul on September 14 and released after a fortnight by his kidnappers, has arrived in New Delhi. “I am glad…

Kabul, Oct 22 (UNI) Ever since the establishment of the Taliban government in Kabul, the musicians of Afghanistan have found themselves staring at a bleak, and uncertain future as the Taliban have declared music ‘un-Islamic’ and thus…

An impressive Scotland crushed Oman by eight wickets to register their third consecutive win in the first round and qualify for the T20 World Cup Super 12 stage by topping Group B here on Thursday. Scotland, who had stunned Bangladesh by…

Wanindu Hasaranga’s rearguard fifty was beautifully complemented by a clinical bowling display as Sri Lanka sealed their place in Super 12s with a massive 70-run win over Ireland in a group A first round match of the ICC T20 World Cup here…

Regular flights from Kushinagar to commence from Nov 26: Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia