India

Chandigarh, October 19 Calling the two-day Assembly session beginning tomorrow patently illegal, Governor of Punjab Banwarilal Purohit today withheld the approval to three Bills to be tabled on the floor of the House during the session. The Governor threatened that if the government continued with ‘the patently illegal session’, he may report the matter to the President. In a letter …

Gurdaspur, October 19 With the Punjab Olympic Association (POA) and the Punjab Government being on the warpath, 350-odd sportspersons will have to dig deep into their pockets to bear their travel expenses for the 37th National Games, slated to be held in Goa from October 26 to November 9. Sensing that the development has the potential to demoralise the players, …

Amritsar, October 19 In a major embarrassment to the AAP government, party MLA from Amritsar (North) Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh, in a post on social media today, alleged that the accused in the Behbal Kalan firing incident were being protected and the witnesses were being forced to turn hostile. “I trusted your (Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann) words and resigned …

Chennai, October 19 Mild-mannered Mitch Santner rarely hogs the limelight in the New Zealand team but the all-rounder has made a big noise at the World Cup, taking a screamer of a catch against Afghanistan and a milestone 100th ODI wicket. Santner’s haul of 3/39 helped the Black Caps thrash the Afghans by 149 runs and continue his side’s perfect …

Pune, October 19 In a major injury scare for India, star all-rounder Hardik Pandya hobbled off the field after twisting his ankle while bowling his first over in a World Cup match against Bangladesh, here on Thursday. Pandya suffered the injury during the third delivery of the ninth over when he attempted to stop a straight drive from Bangladesh opener …

Bengaluru, October 19 Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali termed the defeat against India “painful” but said the team has moved on from the loss and the focus is now on their World Cup match against Australia here tomorrow. India had outclassed Pakistan by seven wickets at Ahmedabad, and Ali hoped they could dish out an improved performance against the five-time champions. …

Pune, October 19 How easy it is for Virat Kohli to stamp his class in a World Cup match! An unbeaten century, including half-a-dozen boundaries and four sixes, and Kohli had the cricket fans in thrall. Kohli’s 48th ODI century took him within touching distance of Sachin Tendulkar’s record mark of 49. It was made sweeter by the fact that …

New Delhi, October 20 Visa services will be badly affected after Canada withdrew 41 diplomats and 42 accompanying dependents from India following a diktat from the Ministry of External Affairs here. “We are going to pause all in-person services at our consulates in Chandigarh, Mumbai and Bengaluru,” announced Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly at a press conference. Her statement suggested …

New Delhi, October 20 The Army after conducting three major successful operations in Manipur have recovered 36 weapons, 1,615 ammunition pieces and 132 other war-like stores. The war-like stores’ recovery is considered the largest since May. All the seized weapons were handed over to Manipur Police as per laid-down procedure on Thursday. Officials confirmed the recovery on Friday. The three operations were carried out in the …

New Delhi, October 20 Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Friday claimed the Prime Minister’s office drafted businessman Darshan Hiranandani’s affidavit submitted before the Lok Sabha’s ethics committee. Hiranandani, top real-estate developer, deposed in his affidavit on Thursday that Moitra had provided him her Parliament’s login credentials so that he could post questions directly on her behalf. In the affidavit, …