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Cricket: England rally after Pant heroics to set up thrilling finish to India opener
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» LEEDS (UNITED KINGDOM) - Rishabh Pant became the first India batsman to score hundreds in both innings of a Test against England on Monday's fourth day at Headingley before the hosts hit back to set up a dramatic finale to the series opener.
India to ask caste status in next census
AFP, Published on 01/05/2025
» NEW DELHI - India will conduct its first official caste census since independence, the government announced on Wednesday, a move likely to have far-reaching consequences for its politics and contentious affirmative action policies.
India announces state funeral for ex-PM Manmohan Singh
AFP, Published on 27/12/2024
» NEW DELHI - India on Friday announced seven days of state mourning after the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, one of the architects of the country's economic liberalisation in the early 1990s.
Manmohan Singh: technocrat who became India's accidental PM
AFP, Published on 27/12/2024
» NEW DELHI - Manmohan Singh's father may have believed his bookworm son would one day lead India, but the understated technocrat with the trademark blue turban, who died Thursday at the age of 92, never dreamed it would actually happen.
India's former PM Manmohan Singh dies aged 92
AFP, Published on 27/12/2024
» NEW DELHI - Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose economic reforms made his country a global powerhouse, has died at the age of 92, current leader Narendra Modi said.
Elgar bids to bow out on winning note and seal series win
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» CAPE TOWN - Dean Elgar will bid to bring the curtain down on his Test career by skippering South Africa to victory in the second and final Test against an India side who are likely to make at least two changes.
Six tops and flops at Cricket World Cup
AFP, Published on 20/11/2023
» AHMEDABAD (INDIA) - Australia beat India by six wickets to lift their sixth title in the Cricket World Cup in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Head breaks India hearts as Australia win sixth World Cup title
AFP, Published on 20/11/2023
» AHMEDABAD (INDIA) - Opener Travis Head hit a sparkling 137 to power Australia to a record-extending sixth World Cup title with a convincing six-wicket win over India in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Starc takes 3 as Australia bowl out India for 240 in World Cup final
AFP, Published on 19/11/2023
» AHMEDABAD (INDIA) - Fast bowler Mitchell Starc took three wickets as Australia dismissed India for 240 in the World Cup final in front of nearly 130,000 fans in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Rohit hits 86 as India hand Pakistan seven-wicket World Cup rout
AFP, Published on 14/10/2023
» AHMEDABAD (INDIA) - Skipper Rohit Sharma's 86 and an inspired bowling display helped India hammer Pakistan by seven wickets in their high-profile World Cup clash at the 132,000-capacity Ahmedabad stadium on Saturday.