By Dhwani Pandya MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a detailed investigation into last week’s major security breach of parliament, countering demands from opposition parties for a debate in the chamber on the incident. “What happened is very serious,” Modi told the Dainik Jagran newspaper in an interview published on Sunday, …
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(Reuters) – KL Rahul said he is willing to bat in the middle order and keep wicket across formats as he looks to cement a role in India’s test and Twenty20 International squads. Rahul last played a test match in February, in which he was an opener, but after his return from an injury layoff …
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(Reuters) – Deepti Sharma and Pooja Vastrakar produced a bowling masterclass as India skittled out England for just 131 runs on Saturday to claim victory by a record margin of 347 runs in their one-off test match in Navi Mumbai. The previous highest winning margin of runs in women’s test cricket was 309, recorded by …
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(Reuters) – India seamer Mohammed Shami will not play in two test matches against South Africa while bowler Deepak Chahar has withdrawn from the one-day international series, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said on Saturday. Shami, whose last test appearance came during India’s World Test Championship final loss to Australia in June, had been picked …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. religious freedom watchdog on Friday again called on the Biden administration to designate India as a “country of particular concern” under the U.S. Religious Freedom Act, citing its alleged targeting of religious minorities overseas. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent federal government commission, said “recent efforts …
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(.) By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India has requested the United States to share intelligence on Sikh separatists living there amid investigations into an accusation that an Indian official was linked to a plot to kill a Sikh separatist on American soil, an Indian official said on Tuesday. The request was made by the …
(Reuters) – Hardik Pandya will replace Rohit Sharma as the captain of the Mumbai Indians in 2024, the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise said on Friday after re-signing the all-rounder only last month. Pandya, who helped Mumbai to four IPL titles between 2015-2021, led the Gujarat Titans to the title in their debut season in …
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By Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The family of an Indian man in Czech custody, whom the U.S. accuses of involvement in an unsuccessful plot to kill a Sikh separatist on American soil, on Friday asked India’s top court to direct the government to give him consular assistance. The man, Nikhil Gupta, 52, has …
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By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) -Indian businessman Prateek Gupta on Friday failed in his attempt to get a London court to lift a global freezing order on his personal and business assets in a fraud case brought by Trafigura about nickel cargoes. Trafigura filed a lawsuit against Gupta in February and a London court imposed …
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(Reuters) – India’s Deepti Sharma was the thorn in England’s flesh yet again after the feisty spinner captured five wickets for seven runs in an extraordinary spell to bundle out the tourists for 136 in their one-off test match in Navi Mumbai on Friday. Sharma had controversially run out England’s Charlie Dean with a “Mankad” …
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