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Cricket-IPL match in Dharamshala called off midway as stadium lights fail

8 May 2025

(Reuters) -The Indian Premier League match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals was abandoned midway on Thursday due to floodlights at Dharamshala’s HPCA stadium malfunctioning, India’s cricket board (BCCI) said. Punjab were batting at 122-1 against Delhi when the match was called off with only one floodlight functioning. Only 10.1 overs of the first innings …

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UK-India trade pact to be signed after three months, India official says

8 May 2025

By Shivangi Acharya NEW DELHI (Reuters) -A bilateral trade deal between India and the United Kingdom could be signed after three months and will take over a year to implement, an Indian government official said on Thursday. New Delhi and London concluded talks for a free trade deal on Tuesday, closing a long-coveted deal between …

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Cricket-BCCI moves IPL match from Dharamsala but says foreign players are ‘comfortable’

8 May 2025

By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian Premier League match in Dharamsala has been shifted to Ahmedabad but the IPL’s foreign players are happy to play on despite the ongoing India-Pakistan conflict, the secretary of the Indian cricket board (BCCI) told Reuters on Thursday. Sunday’s match between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians has …

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Cricket-Gill and Bumrah in race to succeed Rohit as India’s test captain

8 May 2025

By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Top order batter Shubman Gill and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah are locked in a two-horse race to be India’s next test captain following Rohit Sharma’s exit. Rohit, 38, was dropped from the fifth test in Sydney earlier this year after a prolonged run drought, and announced his retirement from …

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Pakistan vows retaliation after Indian strike over tourist deaths

7 May 2025

By Asif Shahzad and Shivam Patel MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India hit Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir with missiles on Wednesday and Pakistan vowed to retaliate saying it shot down five Indian aircraft, in the worst clash in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours. India told more than a dozen foreign envoys in …

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Cricket-India skipper Rohit quits tests, to continue in ODIs

7 May 2025

By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India captain Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from test cricket on Wednesday but said he will continue playing One-Day Internationals which have been his strong suit. The 38-year-old had quit Twenty20 Internationals immediately after leading India to their second 20-overs World Cup title in West Indies last year. “Hello …

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Cricket-India coach Gambhir wants no cricket with Pakistan

7 May 2025

By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India head coach Gautam Gambhir personally believes the country should not play any cricket with Pakistan, not even in neutral venues, after a deadly Islamist militant attack in Indian Kashmir last month. India struck nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday in response to the April …

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Three fighter jets crashed in India’s Jammu and Kashmir, local govt sources say

7 May 2025

SRINAGAR (Reuters) – Three fighter jets crashed in India’s Jammu and Kashmir territory on Wednesday, four local government sources told Reuters, hours after India said it struck nine Pakistani “terrorist infrastructure” sites across the border. A Pakistani military spokesperson told Reuters five Indian aircraft had been shot down, a claim not confirmed by India. (Reporting …

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Cricket-Mumbai paid for no-ball ‘crime’, Pandya says after losing IPL thriller

7 May 2025

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya said the three no-balls he and teammate Deepak Chahar bowled against Gujarat Titans were a “crime” that led to their loss in a last-ball thriller in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday. Mumbai’s six-match winning streak came to an end as Gujarat survived intense drama in a …

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Sotheby’s postpones auction of gems linked to Buddha after India threatens legal action

7 May 2025

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Auction house Sotheby’s said on Wednesday that it had postponed the auction of a collection of hundreds of jewels linked to Buddha’s corporeal relics after India’s government threatened legal action and demanded the jewels be returned. The sale of the collection, known as the Piprahwa Gems of the Historical Buddha Mauryan Empire, …

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