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The first day of Pakistan's National T20 Cup saw defending champions Northern get off to a blazing start against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and in the late game Central Punjab trumped Southern Punjab by seven wickets.Northern beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 79 runsNorthern began their title defence with a thumping win over ...

Bairstow made his England debut in a one-day international in 2011, and his Test debut the following yearWicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow has not been given an England central contract for Test cricket in 2020-21.Yorkshire's Bairstow, 31, who was not selected for the summer's Test series with West Indies and Pakistan, ...

PMGSY was launched to provide connectivity by way of an "all weather road" (Representational)Jammu: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up the Jammu and Kashmir government for its failure to complete various projects under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak ...

As many as 30,000 central security force personnel have been deployed by the Centre for the Bihar elections due next months.The Union home ministry has deployed the forces for the conduct of the three-phase assembly polls in Bihar, officials said.300 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and ...

The Union Home ministry has directed that 300 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and the Railway Protection Force will be deployed for “area domination to ensure peaceful conduct of assembly polls” in the State. The Centre has directed deployment of about 30,000 central security force personnel ...

BOGOTA -- Colombia's central bank said on Friday that it has lowered the benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.75 percent to reactivate the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "After the relaxation of lockdown measures, a slower rate of deterioration of economic activity has been observed; however, ...

Pakistan’s central bank is in “wait-and-see” mode to give businesses the confidence they need to start investing again and keep people employed, Governor Reza Baqir said on Wednesday. After reducing by 625 basis points since March, the State Bank of Pakistan this week kept its ...

  Srinagar: A gunfight between militants and government forces broke out in Chrar I Sharif area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday evening. The encounter was triggered after forces launched a cordon-and-search-operation in the area. Police confirmed on Twitter the exchange of fire between forces and militants.As per the ...

Salman Butt has refused to play the National T20 Cup after he was demoted from the first XI of Central Punjab.Since his return from a five-year ban for spot-fixing in 2016, Butt averaged 51.28 in T20 cricket for Lahore Whites. He was picked up last year by Central Punjab ...

NEW DELHI: India reported close to 2 million Covid-19 cases in August, the highest recorded in any country during any month since the outbreak of the pandemic. The country also saw a surge in deaths from the virus, with 28,859 fatalities reported in August, a 50% jump from the ...