New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Delhi BJP working president Virendra Sachdeva on Friday tweeted a picture of Harish Chandra Suryavanshi, the man accused of harassing and dragging Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal by his car for about 15 metres with her hands stuck in the window late at night earlier this week, claiming that Suryavanshi is a prominent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker in Sangam Vihar. In the picture, the accused could be seen campaigning with AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal. “It has become clear that the incident was a conspiracy by the Aam Aadmi Party to defame Delhi internation ..read more

Abu Dhabi, Jan 21 (IANS) Desert Vipers’ Alex Hales lit up the Zayed Cricket Stadium through a whirlwind century (110 runs off just 59 balls) studded with seven boundaries and six sixes, to power his team to a massive 111 run win over Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in the ninth match of the International League T20 tournament, here on Friday night. With his knock, the 6ft 5inch tall England opener earned the honour of becoming the first century maker of this tournament backed by his skipper Colin Munro’s 56 runs off 46 balls with four boundaries and two sixes. Together, they put on a 164 runs partners ..read more

London, Jan 21 (IANS) UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been fined 100 pounds for for not wearing a seatbelt in a car – the second time he has been fined for breaking rules while in government, media reports said. The incident occurred while he was filming a video, to promote the government’s latest round of “levelling up” spending, in Lancashire, during a trip across the north of England, the BBC reported. The video was posted on Sunak’s Instagram account. Lancashire Police said it had issued a 42-year-old man in London with a conditional offer of a fixed penalty. Passengers caught failing to ..read more

Benoni (South Africa), Jan 21 (IANS) Indonesia on Friday scripted history as they claimed their first ever victory in ICC global tournament after beating Zimbabwe by three wickets in a play-off match to finish the Under19 Womens T20 World Cup on a high, here.  Indonesia got off to a flier after being asked to bowl first, as captain Ni Luh Dewi bowled both of the Zimbabwe openers for golden ducks in the first three balls of the innings. And the skipper picked up a third wicket in her second over to leave the score at 8/3 and with Indonesia well on top. Zimbabwe hunkered down to try and set ..read more

Patna, Jan 21 (IANS) In wake of the “Karbala” remarks made by former JD-U MLC Gulam Rasool Balyawi, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday targeted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, terming him responsible for insulting the Hindu community. “Due to the support of Nitish Kumar, his ministers and leaders are abusing and insulting the people of Hindu community. He is a helpless Chief Minister of Bihar. They cannot test our tolerance level. The people of the Hindu community are not wearing bangles,” he said while visiting Muzaffarpur district. “One of Nitish Kumar’s cabinet ministers made remarks ..read more

Bhopal, Jan 21 (IANS) Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and state Congress chief Kamal Nath on Friday accused the BJP government in the state of failing to control migration and drought-related problems in the Bundelkhand region. Kamal Nath said the people of Bundelkhand region are suffering from the same old problems of migration and drought, and despite being in power, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government has done nothing to resolve these issues. While addressing a gathering of Congress workers and local people in Tikamgarh district, Kamal Nath said that despite having a rich history and ..read more

Madrid, Jan 20 (IANS) Brazil international defender and former FC Barcelona, Juventus, Paris Saint Germain and Sevilla defender Dani Alves was arrested in Barcelona on Friday in relation to an alleged sexual assault in a Barcelona nightclub on New Year’s Eve. Alves was arrested after arriving from Mexico, where he currently plays for Pumas in the Liga MX. Regional prosecutors have asked for the 39-year-old to be remanded in custody without bail, as investigations continue into the alleged incident in the ‘Sutton’ nightclub. A woman (who has not been named) reported Alves to nightclub security ..read more

Mumbai, Jan 20 (IANS) Pranavi Urs carded an even par 70, and despite a double bogey on the ninth, she managed to win the second leg of Hero Womens Pro Golf Tour by five shots over the seasoned Vani Kapoor (69) at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club, here on Friday. Sneha Singh (69), a multiple winner as an amateur, continued her search for her first pro success. She was third alongside Amandeep Drall (75), amateur Nishna Patel (72) and Afshan Fatima (76), who seemed inconsistent after her second round 69. The four players in tied third place were all at 8-over 218. Shweta Mansingh (74) was seventh ..read more

By Armstrong Vaz Doha, Jan 20 (IANS) India’s top-ranked women’s table tennis player Manika Batra went down fighting 1-3 against China’s Rui Zhang in the semifinals of the women’s singles at the WTT Contender here on Friday. The 27-year-old paddler ranked 36th in the world, hampered by an injury, was far from her best and although she won the first game, she could not maintain the same momentum against World No. 24 Zhang who came full guns blazing to win the next three games in a match that lasted 18 minutes. In the other semifinal, Siqi Fan beat fellow Chinese player Liu Weishan with a 3-1 sco ..read more

Rourkela, Jan 20 (IANS) Germany registered an impressive 7-2 win over South Korea but they failed to get a direct entry to the quarterfinals of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 at the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, here on Friday. After this result, Germany will now head to the crossovers from Pool B along with South Korea In the final game of the day, which was also the last game of the pool stages, Germany needed a win by 9 goals to overtake Belgium in the Pool B standings and claim direct entry into the quarterfinals, but against an in-from South Korea team it proved to ..read more