Hamilton, Both Pakistan and Bangladesh will be looking to open their account on the points table when the two bottom-placed teams clash in the ICC Women's World Cup at the Seddon Park here on Monday.

Of the eight teams competing in the tournament, Pakistan, Bangladesh and defending champions England are the on

Wellington,  Six-time Women's World Cup champions Australia came up with another commanding performance, this time thrashing Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand by 141 runs to go top on the points table at the Basin Reserve here on Sunday.

In one of the most one-sided victories in the ongoing ICC Women&#

Hamilton,  The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday fined the West Indies women's cricket team 40 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against India in their Women's Cricket World Cup match at the Seddon Park on Saturday.

Top-order batters Smriti Mandhana and Harm

Wellington,  Australia skipper Meg Lanning on Sunday hailed the team's batting order, saying that the beauty of it is defined by the depth. In their match against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, Australia was reduced to 113/4.

But Ellyse Perry (68) and Tahli

Thiruvananthapuram,  The daily Covid cases in Kerala have been declining consistently in the past weeks and on Saturday 1,088 new cases were registered, while the test positivity rate stood at 4.93 per cent, said a statement from Health Minister Veena George.

While 2,037 recoveries were reported, for the

Chandigarh,  A 1991 batch IAS officer, A. Venu Prasad, was on Saturday appointed Principal Secretary to the Punjab Chief Minister.

He has remained the CMD of Punjab State Power Corp Ltd for long and is currently posted as Additional Chief Secretary (Excise and Taxation).

Punjab Chief Minis

New Delhi,  The Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) is now shifting its war to neighbouring Pakistan as it comes under mounting pressure from the Taliban in Afghanistan, which has waged a fierce war against IS-K militants since seizing power in August last year, RFE/RL reported.

IS-K has claimed responsibility

New Delhi, Of the 60 members of the new Manipur Assembly, as many as 48 are crorepatis with average assets of winning candidates amounting to Rs 3.75 crore, while 23 per cent of them have criminal cases and 18 per cent have serious criminal cases registered against them.

This was revealed by the Manipur Elect

Srinagar,  A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper on leave was killed by militants on Saturday in J&K's Shopian district.

Police sources said a CRPF trooper, Mukhtar Ahmad of Chek Chotipora village in Shopian district was fired upon by militants on Saturday evening.

"Th

Imphal,  The Janata Dal (United) and the Naga People's Front (NPF) on Saturday announced to support the BJP-led government in Manipur, party sources said.

The JD(U), which fielded 38 candidates in the recent Assembly elections, won six seats, while the NPF, which put up 10 nominees won five seats aga