Day: February 5, 2021

Ind vs Eng, 1st Test: Root hits century as visitors end Day 1 on 263/3

6:53 pm February 5, 2021

Chennai : Joe Root and Dom Sibley put England in control of the first Test, forming a stunning 200-run partnership on the opening day of the match against India here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday. At stumps, England’s score read 263/3, with Root playing on 128 runs. However, India ended the day on […]

UP: Man commits suicide after argument with wife

3:01 pm February 5, 2021

Ballia (UP): A 27-year-old man allegedly committed suicide here after an altercation with his wife, police said on Friday. Pappu was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in his house in Bhadauria Tola in Haldi area, police said. “He was a drunkard and had an altercation with his wife of Thursday night,” Superintendent […]

India vs England: Scoreboard at tea on Day 1

2:57 pm February 5, 2021

Chennai: Scoreboard at tea on the first day of the opening Test between India and England here on Friday. England 1st Innings Rory Burns c Pant b Ashwin 33 Dominic Sibley batting 53 Daniel Lawrence lbw b Bumrah 0 Joe Root batting 45 Extras: (NB-9) 9 Total: (For 2 wickets in 27 overs) 140 Fall […]

Case report sheds light on COVID-19 reinfection

2:49 pm February 5, 2021

New Delhi: Waning immunity in some people following the first episode of infection with the novel coronavirus may make them more susceptible to reinfection, say doctors in a new case report. While a decline in the levels of antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus after first encounter with the virus may heighten reinfection risk, the research, […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Veteran journalist K Narayanaswamy no more

2:44 pm February 5, 2021

Bengaluru: S K Narayanaswamy, a former senior PTI journalist, died here on Friday after a brief illness. He was 76. He is survived by wife and two daughters. In his long career, Narayanaswamy, who was fondly known as KNS by his initials in the organisation, served as Kerala Bureau Chief in Thiruvananthapuram and later headed […]