Kohli and Dar shine as Bengaluru ease past Lucknow in IPL
Veteran batter Virat Kohli and fast bowler Rasikh Dar led Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a comfortable five-wicket win over struggling Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
Kohli anchored the 147-run chase with authority alongside captain Rajat Patidar as Bengaluru sealed victory in front of a packed M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in only 15.1 overs.
Put in to bat, Lucknow struggled on a batting-friendly surface, crawling to 35-1 in the powerplay before being bundled out for 146.
PM Shah to hold discussions with Chief Ministers of all provinces
Prime Minister Balendra Shah is scheduled to hold discussions with Chief Ministers of all seven provinces today.
According to Prime Minister Shah's Secretariat, PM Shah is holding consultations with the Chief Ministers for the first time after assuming office where significant and extensive discussions would be held on the issues related to federal and provincial governments.
The meeting is scheduled at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Singha Durbar, at 2 pm.
The meeting is considered as an important initiative making the federal-province coordination more effective.
Various issues including accelerating development construction activities, ensuring proper allocation of means and resources and resolving various administrative and financial problems faced by provinces would be discussed in the meeting, added the Secretariat.
Similarly, the issue of further strengthening the collaboration between the federation and province in order to effectively implement the projects of national priority would be the main agenda of the discussion.
It is expected that efforts would be made to build shared partnership on the issue of the country's present economic condition, infrastructure development, improvement in service delivery and maintain good governance in today's meeting.
This meeting has been taken as the important step for making federalism implementation further effective and directly benefiting the people.
Gold price increases by Rs 100 per tola on Thursday
The price of gold has dropped by Rs 100 per tola in the domestic market on Thursday.
According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the yellow metal is being traded at Rs 302, 800 per tola today. It was traded at Rs 302, 700 per tola on Wednesday.
Similarly, the price of silver has dropped by Rs 30 per tola and is being traded at Rs 5, 250 per tola.
Nepali national Amrit Jha released from custody in Iran
The Government of Nepal has extended its appreciation and gratitude to the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for granting pardon to 128 Nepali inmates.
The UAE government recently granted pardon to 128 Nepali inmates there on the auspicious occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan.
In a press statement on Wednesday, the Ministry stated that it highly values this gesture of pardon on the basis of humanitarian ground as a demonstration of cordiality in the bilateral relations between Nepal and the United Arab Emirates.
"The decision of pardon was taken following the request of the Government of Nepal made through the Embassy of Nepal in Abu Dhabi, UAE," according to the Ministry.
Likewise, the Ministry has confirmed that Nepali national Amrit Jha, who was arrested in Iran during the West Asia conflict, was freed on Wednesday.
Jha was held by the Iranian Army from the Strait of Hormuz nearly a month ago.
According to Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal, Jha is in contact with Nepal's Honorary Counsel General in Iran and the Embassy of Nepal in Qatar.
Nepal's diplomatic team is working to bring Jha out from there, Minister Khanal confirmed.
