The Italian with a squeaky-clean performance defeated Czech Tomas Machac 6-4, 6-2, converting four of his 11 break chances in a match that lasted for 91 minutes.
The Central government has extended Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 in eight districts and 21 police stations in five districts of Nagaland declaring them as 'disturbed area' for a period of six months with effect April 1 this year, unless withdrawn earlier.
"We are ready for the Lok Sabha elections. Congress will win all the 6 Assembly seats (where by-elections are being held)..." said Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister.
Himachal Pradesh Congress president Pratibha Singh said that the decision on distributing tickets will be made after taking to the high command and meeting in the national capital on April 5 and 6.
Despite the Congress still licking its wounds from the exit of six dissenting MLAs to the BJP, state Education Minister Rohit Thakur claimed on Wednesday that the ruling party was poised to not just fare well in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections but also win all 6 Assembly seats that are going
Officials said the operation indicates a significant blow to the Naxal insurgency in the region as security forces intensify efforts to combat the threat posed by the extremist group.
The fierce exchange of gunfire occurred between the security forces and People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA)-- an armed wing of the Platoon No 10 of Naxals-- near Chipurbhatti jungle along Talperu River under Basaguda Police Station in Bijapur.
According to the Taiwan Ministry of National Defence's statement, four of nine Chinese aircraft entered Taiwan's Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ).
A combined effort from the batters powered the Chennai Super Kings to a massive total of 206/6 against the Gujarat Titans in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
The Punjab Kings (PBKS) fought their hearts out but went down by four wickets against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday. RCB restricted the Punjab Kings to 176/6 before chasing down their target in 19.2 overs.
All six now disqualified Congress MLAs--Rajinder Singh Rana, Sudhir Sharma, Chaitanya Sharma, Ravi Thakur, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal and Davinder Bhutto-- had cross-voted in in the Rajya Sabha election in favour of BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan against Congress' senior leader Abhishek Mani Singh