Rest of India struggles in Nagpur
After piling on a massive 800 for 7 before declaring, Vidarbha rubbed it in further by reducing Rest of India to 98 for 6. Rajneesh Gurbani ran through the middle order and the only resistance at the top came from Prithvi Shaw. Hanuma Vihari battled it out to keep RoI afloat, with the lower order for company.
Plane crashes into house in Philippines
Rescuers sift through the debris following a crash upon take-off of a Piper PA-23 Apache six-seater twin-engine light aircraft Saturday, March 17, 2018, on a residential area in Plaridel township, Bulacan province north of Manila, Philippines. | Photo Credit: AP
A small passenger plane carrying five people crashed into a house shortly after takeoff north of Manila today and killed all those on board and five people on the ground, officials said. The Piper-23 Apache plane took off from the airport in Plaridel town in Bulacan province then crash-landed on Saturday for a still-unknown reason and smashed into a house.
New Zealand bag gold in alpine skiing
Alpine Skiing - Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympics - Men's Slalom - Standing - Run 1 - Jeongseon Alpine Centre - Jeongseon, South Korea - March 17, 2018 - Adam Hall of New Zealand. | Photo Credit: Reuters
New Zealand paralympic skier Adam Hall won gold in the men's slalom in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Paralympic Games. Hall had won a bronze medal earlier in the week.
BNP Paribas Open
Venus Williams, of the United States, serves to Daria Kasatkina, of Russia, during the semifinals at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament Friday, in Indian Wells, California. | Photo Credit: AP
In the women’s semis on Friday night, Venus Williams met Daria Kasatkina of Russia.
New Chinese VP
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with newly elected Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan at the fifth plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
The fifth plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) is being held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Congress plenary session begins
Desk set for the Congress plenary session at IG stadium.
| Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena
Desk set for the Congress plenary session at IG stadium. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena
The Congress’s plenary session begins on Saturday, with senior party leaders giving final shape to draft resolutions to be adopted at the conclave.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to welcome the delegates. "Over the next two days I look forward to interacting with you and to sharing experiences and perspectives that will together help us build a stronger, more vibrant Congress party," he wrote.
