Day-night Ashes, Indonesia's volcano, and other news in pictures

England field while Australia bats under lights during the first day/night Ashes Test match in Adelaide on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017.

Published at 6.30 p.m.

'Day/night Ashes'

England bowlers could not drive home their advantage on Day one of the Ashes Test in Adelaide as the hosts finished at 209 for four on Saturday. Read more

Published at 8.30 p.m.

Breaking the ice

Keeping the spirits up: Women workers of the BJP take an ice-cream break from campaign at the party’s election office at Ghatlodia in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is once again visiting his home State Gujarat on Sunday, three days after he addressed four campaign meetings for the BJP in the poll-bound State. For his two-day sojourn, the BJP has organised seven public gatherings named as ‘Vikas Rallies’, to stress on the ruling BJP’s development plank.

Published at 7.00 p.m.

'Karthigai deepam'

The 'Mahadeepam' was lit atop of Arunachaleswara hill in connection with Karthigai deepam at Tiruvannamalai on Saturday.

 

For the benefit of devotees travelling from across Tamil Nadu for ‘Karthigai Deepam' the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation is operating 3,000 special buses that would make 7,300 trips. For this, 16 temporary bus stands are being established on the nine roads leading to Tiruvannamalai town.

Published at 4.30 p.m.

 

Bali's active volcano

Mount Sinabung volcano is seen from Karo, North Sumatra as it spews thick smoke into the air on December 2, 2017.

 

The Mount Sinabung volcano is seen from Karo, North Sumatra as it spews thick smoke into the air on December 2, 2017.The volcano roared back to life in 2010 for the first time in 400 years, after another period of inactivity it erupted once more in 2013, and has remained highly active since. The volcano's rumblings in the past week have pounded Bali's lucrative tourism industry and its wider economy, squeezing everyone from wedding planners and dive shops to hotels and even some farmers duped into selling livestock at cut-rate prices, reported AFP.

Published at 5.15 p.m.

 

'Veeramani turns 85'

 

Dravidar Kazhagam president K. Veeramani celebrating his 85th birthday in Erode on Saturday.

The Dravidar Kazhagam had announced its support to the DMK candidate Marudhu Ganesh in the by-election to the Dr. Radha Krishnan Nagar Assembly constituency.

Published at 4.00 p.m.

Ballot checking

First-level checking work being done at the Corporation Middle School, Decaster Road, Pulianthope for the R.K. Nagar assembly constituency bypoll in Chennai on Saturday.

 

Preparations are underway for the R.K. Nagar assembly constituency bypoll in Chennai. On Friday, candidates of the ruling AIADMK (E. Madhusudhanan) and its arch-rival DMK (M. Maruthuganesh) filed their nominations. Sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V Dhinakaran filed nomination as an independent candidate.

 

Published at 3.30 p.m.

 

Pope Francis in Dhaka

Pope Francis is welcomed by faithful during a meeting with Bangladeshi priests and nuns in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2, 2017.

 

Pope Francis, who is on a three-day visit to Bangladesh, is the first Roman Catholic Church head to visit Bangladesh in 30 years, where Christians are a minority. On Friday, the Pope held an open-air mass at Dhaka’s sprawling Suhrawardy Udyan, which an estimated 80,000 people attended. He also met a group of Rohingya refugees in Dhaka and called for a “decisive international action” to end the refugee crisis.

 

Published at 1.30 p.m.

 

Thoothukudi is flooded

Punnakayal Coastal Village is flooded due to rains in Thoothukudi district on Saturday.

 

Another low-pressure area could become a depression or a cyclone over the next few days. The new weather system will bring fairly widespread rain to northern and coastal Tamil Nadu.

Published at 12.30 p.m.

India vs Sri Lanka

India's Murali Vijay scored a half century against Sri Lanka on the first day of 3rd Test match at Firoz Shah Kotla ground, in New Delhi on Saturday.

 

Opener Murali Vijay cruised to an effortless half-century as India reached a comfortable 116 for two at lunch on the opening day of the third and final cricket Test, in New Delhi today.

Published at 12.15 p.m.

Buddhist monk passes away

BSP chief Mayawati pays tribute to Buddhist monk Pragyanand who passed away in Lucknow.

 

BSP chief Mayawati pays tribute to 90-year-old Sri Lankan native Buddhist monk Pragyanand who passed away day before in Lucknow on Saturday. Pragyanand was one of the seven monks who at the age of 27, initiated Dalit leader BR Ambedkar into Buddhism in 1956. 

Published at 10 a.m.

Honduras elections

A masked supporter of presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla carries cookies at a burning roadblock where demonstrators protest what they call electoral fraud in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017.

 

As the wait for Sunday's election results has dragged on, rock-wielding protesters have increasingly taken to the streets against riot police armed with tear gas, batons and water cannons.

Published at 9.30 a.m.

Ashes test

England's Joe Root, left, and head coach Trevor Bayliss walk on the ground just before the opening ceremonies for their Ashes test match against Australia in Adelaide, Saturday.

Australia captain Steve Smith described England's James Anderson as “one of the biggest sledgers in the game” on Friday as the heat rose off-field at the Adelaide Oval on the eve of the second test.

Australia have long held a reputation for verbal aggression on the cricket pitch but Smith said he thought the Brisbane match had been played in the right spirit.

Published at 9.00 a.m.

It continues to pour in Tamil Nadu

Rain continues in Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Kanayakumari District on Saturday.

 

Life came to a standstill in the Ockhi-ravaged Kanyakumari district for the second day on December 1. As many as 10 persons had died in impact of the cyclone so far.