Crores of first-time voters will vote against the Congress -- and tens of crores of existing voters shall do the same. The challenges the Congress shall face after the general election of 2014 may be the most severe that the party has ever tackled, says T V R Shenoy.
'Throughout the month Shreyas showed tremendous consistency and control'
Rediff.com introduces you to the athletes who have brought India glory in Birmingham.
They will be against Chinese Taipei in the final on Sunday.
Tom Latham will captain the team for an entire series for the first time in place of Kane Williamson, who suffered a recurrence of an elbow injury in India and will miss both Tests.
Bautista Agut played in Spain's victories over Russia and Croatia but left the team and returned to Castellon after the health of his father Joaquin deteriorated.
A summary of all the action from Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Wednesday.
Sachin scored 34,357 runs across all formats. No batsman to date has breached the 30K mark, let alone come near to breaking Sachin's record.
Yuzi Chahal strengthened his hold over the Purple Cap with 22 wickets in 11 matches.
Bihar youngster Sakibul Gani smashed an astounding 341 in the Ranji Trophy Plate Group match against Mizoram in Kolkata on Friday to break the world record for the highest individual score on first-class debut.
Archer spent 17 months on the sidelines with back and elbow injuries
Chanu has consistently improved in the section to stay in contention for medals at top events.
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 2 at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:
The 31-year-old leaves as England's top goalscorer with 53 goals and most-capped outfield player with 119 appearances.
'I feel the boys are young, but they played maturely'
Fast bowler Umesh Yadav, who started his IPL career with the Delhi franchise, returned to the Delhi camp after being acquired for his base price of Rs 1 crore in the IPL Auction in February.
What are the political equations, the challenges, and the threats?
Saurashtra secured a place in the Ranji Trophy final for the fifth time in the history of the tournament, defeating Karnataka
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
India have finished as the best-performing nation in the sport in the 1990, 2002, and 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Amir had announced his retirement last month after being dropped for tour of New Zealand.
The Canadian police have arrested two persons and charged them with first-degree murder in the targeted shooting of Ripudaman Singh Malik, the Sikh man acquitted in the tragic 1985 Air India Kanishka terrorist bombing case that killed 331 people.
'Defence and aerospace show huge potential thanks to the government's Make in India push.'
Twenty-five-year old, who lost a leg in the 2007 attack, suffered severe spine injuries in Wednesday's blast that ripped through Hyderabad's Dilsukh Nagar. Vicky Nanjappa reports
'The environment has been great and the guys are having fun in the last four weeks. There is absolute clarity when we were chasing it down and there was total belief.'
Hayley Matthews smashed a brilliant century to help the West Indies to a dramatic three-run victory over tournament hosts New Zealand in the opening match of the 12th Women's World Cup at Mount Maunganui on Friday.
Bangladeshis on Sunday began voting in the general elections expected to be won by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the absence of the main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) which is boycotting it.
Kandula, 23, was struck by a police vehicle driven by Officer Kevin Dave when she was crossing a street in Seattle on January 23.
Trent Boult, who has played 73 Test for New Zealand, said he expects a bit of banter between the rival players since they are all familiar with each other due to the Indian Premier League.
Only 68 MPs voted in favour of the motion, it said, giving the 72-year-old President a comfortable victory.
Packed soccer schedule is a major problem as players will struggle to deliver their best
Hafeez represented Pakistan in 392 international matches in which he scored 12,789 runs and took 253 wickets.
While Kishan looked in ominous touch the moment he arrived at the crease, getting off the mark with a cracking boundary past backward point, Pollard took a few balls before the fireworks began.
Young Karan Sharma led from the front with a calm and composed 93 not out as Uttar Pradesh knocked out favourites Karnataka with a five-wicket win in their Ranji Trophy quarter-finals.
Australia's Aaron Finch turned to the umpire for advice on how to get Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma out.
By picking all 10 wickets, Ajaz Patel joined Jim Laker and Anil Kumble.
In an interview last month after a World Tennis Tour event at the Greenbrier in West Virginia, they said they had not yet decided whether they were finished competing. Playing almost exclusively with each other throughout their 25-year careers, the Bryans captured a professional era record 119 titles, including 16 Grand Slam wins, 39 ATP Masters 1000s and the ATP Finals title four times.
Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will miss the World Championship and the Commonwealth Senior Championship slated to take place simultaneously between December 7 to 17 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Bairstow's unbeaten 114 was his second hundred of the match as England triumphed with two sessions to spare.
