Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal's revelations came just a few days after India has been placed at the third spot in worldwide dope violation in 2014 in a report published by World Anti-Doping Agency.
After Hayden, Gambhir is perched at the second spot by accumulating 227 runs at 37.83 in the batsmen's list.
The Pro Kabaddi player auction netted a consolidated price of Rs 46.99 crore for 227 players selected over two days of intense bidding between 12 franchises.
'We have instructed all our officials to take complaints of water shortage seriously and attend to it immediately.'
The 227-member BMC, India's richest civic body currently ruled by the Shiv Sena-BJP combine, will go to the polls on February 21.
In the past couple of years, Saregama has redefined itself into a 'content IP company'.
The Sena-BJP combine was tipped to capture three other cities while Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party may bag four towns.
For the week, the Sensex recorded a fall of 371 points, or 1.10 per cent, and the NSE Nifty 130.75 points, or 1.25 per cent.
After dismissing Bangladesh for a paltry 89, Sri Lanka amassed 227 for three by close on Day 1 of the first Test.
Hyderabad, following-on, were 81 for 3 in their second innings, still 148 runs behind Bengal, on the penultimate day of the Ranji Trophy match.
As many as 58 companies raised money from automatic route and 8 firms raised via approval route.
State-run oil firms on Saturday hiked jet fuel (aviation turbine fuel) prices by 18.5 per cent in step with rising international oil prices.The ATF price charged from airplanes has been raised to Rs 69,227.08 per kilolitre (kl) in Delhi from midnight on Saturday, an Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest retailer, said.
The US Fed also said that the unemployment rate too would rise to 5.7 per cent.
Holder Roger Federer coasted to a 6-3 6-2 win over Robin Soderling at the Hamburg Masters on Thursday before second seed Rafael Nadal gave Andy Murray a claycourt lesson for his 21st birthday. Federer was barely made to sweat by the Swede and Nadal joined him in the quarter-finals of the 2.27 million euro (1.8 million pound) tournament by beating the 15th seed Murray by the same 6-3 6-2 scoreline.
Till the 35th over we were pretty good, yes we gave a little bit of runs in the end, so may be that could be the difference, reckons Jasprit Bumrah.
Ongoing global events will obviously impact the stock markets through FIIs, but don't underestimate the role of economic growth in driving the Sensex.
West Indies pace legend Courtney Walsh feels that Indian speedster Ishant Sharma needs to work harder in the nets in order to iron out his flaws and achieve consistency.
The Sensex opened with a negative gap of 144 points at 16,227 on negative cues from the global markets. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 727 points at 15,644. The NSE Nifty dropped 207 points to close at 4,735. HDFC, TCS, ICICI Bank, DLF, Reliance Energy, Hindalco, Wipro, Infosys, RCom, Jaiprakash Associates, Grasim, L&T, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Satyam, ONGC, Hindustan Unilever, were major losers. Reliance Capital topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 324crore.
India's opening pressure index (PI) was 102.
The sales comprise 1,504 units of hatchback Chevrolet Spark, 1,550 units of multi-utility vehicle Tavera, 1,227 units of Aveo/Aveo U-VA and 498 units of sedan Optra, it said.
Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to reach 15,000 runs in one-day internationals while steering India to a six-wicket win over South Africa in the Future Cup in Belfast on Friday.
The Sena has 104 corporators in the country's richest civic body, with a budget of around Rs 12,000 crore.
The two parties, who are partners in the DF government in Maharashtra as well as in the UPA government at the Centre failed to reach an agreement on seat sharing.
Jammu and Kashmir made it to the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy despite suffering a two-wicket defeat at the hands of Haryana in their final Group C match in Jammu on Saturday. In the quarter-finals to be played from February 20 to 24, Saurashtra will be up against Andhra, Karnataka will face Jammu and Kashmir, Bengal will take on Odisha and Gujarat will square off against Goa.
South Africa lost both openers but were still 230 runs ahead of Bangladesh at the close on the third day of the first Test when bad light stopped play on Saturday.
Flying high over stable economic growth and bullish run at the capital markets, mobilisation by way of public issues grew nearly six per cent to Rs 24,141 crore
Coach Trevor Bayliss thinks England left some "scars" on the Australia team during the second Ashes Test and can still enjoy success Down Under despite being 2-0 down with three matches to play.
Traders said fall in demand from jewellers and retailers due to end of festive season and a weak global trend where gold retreated from a six-week high as investors expected the Federal Reserve to end its bond-buying programme this week, eroding safe-haven demand, mainly pulled down precious metal prices here.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Budget today.
Britannia Industries Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 251 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2002 as compared to net profit of Rs 227 million in the quarter ended December 31, 2001.
Presenting his fourth Railway Budget in succession, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Monday said that the Indian Railways had registered a profit of Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) for the fiscal year 2006-07.
Factbox on the second Test match between Australia and England, which starts on Saturday:
Shares of jewellery makers on Monday fell sharply by up to 20 per cent following dip in global prices of gold.
Unemployment rate for men is the highest in Lucknow among major cities.
The world's largest cruise ship Harmony of the Seas, is all set for its maiden voyage.
Gujarat pacer Hitesh Majumdar took 5 for 65 to force Bengal concede a three-run lead in the first innings.
The currency lost six paise on sustained dollar demand from importers.
The number of houses destroyed in quake-hit Nepal is over 160,000
Rajneesh Gupta brings you all the numbers from the first 35 games in IPL-12.
North Zone took a first innings lead of 155 runs after skittling Central Zone out for 288 on the penultimate day of the Duleep Trophy match.
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