Miffed at being ignored for the Test series against England, South African opener Herschelle Gibbs has hinted that he may retire from international cricket. The 34-year-old was left out of the Test side and he says he does not harbour hopes of making the cut for the ODI team either, leaving him with little choice but to think about quitting the game.
The Larsen and Toubro employee stock option controversy is becoming a major face-off between the financial institutions and the construction major.
The assertion comes amid speculation that the ruling party in Andhra Pradesh might rethink its ties with the BJP in view of its disappointment over allocation of funds to the state in the Union Budget.
The government may scale down security of Kashmiri separatist leaders, who snubbed members of all-party delegation on Sunday.
Upset over delay in formal notification of the one rank, one pension scheme, the protesting ex-servicemen today announced that they will return their medals across the country next week.
The rebel trio of Chetan Anand, Jwala Gutta and Shruti Kurien agreed to join the ongoing camp on condition that the BAI will not hold back their entries for tournaments abroad.
Just after the brief address of the Governor, MLAs of the BJP raised the demand for a floor test, triggering an uproar. Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Govind Singh raised the issue of coronavirus threat in the country and also mentioned the Central government's advisory.
In a riposte to former Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Gadkari's recent overtures to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, the Shiv Sena on Friday decided to field its candidates in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi for the Lok Sabha elections.
The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday replaced its Mehrauli and Mundka candidates for the Delhi assembly polls following an inquiry by the party's "internal Lokpal", triggering protests outside Arvind Kejriwal's Kaushambi residence.
The Aussie paceman insisted that he has no immediate plans to bid adieu to international cricket.
Ahead of VK Sasikala's return to Tamil Nadu on February 8, there are some important questions facing her. One, does she carry electoral weight more now than her brainchild AMMK had in the 2019 LS polls? Two, can she retain or build upon the five per cent vote-share from that time? And finally, is there space for Sasikala to retrieve, first within the AIADMK and then across the state, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has labelled the South African court's decision of handing Oscar Pistorius a six-year jail term for killing his girlfriend as 'pathetic' and 'shambles'. While delivering her decision in a story that has attracted intense worldwide attention, Judge Thokozile Masipa said she had considered both aggravating and mitigating factors, such as rehabilitation and murder, and concluded that the latter outweighed the former.
Govt open to probe into Bangalore airport contracts to L&T, Siemens.
BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary has expressed his displeasure over CEO Rahul Johri allowing the publication of an advertisement for the post of 'Team Manager' for the Indian women's cricket team on his name without his consent.
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The party desperate to retain power in the state will also prepare dossiers on opposition MLAs to assess the winability of prospective party nominees.
They have been itching for revenge ever since PMK supporters reportedly ransacked some theatres in where Rajnikanth's film Baba was being screened.
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The National Democratic Alliance in Bihar suffered a jolt on Wednesday as a Lok Janshakti Party MP resigned from the party post of general secretary and two BJP MLAs who were denied ticket met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Black arm bands, head gears and banners of 'Bring back Dada' were seen aplenty in Kolkata
Infosys chairman N R Narayana Murthy may still be smarting from a spat with a politician, but he was on Saturday asked by Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew
'We want the PM to be aware of the autocratic behaviour of the bureaucracy,' says CPI leader D Raja.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's uncharacteristic outburst against a controversial umpiring decision led to the Chennai Super Kings captain being fined 50 percent of his match fee in Thursday night's Indian Premier League match in Jaipur.
'If he were to ask me, I would tell Mr Modi that the real Congress legacy he has to undo is not Nehru's social and political philosophy -- which fits India perfectly -- but his daughter's economic philosophy,' says T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.
Committee sources said that Nirupam has been asked to respond within a few days over the articles in the magazine 'Congress Darshan'.
Miffed at being ignored in the ministry expansion, Sena had on Tuesday said it was 'hurt' at the way the exercise was carried out and questioned the prime minister's "selection criterion".
He also accused TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee of nepotism, insisting she wants to politically establish her nephew in West Bengal.
Showering praise on Virat Kohli, former India team director Ravi Shastri has said that the star Indian batsman's sensational form can only be beneficial to Indian cricket. Kohli is in the form of his life with four centuries in the ongoing IPL -- most by a player in a single T20 tournament. "Virat has hit a purple patch. Terrific batting. If he goes on like this, it will only keep on serving Indian cricket and be beneficial to it. The kind of batting on offer from him, he will make you stand up and applaud."
The veteran striker was reported to be unhappy playing under a 'much junior' Viren Rasquinha.
Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta was arrested by police on Wednesday evening on an apprehension of causing a breach of peace and tranquillity, two days after his complaint about beef being served at Kerala House in New Delhi sparked a row.
Yuvraj Singh's father Yograj Singh has launched another scathing attack at India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The former India cricketer has slammed Dhoni for underbowling his son and also shuffling him in the batting order. "I have played under the greatest captain - Ashok Mankad - so I know what is going around. After not playing international cricket for two years and then making a comeback is fantastic - hats off to him. The captain expects him to perform and then suddenly drops him to No 7 (against Bangladesh).
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