The experienced West Zone team will take on a relatively young East Zone in the Duleep Trophy final starting on Saturday
Major Somnath Sharma was awarded the Param Vir Chakra posthumously for his bravery in the Kashmir operations on November 3, 1947.
The Aam Aadmi party has said that the purported letter by Jawaharlal Nehru allegedly calling Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose a 'war criminal' is "fake."
Shah also said Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's unfulfilled dream of integrating Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the country was accomplished on August 5 when Article 370 and 35A were repealed.
The move comes a day a day after Patel community members living in the US announced a "boycott" of Modi's upcoming visit there.
India was fooled into believing that Communist China wanted a 'negotiated' settlement with the Tibetans; it was never the case, says Claude Arpi.
Taking a dig at the construction of a wall on a plot having several slum structures in Ahmedabad ahead of Trump's visit there, the Sena said the US president's trip would neither stop the fall of rupee's value in forex market nor offer betterment to those (slum dwellers) behind the wall.
The curator of the Sardar Patel stadium said spinners will get assistance from the second day of the Test.
Vinit Indulkar and Sushant Marathe enabled Mumbai overhauled a target of 214 runs on the final day of the Ranji Trophy match.
His successful piloting of the move to strip Jammu and Kashmir of its special status is undoubtedly the highlight of his ministerial stint since the Modi 2.0 government assumed office on May 30.
Jacob Martin and Zaheer Khan steered West Zone to a five-wicket win over East Zone in the final.
The East Zone has never won the Duleep Trophy in its 45-year history.
'Under the more strident Modi version of Hindutva, Nehru has almost become a contemporary political figure.' 'The ruling party knows that without total erasure and distortion of Nehru, their fantasies will always be wobbly.'
Tamil Nadu took two points from a tame draw against Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy match.
The seasoned campaigner hit a brilliant 155 as Tamil Nadu piled 372 in their first innings on the second day of 'Elite' Group A Ranji Trophy match against Gujarat.
Gujarat picked up a couple of points on first-innings lead after their match against Railways teetered to a draw.
Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers Arun Jaitley and Kashiram Rana, BJP national treasurer Harin Pathak and others were also present on the occasion.
She noted that the democracy was at peril under the Modi government and alleged that it was misusing and abusing its mandate in the "most dangerous" fashion, the sources said.
Speedster Amit Bhandari claimed three wickets as Delhi took control of the Ranji Trophy match against Gujarat.
The Congress leader from Maharashtra said that the party of Mahatma Gandhi that once saw Maulana Azad become its president at the age of 35 years "is now the proprietorship of a Shehzada.
Arindam Das blasted his maiden double century to help his team take a massive 300-run first innings lead over Gujarat.
After conceding a 143-run first innings lead, Gujarat were 152 for 5 in their second innings at close of day 3 in the Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka.
The fast bowler claimed 5 for 61 as Gujarat were bowled out for 210 on day 1 in the Ranji Trophy match.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for delaying the approval for installation of gates at Sardar Sarovar dam, and requested him to at least heed the demand of state Congress leaders on the same.
Talking about the British rule, he said one of the their plans was to let the princely states decide for themselves, hoping that there would be chaos in the country.
After conceding a first innings lead of 125, Lankans were precariously placed at 196 for four on the penultimate day of the four-day match against India 'A'.
As a Congress-Bharatiya Janata Party war of words broke out over Sardar Patel's legacy, Congress on Thursday portrayed Narendra Modi with his "designer clothes and branded glasses" as a contrast to India's Iron Man, "who saved Muslims during 1947 riots" and was "humility personified".
Bengal reached 275-4 on the second day of Elite Group 'B' Ranji Trophy match against Gujarat.
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