A summary of Wednesday's play in Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
Karun Nair returned to form with a patient hundred as Karnataka set a stiff target of 380 for Hyderabad on the third day of their Group 'A' Ranji Trophy encounter.
Former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin's son Asaduddin took his first major steps in his cricketing career when he was on Friday named in the Uttar Pradesh One Day squad for the forthcoming Vijay Hazare trophy.
With only 17 ODIs left for India before the World Cup, senior pros like Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik and Ravichandran Ashwin will aim to remain relevant in the 50-overs format in the forthcoming Deodhar Trophy.
"We have recovered the pistol from river Ganga. The accused told us that they have thrown the pistol in the river. We searched the location with the help of locals. The water was shallow and we recovered it," Deputy Commissioner of Police (North-West) N S Bundela said.
Every day at 9 am, five 20-somethings who live in a 4-bedroom apartment in Bengaluru have a session with their physical trainer. After a workout, they spend the next 8 to 10 hours in their spacious living room, headphones in place and computer screens in front of them. Their salaried job: To play video games for the rest of the day.
Showing no remorse, the three youths arrested on Thursday for allegedly carrying out the ghastly honour killing of three of their relatives in Delhi, told the police that they had also planned to murder a sister of one of the victims for marrying in different caste.
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Against a quality side like Australia, the performers at the domestic level will get a chance to test themselves against the likes of Josh Hazlewood or Mitchell Starc if Steve Smith and Darren Lehmann decide to give them a few overs.
India has to step up on its cyber offensive to match Chinese and Pakistani hackers breaching the Indian cyber networks, says Ankit Fadia, the man who made his name as India's youngest and first certified ethical hacker.
RCB have been inconsistent in their first six games in IPL-12, with both their bowling and batting faltering on many occasions.
Starting with villages in Sangli district of Maharashtra, Dharma today sells products and services.
Despite the absence of any notable price growth, transaction volumes are picking up in major Indian cities. The surge in sentiments is also backed by a significant rise in transparency in the industry.
In the past eight months, Flipkart has seen the exits of Mukesh Bansal, considered the right hand man of Sachin and Binny Bansal; Ankit Nagori, chief business officer; Punit Soni, Flipkart's million-dollar hire from Silicon Valley who headed product and strategy; and Manish Maheshwari, head of the seller business
The case involving the murder of an inter-caste couple, suspected victims of 'honour killing,' in New Delhi on Tuesday turned murkier with the cousin sister of one of the victims, who too had eloped with a man of different caste, found shot dead in a car.
Karnataka dished out a clinical show as they beat Andhra Pradesh by 53 runs in their Elite Group A match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, in Bengaluru, on Monday.
KXIP are riding a roller-coaster ride, having to endure a controversy involving their captain Ravichandran Ashwin who 'Mankaded' Rajasthan Royals batsman Jos Buttler in their first match, an act which was legal but criticised by some as against the 'Spirit of Cricket'.
"I am sitting on a Satyagraha till I get a clarification on details of international travel expenses of some senior AAP leaders. It is not a dharna but a satyagraha. I would like to send out a message to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to put out the details of the foreign tours of his five AAP leaders -- Satyendra Jain, Ashish Khetan, Raghav Chaddha, Sanjay Singh and Durgesh Pathak in public domain," Mishra told the media.
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While KKR suffered their heaviest defeat of the season against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last game, Pune looked to have found their mojo in the business end of the tournament having registered consecutive wins in their last two matches.
Chasing 135 to win, Gujarat lost both openers - Ishan Kishan (16) and Brendon McCullum (3) -- to be reduced to 23-2 but Finch blasted 5 fours and 6 sixes in his scintillating 34-ball 72-run innings as the visitors romped home with 6.1 overs to spare.
Currently, Flipkart has tied up with about 5-10 agencies and plans to add 50-60 by the end of this year.
Mumbai Indians will look to continue in similar vein when they lock horns with Rajasthan Royals in
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A captain's innings by Harshad Khadiwale and useful contributions with the bat from Kedar Jadav, Ankit Bawne and Azhar Ansari guided Maharashtra to a six-wicket victory over defending champions Saurashtra in the West Zone Ranji Trophy one-day tournament in Rajkot on Monday. Chasing a target of 215, Maharashtra put up 217 runs in 42.1 overs.
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As the government came under attack from the Opposition during the debate on the recent communal riots in the national capital that have claimed over 50 lives, the BJP members alleged that the violence was a pre-planned conspiracy and the home minister and authorities took pro-active steps to control the situation.
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Former champions South Zone have virtually qualified for semi-finals after reducing West Zone to 156 for 6 in on the penultimate day of their four-day Duleep Trophy match in Chennai on Saturday.
Mumbai's selection committee, headed by Padmakar Shivalkar, dropped veteran left-arm spinner Nilesh Kulkarni and included another seasoned campaigner, leg spinner Sairaj Bahutule, in the team for the season's first Ranji Trophy tie against Rajasthan in Mumbai next month. Bahutule returned to the Mumbai fold after playing for Maharashtra in the 2007-08 season.