Proposals to scrap the time-honoured tradition of a coin toss prior to Test matches defy logic and should not be considered, according to several former South Asian cricket captains.
Confessions of a key underworld character have revealed that President, BCCSL, Thilanga Sumathipala has masterminded contract killings.
Here are 10 occasions when Holi held special significance on celluloid.
No Indian bowler has had a better debut year in Test cricket than the young lad from the Gujarat and Mumbai Indians teams.
India scored a not-so-confident 3-2 win in their third test to take a 2-1 lead over a fighting Belgium in their five-test series at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on Monday evening.
Warm or warring, back home too Bollywood has depicted many, MANY faces of sisterly love.
The experienced midfielder was a surprise omission from the 16-member Indian men's hockey team for the Doha Asian Games.
It is expected that Dinesh Karthik will open the innings along with Wasim Jaffer in the first Test.
'For the women of a community whose seclusion has been a byword of their lifestyle to take to the streets as a means of protest is an unprecedented event,' notes Amulya Ganguli.
The chairman of selectors also feels that Pathan and Dhoni could lend balance to the middle-order during the World Cup.
The kids have picked their favourites!
Stepping up its attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Narendra for keeping silent in the controversy involving Lalit Modi and other scandals and threatened to launch a nationwide agitation if the tainted ministers and leaders are not sacked.
Kejriwal said the AAP would not have 'dreamt' of forming an alliance with the Congress but agreed to save the country.
The Committee of Administrators is facing practical problems in implementing the Conflict of Interest guidelines on the day-to-day BCCI operations, CoA member Diana Edulji conceded.
The deceased has been identified as Devesh Kumar Swain from Orissa.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
India beat New Zealand 3-2 in a practice match prior to Sultan Azlan Shah hockey.
It was an illustrious gathering in Kanpur on Thursday as the Board of Control for Cricket in India felicitated its former Test captains including Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble and Mahendra Singh Dhoni among others to celebrate India's 500th Test match.
Sidhu had on Friday met Delhi Chief Minister and AAP's National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal at the latter's residence, but the party remained tight lipped on what transpired at the meeting.
The former India skipper among six past and present cricketers who will examine the present system of selection of national and state teams.
The PHL Trophy, made from Swarovski Crystals, was unveiled in Hyderabd on Tuesday.
Australia's Jamie Dwyer and Spain's Santiago Freixa bagged the International Hockey Federation's 'Player of the Year' and 'Young Player of the Year' awards respectively.
From Bollywood strong men to cricketing greats, celebrities upped the glam quotient this poll season. Some we will see as future MPs, the others just have to get back to business. Rediff.com takes a look at some popular faces, who fought Election 2019 and here's the verdict on them.
BJP chief Amit Shah had set a target of winning 22 Lok Sabha seats out of 42 seats in West Bengal.
Rana, a class 8 student of a local school at Pipli, began running only about a fortnight ago.
The Goa unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday announced that it will observe the birthday of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in a simple manner in Panaji on Sunday.
Who will make it to this year's Padma awards list?
BJP Members of Parliament from Assam, Rajen Gohain and Narayan Chandra Borkotoky, have been appointed in-charge of Mizoram and Nagaland respectively.
Dilip Tirkey, Gagan Ajit Singh and Deepak Thakur are among many regulars left out of the team, to be coached by Harinder Singh.
Shashi Singh, the woman who allegedly took the victim to MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar on the day of crime, has been arrested.
The PAC expressed its concern over anti-party activities indulged in by Gandhi and Khalsa. Both have been involved in the activities of certain outfits, opposed to aims and objectives of the AAP.
Rajneesh Gupta gives us all the stats and facts around the sensational Virat Kohli.
'(Upper caste) leaders talk against the Constitution, reservations and the nation and still get away.'
Skipper Dilip Tirkey struck thrice in a 6-0 victory in India's first Pool B hockey league match at the 15th Asian Games.
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