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Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi has confirmed that a player tested positive in the World Anti-Doping Agency 's random dope test, conducted during the inaugural Twenty20 tournament in India.
Friends and colleagues pay rich tributes to the "charming, approachable, and very accessible" Indian Constitution scholar Granville 'Red' Austin.
Australia and India are set to play three, and possibly five, matches in Belfast, Northern Ireland this June.
What will it take for Tesla to plug and play in India? Sector pundits say it's a mix of strategy, getting the price right, timing, the right talent, and above all, patience.
The Triumph executive, however, declined to comment on the companies, which were in talks with it. Sources said Bajaj might be one of the companies the UK group is holding talks with. Representatives of Bajaj, which was reportedly negotiating with Triumph for an equity buyout, had visited the company's plants in the UK.
Hurun Report and GROHE India named Lodha Developers' M P Lodha and family as India's richest real estate entrepreneur with a wealth of Rs 31,960 crore, followed by DLF's vice chairman Rajiv Singh and Embassy group founder Jitendra Virwani in the second and third position respectively. Total wealth of top 100 Indians in the real estate sector stood at Rs 2,77,080 crore -- up 17 per cent against 2018. While Mumbai accounted for six of the top 10 and 37 of the 100 names, Delhi and Bengaluru had 19 residents each who featured on the list. Smita V Crishna of Godrej Properties featured as the richest woman.
'I am hopeful that you will see more focused attention on this relationship,' former US assistant secretary of state Nisha Desai Biswal tells Alokananda Chakraborty.
How did the newly anointed heritage city bag the title and is it ready for the expected rush of tourists?
India's pace trio took less than three hours to rout the tourists after Mominul Haque's decision to bat backfired.
Nobel Laureate Al Gore has warned that black carbon emissions from the kerosene powered lamps and stoves of the subcontinent will adversely impact the great rivers that are the lifeblood of India's agrarian economy.
Indian IT services major TCS will open a global delivery centre in Mexico next year.
While the UN report said that FDI inflows rose 6 per cent in 2018 to $ 42 billion, the government's own data for the entire FY19 period has shown that inbound equity investments declined for the first time in six years in FY19.
The introduction of Power play in the One-Dayers has made the job of bowlers all the more difficult to maintain consistency while playing on the batting pitches in the subcontinent, Indian pace spearhead Zaheer Khan said in Mirpur on Sunday.
'They were the leaders of my country and the children of Mother India, but they didn't die as martyrs.' 'They were killed, most unfortunately, by a well planned enemy plot, and they were victims of political violence,' states Sudhir Bisht.
Who were the people of ancient Indian civilizations? Has archaeological evidence confirmed the existence of common features of Vedic and Indus culture(s)? Is there an indigenous continuity of the culture in India and Pakistan or did the people come from outside the subcontinent? A two-day international conference on the Indus Valley Civilization, organized by the Loyola Marymount University in Los Angles, California, will attempt to answer some of these questions.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who will be leading the defending champions for the 10th year, would be used as a floater if required
'A three generation US-Pakistan relationship is not likely to be snapped any time soon. All this presents an irritant to an India that wishes to concentrate on economic development,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Du Plessis had a tough time in 2015, scoring just 60 runs in seven innings.
Bangladesh on Monday banned an Islamist militant outfit that is believed to be behind the gruesome hacking deaths of three secular bloggers.
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Gautam Gambhir spent 642 minutes at the crease, the seventh longest innings by an Indian, second longest outside the subcontinent and longest in New Zealand, in India's second innings, in the drawn second Test.
Power is held to effect change. Modi has shown himself incapable of affecting it in the positive sense. On the economy, on the border, on employment, on the epidemic, observes Aakar Patel.
The Forbes 30 Under 30 list is harder to get into than Stanford or Harvard University. Meet the desis who made the cut this year.
Steve Waugh wants Shaun Marsh to open alongside David Warner when Australia take on India.
'Professor C Y Bayly was undoubtedly the tallest of his generation. For so many of his students who were privileged to be taught by him he was much more than the rarest of rare scholar.' Professor Seema Alavi remembers a teacher who left an indelible imprint on India history.
Discarded Australian opener Phillip Hughes has decided to set off for an India sojourn to sort out his batting woes and also explore some prospective Indian Premier League franchises.
The Assam-Mizoram violence is an outcome of BJP trying too hard to 'integrate' distinct northeastern states, explains Shekhar Gupta.
Both Mahinda Rajapaksa and Modi have learnt from their past mistakes. Modi has understood that Rajapaksa is a 'forever politician' that India has to live with, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Steve Smith believes India is one of the toughest places to play Test cricket and winning a five-day format series in the country is a major career goal for him. Smith also heaped praise on India's spin all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, describing him as a difficult bowler to face in the subcontinent.
Former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull has said that all-rounder Corey Anderson could very easily become the highest paid cricketer in the country when the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction begins.
Haresh Pandya recounts one of the biggest upsets in One-day cricket.
'A couple of Pulwamas will bring the two nations to war and it will be limited to J&K itself.'
Whether you prefer luxury tent camps or Himalayan home stays, India's wildlife reigns supreme with elephants, tigers, and birds in flight.
'Pakistan has stolen from the Indian diplomatic toolbox a potent rope trick -- bypassing the ruling elite in Delhi (and the Indian establishment) to reach out to Indian Sikhs directly and fostering people-to-people contacts,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Indian tennis courts are set to be dazzled like never before when global icons like Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
'Even if someone other than Trump had become president, the US distancing from Pakistan and coming closer to India was already set in motion.' 'With Trump openly declaring his intent to take on Islamic extremism, the days of US political correctness are over,' says Colonel (Dr) Anil A Athale (retd).
India's burgeoning middle class is proving an enticing target for European retailers. France's Gautier and Carrefour detail plans to set up operations, and Marks & Spencer is reported to be on the move as well.
Fali Nariman, one of India's best-known lawyers, tells Aditi Phadnis that plurality of political opinion is the only way to counter intolerance
