The left-hander smashed a 113-ball 151 (8x4, 10x6) to power Madhya Pradesh to victory.
'When we were in a room, the only conversation one could have at that time was about the situation that the country was in, the world was in.' 'But the moment the cameras were on, we had to leave all that behind and get on with the show.' 'We had to make it something that everybody wants to watch, laugh, enjoy, and has a good reason to stay home.'
The Santacruz weather station in suburban Mumbai recorded a whopping 242 mm rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am Thursday.
Nations have to compete just like corporations, he says highlighting the need to brand and promote quality products and services.
A Delhi court on Wednesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to reply on the allegations that Congress leader Jagdish Tytler tried to influence a witness in a 1984 anti Sikh riots case in which the agency has filed a closure report.
Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday night announced the 47 remaining candidates for Haryana assembly elections who include Union Minister Sushma Swaraj's younger sister Vandana Sharma and two former Congress MPs and a former minister in B S Hooda government in the state.
Police registered a first information report against the owner and manager of Neelcity Resort in Rajkot under Indian Penal Code Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) for opening the resort for Congress MLAs, in alleged violation of lockdown notification which does not allow hotels and restaurants to open till Monday.
As India suffers and the ruling party is on the defensive, the truth is that the only way that this wave will pass is if exponential growth of the virus stops on its own, asserts Aakar Patel.
Among the major political parties, chief minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United is contesting in 35 of the 71 seats, followed by its ally Bharatiya Janata Party (29), while the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal has fielded its candidates in 42 and its coalition partner Congress is in the fray in 20 assembly segments.
The searches spanned across Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Rewa, Jabalpur, Lucknow and Allahabad among other cities, CBI sources said.
What will it take the next government to revive growth? Arvind Panagariya, Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy at Columbia University, and one of the world's leading economists, offers a checklist.
Congress workers were in a joyous mood as they celebrated the birthday of party vice president Rahul Gandhi, who turned 44 on Thursday. Although Rahul is not in Delhi and travelling abroad, his absence did not deter party supporters from marking their leader's birthday with fanfare.
While international service standards require passage through the tollgate in about five seconds per vehicle, the actual time taken in India is usually a large multiple of that.
Recent growth has wrought enormous environmental destruction and degradation in India, says Praful Bidwai.
Here's looking back the Bollywood's judges over the years.
Indian American children have dominated the Scripps Howard Spelling Bee in the United States since the turn of the new century. Long before this impressive trail of triumphs began, way back in 1985, Balu Natarajan became the first Indian American child to win the Spelling Bee. Rediff.com US Contributor Abhijit Masih catches up with Dr Natarajan as the 2021 Spelling Bee takes off this weekend.
Economist Arvind Panagariya tells Suman Guha Mozumder that the rupee is doing a much-needed clean-up job, raising exports and cutting imports. And it must be allowed to do so.
The accident occurred when the private boat 'Ma Kamala' was headed to Majuli from Nimati Ghat and the government-owned ferry 'Tripkai' was coming from the riverine island.
The new ministers include 20 of cabinet rank and eight ministers of state. The Chouhan ministry strength is now 34. Chouhan took oath as chief minister for a record fourth term on March 23, after Nath resigned from the post following rebellion by 22 MLAs of the Congress.
India can never be a truly happy, prosperous country unless our passion for growth is combined with compassion for the poor, said Chidambaram.
'It is clear that primary care would be extremely critical in providing care to and preventing deaths of large numbers of patients,' says Pavitra Mohan and Jagdish Rattanani.
Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's acquittal in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case was on Saturday challenged in the Delhi high court by members of the victims' family who contended that the trial court failed to appreciate the large number of legally admissible evidence in its verdict.
Kamala succeeded as she identified herself with the larger minority groups rather than narrow ethnicity, prodded by her mother who did not want to return to India, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan, who has done multiple stints in India's embassy in Washington, DC.
Efforts are on to connect Rahuri in Ahmednagar district, which will serve pilgrims going to nearby Shirdi, Koyna dam (which will help tourists going to Mahabaleshwar) and Pune.
Press Council Chairperson Markandey Katju has demanded that the government reinstate Defence Research and Development Organisation scientist Aijaz Ahmed Mirza who was arrested on terror charges but released on bail as the National Investigation Agency did not file a chargesheet against him.
Is the unfolding Bhagwati-Sen debate likely to have the same impact on economic policy in India as Hayek versus Keynes had on the West?
In May 2019, Sebi had penalised the NSE as well as two of its former heads - Narain and Chitra Ramkrishna - for allowing Sampark to provide the dark fibre connectivity to stock brokers, despite not having the authorised licence. Dark fibre refers to an unused optical fibre used for high-speed connectivity.
Congress on Wednesday said it is "premature" for it to take action against Jagdish Tytler till "something conclusive" comes out against the party leader in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
Interview with Arvind Panagariya, Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy at Columbia University.
Rediff.com readers wish the Indian coach on his 49th birthday.
Rediff.com readers wish the Indian coach on his 49th birthday.
The government on Thursday recommended the rejection of five mercy petitions including that of Surendra Koli sent to the gallows for the infamous serial killing of children in Nithari in Noida and of two sisters sentenced to death for murdering several children.
Iftekar is known for his cop roles while Helen has never been more than an item girl.
A Delhi court took strong exception to Central Bureau of Investigation's failure to advance final arguments on Tuesday in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler as victims staged a protest outside against the alleged delay in handing out justice.
The indefinite hunger strike of anti-Sikh riot victims was called off on the sixth day on Wednesday after an appeal from Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh to the protesters.
Standard and Poor's in its report on October 10 had said that there was one-in-three likelihood of rating downgrade for India in 24 months if 'the country's economic growth prospects dim, its external position deteriorates, its potential climate worsens, or fiscal reforms slow'.
An official announcement to this effect would be made next week. The vice-chairman would be of Cabinet rank.
Of all the many arguments in Indian politics that are stupid, hypocritical and wrong -- and there are many -- the one exculpating Modi because of 1984 is the most dangerous, says Mihir S Sharma
Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on Thursday moved the Delhi high court against the trial court's order for reopening of the investigation against him in a 29-year-old anti-Sikh riots case, in which three people were killed. Tytler has challenged the trial court order, which set aside the Central Bureau of Investigation's closure report, giving him a clean chit in the case. The appeal is likely to be listed on Friday for hearing.
