Shiv Sena on Wednesday came out strongly against its ally, Bharatiya Janata Party over imposition of President's rule in Uttarakhand
Nearly 4,000 doctors have been on strike in various government and municipal hospitals since Monday demanding security at work place in the wake of a string of attacks on their colleagues.
A division bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday declined to hear a bunch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the beef ban legislation in Maharashtra after one of the judges recused himself from hearing them.
The bodies of nine Siachen bravehearts, who were buried alive in an avalanche, are likely to be brought to New Delhi on Monday.
The deceased jawan was identified as 20-year-old Sepoy Mustapure Shubham Suryakant, a resident of Konerwadi village in Parbhani district of Maharashtra.
Maratha outfits have announced that a mega rally will be held in Mumbai on August 9 in support of their quota demand.
With the new post, the Thackeray junior, 27, who already heads Yuva Sena, will now be a part of the Sena's core team.
Rajneesh Gupta throws up all the numbers of how both teams have fared in Twenty20 Internationals.
They entered the semi-finals of the National Billiards and Snooker Tournament in Mumbai.
The Sikhs love a good fight, and that's what the Modi government has given them.
'You don't peak every week. One has to keep playing.' 'It's a sport where you have to play at least 25, 30 weeks a year.' 'You have to keep your head down and go with the flow.'
All the matches in the upcoming Ranji Trophy cricket tournament will be played in neutral venues, according to the fixture of the Domestic tournaments announced by the BCCI on Friday. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today (Friday) announced the fixtures for the Domestic tournaments for senior, junior and women to be played in 2016-17 season.
Kedar's unbeaten 81 off 87 balls saw India beat Australia by six wickets with Mahendra Singh Dhoni remaining not out on 59 at the other end.
Maharashtra batsman Vijay Zol, who led India to the Asia Cup crown last week, says his under-19 squad will not rest on its laurels and also try and win next month's Junior World Cup in the UAE, starting February 14.
Agnel Gladwin, Yuki Bhambri, G K Shwetha and Nandita Krishnan will represent India at the tournament in South Africa.
While the DMK fears that the Congress with its poor strike rate will pull it down in the 2021 state elections, like it did five years ago, the ruling AIADMK is worried that the BJP may ultimately do a Bihar on it, relegating it to second place in Tamil Nadu, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Tania Sachdev of Delhi upset top seed Eesha Karvade in the seventh round of the National Junior Girls Chess Championship.
The top seed is closely followed by Kruttika Nadig after the fourth round in the National Junior girls' chess championship.
About 56 per cent was the overall turnout for 10 municipal corporations across Maharashtra.
Amidst a row over eating beef, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said no restrictions can be put on food habits in a secular country like India but the sentiments of the majority should be respected in Hindu-majority as well as Christian and Muslim-majority states.
The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister said, 'India is not a dharmashala or a multinational which anybody can lead.'
The Andhra lass easily beat Maharashtra's Sonal More in the final of the All India junior ranking badminton tournament.
The Maharashtra girl won the title on a better progressive score after a three-way tie with Tania Sachdev and defending champion N Raghavi.
The second and third seeds are half a point ahead of a group of three players after the penultimate round in the National Junior girls' championship.
Five others are half a point behind the top seed in joint second place, in the National Junior girls' chess championship.
'We are warning that if you get these 3.5 lakh additional non-medical people with licence, our infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate will deteriorate'.
The Karnataka swimmer picked his second gold at the Nat. Junior aquatic championships.
Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena on Saturday appeared to have resolved their differences with the latter deciding to nominate Rajya Sabha member Anil Desai to be included in the Union Cabinet when Prime Minister Narendra Modi reshuffles and expands his ministry on Sunday.
Hima Das missed the Asian Championships mark on the final day of competition
"On one hand they eat 'biryani' in plate given by the same 'Nizam' and then criticise us on the other hand. They have got ministries at the Centre and state, enjoy perks of power only because of the favour of the same 'Nizam' and then curse BJP. This is called 'ungratefulness'," the article says.
Rehan Poncha picked his third individual gold in the National Junior aquatic championships.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
The victory earned the 17-year-old a meeting wth top seed Vinod Sridhar in the men's singles semi-finals in the National Tennis championships.
Authorities also said the recovery rate of COVID-19 patients was improving consistently in India and it was in a much better position in handling the pandemic, which has seen more than 63 lakh people testing positive for this virus since its emergence in China last December and over 3.7 lakh having lost their lives.
The Andhra lad will meet third seed Aditya Madkekar in the final of the Junior national tennis championships.
Lesser-known Indian players continued to impress, while the fancied struggled to score, even as overseas Grandmasters took charge in the third round of the World Junior Chess Championships, being played at Hotel Hyatt, in Pune, on Wednesday. S L Narayanan was one of the early finishers, holding second seed and super GM Robin Van Kampen (2641) to a draw, while 10-year-old Nihal Sarin's impressive display again won him many admirers after he held Balazs CSonka (2409) to a draw to remain unbeaten after three encounters against opponents rated higher than 2400.
Cook is scheduled to meet top honchos of India Inc later during the day
On Uddhav's leadership style, Joshi said, "He is always ready to reply to any question. I found he is open-minded."
'People accused of mass murder and worse are let out on medical grounds.' 'Saibaba is now 100% handicapped, and has committed no murder, yet he is not allowed to come out.'
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