India pacer Mohammed Shami's five-wicket burst put Bengal on the verge of an outright victory with bonus point against Services on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match in Kalyani, West Bengal on Saturday.
The Gujarat government on Monday withdrew the controversial Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill of 2006, which the governor had returned to the Legislative Assembly for reconsideration in August 2007. Governor Nawal Kishore Sharma in his message, read out in the assembly by Speaker Ashok Bhatt while returning the Bill, said he found it to be violative of the Article 25 (A) of the Constitution.
Governor Nawal Kishore Sharma administered the oath of office and secrecy to the ministers at a function on Friday morning in the lawns of Gujarat assembly in Gandhinagar.
Gujarat Governor designate D N Dwivedi, who was admitted to a hospital in New Delhi due to liver problems, died early on Saturday morning. He was 74. Dwivedi, who was suffering from liver problems, was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the gastroenterology department in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on July 23, hospital sources said. He was scheduled to undergo a liver transplant, but died at 4 am today, they said. Dwivedi was appointed as the successor of Nawal Kishore Sharma.
While the 16 Congress legislators in the state favoured joining the Mulayam Singh government, a section of the central leadership strongly opposed any such move.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was to visit flood-affected areas of Surat on Friday morning, has postponed his visit till evening due to inclement weather, officials sources said.
Former AICC general secretary Nawal Kishore Sharma has been appointed governor of Gujarat.
Getty's Allison Joyce went out with a cow vigilante group in Rajasthan to get a sense of their working style.
Narendra Modi was sworn in as the chief minister of Gujarat on Tuesday. Top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party including L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Venkaiah Naidu and Rajnath Singh attended the swearing in ceremony.
Shreyas Iyer's 604 runs across 17 matches for Punjab Kings at a strike-rate in excess of 175 did not resonate with the selectors during the Asia Cup selection.
The fringe and aspiring bunch will look to own the elevated Duleep Trophy stage as the red-ball competition returns to its traditional zonal format and marks the start of India's domestic cricket season.
Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United president Nitish Kumar on Tuesday asserted that "all is well" in the National Democratic Alliance even as his party vice president Prashant Kishor opened a front against Bharatiya Janata Party leader and his deputy in the government Sushil Kumar Modi.
This was Shorey's highest first-class score in 45 matches, with his previous best being 145. The double-century will do more good to his already healthy batting average of 48.49.
Dhapola's feat did not miss the attention of the BCCI secretary Jay Shah who termed it as one of the finest bowling performances of the tournament.
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