The Congress also accused the Madhya Pradesh government of suppressing the voice of farmers.
Shreyas Iyer was the lone ranger as his unbeaten 191 helped Mumbai to 328/6 in their Group A Ranji Trophy cricket match against Gujarat in Hubballi on Wednesday. At stumps on the third and penultimate day, Mumbai trailed Gujarat by 109 runs with four wickets remaining in the first innings. Gujarat were all out for 437 in their first essay after Priyank Kirit Panchal slammed 232.
The 13 IAF personnel have been identified as Wing Commander G M Charles, Squadron Leader H Vinod, Flight Lieutenants L R Thapa, M K Garg, Ashish Tanwar and Sumit Mohanty, Warrant officer K K Mishra, Sergeant Anoop Kumar, Corporal Sherin, LAC (leading aircraft man) S K Singh, LAC Pankaj, and non-combatants Rajesh Kumar and Putali.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday ridiculed Congress leader Digvijaya Singh over his remark -- that Sushma Swaraj would be a better prime ministerial candidate than Narendra Modi -- saying the party did not need advice from a man who has not "dared" to fight Lok Sabha elections and who has been involved in his party's consecutive defeats in Madhya Pradesh.
Rajneesh Gupta presents statistical summary of Mumbai Indians and much more.
The 20-year-old victim identified Pankaj Punia and Harpreet Singh alias Dalli during the parade carried out in jail along with other people on Sunday, police said. The victim, who was in the city along with Embassy officials and her father, made no mistake in the identification of the two accused in the presence of Sub Divisional Magistrate, they said.
A fifth person allegedly involved in the molestation and abduction of a German girl surrendered on Friday before a local court which sent him to two days in police custody and also extended the remand of four other suspects. Sompal, who was absconding, surrendered in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Kanchan Mahi in Chandigarh.
A summary of Wednesday's play in the Ranji Trophy matches at various venues across the country.
Sukanya Verma offers some amazing opening scenes in Hindi films that fuels an excitement for what happens next.
'No one's comparing and everyone's taking the song as mine... that's a battle won.'
A summary of the day's matches in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament.
The development comes less than a month after another AAP MLA Jitender Singh Tomar was arrested and had to resign as law minister over charge of having fake degrees.
Pankaj Phadnis who co-founded Abinav Bharat, says that it is not his fault if the men alleged to be accomplices of arrested Sadhvi Pragnya Singh Thakur had used the name of his organisation.
Dynasts and turncoats in Uttarakhand and Hindutva champions in Uttar Pradesh - BJP names 64 candidates for Uttarakhand and 149 for UP.
A Nepalese "agent" of Amit Kumar, the alleged kingpin in the multi-crore kidney racket, has been arrested in Saptari district of eastern Nepal.
The Prime Minister's Office under Narendra Modi on Tuesday took control of Twitter handle @PMOIndia that was relinquished by the previous dispensation under Manmohan Singh last week and had led to a controversy with the Bharatiya Janata Party terming it 'disgraceful and illegal'.
Riding on a five-wicket haul by pacer V R V Singh, Punjab defeated Orissa by seven wickets in their Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match.
A row erupted on Tuesday over the Prime Minister's Office moving to a new Twitter handle with all its contents just days before Narendra Modi takes charge, inviting an angry reaction from the Bharatiya Janata Party which termed the move "illegal and disgraceful".
The BCCI has also recommended Yuvraj Singh and former women's captain Anjum Chopra for Arjuna awards.
Bollywood congratulates the Ahujas!
A summary of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday
President says he was overwhelmed by the number of wishes sent to him by rediff.com readers.
Uday Kaul (144) and skipper Pankaj Dharmani (94) forged a 181-runs fourth wicket stand to help hosts Punjab take crucial 38-run lead against Andhra Pradesh at stumps on the third day of their Ranji Trophy match.
Because, really, what is summer without colour?
The consistent attacks from both the wrestlers in the fast-paced final bout had the fans on the edge of their seats as close to 1500 gathered at IGI stadium to watch their favourite star in action.
Pankaj Advani beat Ashok Shandilya in the billiards final as India won gold and silver from the event.
Veteran actor Mohan Joshi, Dasmodar Ganesh Bapat, who is working towards eradication of leprosy, and L Subadani Devi, Manipur-based weaver, were among those presented with Padma Shri.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
The hits and misses of the week.
India would have in mind the loss they endured against Bangladesh that knocked them out of the Asia Cup in Kuala Lumpur last November.
A look at this week's hits and misses.
This is the third arrest made by the STF in the case.
'Basuda welcomed viewers into a world that was instantly familiar and comfortable,' observes Sukanya Verma.
'For us outsiders, the first break comes with a lot of difficulty.' 'In case of people from the industry, the first couple of breaks are taken care of.' 'They are guided and taught while we have nowhere to look for guidance.'
'Till late on the night before the National Awards ceremony, Smriti was in talks with the President's office, hoping to make the President change his mind.'
Chasing 136 for victory, Hyderabad made heavy weather of the target in the Ranji Trophy match.
In a setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party which dominated the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the party managed to win only from three seats while the Aam Aadmi Party made its debut by winning five seats and the Congress wrested four seats in the bypolls to 13 wards.
Paceman Gagandeep Singh claimed four wickets as Punjab dismissed Bengal for 156 runs. In reply, Punjab were 75 for three.
