The three-day celebrations began on Saturday with a recital of Yajurveda and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath performing an 'abhishek' on the Ram Lalla idol.
A wave of high-profile player releases, including four prominent captains -- Shreyas Iyer, K L Rahul, Rishabh Pant, and Faf du Plessis -- has reshaped the landscape of the league.
The Rajasthan Royals have retained their core group of players, including captain Sanju Samson, as they look to build on their recent success.
Pacer Anshul Kamboj ended up with an eight-wicket haul as India C took the lead in the Duleep Trophy standings on the basis of the first innings lead against India B here.
Rajat Gupta, former director of Goldman Sachs and Mckinsey, has resigned from the board of the Hyderabad-based Emergency Management Research Institute (EMRI), a public-private-partnership initiative being run by the GVK group.
'In Independent India's politics you will not find any leader of a political party who has not contested elections or not held a powerful post.' 'It was only Balasaheb who never contested elections or held a post.' On the occasion of Balasaheb Thackeray's 99th birth anniversary, close aide Subhash Desai recalls vignettes about the Shiv Sena founder.
In the absence of national regulars, the focus will shift on the likes of Rinku, who was surprisingly not picked for the first round despite having an impressive first-class record.
The $130-million world class premier Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, a brain child of Rajat Gupta, was nurtured by him and his other colleagues in McKinsey through the nineties and the last decade.
The cupboard is bare and it will take some time to prepare another cracking line-up that can match the aura of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Ishant Sharma.
'I think we are going to see him at Punjab Kings'
A McKinsey veteran, Gupta has decided to take "leave of absence" from management of $1.4-billion PE fund New Silk Route, which he co-founded five years ago.
Prices of various car models -- ranging from entry-level hatchbacks to high-end luxury offerings -- are set to rise as automakers have announced price hikes with effect from January. Carmakers cite an increase in input costs and operational expenses as the main reason to implement price increases from the next month. Industry experts, however, note that the exercise is also undertaken by automakers every year in December to shore up sales volume in the last month of the year, as customers postpone buyouts to later months to get the new year manufactured units.
Rajat Patidar struck a quickfire half-century to set up Royal Challengers Bengaluru for a 35-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Thursday.
Showing lenience and also appreciation for his humanitarian work, Judge Jed S Rakoff of the Federal District Court in Manhattan handed a two-year prison term to Rajat Gupta, former head of McKinsey and Co and also a former director of Goldman Sachs and Proctor and Gamble for leaking insider information.
'It was important to keep up my strike rate through the innings so I wanted to take on the momentum.'
England Lions continued to dominate India A despite a rollicking unbeaten hundred from Rajat Patidar on the second day of their first unofficial Test in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Opener Rajat Patidar smashed an unbeaten fifty, while Manav Suthar took three wickets as India 'A' displayed a collective effort
Rajat Patidar becomes India's 310th Test player.
'Each of us will have a beautiful story to tell about him because he went beyond work and touched our lives. That's a rarity in this industry.'
Roundup of matches across various venues in the Ranji Trophy 2024-25
IMAGES from the IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru played in Hyderabad on Thursday
Vyshak was also fortunate to get guidance from former India and Karnataka pacer Abhimanyu Mithun during his initial days with the state Ranji Trophy team during the 2021-22 season.
As many as eight Board of Directors of the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) have signed a joint resolution for withdrawal of all powers vested with president Rajat Sharma, a move that could have far-reaching implications.
Mallika Sherawat, who made her debut in Bollywood in 2003 with Khwahish, has not had a release lately, even though she has been active on social media.
Axar Patel brought India D back into the game with a counter-attacking 86 following a disastrous start before picking up two timely wickets against India C for a standout effort on Day 1
The victory took India A to the top of the points table with a total of 12 points from three matches, crowing them as the eventual winners.
Kohli will be a key to RCB's success: Andy Flower
The likes of Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag and Rinku Singh will get another opportunity to enhance their red-ball credentials when the final round of Duleep Trophy matches begin in Anantapur
He was colourful. He was dramatic. He was The Master of His Craft. There never will be an editor as versatile as Pritish Nandy, notes Nikhil Lakshman.
Sharma had resigned on Saturday from his post, citing his inability to continue amidst 'various pulls and pressures', though without taking any name.
X claimed that the video in the social media posts which Sharma seeks to remove from its platform matches with his channel India TV's own livestream and is prima facie "authentic".
IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley and renowned media personality Rajat Sharma have been named as board members of the high-profile Hockey India League (HIL), which will be held across the country early next year.
The action came after a 'jatha' of 101 farmers, who resumed their foot march to Delhi shortly after 12 noon on Saturday from the Shambhu protest site on the Punjab-Haryana border, reached the barricades put up by the Haryana security personnel.
Delhi's air quality deteriorated significantly on Monday, with areas like Dwarka, Mundka and Najafgarh recording an AQI of 500, the worst this season. The city's overall AQI reached 491, triggering the implementation of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) Stage-IV restrictions in Delhi-NCR. Doctors warned of health risks, urging people to wear N95 masks and avoid outdoor activities. The Supreme Court questioned the Delhi government on its anti-pollution measures and warned against scaling down preventive measures without its permission. Delhi Chief Minister Atishi accused the BJP-led central government of political maneuvering while neglecting stubble burning in states it governs. Meanwhile, the city enforced stricter pollution control measures, including a ban on truck entry and suspension of construction activities. Air purifier sales surged, reflecting the public's concern over the severe air pollution.
Rajat Jain, managing director, Walt Disney India has decided to leave the company to pursue new opportunities after a three-year stint.
According to the Notice of Appeal filed by his lawyer Gary Naftalis in US District Court Southern District of New York, Gupta's "appeal concerns conviction only."
The 15-page judgment is amazingly lucid, elegant and balanced.
No one knows what Rajat Gupta gained from leaking insider information to Raj Rajaratnam. The irony is that he did not make any money.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) etched a new low in their IPL history, suffering their 10th playoff defeat in just 16 appearances.
