The plan to phase out the Soviet-origin aircraft fleet is part of the IAF's modernisation drive and it is not related to the latest crash of a MiG-21 jet in Rajasthan's Barmer on Thursday night.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Thursday.
Vaibhav Rawal scored a fine century before pacer Divij Mehra's dismantled Mumbai with a five-wicket haul to power Delhi to an emphatic eight-wicket victory in the Ranji Trophy Group B match.
A summary of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Wednesday.
Mumbai bowlers restricted Delhi to 211/7 and then cantered to the target in 31.5 overs, as Prithvi Shaw tore into the Delhi attack.
A summary of Ranji Trophy matches played on Thursday.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday.
A summary of all the action from Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Tuesday.
A summary of all the action from Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Wednesday.
A summary of Ranji matches played on Wednesday.
Besides Kohli, who led India to a historic Test series triumph in Sri Lanka recently, the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Gautam Gambhir and Ashish Nehra were also named among the probables.
A roundup of the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day matches played on Saturday.
'That would once and for all teach all the film-makers of this country a fitting lesson!'
The IAF received a total of 13 awards including five Yudh Seva Medals and seven Vayu Sena Medal.
A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday.
'These charges of the prosecution will fall to the ground and I am 100 per cent sure of that.'
Given the controversy over Uttar Pradesh's population control moves, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP MLAs in UP have.
Summary of all Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday
Shreyas Iyer's 51-ball 86 run blitzkrieg helped Mumbai sail past a tall Vidarbha total to notch up a five-wicket win in the Super League phase of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Group A match in Mumbai. Chasing Vidarbha's score of 181 for four, built mainly around opener Jignesh Sharma's punishing knock of 56 off just 30 balls, Mumbai cantered home in 18.5 overs to register their second straight victory in as many days in the tournament, at the Wankhede Stadium. Iyer and skipper Aditya Tare (41 in 24 balls) steadied the Mumbai innings after the early loss of left-handed opener Akhil Herwadkar (4) through a brisk second-wicket partnership of 71 runs in 7.2 overs.
Mumbai trounced Himachal Pradesh by 200 runs in their final Elite Group D game to remain unbeaten in the league stage
A round-up of Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday said it will protect the special status granted to the state under Indian Constitution.
The court in its judgment said the RJD chief was guilty of fraudulently withdrawing Rs 3.13 crore from the Dumka Treasury between December 1995 and January 1996, when he was the chief minister of undivided Bihar.
A round-up of the fourth and final day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
Former chief minister Jagannath Mishra was also found guilty in the case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.62 crore from the Chaibasa treasury in the 1990s.
This was Mumbai's second successive win after they had beaten Delhi in the lung-opener.
An ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh, including an immediate relief of Rs 50,000, was announced by the collector for the kin of the deceased.
Yet another surgical strike? India's Osama bin Laden moment? A fresh demonetisation exercise? What could it possibly be?
590 cricketers -- including 370 Indian players and 220 overseas players -- will go under the hammer during the two-day mega auction in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13.
Rediff Reader Ansh M visited Udaipur recently and came back with a bagful of memories!
'I would like to request the AERB, UCIL and DAE to introspect. The world is changing, so is India. The wave of development and modernity will not stop for those who continue to live in the past. The future belongs to the youth who believe in the values of honesty, transparency and efficiency.'
As suspense over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir continued, Peoples Democratic Party on Monday said the idea of a grand alliance with the National Conference and Congress was an option for forming a stable government in the state.
A summary of the second day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches played at various venues across the country.
The quantum of punishment will be announced on January 3, 2018.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Sunday
Buoyed by their thrilling last-ball win against Delhi Daredevils, a confident Rajasthan Royals will take on a beleaguered Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League cricket encounter in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.
Where do the big guns stand as counting underway for the Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand elections?
67 players, including 23 overseas, were sold and Rs 86.8 crore spent on them by the eight franchises in Bangalore on Monday.
Playing for Jharkhand, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was playing his first domestic match in eight years, made just nine before he was dismissed by Jammu and Kashmir's left-arm spinner Waseem Raza.
