After being defied by young New Zealand batsmen Jesse Ryder and debutant Kane Williamson for almost two full sessions on Day three of the first Test, India's new ball bowler S Sreesanth maintained that the home team bowlers had performed well on the flat track at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera.
The top court was hearing a plea which referred to his statement on restoring Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and contended it clearly amounts to a seditious act and therefore he is liable to be punished under section 124-A of the IPC.
Images from the World Cup match between in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
South Africa won the third and final one-dayer at Motera on Saturday to reduce India's series-winning margin to 2-1.
Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah along with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and other party leaders were booed off stage as the members of Hardik Patel's Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti created ruckus and vanadalised furniture at a programme to felicitate Patel leaders in Surat.
Harbhajan Singh smashed an attacking career-best eighth half-century as India posted an imposing first innings total of 487 and then snapped two early wickets to wrest initiative on the second day of the opening Test against New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Friday.
India posted a mammoth first innings score before claiming a couple of wickets to continue their domination against New Zealand, on Day 2 of the first Test, at the Sardar Patel stadium, in Motera, Ahmedabad, on Friday.
He cautioned people against forces inside and outside India which are working against the country by targeting it and its constitutional values.
The BJP and TRS took digs at each other over the celebrations marking the annexing of the erstwhile Nizam-ruled Hyderabad state to the Union of India, with the former slamming vote bank politics behind the lack of official commemoration so far while the ruling party warned against communal forces trying to divide the society.
'People will feel cheated as they always felt a part of India. We want to be with India and we want people of India to accept us.' Laway tells Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
In an interview to rediff.com, Neerja Singh, author of the book Nehru-Patel: Agreement within Difference, argues that both Nehru and Sardar Patel possessed very different personalities and temperaments, yet both were deeply secular
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to farmers and other stakeholders associated with the cooperative sector to make GCMMF, which owns the 'Amul' brand, the world's number one dairy company from its current eighth position. He was addressing nearly one lakh people, mostly cattle rearers and farmers, gathered at the Narendra Modi stadium in Motera area of Ahmedabad for the golden jubilee celebration of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF).
With a 2-0 lead in hand, India are firmly on course to record a second successive one-day series triumph at home as they take on West Indies in the third ODI of the five-match rubber at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium in Motera on Monday.
RSS leader Rajesh Kunte on why dragged the Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to court and why he believes that the RSS is being wrongly targeted in this matter.
Congress on Friday termed as "disgusting" and "petty-minded" the way the Narendra Modi government marked the death anniversary of Indira Gandhi while the ruling BJP wondered if that party prefers to see history through the "perspective" of Nehru-Gandhi family.
A final call on the availability of captain Anil Kumble and young speedster Ishant Sharma for the second cricket Test against South Africa will be taken on Wednesday after a fitness assessment of both players.
'I am very satisfied,' declared Gary Kirsten, with a sigh of relief, a day ahead of the third and final One-day International between India and South Africa at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera.
Proteas batsman AB de Villiers says Rahul Dravid's non-availability for the Test series is a big blow for India, though it is Virender Sehwag who is worrying the South African think-tank the most.
Services remained on top of the medal table with 41 gold, 28 silver and 26 bronze for a total of 95. Haryana won four of the five gold medals in archery to consolidate their second place with 29 gold.
The Patel quota agitation leader formed the Patel Navnirman Sena bringing together the Patels, Kurmis and Gujjars.
Riding on Ajit Agarkar's five-wicket haul Mumbai stormed into the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy with a convincing nine-wicket victory over Himachal Pradesh at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday. Resuming on 200 for five, Himachal Pradesh could manage only 87 runs before being bundled out for 287, giving Mumbai an easy target of 43 runs.
A devastating six-wicket haul by paceman Abhishek Nayar helped Mumbai restrict Himachal Pradesh to 250 in their first innings in their Ranji Trophy quarter-final match in Ahmedabad on Friday.
A virgin Motera pitch has become the big talking point as captain Virat Kohli looks to get the combination right with India looking to continue their momentum to trouble England in the day-night third Test match, starting in Ahmedabad, on Wednesday.
The World XI beat Bangladesh XI by 12 runs in the inaugural match of the Indian Cricket League Twenty20 World Series at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday night. Chasing a competitive target of 168, the Bangladesh team could muster only 159 for 9 from the allotted 20 overs.
The team inspected the facilities but remained tightlipped on its observations.
'Where is the remote control in the BJP? When I become president, the remote control will stay with me'
Hyderabad Heroes beat Royal Bengal Tigers by nine wickets and 29 balls to spare in the ICL Twenty20 Championship at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Bengal Tigers, put in to bat, were all out for 111 runs in 19.4 overs.
Hyderabad Heroes beat Royal Bengal Tigers by nine wickets and 29 balls to spare in the ICL Twenty20 Championship at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Bengal Tigers, put in to bat, were all out for 111 runs in 19.4 overs.
Sunita Williams, who set a record for the longest stay in space by a woman, was welcomed by her father Deepak Pandya and uncle Vitthal Pandya this morning at the Sardar Patel International Airport
The minister, who visited the Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre at Chhattarpur to review its COVID-19 management status, also said that "our success" can be seen in the recovery rate which is almost 63 per cent at present.
Royal Bengal Tigers stormed their way to the top of the table after outclassing Mumbai Champs by 12 runs in the Indian Cricket League (ICL) Twenty20 Championship at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Chasing a target of 171 in the allotted 20 overs, the Champs were bowled out for 158 in 19.5 overs to hand Bengal their third successive win in the tournament.
Chandigarh Lions beat Chennai Superstars by eight runs in the ICL encounter on Saturday.
Jaswant Singh's book has raised a fresh controversy on who was responsible for the Partition of India. Some think it was Mohammed Ali Jinnah; others say Jawharlal Nehru/Sardar Patel. The truth is that the seeds for Partition were sown at least 80 before Partition actually happened.
Bengal defeated Haryana by 18 runs at Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera near Ahmedabad on Monday morning.
Dr Jashu Patel, who led the delegation, told Rediff.com he did not discuss the protest when he met Modi, "but he was aware of who we were and we had communicated with him three days ago". "I am concerned about what is happening in Gujarat," said Dr Patel, "So we submitted a memorandum to him."
Soon after his arrival in the morning at the Ahmedabad airport for a two-day Gujarat visit, Modi directly reached Patel's residence in Gandhinagar and offered floral tributes to the veteran politician, who headed the first BJP-led government in the state in 1995.
To understand Modi, listen to what he does not say -- vide NRC, suggests Prem Panicker.
Pitch curator Dhiraj Parsana says the wicket for the second Test between India and South Africa will have good bounce for the seamers on the first two days and be good for batting after that.
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