Rookie pacer Rahul Shukla, who stole the limelight with figures of three for 23 in Rajasthan Royals' four-wicket win over Otago Volts in a crucial Champions League Twenty20 match, said he was eager to prove his worth after being dropped for two games.
If BCCI Vice-President Rajeev Shukla has to be believed then Sachin Tendulkar is in Parliament because of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla and Rocky Rufus of Baroda Cricket Association have been appointed administrative managers of the Indian team for the ODI and Test series respectively against England.
This is purely cricketing invitation and shouldn't be mixed with politics: BCCI VP Shukla on Pakistan visit
The response was tepid in other parts of the country even as several INDIA bloc parties as well as other non-BJP outfits extended their support to the bandh.
Celebs and commoners cast their votes in the second phase of the Lok Sabha election on Friday, April 26, 2024
IAF's four fighter pilots undergoing rigorous training for the landmark Gaganyaan mission, and who earned the 'astronaut wings' on Tuesday, have a stellar resume. They have a flying experience in the range of nearly 2,000-3,000 hours and two of them are recipients of the prestigious 'Sword of Honour'.
The stars attended Abhinav and Ashima Shukla's wedding reception at Taj Land's Bandra.
Uttar Pradesh were 259 for 4 in reply to Saurashtra's first innings total of 342, on day 2 of the Ranji Trophy match.
IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla on Saturday said that the scheduling of the league has not been related to Lodha Pnael recommendations about having a 15-day gap between start of the cash-rich league and India's national calender. The IPL is scheduled to begin on April 9 this year but if India play the final of the World T20 on April 3, it will be a straightaway violation in case the recommendations are implemented in toto. "IPL scheduling has nothing to do with Lodha recommendations. We are going ahead with our schedule and everything," Shukla told reporters during the IPL auctions.
Senior Congress leader V C Shukla, who was injured after heavily-armed Maoists ambushed a convoy of party leaders in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, was on Sunday airlifted to a hospital in Gurgaon near New Delhi from Raipur
The US of late has seen a rise in Hinduphobia which needs to be fought because there is no place for hatred in this country, Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar has said, as he joined a group of Hindu leaders and organisations seeking to fight this growing hate crime against the community.
Sanjay Jagdale and Ajay Shirke welcomed IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla's decision to step down from the post in view of the recent controversies surrounding the T20 league and said it's time the credibility of Indian cricket was restored.
Doomariyaganj MLA Sayeda Khatoon had on Sunday visited the Samay Mata temple at the invitation of the local people to participate in a Shatchandi Mahayagya.
Raveena Tandon and daughter Rasha Thadani offered prayers at the Somnath Mahadev temple in Gujarat.
The Prime Minister has organised a reception for the team at his residence at 11 am.
Flight attendants, football coaches, renegade robots, underwater superheroes, it's all there on OTT this week.
The state government cancelled the exam on March 2, following reports that the paper was leaked.
The BCCI said that forming a working group is aimed at finding the procedures to implement the order and should not be seen as a delaying tactic.
The RJD has fielded six women candidates, some of them are wives of bahubalis.
The Madhya Pradesh unit of the Akhil Bharatiya Brahmin Samaj said it will move the high court against the demolition at the house belonging to his father.
With the controversy over IPL raging, BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday.
Refusing to react to Sunil Gavaskar's criticism of the Board Of Control For Cricket In India's decision to resume bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan, senior BCCI official Rajeev Shukla said that the former India captain was entitled to his opinion.
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla on Thursday joined the Congress and slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, saying his promise of serving the country is nothing but "plain dishonesty".
The Mumbai police has decided to provide security to Manoj Shukla Muntashir, the dialogue writer of the film Adipurush after he cited a threat to his life, an official said on Monday.
Bigg Boss 14 winner Rubina Dilaik is really enjoying the current phase of her life.
Prakash Chander Pandey will be produced in court later in the day, CBI sources said.
Hailing Indian cricket team's comprehensive win against Australia in the second Test, BCCI Finance Committee chairman Rajiv Shukla on Tuesday said the victory has silenced those who criticised the senior players unnecessarily.
Year after year, the number of yoga practitioners participating in the official and unofficial events on International Yoga Day in different cities is growing, especially the young people, officials say.
'I don't think this is such a big issue ... why make an ego issue of it and insist on playing in Dubai only'
Indian Premier League chairman Rajeev Shukla condoled the death of former BCCI chief NKP Salve, saying he would always be remembered for his huge contribution to Indian cricket.
The complainant referred to Gandhi's comment that the BJP claims to believe in honest and clean politics but has a party president who is an "accused" in a murder case.
The television actor likes a dash of comfort with her style.
India's tactical and operational response demonstrated its ability to prosecute tri-service operations, even without a formal tri-service doctrine or the higher command structure needed to coordinate it, points out Ajai Shukla.
Shivakant Shukla remained uncounquered on a patient 178 to pilot Uttar pradesh into the final of Ranji Trophy for the third time in four years in Nagpur on Wednesday.
Out of the 25 seats, five seats each are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes.
East Zone bowlers led by the seasoned Laxmi Ratan Shukla rattled South Zone in the final hour reducing them to 236 for nine despite Robin Uthappa scoring a well-crafted hundred on the first day of the Duleep Trophy semi-final in Lahli on Wednesday.
BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla praised Indian batsmen for pulling off the second highest ever successful run chase in ODI history against Australia and said the win in the second ODI has made the seven-match series exciting.
Aditya Verma, the petitioner in the Indian Premier League betting and spot-fixing case, says, as per the Supreme Court order, no official having commercial interest in the BCCI can stand in the elections because of conflict of interest.
What will stand Shukla in good stead as minister for parliamentary affairs will be his ability to communicate across party lines and get along with most political parties. Thanks to his affable nature, Shukla has friends in the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Nationalist Congress Party and many other regional parties
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