Congress member E M Sudarsana Natchiappan said by marching to the Divisional Commissioner's office in Jhansi to know why people were being deprived of their right to employment under the NREGS, Rahul Gandhi had proved himself to be 'Yuvraj of people and the Yuvraj of my party'.
The police have so far seized approximately 1,700 kg of mephedrone from Pune and a couple of locations in Delhi.
Yuvraj Singh's patchy form and fear of inclement weather will be paramount when India take on the West Indies in the second One Day International, in Port of Spain on Sunday.
His wait to lift an IPL crown finally over, Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Yuvraj Singh said he will place the trophy right on top in his cabinet along with the World Cup victories. The 34-year-old from Punjab, who has been part of two World Cup-winning squads, had to wait for nine years to lay his hands on an IPL trophy and he described it an amazing feeling to finally win the championship. "It is an amazing feeling to win an IPL Trophy. I have won the World Cups but never won an IPL trophy. I have been playing this tournament for eight years now but never won it. That moment has finally come," Yuvraj told iplt20.com website. Yuvraj, who scored 38 in the final against RCB, said: "I had never tasted the sweetness of an IPL trophy and this is something really amazing. At the moment this trophy will go right on top in my cabinet. This one will go along with my World Cup victories." Yuvraj was left nursing an injury that he sustained in April during India's league match against Australia in the World T20 and was out of action for the early games of IPL.
The Indian cricketer presented Hakan Yakin with the man of the match trophy after the Euro 2008 game between Switzerland and Portugal.
Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh finds himself in a rather unflattering list with a British newspaper naming him as one of the 'top 10 sporting egos' of recent times.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Director Amrit Thomas has said the franchise team was interested in buying back Yuvraj Singh, who was eventually snapped up by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 7 crore in the IPL players' auction.
India's ODI vice-captain is threatening to slip into oblivion with his run of successively poor scores on the tour.
The left-hand batsman, who failed to find a place in the Indian team for the first and second cricket Tests against Pakistan, has been allowed to play Ranji Trophy matches for Punjab.
In yet another blow to India's campaign at the ongoing cricket tri-series, Yuvraj Singh was on Sunday ruled out of crucial Lanka ODI after being diagnosed with dengue.
West Indies batsman Chris Gayle smashed fifty from 12 balls for the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League on Monday to match India's Yuvraj Singh's record for the fastest half-century in Twenty20 cricket.
Yuvraj Singh is back in training after recuperating from a rare germ cell cancer and selection committee chairman Kris Srikkanth has said he wants the attacking left-handed batsman back in the side for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.
The Indian captain admitted that asking Yuvraj Singh to bowl the last over in the sixth ODI was a "bad" move.
Sports Minister Ajay Maken has promised government help to cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who is undergoing chemotherapy in the United States to recover from lung cancer.
Yuvraj Singh blasted a quickfire half-century in his comeback to international cricket to power India to victory against Australia in the one-off Twenty20 match in Rajkot, on Thursday.
Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt will come to India next week to play a cricket match against a team that includes World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh.
Hoping to make a comeback to international cricket with the Twenty20 World Cup in September, Yuvraj Singh batted for the first time on Monday since undergoing treatment for a rare germ cell cancer earlier this year.
The Australian captain claimed that his side has devised strategies to silence Yuvraj Singh in the fourth one-day international in Chandigarh.
Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who is recuperating in London after undergoing chemotherapy for a rare germ cell cancer between his lungs, will return to the country on Monday.
Yuvraj Singh, the costliest buy this season, hasn't set the Indian Premier League ablaze as was expected.
Yuvraj Singh's big hitting in the closing stages of the Indian innings made the difference, feels skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni after the hosts registered a thrilling 11-run win over Pakistan in the second T20 International.
Former allrounder Irfan Pathan on Monday questioned Hardik Pandya's leadership skills, saying his inability to adapt to match situations and failure to come up with a proper plan has cost Mumbai Indians dearly so far in this IPL.
Barring an injury, Yuvraj Singh's inclusion in the squad for the first Test against England is a certainly after the fine showing for India 'A' in the tour match, says Harish Kotian.
Tired of replying to the queries regarding his illness, Yuvraj Singh, recovering from a rare germ cell cancer between his lungs, has said it makes him feel ill again when people keep asking him about his health.
Yuvraj Singh's father Yograj Singh has launched another scathing attack at India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The former India cricketer has slammed Dhoni for underbowling his son and also shuffling him in the batting order. "I have played under the greatest captain - Ashok Mankad - so I know what is going around. After not playing international cricket for two years and then making a comeback is fantastic - hats off to him. The captain expects him to perform and then suddenly drops him to No 7 (against Bangladesh).
Yuvraj Singh has found support from the maverick batsman, who says the India left-hander is at the receiving end of 'unwarranted criticism' following his scratchy knock in the World T20 final against Sri Lanka in Dhaka, on Sunday.
Yograj Singh says his son may have the feeling that he was ignored for captaincy.
Senior BCCI official and IPL governing council chairman Rajeev Shukla on Tuesday said the BCCI is satisfied with the improvement shown by Yuvraj Singh and is hopeful of his availability during the upcoming World Twenty20 Championship in Sri Lanka.
India discard Yuvraj Singh scored an unbeaten 204 as Rest of India set Mumbai an improbable target of 782 runs for victory on the penultimate day of the Irani Trophy in Jaipur on Monday. Mumbai were at 79 for no loss, after opener Sushant Marathe retired hurt after injuring his finger, when stumps were drawn on the fourth day at the Sawai Mansingh stadium.
Recuperating from a "non-malignant tumour" in his left lung, flamboyant Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh said he is "absolutely fine" and would be returning to cricket very soon.
While Kapil is an academy member of the Laureus World Sports Awards along with Australian cricket legend Steve Waugh, Yuvraj has been invited in role of an ambassador.
Sachin Tendulkar benefited from an excellent series against South Africa and moved to No 21 in the LG ICC batting rankings.
'To take 600 wickets and to play the number of Test matches he has takes a special kind of cricketer.'
The mere mention of 'six sixes' rankles England captain Stuart Broad, who was at the receiving end when Yuvraj Singh accomplished the feat in the 2007 World Twenty20, but the pacer was sporting enough to "welcome" the Indian batsman back after recovery from cancer.
Rookie paceman Ishant Sharma has been drafted in to the final twelve for the second Test against Bangladesh.
Yuvraj Singh hit an unbeaten half-century after he took five wickets with the ball to script India's five wicket victory over Ireland in Bangalore, on Sunday.
Reader Kapil Thakur spotted India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh in Chandigarh.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday admitted that they will miss the service of left-hand batsman Yuvraj Singh in the forthcoming Asia Cup in Sri Lanka and hopes the southpaw would return to the national side soon.
Both Kishan and Iyer would be fired up to perform after not getting a run against Australia.
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