Rahul Gandhi replied on Twitter, saying, 'Thank you for your greetings @narendramodi ji. I appreciate them.'
England captain Alastair Cook said a lack of experience on the subcontinent cost his team dearly as they fell to a first-ever test defeat by Bangladesh in Dhaka on Sunday. England suffered an astonishing collapse at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, losing 10 wickets in a single session in their second innings, and were all out for 164 while chasing 273 for victory on the third day of the second and final test. Next up for Cook is a five-match test series in India starting on Nov. 9, on spin-friendly pitches similar to the one England struggled to come to terms with in Dhaka.
'The last time I met him will be one I will always cherish. It was in February this year.' 'I was asked to give him the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and was warned he was frail and uncommunicative.' 'I approached him with some trepidation, but was delighted to find that not only did he recognise me, he also hugged me warmly and showered much affection,' Shabana Azmi tells Subhash K Jha.
Praveen Kumar and Piyush Chawla picked four wickets each as India beat Pakistan by 140 runs in the second match of the tri-series.
India won the toss and opted to bat against Pakistan in the second match of the triangular one-day series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday. India have included uncapped batsman Yusuf Pathan in the team for their first match of the tournament.
Bangladesh won the toss and opted to field against Pakistan in the rain-delayed opening match.
Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar said the proposed new ruled were among measures taken to overcome the problem of illegal immigrants. "The social visit pass replaces the visas-on-arrival which was discontinued in April," Syed Hamid told Parliament on Thursday.
'The death of Tulsi Ramsay signals the end of an era.'
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has asked the Centre to seal off the porous Indo-Bangla border to prevent infiltration by militants from Bangladesh. More than 100 camps of North East-based militants, including the United Liberation Front of Asom, National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Issac-Muivah) among others are operating within Bangladesh. India shares a 4,095 km-long border with Bangladesh, including the longest in West Bengal at 2,216-km, part of which is porous.
Special Trial Tribunal-3 Judge Sayeed Ahmed pronounced the verdict in presence of seven of the accused. One of the death row convict is on the run.
"We must feel secured in the relationship with our large neighbour. These are not easy to do but both our foreign official machinery posses that kind of sophistication that is necessary to evolve a relationship of that kind."
Neither India nor Bangladesh recognise the 36 families living in Maleghar, Pararchowk and Niyamura villages in a virtual no man's land as their own citizens, exposing them to a lot of harassment.
The Barmy Army has joined limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan in pulling out of the upcoming tour to Bangladesh due to prevailing security concerns.
The Rs 1,600-odd crore (excluding income from joint ventures) Star India has been in dull form for over three years now. From an aggressive leader that protected every shift in rating points, it seems increasingly like a defender.
Jake Ball made a memorable One-day debut as he combined with Adil Rashid to derail Bangladesh's chase and bowl England to a thrilling 21-run victory in the first match of the series, in Mirpur, on Friday.
Aanchal Shrivastava took a huge risk when she quit a well paying job to become a full-time singer.
The tournament will be held across four cities in Bangladesh, from Jan 27 to Feb 14, 2016
The BJP doesn't want to focus entirely on an anti-Mamata campaign.
A new government plan aims to multiply the number of skill development centres and the number of people who get vocational training.
Rain has washed out play for the third consecutive day in the second and final Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday.
Rain has washed out play for the second consecutive day in the second and final Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday.
Light rain delayed the start of the tri-series final between India and Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday.
The first day's play in the second and final Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand has been washed out by steady rain over the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday. New Zealand lead the two-match series 1-0 after securing a three-wicket victory in the opening match in Chittagong on Tuesday.
Pakistan bulldozed Bangladesh by 70 runs in a rain-curtailed tri-series opener to extend their unbeaten run in one-day internationals to 12 at Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka on Sunday. Riding on sparkling half-centuries by Salman Butt (70) and Mohammad Yousuf (59), Pakistan scored a challenging 233 before being folded in 39.3 overs, after sent in to bat in a match reduced to a 40-40 affair.
Pakistan's experienced all-rounder Shoaib Malik has said that he and his teammates are keen to set up a rematch with India in the final of the Asia Cup tournament in Bangladesh. Malik told the Pakistani media in Mirpur that they had lost to India in the group match on Saturday since the team had failed to adapt to the conditions at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium. "I think we failed to read the pitch and conditions properly against India and instead of adapting ourselves we committed hari kari (fumbled) by trying to play overly attacking shots," he said. The former Pakistan captain said everyone in the team was disappointed by the defeat but were now also more intent on winning matches to qualify for the final.
Dale Steyn became the second South African bowler to claim 400 Test wickets.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is impressed by Hardik Pandya's cameo in India's convincing win in the Asia Cup T20 opener against Bangladesh and called the young all-rounder an "overall package" who could be promoted in the batting order in the coming days.
The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to complete fencing work along the Indo-Bangla border within three months to check cross-border influx of illegal Bangladesh nationals into Assam and streamline the process to deport them back.
Seven university students and chief of a banned Islamist group were charged for the murder of an atheist blogger in 2013.
An ecological disaster is in the making in the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest spanning across the Indo-Bangla border, after an oil tanker collided with an empty cargo vessel. The incident spilled nearly 350 tonnes of oil into the Sela river, threatening the survival of multiple species of flora and fauna.
India, Pakistan and Bangladesh will play a tri-series of one-day internationals between June 8 and 15 at the Sher e Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.
With most private television channels deserting it, DD Direct Plus, the direct-to-home (DTH) company from Prasar Bharati, has become a true pubcaster carrying 34 channels of which 31 are from Doordarshan.These 31 DD-channels include 19 television channels and 12 All India Radio channels. The private channels that were recently disconnected from DD Direct Plus include Aaj Tak, Headlines Today, BBC World, Star Utsav and Akash Bangla, sources said.
Rookie left-arm paceman Mustafizur Rahman captured five wickets to scuttle India in the first ODI against Bangladesh.
An unbeaten century by Gautam Gambhir powered India to a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the last league match of the tri-series, at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka on Thursday. The victory set up a summit clash against arch-rivals Pakistan on Saturday. Set 223 to win, India overhauled the modest target with 14.5 overs to spare.
An unbeaten century by Gautam Gambhir powered India to a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the last league match of the tri-series, at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka on Thursday. The victory set up a summit clash against arch-rivals Pakistan on Saturday. Set 223 to win, India overhauled the modest target with 14.5 overs to spare.
A jailed undertrial from West Bengal was found in possession of maps related to Rajpath and Rashtrapati Bhawan.
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MP from Hyderabad, chanted "Jai Bheem, Jai Meem, Takbeer Allahu Akbar, Jai Hind", after members from the ruling side shouted slogans of 'Jai Shri Ram', 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'Vande Mataram'.
In a case of fratricide, a Border Security Force trooper allegedly killed two officers and injured another at a remote border post in Assam's Dhubri district before shooting himself on Thursday.
Two persons including a Hyderabadi woman has been arrested in the Mecca Masjid blasts case, police said on Friday.
India beat Bangladesh by 46 runs in the second ODI to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
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