Digital campaigns compared to billboards or even print ads not only have the power to reach wider audiences but also reduce the campaign costs. The focus on social media by political parties at election time, therefore, is hardly misplaced.
There is no reason why the 37-year-old leg spinner can't do a decent job as captain of the Indian Test team. Not only is he a highly experienced player but also very intelligent and articulate.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India's probe panel on spot-fixing and betting charges in the Indian Premier League struck down as "illegal" as it was set up in violation of its own rules, the Bombay high court said on Wednesday. It went on to add that a prima facie case is made out that BCCI president-in-exile N Srinivasan was involved in its formation.
Annabel Mehta, Sachin Tendulkar's mother-in-law, has dedicated her life to working with the Beautiful People of the other half of Mumbai without whom the city would neither exist nor thrive. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel met the amazing lady who was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire for her service to underprivileged communities.
Avery declined to reveal the size of the fine but BBC reports said it was 1,000 pounds ($1,994).
Using a sledgehammer to fix some ills can cut down a game at its peak, warns Shekhar Gupta.
Mumbai Indians are all set to open the defense of their title against new outfit Rising Pune Supergiants.
Herschelle Gibbs will meet with Indian police for questioning over his involvement in the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal.
Party also concerned about dissension in Uttarakhand and erosion of support in Goa
"As far as my comeback is concerned, I am enjoying the journey at the moment without worrying too much about the destination."
The maiden meeting between the Pakistan government and a Taliban-nominated committee to frame a roadmap for peace talks was postponed on Tuesday, with representatives of the banned group claiming state negotiators had pulled out under "pressure".
The 'sleeping giant' woke up to a new dawn with the Indian Super League putting Indian football on the global map, but the national team continued to paint a grim picture, plummeting to its worst-ever rankings in an eventful year for the sport.
Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and M&M draw visitors with a range of concept cars.
"The government representatives have done their job surely meticulously," India coach John Wright said.
Mihir S Sharma outlines why this year's Union Budget does not respond to the needs of India's economy, or attempt to frame the economy's future.
Australia coach Steve Jenkin has asked his team to forget the past and concentrate on the World Cup final on Sunday
NZC chief executive Martin Snedden said he could understand India's reluctance to pluck their players out of domestic cricket to tour New Zealand.
As he blazes through the Rio Games aiming for his historic third batch of three sprint gold medals, Jamaica's Usain Bolt has been clear this is his last time on the Olympic track, where he feels he has nothing left to prove.
In the fourth of a six-part series Sahil Makkar finds out how badly Jalandhar's sports goods industry was hit by the note ban and the price it continues to pay.
Fast bowlers Makhaya Ntini and Charl Langeveldt claimed nine wickets between them as South Africa took control of the third Test against England.
'Is Rahul turning the Congress' covert soft-Hindutva support into overt support now?' 'And if so, following in the BJP's footsteps, is the Congress going to abandon Indian Muslims and Muslim causes altogether?' asks Dr Najid Hussain whose father-in-law former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri was killed during the Gujarat riots.
CSK is reinventing itself to get rid of the controversies and improve brand value
'His deposition shows that the dividing line between Pakistan's State and non-State actors had completely blurred in Mumbai's 26/11 terror strikes.'
Captain Sourav Ganguly is optimistic about Sachin Tendulkar's chances of taking the field in the Nagpur match.
'Our grandparents' generation knew one another.' 'In our generation, you could go a lifetime without meeting someone from the other country,' British Pakistani novelist Kamila Shamsie tells Rahul Jacob.
The Pakistan bowling great preferred devoting his time to his job as commentator.\n\n
They scored the 28 runs they needed for victory in four overs.
As the BJP snaps at its heels, can the Communists stay relevant in the electoral game?
Natthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Steve Waugh, Brian Lara and Graeme Smith have come up with stupendous performances to outshine him.
An ambitious project to awaken a sleeping giant of Asian soccer looks like confirming Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's famous remark that India pricks up its ears only when comparisons with China are made. With China embarked on a multi-billion dollar mission to become a soccer superpower by 2050, India looks set to follow suit with its own plan to raise its status in the game to match its burgeoning economic power. Come October, India, most famously described as soccer's sleeping giant by former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, will launch a programme to engage more than 11 million children in soccer-related activities.
With mind and body both more willing now, the only way for the World No 3 is up, says Dhruv Munjal.
Some stellar performances by seasoned veterans and promising youngsters continued to raise the bar in Olympic sports but there was heartbreak in equal measure when corruption scandals blighted India's favourite obsession, cricket, in a see-saw year for the country's sportspersons.
A Washington-based Pew Research Centre survey has revealed rising concern among Pakistanis about a threat to their country from India.
'I would personally like to see Rahul Gandhi continue as party president.' 'I genuinely believe he has far more to offer to the party still, particularly in leading us in these challenging times that we find ourselves in.'
'There is a Jack Warner or two in every Caribbean parliament today.'
A new generation of scholars -- this time, sociologists and anthropologists, who hitherto have been busy with researching social practices of primitive tribes and social structures like India's caste system -- are starting to cast their eyes on the financial sector.
'It will take a long time for the effects of demonetisation to wear away, and I am not even sure that a year lost, can at all be even recovered.'
