He said whoever supported the Palaniswami rule cannot go to the people for votes.
Former International Cricket Council CEO Haroon Lorgat was on Saturday appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Cricket South Africa (CSA), replacing the controversial Gerald Majola.
As the nation woke up to images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi splashed across the front page of newspapers by Reliance Industries to announce the launch of its 4G services, Shiv Sena's Member of Parliament from South Mumbai, Arvind Sawant, was not impressed.
Rupani on Sunday met Governor O P Kohli and staked claim to form the government, a day after he was elected by BJP legislators to succeed Anandiben Patel.
It was widely speculated that the mantle would fall on Nitin Patel.
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Cricket South Africa (CSA) affiliates are divided over letting its chief executive Haroon Lorgat go to save the board from financial ruin in the on-going spat with the BCCI.
A cartoon of Lord Ganesha depicting the tussle between the Board of Control for Cricket in India and Cricket South Africa has outraged South Africa's Hindu community, which termed it a denigration of their faith.
'As he has no executive track record, so far, he is all talk and hence essentially a braggart and a bigot.' 'That he is described as the 'Trump of the tropics' should give a shorthand summary to what he stands for on issues in general,' points out Ambassador B S Prakash, India's former envoy to Brazil.
Suspended Indian Administrative Service officer Pradeep Sharma, who took on Narendra Modi over the snoopgate scandal when he was the Gujarat chief minister, was arrested on Tuesday in a corruption case, a day after the Enforcement Directorate attached his properties for alleged money laundering.
The Tours and Fixtures committee of the BCCI, which will meet under chairmanship of Rajeev Shukla on October 3, is likely to award Tendulkar's historic 200th Test match against West Indies to Eden Gardens, Kolkata, while the 199th Test is likely to be awarded to Ahmedabad's Motera.
Some of the expelled youth leaders, close to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, have already met party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, triggering speculation of their early return to party fold.
Keshav Joshi's tongue in cheek look at Narendra Modi's mega plans.
Factionalism has been made bitter by the level of personal attacks that warring senior leaders indulge in. Kavita Chowdhury reports.
Kerala Congress-M says nobody has asked Mani to resign as UDF leaders meet to discuss the issue.
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Under the current administration, political attitudes toward IP seem to have improved.
The two senior most leaders of the Communist Party of India-Marxist are at the loggerhead over alliance or adjustment with the Congress.
Meanwhile, Australia skipper Michael Clarke, who was entangled in a war of words with Cricket Australia over his availability, is still a doubtful starter for the first Test following question marks over his fitness.
Jaitley has made it a habit of giving soundbytes to the media like his predecessors on why RBI should cut interest rates
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A sub-inspector was arrested and dismissed from service for allegedly raping a 23-year-old domestic help at gun point, an incident which evoked strong reactions from political parties here with AAP demanding resignation of Delhi Police chief B S Bassi.
Terming the government's claim of allocating grants to IOA as 'misleading', the top sports body has asked the Sports Ministry to stop the practice as the money was only meant for meeting the expenses of the athletes during the multi-sporting events.
Amid the growing row between the government and governors, Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa recalls a landmark judgment by the Supreme Court that favours the latter.
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The Dalai Lama's Arunachal visit is not likely to derail the relationship but it is enough to signal the Chinese that India is also willing to flash the Tibet/Taiwan card should the need arise, says Sana Hashmi.
Mulayam said the new chief minister will be chosen by the Samajwadi Party.
Narendra Modi and Barack Obama will ponder over ties twice over, says Nayanima Basu
'A false narrative is being created, that Modi is a habitual offender when it comes to lowering the political discourse in the country.' 'Nothing can be farther from the truth,' argues Sudhir Bisht.
While Britain grapples with a hung parliament, EU has warned, 'We don't know when Brexit talks start. We know when they must end.'
The South African Cricketers' Association (SACA) on Tuesday described the curtailed India-South Africa series as a sad day for the sport and said cricket in the country would be at an overall loss due to this decision.
The ministers quit their posts in protest against central govt to grant special category status to Andhra Pradesh.
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected BCCI's suggestion for setting up a special committee to probe the IPL spot-fixing scandal and proposed a three-member panel headed by former Punjab and Haryana Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal to examine the issue.
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He said the bearer bonds can be purchased by corporate donors and donated to political parties without revealing their identity.
His recent walkout from Chief Justice Dipak Misra's court earned him critics in courts. 'Yet, even the senior-most judges give him the respect that he deserves.'
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