All rounder Abhishek Nayar's unbeaten century (102) and half centuries from Parthiv Patel, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja helped West Zone amass 425 runs for the loss of five wickets in 90 overs against North Zone on the opening day of four day Duleep Trophy match at Rajkot.
''Even today, after 63 years, I'm still looking forward to a new release.'
Alia has connections with several places about the globe -- Gujarat, Kashmir, UP, Germany, England -- and hails from a splendidly multi-cultural family.
'He batted like someone who has played 50 Test matches.' 'He is an unbelievable talent and hopefully if he is nurtured well, he will serve Indian cricket for a long, long time'
Virat Singh and captain Manoj Tiwary struck unbeaten half centuries and put on a rollicking century stand for the third wicket to enable East Zone trounce star-studded North Zone by eight wickets in the Mushtaq Ali T20.
The Bharatiya Janata Party suffered stunning losses in three Hindi heartland states, partial poll results showed Tuesday, forcing the party to rely on allies to form the government after a bitter and divisive election that was projected as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity.
From home-made Dhanush howitzers to mine-protected vehicle to rock bands to folk dances to foreigners posing with Indian artistes to gigantic dumping trucks to families having a gala time, Rediff.com brings you all the action on Day Two of the Make In India Week.
Ajit Agarkar, who is the frontrunner for the Indian chief selector's job, relinquished his assistant coach's post in Delhi Capitals.
'The local support from our MP is nil. He never comes to see our farms.'
Bollywood starlet Rakhi Sawant who is contesting from Mumbai North West seat has declared herself an "illiterate" with total assets of Rs 14.69 crore.
'If Rutuja Latke wins, it will come as a morale booster for Uddhav Thackeray. Her victory will mean that voters' sympathy is with Thackeray after the split in the party'
The Archies is an evergreen thought passed on from generation to generation. But Sukanya Verma wishes it had some of the comic's tee-hee humour and hyuk hyuk too.
'On that day, I decided no matter what harm comes my way, I am going out to help the poor.'
'We should wait for his statement rather than speculating and wish him all the best.'
Whoever can make acquiring smartphones more affordable will win the sales game.
'No one makes someone a cricketer. As a coach, you can only guide them.'
'Here we're exploring a different relationship which is better, cooler.'
The study will provide information about the spread of the infection and also throw light on herd immunity.
Bollywood gives Shashi Kapoor a final salute.
Bollywood pays their last respects to the Legend.
The cricket World Cup could be staged for the first time in the USA with some matches of the T20 World Cup 2024 likely to held at Central Broward Regional Park.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Tuesday poised to form the government for a third consecutive term with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance getting a majority in the Lok Sabha, notwithstanding crushing losses in three Hindi heartland states after a bitterly fought election that was projected as a referendum on his popularity.
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 543 and the number of cases climbed to 17,265 in the country on Monday, according to the Union health ministry.
While political experts claim that the Modi Magic is missing in the 2024 general election, the common people in the street -- at least those in the crowd on Thursday -- vow that they will vote for Modi and the candidate who contests the election doesn't matter much.
Modi lookalike Vikas Mahante celebrates the original's win.
'They will be in prison all their life and they will understand what suffering means to Reuben's and Keenan's families.'
The National Security Strategy document should flag all major issues concerning security strategy and provide guidelines to concerned departments to work out suitable action plans. Since the global and regional geopolitical canvas is dynamic, the NSS document should be deliberated at length before formulation and should be reviewed periodically, recommends Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).
'We were working on a scene just last month. He left so early. This is not fair God. It's a difficult time. Farewell Amit.'
Archis Patil was forced to abandon professional football after injuries, but his passion for the sport found other outlets, discovers Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com
If Pitroda's blunder cost him his office, what should the BJP's unrepentant attitude cost it?, asks Shyam G Menon.
A yellow-sari daintily clad Indrani was beaming broadly and it seemed like for the first time, for her, Rahul had done something right. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora Murder Trial.
'Today we are standing outside Mannat and we finally feel like jannat (heaven).'
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday hit out at the BJP for opposing Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray's directive to state police to keep a record of migrants coming here from other states, claiming the BJP was raking up the 'outsider' card with an eye on the Uttar Pradesh Assembly and Mumbai civic elections due next year.
'Me and my family along with Sarfaraz have given our entire life towards this dream.'
'There was so much grace, depth and serenity in him.'
'I never knew she had such a great sense of humour.'
A senior Mumbai police officer has claimed that the IPS brother-in-law of Sushant Singh Rajput had asked him to call the actor's girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty to police station and pressurise her.
'With China falling out of favour, India is where investors see the demographic and digital dividend apart from the benefits of reforms playing out.' 'Your prime minister has also done a great job of sharing this story with the world.'
'When I felt that the party is drifting away from Hindutva, I tried to speak to Uddhavji. But nobody was ready to listen.'
Among the bigwigs are Union ministers Amit Shah (Gandhinagar), Jyotiraditya Scindia (Guna), Mansukh Mandaviya (Porbandar), Parshottam Rupala (Rajkot), Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad) and SP Singh Baghel (Agra).
