The Indian cricket team arrived in Ahmedabad on Monday for their first match of the three-Test series against visitors New Zealand, starting November 4 at the Sardar Patel stadium in Motera.
Opposition parties alleged that the PM's address was a violation of the Model Code of Conduct.
Skipper Subramanium Badrinath notched up a crucial 136 as South Zone took control of the Duleep Trophy final against North Zone, posting 477 in their first innings in Visakhapatnam on Friday.
The bail application of Utsav Sharma, who had attacked Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar in court premises, was on Tuesday rejected by the chief judicial magistrate court in Ghaziabad.
Delhi Daredevils, looking to get back to winning ways after two straight defeats, face a stern test against formidable Sunrisers Hyderabad in Thursday's IPL match, in Hyderabad.
Sunrisers Hyderabad surprised quite a few by opting to release the fast bowling duo of Ishant Sharma and Dale Steyn, while they also let go of England discard Kevin Pietersen.
Pace spearhead Trent Boult led the way with three wickets after David Warner's brisk half-century laid the foundation as Sunrisers Hyderabad recorded a 20-run win over Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League in Mohali, on Monday.
Pushed to the bottom of the table following their fifth defeat in six outings, former champions Mumbai Indians will look to keep their chances alive when they face a resurgent Sunrisers Hyderabad in a crucial Indian Premier League game at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents statistical summary of Rajasthan Royals and much more.
With the second Test set to start on Wednesday, here is a quick fact check on how both teams stand at the Gabba.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Heroes star Sendhil Ramamurthy on why he has been unemployed for so long and why he wouldn't call Gurinder Chadha's forthcoming film It's a Wonderful Afterlife a Bollywood movie.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals on Saturday.
A sense of practicality and idealism mingle in the works of veteran director Shyam Benegal, says Abhilasha Ojha.
Statistical highlights of the fifth day of the first cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka in Galle on Thursday.
A Bihar court on Saturday summoned Congress President Sonia Gandhi to appear before it on July 29 in connection with a complaint alleging that her depiction in posters in Uttar Pradesh in 2007 as Goddess Durga was an "insult to Hindu religion."
Sourav Ganguly celebrates his 47th birthday, on Monday, many Indian cricketers flooded the social-media with wishes for the veteran.
Mumbai, who scored 488 in the first innings, riding on captain Aditya Tare's 154, enforced the follow-on and the match was called off with Tamil Nadu 48 for one in 22 overs at the tea break.
Openers Abhinav Mukund and Robin Uthappa bulldozed the North Zone bowlers to script a brilliant run chase as South Zone clinched the Duleep Trophy with a day to spare in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.
Paras Dogra saved North Zone from a disaster as he smashed an aggressive unbeaten 147 to take his side to 266 for seven on the first day of the Duleep Trophy final against South Zone on Wednesday.
With the World Cup trophy being the missing feather in Sachin Tendulkar's dazzling cap, left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha hopes that tournament favourites India win it this time as a special tribute to the milestone man.
R Vinay Kumar wrecked havoc with a four-wicket haul as South Zone humiliated Central Zone by 552 runs to set up a summit clash with North Zone in the Duleep Trophy in Hyderabad on Saturday.
Abhinav Mukund (164) and Amit Verma (148) struck hundreds as South Zone inched towards an outright win over Central Zone at the end of third day's play in the semi-final of the Duleep Trophy cricket tournament in Hyderabad on Friday. Needing 770 runs to win, Central Zone were precariously placed at 73 for two in their second innings at stumps on the penultimate day of the four-day match.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Team India is all set to be seen in brand new attire after their official apparel sponsor Nike unveiled their new One-Day kit in Chandigarh on Wednesday.
Two ABVP activists threw ink at Kejriwal for his comments on surgical strikes by the army.
Collingwood, 42, became the first England captain to win a trophy at a global tournament when he guided them to the ICC World T20 in 2010. He was part of three Ashes series wins over Australia before retiring from international cricket in 2011.
Check out the Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2014.
Delhi Daredevils paid the price for shoddy batting as they virtually crashed out of the IPL losing to Sunrisers by eight wickets via D/L method in an encounter interrupted by intermittent showers.
Two terrorists, one each from the banned United Liberation Front of Asom and Karbi Longri North Cachar Liberation Front (KLNLF) surrendered with arms and ammunition before the Inspector General of the Border Security Force, Prithvi Raj in Shillong on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka were 66 for 1 at stumps, in reply to India's 642 in the fist innings, at the end of Day 2 in the second Test in Kanpur on Wednesday. Rahul Dravid went on to score a fluent 144 while Rangana Herath claimed five wickets as India were dismissed in 154 overs.
Andrew Symonds's half-century and a superb spell from Pragyan Ojha enabled Deccan Chargers outclass Delhi Daredevils by 11 runs and storm into the semi-finals of the Indian Premier League, in Delhi, on Sunday.
It was an inauspicious start to the inaugural Day/Night Duleep Trophy match with a major floodlight malfunction grabbing more attention than Pink ball making its first class debut in India. A power failure saw two stoppages in play with the second one leading to lights going off completely in a couple of floodlight towers. There was a total 78 minutes of interruption due to power tripping in two towers in two separate phases.
In heart-wrenching scenes reminiscent of the aftermath of the 2019 Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed, coffins of soldiers arrived in several states for the last rites with full military honours.
Images from the fifth day of the drawn second Test between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, on Friday.
A local court in Muzaffarpur in Bihar on Wednesday took exception to non-compliance of its October 6 order by Mumbai Police to produce MNS chief Raj Thackeray in the court and issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against the Marathi politician for his "hate speeches" against Biharis.
Muttiah Muralitharan became the first bowler to take 800 wickets in Test cricket when he dismissed Pragyan Ojha caught in the slip by Mahela Jayawardene. The chronology of first player to reach every important milestone in Test cricket.
Muttiah Muralitharan claimed the wicket of Pragyan Ojha on Day 5 of the first Test against India on Thursday to breach the 800 wickets mark and sign off as the highest Test wicket-taker of all time. It is highly unlikely that anyone in contemporary cricket, or in the near future, will even get near that feat.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals in Mohali, on Wednesday.
Rhea Kapoor had a blast producing Aisha, starring her sister Sonam.
Disruptive pacer S Sreesanth was recalled to the Indian Test squad for the first two Tests against Sri Lanka, beginning in Ahmedabad, next week. Pacer Zaheer Khan, having recovered after shoulder injury, also returned to the side as expected.
