The IPL, which was indefinitely suspended on Tuesday, had bookies plugging an accredited cleaner at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla ground for doing 'pitch-siding' which helps ball-to-ball betting.
If the government of the day would like to set in place a smooth and well-planned changeover and facilitate the incoming chief to chalk out his action plan well in advance, the announcement of a successor needs to be done early, observes Colonel K Thammayya Udupa (retd).
The song -- Mera desh badal raha, aage badh raha hai (My country is changing, moving forward), which is part of the government's plan of a string of events to mark the completion of two years of Modi government on May 26, was released on Twitter.
Minister of state for defence, Rao Inderjit Singh, on Thursday asked the armed forces to "prioritise" their requirements in the view of the limited budget and also spend the allocated money efficiently.
'Amitabh Bachchan Sir said some nice and encouraging things about the trailer, the way I directed it and, of course, about Abhishek's performance.'
The defence ministry spokesman refused to confirm or deny any such operation.
Navy Day is observed on December 4 every year to celebrate the magnificence, achievements and role of the naval force to the country.
'Who decides what is jingoistic?' 'What is patriotic?' 'Who decides Lagaan is patriotic and Gadar is jingoistic?'
PM urges lawyers to fight cases for the poor for free.
For women's hockey in the country, this result may well turn out to be a watershed moment.
Joginder Tuteja looks at Bobby Deol's career over the years.
'We are under pressure from officials and confined to our home while the media has also been disallowed from meeting us'
'Deepika had seen some Simmba rushes.' 'She doesn't react much to anything in life.' 'But when the screen went off, she looked at me and said "hot lag raha hai".'
'There's nothing like failure in science, we experiment & we gain'
Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Thursday took over the baton of the chairman of the chiefs of staff committee from outgoing IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha even as the government plans to create a new post to focus exclusively on inter-services issues and acquisitions.
'He destroyed many of our tanks, and finally, it was just the two of us left facing each other with our tanks just 200 m apart.' A tale of valour excerpted from Rachna Bisht Rawat's 1971: Charge Of The Gorkhas And Other Stories.
Kangana steps out to watch her latest film.
On challenges being faced in the search operations, Bargotra said the weather which was bad had improved since Sunday.
The banned spinner supports Akhtar's claims and says he will reveal the names of players who discriminated against him.
From ice-capped Siachen, the highest battlefield in the world, to the warships off South Korea, Indian armed forces on Tuesday joined the International Yoga Day celebrations.
'As a family, we were not going through a very good time financially.' 'I wanted to be an interior designer, but I didn't have enough money to join the polytechnic.' 'I was about 15-and-a-half, 16, so I said okay, let me just try (acting).'
India's largest-selling deo brand is constantly reinventing itself, says Sohini Das.
While we may not even have heard of some of her flops (Miley Na Miley Hum, Waada Raha... I Promise, Rajjo), Joginder Tuteja looks at Kangana's biggest flops.
The Indian Air Force will induct the indigenous HTT 40 basic trainers in "large numbers", which will boost the domestic capability although it was earlier keen for a Swiss aircraft.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is in talks to acquire oil properties abroad worth $15 billion, company chairman Subir Raha said on Friday
'There is a part of me that says it is a great time to tell stories from my own land.' 'But then opportunities are coming my way from all over the world.' 'So one foot is here and one foot is in the West.'
At a time when tensions are high over the repeated ceasefire violations perpetrated by Pakistan's troops at the Line of Control and China's incursions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the country's top military officers at the defence ministry.
Party sources said its central leadership found Tiwari's remarks 'highly irresponsible', and its national president J P Nadda 'pulled up' the state brass for not taking quick action.
Kumar, who chose not to react when the 31-year-old Rashtriya Janata Dal leader made a series of personal attacks and allegations in his nearly an hour-long speech, erupted in anger when the latter sought to interject during a statement made by Janata Dal-United leader and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary.
'The people who want my career destroyed can spread whatever lies they want,'
'Kindly have us airlifted at the earliest. We are in a very bad situation here.'
'I learnt how generous an actor can be to a co-star and that long-lasting friendships can be made even in this professional industry.'
Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja got another opportunity to perform his traditional celebration of bat brandishing during his career-best knock of 90 runs during the ongoing third Test of the five-match series against England at the Punjab Cricket Stadium (PCA) in Mohali on Monday.
Sukanya Verma picks 10 essential David Dhawan movies you need to watch to understand their loony appeal.
'I accept that huge responsibility very humbly.'
Kriti Kharbanda spills the beans on what she thinks of PM Modi style.
The 1,000-year-old Sahastrabahu temple is dedicated to mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, and the relationship they share.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said all clauses of the Bodo Accord signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Government last year will be implemented within two-and-a-half years.
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