Intense cold grips North; fresh snowfall in Kashmir, Himachal

North India was in the grip of intense cold with 40 days of harshest winter period 'Chillai-Kalan' beginning in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday and icy winds sweeping across the plains. Dense fog......

Why the creation of Telangana is beneficial

One can expect that the formation of Telangana will have more positives than negatives. The ‘Telangana effect’ has already prompted demands for a separate Vidarbha and break up of Uttar......

Mushtaq Ali T20: Shaw hits maiden T20 hundred

Shaw sizzles with 61-ball 134 IMAGE: Prithvi Shaw did the bulk of the scoring, striking 13 fours and as many as nine sixes. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Repeatedly overlooked for the Indian......

Why ex-servicemen are opposing India-Pak T20 match...

‘Terror and T20 cannot go together’ IMAGE: Shahid Afridi of Pakistan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni of India. Photograph: Graham Crouch/Getty Images Himachal Pradesh's Ex-servicemen League......

Ranji Trophy: Karnataka beat Himachal by 67 runs

Abhimanyu Mithun (5/82) and Sreenath Arvind (3/43) rose to the occasion as Karnataka defeated Himachal Pradesh by 67 runs in their Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match in Dharmasala on Saturday.......

Umpires 'call' Sarandeep for second straight day

It never happened to him in his 11 years in first class cricket, but in the twilight of his career veteran off-spinner Sarandeep Singh finds himself at the receiving end of allegations that are......

Ranji Roundup: Hooda 4-wkt haul brings Haryana back into match

IMAGE: Robin Uthappa in action. Photograph: PTI Ashish Hooda scalped four wickets for 39 runs in an impressive pace bowling spell as Haryana came back into their Ranji Trophy Group......