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Some of the headlines make it sound like there was a fair bidding between Maharashtra and Gujarat for the Foxconn-Vedanta semiconductor project and Gujarat won the project, as well as the fair-play trophy, fair and square! Far from the truth! The fact is, Maharashtra never stood a chance, not when Gujarat is Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s home-state with Home Minister Amit Shah an unmoving stumbling block by Modi’s side.

In the renowned writer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel “Kapalkundala", there is a famous dialogue "Pathik, tumi ki path haraiacho" (Traveller have you lost your way)., Scanning the observations of the Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh in the course of the Bharat Jodo Yatra on its ninth day in Kerala, it seems that the dialogue of Kapalkundala is apt for the Congress Party which is currently on to a 3500 km Yatra through 12 states and two union territories in 150 days led by the indomitable52 year young Rahul Gandhi.

Kolkata: An own goal at the half-hour mark by defender Odei Onaindia Zabala, enabled Bengaluru FC to pip Indian Super League (ISL) champions Hyderabad FC 1-0 and set up a title clash with Mumbai in the 131st IndianOil Durand Cup football tournament here.

New Delhi: Stage is set for a fierce contest for top honour as Uganda’s world half marathon record holder Jacob Kiplimo on Thursday confirmed his participation in the US$268,000 Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, a World Athletics Elite Label Event, slated to be held here on Sunday 16 October.

New Delhi: Heirok Higher Secondary, Imphal, overpowered spirited Barway High School, Gumla, Jharkhand 2-0 to win the 61st Subroto Cup International Football Tournament Boys U-14 title at the Ambedkar Stadium here on Thursday.

New Delhi: MI Cape Town on Thursday named Simon Katich and Hashim Amla head coach and Batting coach respectively as the franchise announced its coaching team ahead of the inaugural SA20 player auction scheduled on 19th September in Cape Town.

New Delhi: Ace Midfielder Namita Toppo on Thursday announced her retirement from international hockey.

Jaipur: Chandigarh's Amrit Lal fired super seven-under 63 and with total of 12-under 128, emerged second round leader of Jaipur Open at the Rambagh Golf Club here on Thursday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi might not feel perturbed at 8 of his legislators in Goa switching their loyalty to the BJP but at the same time he cannot ignore the fact that this is a red alert for him and his party. It is an open secret that no leader worth name, except Rahul, is in the position to make a policy decision. To be fair enough to Rahul, he must lend his ears to the common peoples’ observation, undoubtedly induced by the rhetoric of the BJP leaders, on this incident. They echo the jibes of the BJP leaders “if Rahul cannot unite his own party men how he can claim to unite the country?”

On the one hand we have a politician on a ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ and, on the other, there’s the politician who divides along linguistic lines. And the manner in which this is being done couldn’t be more untimely. In the sense, why give Hindi a bad name by raising the highly contentious topic of India’s “link language” on none other than ‘Hindi Divas’.