Virat Kohli sweats it out hard ahead of New Year's Test

South Africa vs India: Virat Kohli was batting in full tilt during an optional practice session on New Year's Day ahead of the 2nd and final Test of the series in Cape Town. India will look to bounce back in the 2nd Test after the innings defeat in Centurion. People crowd up fuel pumps to fill up their vehicle tanks fearing a shortage of fuel in Maharashtra's Nagpur, as truck drivers protest against the hit and run law.

Truck drivers staged protests at many places in Maharashtra on Monday against the provision in the new penal law regarding hit and run road accident cases involving motorists. The criminal code law, which repealed the British era Indian Penal Code (IPC) provides up to 10 years of punishment for fleeing an accident spot and not reporting the incident.

The protests raised the spectre of a shortage of fuel in some places. As the countdown to the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya begins, India Today's Gaurav Sawant brings this ground report from Shri Ram Nagri. Trinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhale has alleged that the BJP does not have any intention of fighting the election fair and square.

Speaking to Preeti Choudhry about INDIA bloc's pending seat sharing talks, Gokhale said there already exists seat sharing arrangements between Congress and regional parties in different states and they don't have to start from scratch. Gokhale also talked about the Bharat Nyay Yatra and how other opposition parties are also gearing up their campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections.

In an exclusive interview with India Today, Shiv Sena (UT) MP Arvind Sawant talked about his party's stance on the ongoing seat sharing discourse with alliance partner, the Congress for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections..