Archive for November, 2008
The inaugural edition of the Champions League T20 scheduled to be played in Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai from December 3 to 10 has been postponed.
The decision was taken on Thursday by the Governing Council of the Champions League T20 after consultations among the three founding board members of the tournament – Board of Control for [...]
The death toll in Mumbai terror strike has gone up to 101 people including, six foreigners and three top police officials. According to reports last came in, 70 people taken hostage in different hotels have been rescued by commandos and seven terrorists were killed in operations. One terrorist has been arrested.In one of the most [...]
HOUSTON: Several Indian Americans have been appointed to the Obama-Biden transition team. Parag Mehta, from Texas has been named the deputy director of inter-governmental affairs and public liaison for several minority groups, including Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders.Besides Parag, there are a few more Indian Americans in the team. Nick Rathod has been appointed director to [...]
For the first time, a Pakistani head of state promised a “no-first nuclear-strike” against India, talked of change and reconciliation, of shared bloodlines and the possibility of doing away with passports.
“I can assure you that Pakistan will not be the first country ever to use (nuclear weapons),” said Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. “I hope [...]
Scientists’ fraternity in Uttarakhand has successfully managed to grow Artemesia, which is in near future expected to provide a fillip to production of malaria-related drugs in the state. Research has shown that drug made from this plant is more powerful in treating malaria than chloro-quinine.
It is noteworthy that the demand of Artemesia has abruptly shot [...]
Yuvraj Singh fighting a back injury and wearing a ‘black belt’ struck the second fastest One-day century by an Indian helped India to crush England by 158 runs in the first One-Day International on Friday at Rajkot
.The 26-year-old left-hander smashed 138 not out off just 78 balls to help
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India came very close to winning the Test series against the Steve Waugh’s Australians when the skipper and Simon Katich helped the team to a draw at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2001. Again, in 2007-08 the verdict would have been 2-1 in India’s favour but for the unsavory umpiring decisions at the SCG in [...]
Sydney: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M), one of India’s leading auto brands, has entered into a joint venture agreement with its existing partner, TMI Pacific, a local Australian importer and distributor of vehicles. The agreement will lead to the formation of a new company called Mahindra Automotive Australia which will continue the marketing, promotion and [...]
India managed a crucial 86-run lead over Australia on stumps on the third day after Hussey and Katich looked like giving a spirited fight back. But in the middle session, through a triple-strike and four wickets tumbling shortly before stumps, India finally had Australia still traling by 86 runs. Till then Australia scored 166 runs [...]
The wickets of the two Michaels, Clarke and Hussey, and Shane Watson in the space of 37 deliveries undid plenty of hard work and turned the match India’s way during a gripping afternoon session. Australia were inching towards India’s first-innings 441, with Hussey set for another hundred, but a burst of wickets left them 161 [...]