New Delhi, March 31 – Dinesh Karthik hit a power-packed 69 as Delhi Daredevils snapped Rajasthan Royals’ four-match winning streak, beating them by 67 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Wednesday. Karthik’s whirlwind 38-ball knock and skipper Gautam Gambhir’s 43 helped Daredevils get to a challenging total of 188 for six in 20 [...]
Gandhinagar, March 31 – Nirma Industries Ltd. Wednesday proposed before the Gujarat High Court that it can release 46 hectares of land allotted for its cement plant after petitioners alleged that the land for the proposed project was on a river bed. The proposal came after a division bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhya and [...]
New Delhi, March 31 – Having criticised actor Amitabh Bachchan over the past few days for accepting to be Gujarat’s brand ambassador, the Congress Wednesday refused to comment further on the issue. ‘I have nothing further to add,’ party spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan said to repeated questions on Bachchan. Asked about reports in the media about [...]
New Delhi, March 31 – From superstition to divine intervention, Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra are seeking everything so that their team Rajasthan Royals can keep on winning in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Before coming to the capital, Shilpa apparently made a trip to the Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai so that Shane [...]
New Delhi, March 31 – The world’s most popular cat and mouse – Tom & Jerry celebrated their 70th birthday in the capital Wednesday by dancing to Punjabi number ‘Ahun ahun’ from the movie ‘Love Aaj Kal’, leaving children and the audience asking for more. Two models dressed up as the popular animated characters laughed, [...]
New Delhi, March 31 – Delhi Daredevils defeated Rajasthan Royals by 67 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Feroze Shah Kotla here Wednesday. Chasing a target of 189, Rajasthan Royals were bowled out for 121 in 17.4 overs.
Kolkata, March 31 – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Wednesday blamed ‘bad governance’ of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for the spiralling prices of essential items. ‘History tells us that whenever the Congress is in power, prices go up,’ Gadkari said at a party convention here. The BJP chief said unless the [...]
Gandhinagar, March 31 – The Gujarat government has written to the central government seeking its intervention to free the eight cargo vessels with over 150 Indians on board hijacked by Somalian pirates. The state cabinet spokesman and Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas said here Wednesday that he had written a letter on behalf of the state [...]
New York, March 31 – Microsoft and Ford are to collaborate on the development of an electric car that will use Microsoft technology to streamline the battery-charging process, the companies announced Wednesday at the opening of the New York International Auto Show. Ford said it will use Microsoft’s Hohm electric-car charging optimization service to help [...]
Washington, March 31 – President Barack Obama Wednesday backed new drilling for oil and natural gas off parts of the US coastline as a short-term, but necessary, solution to the country’s massive energy needs. The move was viewed as an effort to placate some conservative Republicans, who have long called for more oil drilling and [...]
Hyderabad, March 31 – The situation in riot-hit parts of Hyderabad remained peaceful Wednesday and the police decided to relax curfew for two hours on Thursday in some areas. No untoward incident was reported from any of the curfew-bound or other areas of the city since Wednesday night. Police Commissioner A.K. Khan told reporters that [...]
New Delhi, Mar 31 – Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Oscar winner A.R. Rahman and Bollywood actor Aamir Khan were among those conferred with the prestigious Padma awards here Wednesday by President Pratibha Patil. In a grand ceremony, the Padma Vibhushan – the second highest civilian award – was bestowed upon Indian-origin American Ramakrishnan, eminent theatre [...]
New Delhi, March 31 – A 22-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by three auto rickshaw drivers in Sarai Kale Khan area of southeast Delhi Tuesday night, police said Wednesday. ‘The victim, a resident of Yamuna Vihar in northeast Delhi, had taken an auto from Civil Lines to her home. There were two other people in [...]
Manama (Bahrain), March 31 – An early warning aircraft stationed on board the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower crashed into the waters of the Gulf Wednesday, according to a statement from the US Navy 5th Fleet Command. ‘An E-2C Hawkeye from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121 stationed aboard USS Dwight D Eisenhower [...]
Mumbai, March 31 – The bullet-proof jacket worn by slain ATS chief Hemant Karkare returned to haunt the Maharashtra government Wednesday when the opposition Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party slammed it for purchasing sub-standard jackets. Senior Sena leader Ramdas Kadam, who raised the issue in the Maharashtra Legislative Council Wednesday evening, alleged that the vests purchased [...]
Ghaziabad, March 31 – Four labourers were killed and another critically injured when a truck ran over them in Ghaziabad, police said Wednesday. A truck was coming at high speed from Mohan Nagar side and going towards Meerut. Some people were waiting at the Meerut Road T-point for a bus around 12.30 a.m. Tuesday night. [...]
New Delhi, March 31 – With the political deadlock over the civil nuclear liability bill continuing, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday offered to discuss ‘deficiencies, if any’ with the opposition and said his government has ‘an open mind’ on the legislation. ‘We have an open mind on Nuclear Liability Bill. If there are any deficiencies, [...]
New Delhi, March 31 – Delhi Daredevils made 188 for six in 20 overs against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Wednesday. Dinesh Karthik struck an unbeaten 69 while Gautam Gambhir made 43.
New Delhi, March 31 – The government Wednesday assured support to the 17 Indians sentenced to death for killing a Pakistani national in the UAE, saying it will stand by them if they appeal in a higher court. ‘We have assured them that the government of India will stand by them if they appeal in [...]
Bhubaneswar, March 31 – Heat wave continued to grip several parts of Orissa Wednesday with maximum temperature crossing 42-degree Celsius mark in four towns, the weather office said. Baripada and Sambalpur (42.5 degree Celsius each), Titilagarh (42.2 degree Celcius)) and Jharsuguda (42.4 degree Celsius), Talcher and Sundergarh (42 degree Celsius each), and Bolangir (41.8 degree [...]
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