IPL: Chennai Super King’s Ben Hilfenhaus wrecked Delhi Daredevils batting
May 12, 2012
Scorecaed: Chennai Super Kings 115 for 1 (Vijay 48*, Hussey 38) beat Delhi Daredevils 114 for 5 (Nagar 43*, Hilfenhaus 3-27) by nine wickets
Ben Hilfenhaus' early spell was the defining phase for Chennai Super Kings
Salman’s ‘Ek Tha Tiger’, teaser gets roaring response
May 12, 2012
Salman Khan jumps, punches and kicks like never before in "Ek Tha Tiger". The teaser of Kabir Khan's film has just been released and it has received a positive response from the film fraternity as well as the fans.
Sports: Dribblers he trains bring laurels to nation, state
May 12, 2012
GND Stadium: There are a few sportspersons, who are a walking school in themselves, just because of the experience they have in their respective sport. Sankaran Subramanian, 74, is one such person, who has nourished a five-decade-long relationship with basketball and continues to train talented players till date.
Subramaniam has been training the players of Ludhiana Basketball Academy (LBA) for last 12 years at Guru Nanak Dev Stadium. LBA has produced more than 20 international players under his training.
Around world, Obama’s presidency a disappointment
May 12, 2012
In Europe, where more than 200,000 people thronged a Berlin rally in 2008 to hear Barack Obama speak, there's disappointment that he hasn't kept his promise to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, and perceptions that he's shunting blame for the financial crisis across the Atlantic.
High court acquits US teenager of his mother’s murder charge
May 12, 2012
JODHPUR: US teenager Jon Carlo Patten, who was sentenced for the murder of his mother Cynthia Iannarelli at Jodhpur, has been acquitted by the Rajasthan high court. Jon was in the custody of a juvenile home at Jodhpur since May 2011.
1949 Ambedkar cartoon in textbook rocks Indian Parliament
May 12, 2012
NEW DELHI: A cartoon on Jawaharlal Nehru and B R Ambedkar, first published in 1949 and reproduced in a school text book, set off a storm in Parliament on Friday forcing HRD minister Kapil Sibal to apologize after parties alleged the depiction insulted Ambedkar.
IPL 2012: RCB thump insipid Pune by 35 runs to go...
May 12, 2012
Scorecard: 20 overs Royal Challengers Bangalore 173 for 3 (Gayle 57, Dilshan 53) beat Pune Warriors 138 for 9 (Vinay 3-32, Zaheer 2-21, Murali 2-16) by 35 runs
Vinay Kumar took three wickets to help Royal Challengers Bangalore to a comprehensive win against Pune Warriors
Jayalalithaa, Naveen keep mum on new alliance
May 12, 2012
New Delhi: The chief ministers of Odisha and Tamil Nadu met on Friday amidst talks of a third front but both of them refused to divulge anything on the same. Nonetheless, both of them did profess an emotional connect with each other.
Truth about film on Sourav Ganguly
May 11, 2012
Lately a lot of buzz has been happening across the web world that a film is being made on former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly and it has been titled as “Ganguly - The Movie”.
Apparently, a teaser has begun to make crazy rounds on the internet and many fans of Dada have gone crazy over it. However, it appears that the teaser is not actually for a movie but something else.
No pressure from US on oil import from Iran: Govt
May 11, 2012
India is not under any pressure from the US on import of oil from Iran, the Government assured the Lok Sabha and insisted that only sanctions imposed by the UN - and not from any nation - were heeded by the country.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister S Jaipal Reddy said during Question Hour that there was no pressure from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her recent visit here that India should not import oil from Iran.
