World T20: Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe scoreboard
September 19th, 2012 - 1:22 am ICT by IANS
Hambantota, Sep 18 (IANS) Following is the scoreboard of the Group C match between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe at the ICC World Twenty20 here Tuesday.Sri Lanka:Dilshan Munaweera run out Mpofu/Taylor ... Read more...
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Ajantha Mendis spins Sri Lanka to thumping win (Roundup)
September 19th, 2012 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
Hambantota, Sep 18 (IANS) Sri Lanka started their World Twenty20 campaign in convincing fashion, spinning a clueless Zimbabwe out of the game by 82 runs here Tuesday. Off-spinner Ajantha Mendis ... Read more...
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Adidas-TTT sub-junior tennis: Cheruku upsets Krishna
August 14th, 2012 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 14 (IANS) Karnataka's C Vasisht Cheruku eliminated 13th seed Shree Krishna from Bihar 7-5, 6-1, to enter the third round of the boys under-14 singles in the Adidas-TTT ... Read more...
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Easy win for Nikshep in sub-junior tennis
August 13th, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 13 (IANS) Top seed B.R. Nikshep from Karnataka led the Under-14 boys singles field into the second round of the Adidas-TTT sub-junior National tennis tournament with a 5-2, ... Read more...
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Purple Haze triumph in Mumbai district football
August 7th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) Purple Haze SC did well to pull off a narrow 2-1 win against Sterkem Pharma in a Third Division match of the Mumbai District Football Association ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka bat in third ODI
July 28th, 2012 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, July 28 (IANS) Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat against India in the third One-day International at the Premadasa Stadium here Saturday.Teams:
Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, ... Read more...
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Fires ravage 20,000 hectares of Himachal forests in two months (With Images)
June 28th, 2012 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 28 (IANS) Unusually hot and dry conditions this summer have turned the green hills of Himachal Pradesh into a tinderbox - literally. Forest wealth estimated at well over ... Read more...
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ITF Tennis: Vishnu pockets title
June 16th, 2012 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 16 (IANS) Davis Cupper Vishnu Vardhan overcame top seed Ti Chen (Chinese Taipei) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, in the rain-interrupted final of the $10,000 Toyota ITF Men's Futures ... Read more...
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Top seed Chen bows out of ITF meet
June 7th, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, June 7 (IANS) Eighth seeded Kittiphong Wachiramanowong from Thailand pulled off the biggest upset of the competition by knocking out top seed Ti Chen (Chinese Taipei) 6-2, 7-6(5) ... Read more...
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Myneni packs off Murugesan in ITF meet
June 5th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, June 5 (IANS) Unseeded Saket Myneni extended his sway over Ranjeet Virali Murugesan by defeating the sixth seed 6-3, 6-4 in 68 minutes and moved into the second round ... Read more...
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Easy wins for Vishnu, Sriram in ITF meet
June 4th, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, June 4 (IANS) It was smooth sailing for Vishnu Vardhan and N. Sriram Balaji in the first round of the $10,000 Zuari Garden City Mysore ITF Open tennis ... Read more...
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Metro construction picks up; traffic snarls expected
April 21st, 2012 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Traffic on some of central Delhi's major roads could be severely affected by diversions on Saturday, due to construction of the upcoming underground ITO metro ... Read more...
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New bench of apex court to hear 2G review plea
March 3rd, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The government's petition seeking a review of the Supreme Court verdict assailing the first come first served policy in the 2G case as flawed and ... Read more...
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Two ‘crime reporters’ arrested for extortion
February 26th, 2012 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Posing as crime reporters, the two would extort money from NGOs and businessmen by threatening to expose them in the media but were exposed and ... Read more...
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Aruna Irani, Pyarelal to get lifetime achievement award
January 21st, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) Veteran music composer Pyarelal of composer duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal and actress Aruna Irani will be conferred the lifetime achievement award at the 57th Idea Filmfare Awards ... Read more...
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Two Indian pairs get Wild Cards for Chennai Open
December 28th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 28 (IANS) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and N. Sriram Balaji along with Ramkumar Ramanathan and Mohit Mayur have been given wild card entries into the doubles main draw of ... Read more...
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Apex court spared neither holy cows, nor corrupt in 2011 (2011 in Retrospect)
December 28th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) It was a year of judicial activism as the Supreme Court was in 2011 called on to adjudicate on a wide swathe of issues ranging ... Read more...
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Indian artist’s new animated web series launched in US
December 20th, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) A digital entertainment company founded by three Indian Americans is launching a new animated web series by noted filmmaker John Woo created with writer Garth Ennis ... Read more...
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Digvijay questions Advani over Yeddyurappa probe
November 12th, 2011 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Congress leader Digvijay Singh Saturday wondered whether Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani would intervene in the transfer of an official probing ... Read more...
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Myneni enters semi-finals of ITF Futures tennis
November 10th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 10 (IANS) Wild card Saketh Myneni continued his title assault as he reached the semi-finals of the TNTA-ITF men's Futures tennis tournament here Thursday when his opponent, sixth ... Read more...
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Easy win for Murugesan in ITF Futures tennis
November 7th, 2011 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 7 (IANS) Second seed Ranjeet Virali Murugesan dropped just one game en route to the second round of the TNTA-ITF men's Futures tennis tournament here Monday as he ... Read more...
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Aamir Khan wishes success for ‘RA.One’
October 22nd, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 22 (IANS) Superstar Aamir Khan has wished success for Shah Rukh Khan's highly ambitious production venture "RA.One", which is set to hit the screens on Diwali."My best ... Read more...
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Telangana MP sent to jail
October 16th, 2011 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 16 (IANS) An MP and two Andhra Pradesh legislators from Telangana were Sunday sent to jail for participating in 'rail blockade', which entered the second day Sunday ... Read more...
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MP sent to jail, 3,000 held for rail blockade in Telangana
October 16th, 2011 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 15 (IANS) Ten MPs from Telangana, including nine belonging to Andhra Pradesh's ruling Congress, and over a dozen legislators were Saturday arrested along with over 3,000 others ... Read more...
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“Soundtrack” is soul-stirring (IANS Movie Review - Rating: ***1/2)
October 7th, 2011 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Soundtrack", Cast: Rajeev Khandelwal, Soha Ali Khan, Mohan Kapoor; Writer and Director: Neerav Ghosh; Rating; ***1/2Hear this. DJ Raunak loses his hearing ability and gets to hear the voice of ... Read more...
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Sonu Nigam, Pyarelal recreate 1960s magic
September 23rd, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Sep 23 (IANS) It was a sight to behold when singer Sonu Nigam recreated the 1960s by singing popular songs of the time with legendary Pyarelal of musical duo ... Read more...
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No decision on repeal of armed forces act
August 9th, 2011 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The government has taken no decision on the recommendation to repeal the Armed Forces Special Power Act that gives sweeping powers to the military in ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka squad for Australia ODIs, Twenty20 announced
July 21st, 2011 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, July 20 (IANS) Sri Lanka Wednesday announced a 20-member squad to play in the five One-Day Internationals (ODI) and two Twenty20 cricket matches against Australia next month without ... Read more...
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Fire in Connaught Place doused, no injuries
July 19th, 2011 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) A fire broke out in the Life Insurance Corporation's (LIC) office in the upscale commercial district of Connaught Place here Tuesday, a fire official ... Read more...
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Government wants review of apex court’s black money order
July 15th, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The government Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking review and recall of its judgment appointing a special investigating team (SIT) headed by its two former ... Read more...
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Apex court order a slap on government’s face, says BJP
July 5th, 2011 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday termed the Surpreme Court decision to set up a special team to probe Indians' black money in foreign ... Read more...
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Supreme Court says government evasive on black money
July 4th, 2011 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court, while appointing a Special Investigation Team (SIT) Monday to probe the black money parked by Indian citizens in tax havens abroad, ... Read more...
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Black money: Government to study court order
July 4th, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The government Monday said it would study the Supreme Court order to set up a special team to probe black money stashed by Indian ... Read more...
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Supreme Court appoints probe team on money laundering (Lead)
July 4th, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe black money stashed in foreign tax havens by Indian citizens. The committee ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi faces protests in Uttar Pradesh
January 11th, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 11 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who arrived here Tuesday to interact with students, faced demonstrations from outfits for separate statehood and against corruption and price ... Read more...
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