NAGPUR: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati made her prime ministerial ambitions loud and clear while addressing a rally of over 50,000 state-level Bahujan Samaj Party workers at Kasturchand Park here on Sunday. The BSP supremo addressed the rally from a stage that was made as a replica of the historic Red Fort in Delhi. BSP workers in Nagpur had roped in local decorator Digambar Bagde to erect the monument's replica.
NAGPUR: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati made her prime ministerial ambitions loud and clear while addressing a rally of over 50,000 state-level Bahujan Samaj Party workers at Kasturchand Park here on Sunday. The BSP supremo addressed the rally from a stage that was made as a replica of the historic Red Fort in Delhi. BSP workers in Nagpur had roped in local decorator Digambar Bagde to erect the monument's replica.
DHAKA: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina will make her second visit to India in September, when the two countries will complete the Teesta agreement two years after it was originally scheduled.
Announcing Hasina's visit, foreign minister Salman Khurshid told journalists at the end of his two-day trip that he had also laid the ground for President Pranab Mukherjee's visit in early March.
DHAKA: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina will make her second visit to India in September, when the two countries will complete the Teesta agreement two years after it was originally scheduled.
Announcing Hasina's visit, foreign minister Salman Khurshid told journalists at the end of his two-day trip that he had also laid the ground for President Pranab Mukherjee's visit in early March.
When India take on Australia, there's often more than just the cricket. Australia's string of match-winning players always had the ability to rattle rivals with bat, ball and mouth. For a while, some of India's more gifted cricketers stood up and tried to match them at these 'mental disintegration' tactics. But in a post-Sydneygate world, with both teams in transition, will the sparks fly like old times?
When India take on Australia, there's often more than just the cricket. Australia's string of match-winning players always had the ability to rattle rivals with bat, ball and mouth. For a while, some of India's more gifted cricketers stood up and tried to match them at these 'mental disintegration' tactics. But in a post-Sydneygate world, with both teams in transition, will the sparks fly like old times?
Mumbai: Jess Cameron's 75 off 76 balls helped Australia post a score of 259 for seven against the West Indies in the final of the ICC Women's World Cup at the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday.
Shaquana Quintyne, 17, took three for 27 as the Australians threw away a good start and floundered in the final powerplay overs.
Mumbai: Jess Cameron's 75 off 76 balls helped Australia post a score of 259 for seven against the West Indies in the final of the ICC Women's World Cup at the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday.
Shaquana Quintyne, 17, took three for 27 as the Australians threw away a good start and floundered in the final powerplay overs.
Mumbai: British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived here this morning on a three-day India visit during which he will meet captains of industry and hold talks with top leaders who are likely to seek more information on the VVIP helicopters scam involving an Anglo-Italian firm.
Mumbai: British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived here this morning on a three-day India visit during which he will meet captains of industry and hold talks with top leaders who are likely to seek more information on the VVIP helicopters scam involving an Anglo-Italian firm.
ISLAMABAD: In a show of strength in the Pakistani capital, several banned anti-India militant groups, including the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, on Wednesday vowed to take "revenge" for the execution of Afzal Guru and step up their "jihad" in Jammu and Kashmir.
ISLAMABAD: In a show of strength in the Pakistani capital, several banned anti-India militant groups, including the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, on Wednesday vowed to take "revenge" for the execution of Afzal Guru and step up their "jihad" in Jammu and Kashmir.
CHENNAI: Sahara has expressed its desire to the Indian cricket board (BCCI) to move its Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Pune Warriors India, out of the western city due to ongoing tensions between franchise bosses and the Maharashtra Cricket Association. It is understood that members of the PWI management, who were in Chennai during the IPL auctions on Feb 3, have asked the BCCI mandarins that they want their franchise to be based out of Kanpur.
CHENNAI: Sahara has expressed its desire to the Indian cricket board (BCCI) to move its Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Pune Warriors India, out of the western city due to ongoing tensions between franchise bosses and the Maharashtra Cricket Association. It is understood that members of the PWI management, who were in Chennai during the IPL auctions on Feb 3, have asked the BCCI mandarins that they want their franchise to be based out of Kanpur.
MUMBAI: Seven and half hours of concentration, 359 deliveries, 65 boundaries, 16 sixes and loads of determination culminated into a record-breaking 473 for Rizvi Springfield's 14-year-old superbat Arman Jaffer.
The non-descript Matunga Gymkhana, venue of the Harris Shield final between Rizvi and IES VN Sule, buzzed with excitement on Thursday as Arman sailed from one century to the next, towards the big one. While being out-of-favour India opener Wasim Jaffer's nephew is a good enough reason to make him famous, he has carved out a name for himself as a batsman of immense hunger.
MUMBAI: Seven and half hours of concentration, 359 deliveries, 65 boundaries, 16 sixes and loads of determination culminated into a record-breaking 473 for Rizvi Springfield's 14-year-old superbat Arman Jaffer.
The non-descript Matunga Gymkhana, venue of the Harris Shield final between Rizvi and IES VN Sule, buzzed with excitement on Thursday as Arman sailed from one century to the next, towards the big one. While being out-of-favour India opener Wasim Jaffer's nephew is a good enough reason to make him famous, he has carved out a name for himself as a batsman of immense hunger.
New Delhi, Feb 15: The alleged middleman in the deal for VVIP helicopters have claimed that the then Air Chief S P Tyagi used to brief them on the developments in the tender, according to Italian investigators.
Haschke and Gerosa have reportedly claimed that Tyagi would keep them updated on the tender for the 12 helicopters during their meetings, which are believed to have taken place six to seven times.
New Delhi, Feb 15: The alleged middleman in the deal for VVIP helicopters have claimed that the then Air Chief S P Tyagi used to brief them on the developments in the tender, according to Italian investigators.
Haschke and Gerosa have reportedly claimed that Tyagi would keep them updated on the tender for the 12 helicopters during their meetings, which are believed to have taken place six to seven times.
