• Virat Kohli, India's ray of hope

    COLOMBO: Earlier this week during a warm-up game, India's T20 World Cup hopes were nearly 'smashed' when their best batsman, Virat Kohli, received a beamer from Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Sami that would have taken the batsman's head off had it connected. Luckily for India, Kohli somehow managed to avoid getting hit. The very next ball, this brightest jewel in the Indian batting crown showed what he is all about, slamming Sami for a six over long off.

    COLOMBO: Earlier this week during a warm-up game, India's T20 World Cup hopes were nearly 'smashed' when their best batsman, Virat Kohli, received a beamer from Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Sami that would have taken the batsman's head off had it connected. Luckily for India, Kohli somehow managed to avoid getting hit. The very next ball, this brightest jewel in the Indian batting crown showed what he is all about, slamming Sami for a six over long off.

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  • FIFA defends selection process for naming 2014 World Cup mascot

    Rio de Janeiro: World football's governing body FIFA has released a statement defending its selection process for naming the 2014 World Cup mascot.

    Brazilian fans have been critical of FIFA's decision to force the public to choose between three names selected by an independent panel, reports.

    Rio de Janeiro: World football's governing body FIFA has released a statement defending its selection process for naming the 2014 World Cup mascot.

    Brazilian fans have been critical of FIFA's decision to force the public to choose between three names selected by an independent panel, reports.

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  •  ESPN claims legal win against unauthorised telecast of WT20

    New Delhi: Official broadcasters of the ongoing ICC World Twenty20, ESPN STAR Sports, on Saturday said it has got permanent injunction from the Delhi High Court against unauthorised broadcast of the mega-event by cable operators, hotels and websites.

    New Delhi: Official broadcasters of the ongoing ICC World Twenty20, ESPN STAR Sports, on Saturday said it has got permanent injunction from the Delhi High Court against unauthorised broadcast of the mega-event by cable operators, hotels and websites.

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  • Bharat Bandh: Life hit in many cities, trains stopped, PM's effigy burnt

    The day-long nationwide bandh called by the Left parties and NDA today, demanding a roll back of the government's decision to hike diesel prices, cap subsidised cooking gas cylinders and against allowing FDI in multi-brand retail has hit life at many places in the country.Samajwadi Party

    The day-long nationwide bandh called by the Left parties and NDA today, demanding a roll back of the government's decision to hike diesel prices, cap subsidised cooking gas cylinders and against allowing FDI in multi-brand retail has hit life at many places in the country.Samajwadi Party

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  • Opposition-led strike hits trains in India

    Angry opposition workers have disrupted train services as part of a daylong strike in India to protest rising diesel prices and the government's decision to open the country's huge retail market to foreign companies.

    Protesters carrying party flags blocked railroad tracks on
    Thursday in several cities and towns, including Allahabad, Varanasi and Patna.

    Angry opposition workers have disrupted train services as part of a daylong strike in India to protest rising diesel prices and the government's decision to open the country's huge retail market to foreign companies.

    Protesters carrying party flags blocked railroad tracks on
    Thursday in several cities and towns, including Allahabad, Varanasi and Patna.

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  • ‘Heroine’: Karisma cried after watching the film, says Kareena Kapoor

    Delhi: An hour and a half after the scheduled time and plenty of apology later, when the mesmerising Kareena Kapoor and director Madhur Bhandarkar entered the venue in order to address the media, the ambience was not exactly – what one would call – comfortable. However, once the questions began being thrown at the director-heroine duo left, right and centre, the two dealt with them in an extraordinarily calm and composed manner. Madhur Bhandarkar and Kareena Kapoor were in the capital for promotion of the former’s magnum opus and the latter’s most challenging work till date – ‘Heroine’.

    Delhi: An hour and a half after the scheduled time and plenty of apology later, when the mesmerising Kareena Kapoor and director Madhur Bhandarkar entered the venue in order to address the media, the ambience was not exactly – what one would call – comfortable. However, once the questions began being thrown at the director-heroine duo left, right and centre, the two dealt with them in an extraordinarily calm and composed manner. Madhur Bhandarkar and Kareena Kapoor were in the capital for promotion of the former’s magnum opus and the latter’s most challenging work till date – ‘Heroine’.

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  • Geetika suicide case: Delhi court to hear Kanda bail plea today

    New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday will hear a bail application moved by former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, an accused in former air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide case.

    The bail plea will come up for hearing before District and Additional Sessions Judge SK Sarvaria.

    New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday will hear a bail application moved by former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, an accused in former air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide case.

    The bail plea will come up for hearing before District and Additional Sessions Judge SK Sarvaria.

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  • Cartoons in French weekly fuel Mohammad furore

    The drawings in the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo risked exacerbating a crisis that has seen the storming of U.S. and other Western embassies, the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and a deadly suicide bombing in Afghanistan.

    Riot police were deployed to protect the paper's Paris offices after the issue hit news stands.

    The drawings in the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo risked exacerbating a crisis that has seen the storming of U.S. and other Western embassies, the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and a deadly suicide bombing in Afghanistan.

    Riot police were deployed to protect the paper's Paris offices after the issue hit news stands.

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  • New picture emerging of 'terrorist attack' in Benghazi

    New information emerging a week after attackers launched rocket-propelled grenades and mortars and killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, suggests that the protests at the outset were so small and unthreatening as to attract little notice.

    New information emerging a week after attackers launched rocket-propelled grenades and mortars and killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, suggests that the protests at the outset were so small and unthreatening as to attract little notice.

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  • Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna can appeal against punishment: AITA

    New Delhi: AITA Secretary General Bharat Oza on Wednesday said that Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna can reach out to the executive committee and appeal against the punishment handed to them on the ground of indiscipline.

    "We are not denying the yeoman service being done by the two players. They can appeal to the executive committee. We will forward that to the ethics committee," Oza told media.

    New Delhi: AITA Secretary General Bharat Oza on Wednesday said that Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna can reach out to the executive committee and appeal against the punishment handed to them on the ground of indiscipline.

    "We are not denying the yeoman service being done by the two players. They can appeal to the executive committee. We will forward that to the ethics committee," Oza told media.

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