Colombo: Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that India were far from impressive in the 23-run win over minnows Afghanistan in their ICC World Twenty20 opener in Colombo on Wednesday, terming their performance as "good but not great".

Put into bat, it was man-of-the-match Virat Kohli's half-century and an useful contribution of 38 from Suresh Raina which helped India reach a decent target of 159 for five in 20 overs.

In reply, Afghanistan batsmen showed patches of brilliance in their strokemaking but their sheer inexperience saw them get all out for 136 in 19.3 overs.

After a gap of six years and several missed deadlines, hockey returns to the Shivaji Stadium when the first in the series of Nehru hockey tournaments is staged at the venue next month.

The stadium was supposed to be a practice venue for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, but renovation work was delayed. Eventually, it did not feature during the mega event.

Kota. Secret. CBSE 12th regular or private schools involving students taking the exam on Thursday, with double examination fee can apply online. Board secretary MR Sharma, the last date for applying online will be extended beyond September 20.

Kotas. The only co-operative sugar mill in the state of Keshvraypatn Punrschaln can not be operated. Salutary Punrschaln will not get off. Cooperation of the closed sugar mill renewals committee formed to explore the possibilities of this report is given to the Department of Industry. In addition to the Department of Registrar (first) report prepared on behalf of the mill Kecment area of ​​sugarcane production is almost negligible. Find the last ten years is not working. It will spend a considerable amount of working. Its capacity is 1250 MT, which is very low.

Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has backed the UPA government's decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail but wants migrants to not be given jobs in these outlets in Maharashtra.

Paris: The French government has called for restraint after learning that a satirical weekly plans to publish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday just as an anti-Islam video has ignited Muslim protests around the globe.

Indore: A team of doctors today removed about 1.8 kg of hair from the stomach of a 19-year old girl after an open surgery at a government hospital.

Dr Parvinder Singh Lubana of Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital led a team of gastro-surgeons in conducting the operation.

Heavy security arrangements have beenput in place for the widely celebrated Ganesh festival with 19,000 policemen deployed across the city to prevent any untoward incident during the event, police said on Tuesday.

Ganesh Chaturthi marks the commencement of the 10-day festival from
Wednesday.About 18,000 policemen of the strong 45,000 force have been posted in different parts of the city as part of the festival security.

Activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday made it clear that he does not support the anti-corruption movement taking a political plunge and told his aide Arvind Kejriwal that he cannot expect support for all his candidates.Hazare's remarks came during his address to a group of supporters, who are opposed to the anti-corruption movement taking a political plunge. He is holding a meeting with activists on Wednesday on the issue.

The government in Bangladesh has blocked YouTube to prevent people from seeing an anti-Islam video produced in the US ridiculing the Prophet Mohammad. Independent and Somoy television stations said the government blocked the popular video search engine late Monday. On Sunday, the