Following Pakistan’s miserable show in the Hockey World Cup, the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) sacked its selection committee, team management, coach Shahid Ali Khan and manager Asif Bajwa on Thursday.
The 18-member strong squad took up moral responsibility for the poor show and all the players resigned later.
“Yes we have resigned. We have taken this decision [...]
March 11, 2010 | Posted in
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The next few weeks are going to be very dull for Bollywood and other film industries across India. March-April usually lack lustre in the Box Office due to the board exams. But since last 2 years, IPL has been adding fuel to fire and this year it will be harsher. Indian Premier League matches will [...]
March 10, 2010 | Posted in
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India’s only world cup winning captain and all-round legend Kapil Dev has entered the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame. ICC in association with the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) honours the masters of the game by giving them a place in the Hall of Fame.
ICC president David Morgan presented Kapil Dev with a [...]
March 9, 2010 | Posted in
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Shah Rukh Khan threw a party to the famous international R&B musician Akon in Mumbai’s JW Marriot hotel on Monday. Akon is in Mumbai to record a song for Shah Rukh’s next film RA 1 in which he is rumoured to be a part of the cast.
Akon sang his ever popular song ‘Smack That’ which [...]
March 9, 2010 | Posted in
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This weekend Karun Chandhok will become only the second Indian driver to participate in a Formula 1 Grand Prix when he gets to race for Hispania Racing. He will be racing with Bruno Senna for the Spain-based team.
Securing a spot in the elite list of drivers by itself is a great achievement, but Karun Chandhok doesn’t have enough [...]
Indian stock markets BSE and NSE will soon trade for longer hours, and that means they will handle higher volumes. This is an initiative that will give investors more flexibility to trade. But it will make life in the dealing room and the back-office far more demanding.
Capital market regulator SEBI has permitted the stock exchanges [...]
October 24, 2009 | Posted in
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India take on Australia in Seven ODI Home Series, that kicks off on Sunday. Australia-India encounters are always big and exciting. But this one is not a just another big series, the very future of the 50-over format of the game will be known. Things do not look too bright for ODIs as they struggle to cope with the T20 onslaught. [...]
October 24, 2009 | Posted in
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The war between Nokia and Apple just got ugly with a bruising legal battle. Finnish Mobile Phone maker, Nokia, has filed a legal complaint against Apple for as many as 10 patent infringements. Nokia took the ultimate step to sue and extract the royalty payments from the iPhone maker, for allegedly “trying to get a [...]
October 23, 2009 | Posted in
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Rajesh Khanna will now be part of the reality TV show Bigg Boss 3. The famous actor of yesteryears will now be introduced as a wild card entry in the show within the next two weeks. This comes just after Kamaal Khan’s booting-out on Wednesday.
Khanna was a strong contender when the contestants were being finalized [...]
October 23, 2009 | Posted in
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Indian Armed Forces are working hard to secure the nation and are gearing up to protect the nation from the final frontier of space. India’s first dedicated military satellite will be launched early next year. This will give the armed forces an eye in the sky.
It is a naval communication satellite that will be launch [...]
On Sunday afternoon in Surrey, B.C., the largest crowd so far in the 7 Test Super Series turned up for the fifth test match between Canada and India. Some 2,500 fans were treated to an exciting show. India defeated Canada with a 3-1 score line to seal the series. With this victory India have an [...]
October 19, 2009 | Posted in
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Delhi is getting a make over with the Commonwealth Games coming up soon. Well, it is at least on the cards. We have a whopping Rs. 270 crore estimation for streetscaping and beautification drive being undertaken jointly by CPWD, MCD, NDMC, DDA and PWD. Only time will tell whether it comes into effect.
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October 19, 2009 | Posted in
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Doctors and a few great donors in Gujarat created history with marathon transplant operations from cadaver donations in two days. 10 such organ transplants were successfully done in 48 hours.
Kins of four brain dead people in Gujarat decided to donate their kidneys and liver giving a fresh hope of life to 10 people. All the [...]
October 18, 2009 | Posted in
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Chennai and Kolkata were the only metro airports in the country that didn’t impose User Development Fee (UDF) on passengers. Well, this is about to change now with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) proposing to charge an UDF at these airports to meet the expenses of upgrading. AAI will seek approval for the levy from the civil aviation ministry [...]
October 18, 2009 | Posted in
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Indian Cinema and King Khan cannot stop scaling new heights. Now, Shah Rukh Khan is all set to be honoured by the South Korean Government.
The South Korean Embassy, in a gala event at the Taj Lands End Hotel, will confer two special honours to Shah Rukh. One of which will be given for his contribution to [...]
October 15, 2009 | Posted in
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After 12 exciting matches in the first round of the inaugural Champions League T20 tournament, eight teams are left in the battle to win the coveted trophy.
IPL Champions Deccan Chargers, after their close defeat against Trinidad and Tobago, are out of the tournament. The other three teams that are out of the tournament are Sussex [...]
October 15, 2009 | Posted in
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Well, he may not be known across the globe for his bowling. But surely he is famous ( rather infamous ) for his behaviour. Yes, we are talking about Sreesanth, who was involved in yet another verbal tiff, this time with Mumbai bowler Dhawal Kulkarni during the Irani Trophy.
Sreesanth, playing for Rest of India team, was [...]
October 14, 2009 | Posted in
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Hardly any election has been completely smooth without any dirty politics and blame games being played. This time in Maharashtra, the Sewri assembly constituency saw some high drama during the crucial parts of the election.
Bal Thackeray-led Shiv Sena alleged the Congress of assisting its arch rival, the Raj Thackeray-led MNS. It is a point worth noting that in [...]
Accenture, on Monday, announced that it has won a deal to modernize the Indian Postal Department. However, the financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
This deal will see the Global IT and consultancy firm modernising the post offices across the country. An enterprise IT architecture will be designed and the Department of Post (DoP) [...]
October 13, 2009 | Posted in
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Indian Automobile giant, Tata Motors, plans to launch a new mid range sedan soon. Christened as Manza, the car will debut on October 14th, when the company is expected to officially launch the car.
The Manza is the the sedan version of the 2008 Indica Vista. It is expected to be manufactured at the Ranjangaon plant, near Pune. The car will be [...]
October 13, 2009 | Posted in
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