Champions League T20 begins tomorrow
The first match of the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament will be played in Bangalore on Friday between Royal Challengers Bangalore and African team Warriors.
The match is scheduled to start at 8 P.M at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Indian Cricket Former Captain Mansur Pataudi dies
Former captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, died last night after a long illness in New Delhi. He was 70. Pataudi was suffering from lung disease and Gangaram hospital last week.
Reports related that Pataudi inspired generations of players in the country.
President Mrs. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, Vice President Mohd. Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister, Dr. Read more…
Former Afghan President Rabbani dead in suicide attack in Kabul
Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani has been killed in an insurgent attack in the capital Kabul on Tuesday evening. He was killed at his home in the high security Wazir Akbar Khan area.
He was meeting two members of the Taliban at the time of the blast. Mr Rabbani was the head of the Read more…
Swarnajayanti Aarogya Bima Yojana for Goa’s Population
Goa has become the first state in the country to have launched “Swarnajayanti Aarogya Bima Yojana” providing health insurance cover for the entire resident population of the state.
The State Government on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding, MOU, with ICICI Lombard which is the implenting Read more…
Japan Open Badminton Tournament at Tokyo
Japan Open Badminton tournament will begin today at Tokyo. India’s top shuttlers will start their campaign in the main draw now. Fourth seeded Saina Nehwal will face Enthanon Rachnock of Thailand today.Ajay Jairam and P. Kashyap will play in the main round of Men’s Read more…
Jnanpith Awards for 2009 and 2010
Noted Hindi writers Amar Kant and Srilal Shukla have been chosen for the highest literary honour of the country the Jnanpith Award jointly for the year of 2009.
Renowned Kannada litterateur Chandrasekhar Kambar won it for the year 2010. Ravindra Kalia Read more…
Champions League T20 2011 Schedule
Redemption time for several Indian cricketers begins when the qualifying round for the Champions League twenty 20 gets underway at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad today.
The cream of Twenty20 talent will be seen in action when Sri Lanka’s Ruhunu Eleven, West Indian Trinidad and Tobago, Newzealand’s Auckland Aces, Kolkata Knight Riders, Leicestershire and Read more…
Earth Quake shocks India | 27 deaths
At least 27 people died and over 100 injured in Sikkim, West Bengal and Bihar, a 6.8 earthquake last night. The earthquake – the largest in two decades, Sakyong manganese and more than 50 km from Gangtok in Sikkim and the border of Nepal.
The earthquake of 16 people in Sikkim, four dead in West Bengal, Bihar and 7. The quake killed five Read more…
ICC ODI Ranks: India drop to 5th position
World Champion India fell to fifth place in the championship of the Office of the ICC One Day after England won the five ODI series 3-0 on Friday.
According to the calculation of the ICC in Dubai on Saturday, the lowest rating to India from October 2008. India had entered the Read more…
RBI hikes repo, reverse repo rate by 25 basis points
Reserve Bank of India raised the repo rate and repo rate by 25 basis points in mid-quarter review of monetary policy to control inflation. Inflation rose 9.2 percent in July to 9.8 percent in August this year.
The interest rate rose to 8.25 percent from 8 percent, while the repo rate was increased to 7.25 percent to 7 percent. The facility has Read more…
