New Delhi: Shahid Afridi's team lost by 29 runs loss to MS Dhoni's men in a high-voltage World Cup semi-final match at Mohali on Wednesday. But the loss has not generated an acerbic reaction in Pakistan. Pakistani media and the public have not come out screaming for the heads of the cricketers even after the loss to their arch-rivals which is a pleasant and welcome surprise in this part of...
01:05 PM, Mar 31, 2011
Mohali: An International Cricket Council (ICC) official has allegedly dishonoured the Indian flag in Mohali on Wednesday ahead of the high-voltage World Cup semi-final clash between India and Pakistan. The official snatched Indian flag shaped balloons from a street vendor and then stomping over the flags to deflate them. After reporters, present near the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, objected to it, she apologised. But she also said that the flags...
11:16 AM, Mar 30, 2011
When it comes to cricket craze, Pakistanis don't want to be left behind traditional rivals India. While Indian model Poonam Pandey has vowed to go nude if India win the cup, Pakistanis are taking a less risque route. They are churning out videos to boost the morale of their team and fans. Sometimes with hilarious results.A video titled 'Boom Boom World Cup', posted on YouTube, has gone viral. Sung by...
09:34 PM, Mar 29, 2011
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The India -Pakistan world cup semifinal clash at Mohali could not have come at a better time for the ruling UPA government in India. It's ...
06:32 PM, Mar 28, 2011
One of India's most popular astrologers, Bejan Daruwalla has a penchant for trying his hand at foretelling anything from the fate of Bollywood flicks to election results. With cricket being India's uniting religion, he has, over the years, made many a cricketing prediction. We picked a sample of his most famous predictions to calculate the strike rate of the veteran fortune teller. ...
04:53 PM, Mar 28, 2011
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Everybody and their mother-in-law is doing a blog post on the big cricket match on Wednesday. It does take superhuman effort or an utter dislike/extreme ...
01:07 PM, Mar 28, 2011
Cyrus Broacha also talks about Melinda-Bill Gates and Warren Buffet's visit to India. ...
11:28 AM, Mar 27, 2011
Amidst all the Cricket World Cup fervor, Bikramjit Ray holds a World Cup of his own, a Biryani World Cup. Judging this World Cup is none other than New Zealand all rounder,Chris Cairns, who has to decide between three neighbouring nations i.e India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. ...
07:19 PM, Mar 26, 2011
No politics, no verbal duals, no scams, no scandals as many politicians could end up in the same spectators box. ...
10:44 AM, Mar 26, 2011
Islamabad: A terrorist plotting to target the ongoing cricket World Cup has been arrested, according to Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who claimed there was a "serious attempt" to carry out a terror attack during the tournament. Malik, who did not identify the nationality or the affiliation of the alleged terrorist, made the revelation at a joint briefing with Interpol chief Ronald Noble here, saying that the International Police Organisation...
05:23 PM, Mar 24, 2011
Bikramjit gets you the best food from the hosting nations of the cricket World Cup 2011, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. ...
06:45 PM, Mar 13, 2011
Deepika Padukones very close friend is getting married this week in Thailand and Deepika changed all her plans for the week to attend the wedding. It is speculated that she may not be present in Nagpur on March 12 for the promotional event of her film Dum Maro Dum. The cast and crew of Dum Maro Dum will present a special song featuring Deepika during the break time of the...
02:10 PM, Mar 11, 2011
Bangalore: A special team of Bangalore Crime Branch on Thursday arrested three bookies allegedly involved in cricket betting in Bangalore. The police recovered more than Rs 2 crore in cash, 25 mobile phones, SIM cards of different telecom service providers, two revolvers, a laptop, an Internet USB device and two cars. The three bookies have been identified as 27-year-old Ravi alias Fighter Ravi, 28-year-old Vipul and 27-year-old Vinod. The trio...
03:58 PM, Feb 26, 2011
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar feels India has 80 per cent chances of winning the cricket World Cup 2011. ...
07:51 PM, Feb 25, 2011
Bangalore: Cricket fans were lathicharged outside Bangalore's Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday morning while trying to buy tickets for the eagerly-awaited India-England World Cup match that will be played on Sunday. Police lathicharged the fans after tickets for Sunday's match ran out. Many of the fans had been queuing outside the stadium since Wednesday. When the 4000 tickets available ran out, things got out of control and police had to lathicharge...
02:22 PM, Feb 24, 2011
New Delhi: Automobile major Hyundai Motor India Ltd on Tuesday said it intends to launch six new cars in the next three years and is developing a small car that will be placed below its bestseller compact car Santro. "We are planning for six new car launches in the Indian market in the next three years, with two car launches a year," said Arvind Saxena, director, sales and marketing, Hyundai...
07:26 PM, Feb 08, 2011
Chennai: Two people were injured when a wall collapsed at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. The incident happened on Wednesday morning after ticket sales for World Cup matches started at the Chepauk Stadium. A heavy crowd gathered outside the stadium and some of them leaned on to the compound wall resulting in its collapse. A 23-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman were injured and have been admitted to a hospital....
11:44 AM, Feb 02, 2011
The International Cricket Council has rejected BCCI's plea to give them a fresh deadline for Eden Gardens to host India vs England World Cup match.
07:15 PM, Jan 29, 2011
