Ahmedabad: Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday faced increasing attack from dissidents and former state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders who were brought together by his predecessor Keshubhai Patel. The rebels went even said that Emergency was "better" than the Gujarat strongman's rule. Patel, a known rival of Modi, hosted the meeting of former chief minister Suresh Mehta, former Union minister Kanshiram Rana, former minister of state for home Gordhan...
09:28 PM, May 30, 2012
Ahmedabad: District-level leaders from various parts of Gujarat on Friday urged former Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel to take a lead in campaign against the incumbent chief minister Narendra Modi ahead of the state elections. Leaders, businessmen and important people from different districts kept pouring in at Keshubhai's residence in Gandhinagar on Friday, sources close to him said. "A meeting was held at the residence of Patel, in which, these...
11:12 PM, May 18, 2012
Ahmedabad: Firing a fresh salvo at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, his predecessor and veteran BJP leader, Keshubhai Patel, on Saturday alleged the entire state is "living in fear" under the present government. A known detractor of Modi, Patel, who had been in political wilderness for four years, has become active and is of late attending different public gatherings in the run-up to state assembly elections due in December. Patel...
05:12 AM, May 13, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistan Cricket Board has awarded struggling wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal the highest category in player contracts. Akmal is among seven players named in category A along with one-day and twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi, test skipper Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Abdul Razzaq, Umar Gul and Shoaib Akhtar. PCB says in a statement that contracts run until the end of June. Each of the contracted players will be given a monthly salary...
08:52 AM, Dec 29, 2007
Chennai: Historically, the British are known for brave words in adversity and so is the case with the current England team that suffered an embarrassing defeat to neighbours Ireland in the 2011 cricket World Cup to find themselves in a tight situation. Former captain Paul Collingwood displayed the customary "stiff upper lip" while fielding questions from the media on the sidelines of the Slazenger product launch function here on Friday...
12:58 AM, Dec 26, 2007
Bangalore: Ireland's left-arm spinner George Dockrell on Monday said they will use the experience of playing against England before to prepare for their next World Cup tie against the English side on Thursday. After suffering a heart-breaking defeat against Bangladesh in their World Cup opener, Dockrell said they are determined to bring their campaign back on track. "We are familiar with quite a few of the English guys as we...
01:55 PM, Dec 23, 2007
New Delhi: Talented Ryan ten Doeschate grabbed the first opportunity on the big stage by stroking a dazzling century against England in the World Cup. He, however, rues not getting to play quality opposition often and suggests the Dutch to focus on Twenty20 cricket to develop their game. Only four of 28 ODIs the South African-born cricketer has played so far have been against against Test-playing nations and he finds...
06:09 PM, Dec 21, 2007
SYDNEY: Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting Wednesday described injured middle-order batsman Michael Hussey's axing from the World Cup squad as a "huge loss" and said he was not sure why selectors did not give the southpaw more time to regain fitness. Ponting, who is himself recovering from a finger injury, suggested that one reason the selectors did not pick Hussey was that they wanted maximum fit players for the mega-event...
10:45 PM, Dec 11, 2007
Ranchi: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Friday said the team should perform well to take the pressure off batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar in the World Cup starting on February 19. Tendulkar,37, would be making his sixth appearance in a World Cup and the players have said they want to win the prized trophy for him. "It is not right to put pressure on Sachin. All the team members should...
09:03 AM, Dec 08, 2007
Port Elizabeth: Having gained a 2-1 lead after registering back-to-back victories in the last two games against the Proteas, India go into the fourth cricket one-dayer here on Friday seeking to clinch their first-ever ODI series triumph on South African soil. The Indians have never won a limited-overs series in South Africa and Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his young bravehearts will leave no stone unturned to achieve the feat at...
10:50 AM, Dec 02, 2007
Bangalore: Australian captain Ricky Ponting hit a gutsy 77 to steer his faltering team out of trouble on the opening day of the second and final Test against India on Saturday. Ponting's 54th half-century helped the tourists survive a middle-order collapse to reach 285-5 by stumps in front of 20,000 boisterous home fans at the Chinnaswamy stadium. Marcus North was unbeaten on 43 and wicket-keeper Tim Paine was on eight ...
10:28 PM, Oct 22, 2007
Ex-CM isn’t helping Modi but party wants him not rock the ship either. ...
09:18 PM, Oct 18, 2007
It’s important to be Keshubhai Patel in Gujarat today. ...
09:47 AM, Oct 18, 2007
London: The England and Wales Cricket Board has threatened legal action against PCB chief Ijaz Butt after his remarks that English players may have thrown a one-day international in return for an 'enormous' sum of cash. The English team, which takes on Pakistan in the fourth ODI on Monday, was dismayed and outraged at the comments made by Butt and refuted all charges of match-fixing. We would like to express...
09:09 AM, Oct 17, 2007
Keshubhai Patel called for freedom from the Modi rule in Gujarat. ...
09:18 AM, Aug 16, 2007
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