Mumbai: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who has been slapped with a five-year ban by the MCA on entering the Wankhede grounds here, today refused to be drawn into the issue of whether would tender an apology to the cricket body. "I don't want to get into this whole thing, whether I am going to apologise to the (Mumbai Cricket) Association or not," the Kolkata Knight Riders owner told reporters here....
12:29 PM, May 31, 2012
Kolkata: A day after courting controversy for saying "true paribartan" (change) had touched West Bengal, Governor MK Narayanan on Wednesday said his words referred to Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) win. "After trying for four years, it (KKR) finally won (the Indian Premier League). It is obviously a change. 'Paribartan' means change. It has nothing to do with the state government," he told reporters. While addressing the KKR felicitation ceremony at...
08:13 PM, May 30, 2012
Despite hitting two match-winning boundaries in IPL final, Manoj Tiwary says the ODI hundred was the best moment. ...
07:36 PM, May 30, 2012
Kolkata: It was de facto holiday in Kolkata on Tuesday as the Mamata Banerjee government pulled out all the stops to celebrate Kolkata Knight Riders' Indian Premier League (IPL) win with thousands of people on the streets and offices reporting thin attendance. Businesspersons and economists termed it a colossal loss of manhours and productivity. The West Bengal capital came to a virtual standstill as office-goers either took time off to...
06:16 PM, May 30, 2012
Trisha was caught in a controversy after she was spotted sporting a neutral white tee, sitting in the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) camp during the IPL final match in Chennai on Sunday. However, the actress was quick to clear the air. As soon as members of a microblogging site started sending hate messages hitting out at the actress's decision to support the KKR, she replied: "Dont make it a big...
01:01 PM, May 30, 2012
Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan, also the state's brand ambassador, on Tuesday said there was "nothing wrong" in the grand felicitation organised by the state government for his IPL-5 winning team. As Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee organised the fete involving Governor M K Narayanan and spent lavishly on the champions KKR side by giving them golden lockets, many ridiculed the move as it had been organised for...
08:41 AM, May 30, 2012
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11:44 PM, May 29, 2012
Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan, also the state's brand ambassador, on Tuesday said there was "nothing wrong" in the grand felicitation organised by the state government for his IPL-V winning team. As Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee organised the fete involving Governor M K Narayanan and spent lavishly on the champions KKR side by giving them golden lockets, many ridiculed the move as it had been organised for...
11:38 PM, May 29, 2012
The West Bengal government hosted a massive celebration for the KKR as Mamata Banerjee played the Master of Ceremonies. ...
11:26 PM, May 29, 2012
Kolkata was indeed the City of Joy on Tuesday as the Knight Riders returned to their home city having won their first ever Indian Premier League title. ...
10:05 PM, May 29, 2012
Kolkata: Indian Premier League champions Kolkata Knight Riders were on Tuesday accorded a grand felicitation at a bit over the top event by no less than West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The celebrations at the Eden Gardens reached a fever pitch, as the City of Joy turned into a sea of purple and gold with the IPL Champions being felicitated at their home ground,...
07:25 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: The West Bengal government has been quick to cash in on Kolkata Knight Riders' maiden IPL triumph organising a grand felicitation ceremony at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday. However, Kolkata Police, in their bid to enhance the image of 'Brand Kolkata', has conceived an innovative 'Road Safety' advertisement campaign. They have connected William Blake's famous poem "The Tyger" with KKR's IPL victory. Kolkata Traffic Police have put out...
04:40 PM, May 29, 2012
No one manages a party quite like West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. She proved that again on Tuesday at the Eden Gardens. The city ...
03:15 PM, May 29, 2012
Kolkata: The City of Joy accorded a grand welcome to Kolkata Knight Riders for their IPL triumph, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee felicitating the players and co-owners Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla in front of the Writers' Buildings in Kolkata on Tuesday. "We have been waiting for this day so long. Thank you Didi. Thank You Kolkata. Thank you West Bengal on behalf of every member of the team....
03:11 PM, May 29, 2012
Kolkata: Indian Premier League (IPL) champion Kolkata Knight Riders's victory celebrations at the Eden Gardens turned ugly when several fans who failed to enter the venue started shouting slogans and broke through the barricades, forcing the police to use force and lathicharge the crowd. The fans near Gate No. 3 of Eden Gardens tired to enter the stadium to get a glimpse of the KKR players, but due to the...
02:42 PM, May 29, 2012
"Gautam is very structured. More importantly, I think he is respected for his fairness," the KKR quick said. ...
01:22 PM, May 29, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee turned the victory celebrations of the newly-crowned Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) into a political show by taking centrestage during the ceremony in Kolkata on Tuesday, relegating the cricketers to the background. Mamatas crowd management was on grand display as several thousand frenzied fans lined up Kolkata roads and the Eden Gardens as the KKR...
01:16 PM, May 29, 2012
Thousands of frenzied fans gave a grand reception to the newly-crowned IPL champions as the players celebrated their triumph with a open-top bus victory parade moving towards the Eden Gardens. ...
12:46 PM, May 29, 2012
