
London: Indian - origin entrepreneurs Sir Gulam Noon and Raj Loomba were today conferred peerages of the UK for life, as the appointment of 53 new members to the House of Lords prompted criticism that several former party donors had been named. While Mumbai-born Sir Gulam Noon, a leading entrepreneur popularly known as the 'Curry King', was nominated by the Labour Party, Loomba becomes a Peer on behalf of the...

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Mumbai: New Zealand's stand-in-skipper Ross Taylor on Wednesday said his bowlers are focussing on reverse swing which, he feels, is proving more effective in getting wickets than seam and spin in this World Cup. Spinners were expected to be the game turners on slow sub-continental tracks but fast bowlers have been as effective. There are as many as six pacers among top-10 wicket-takers. "Well, we don't have a bowler with...

11:34 PM, Jan 02, 2008