
New Delhi: Bhartiya Kisan Union president Mahendra Singh Tikait died on Sunday. He was 76. Tikait, who also served as the council head of Baliyan Khap, was suffering from bone cancer since a year and died at his son's residence, family sources said. Scores of people, mostly farmers, paid tributes to the senior farmer leader. His cremation would be held on Monday at BKU headquarters in Sisauli. He has led...

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Farmers protested against sugarcane pricing policy of the state government. ...

04:23 PM, Dec 01, 2009

Durban: Instead of holding his bat up in cricket's traditional way of celebrating a century, Thilan Samaraweera likes to pretend it's a gun. He laughs now as he describes his unique celebration, but the reason behind the gesture is far from funny. Sri Lanka's Samaraweera has taken to holding his bat like a rifle when he reaches 100 after he was shot on a tour to Pakistan in 2009. The...

01:53 AM, Apr 04, 2008

CNN-IBN's cricket experts Harsha Bhogle and Sanjay Manjrekar shared their views on the upcoming India-Australia series. ...

09:22 PM, Apr 02, 2008

Melbourne: Australia's young fast bowler James Pattinson is taking advice from England's bowling coach David Saker to plot the downfall of the famed Indian batting order in the four-match Test series, starting with the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from Monday. The 21-year-old Pattinson said he has been in touch with fellow Victorian David Saker to learn about the techniques of the Indian batsmen, after the England...

05:23 PM, Apr 02, 2008

Melbourne: Australian batsman Shaun Marsh is confident of turning up fit for the upcoming opening Test against India even though his nagging back problem had almost immobilised him some weeks back. It's actually pulled up fine. Probably a week and a half ago if you asked me the same question it was a bit stiff and sore, still, Marsh was quoted as saying by newspapers here. Marsh has been included...

08:09 AM, Apr 02, 2008