Deve Gowda

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Bangalore: Less than a week into the fifth season of the lucrative IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders find themselves in a familiar predicament – two matches, two defeats, and another poor start to the tournament. Going into their third match against a much fancied Royal Challengers Bangalore, who picked up a comfortable win in their campaign opener and can only get stronger with the return of Tillakaratne Dilshan and the hopeful...  

Gowda's dreams: From fence-sitter to kingmaker

Kolkata: Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag Thursday said his bowlers, led by South African Morne Morkel, set the platform for the comfortable win over Kolkata Knight Riders in their opening match of IPL 5 here. Morkel scalped three wickets for 18 runs, while Umesh Yadav and Roelof van der Merwe bagged two wickets apiece to restrict the Knight Riders to 97 for nine in the rain-curtailed 12 overs-a-side match. Boys...  

Mamatha banks on father Hegde's legacy to win

St. John's, Antigua: Following exciting ties in the recent one-day and Twenty20 series against Australia, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) chief Julian Hunte has hailed the home team's showing, saying it augured well for the upcoming Test series. On behalf of the WICB and cricket lovers of the Caribbean, I want to applaud the team on their good performances against the Australians, Hunte said. It was pleasing to see...  

Kannadigas snub Gowda, say don't need IT quota

Melbourne: Australia captain Michael Clarke is non-committal on a much-speculated Indian Premier League stint with Pune Warriors, saying that his management company is discussing the offer but a decision is yet to be taken. After resisting the IPL for four seasons to focus on national duty, Clarke is finally in talks with the Pune franchise, but refused to divulge the details of the ongoing negotiations. That opportunity has been presented...  

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Islamabad: Mohammad Amir's mentor urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday to review the fast bowler's five-year ban for spot-fixing. Asif Bajwa, who helped mould Amir from a village bowler into a world class left-arm paceman, said the 19-year-old had admitted his mistake and should not be deprived of cricket until 2015. Amir blamed former captain Salman Butt for manipulating him into bowling two deliberate no-balls against England that ...

Youth hits Deve Gowda's vehicle, commits suicide

New Delhi: Sacked IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has appealed to the Ministry of External Affairs against its decision to revoke his passport for alleged foreign exchange violations. His lawyer Mehmood Abdi told PTI that his client had filed an appeal before the Chief Passport Officer challenging revocation of his passport by Mumbai's Regional Passport office. The Regional Passport Office in Mumbai had revoked Modi's passport on March 3 this year...  

Rude shock for Gowda, rebel MLAs split party

Birmingham: Aravinda de Silva is getting used to his new life as Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors and axing big name ex-teammates is just part of the package. De Silva, now 45, omitted Sanath Jayasuriya and Chaminda Vaas from the final 15-man squad for the February 19-April 2 World Cup, to be held in Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh; and he accepts not all decisions will be popular. "It's not...  

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Adelaide: Chris Woakes hit the winning run from the final ball to give England a one-wicket win over Australia in the first Twenty20 international at the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday. Woakes scored 19 from 15 balls to guide the critical last stage of England's run chase as it replied with 158-9 to Australia's total of 157-4. The win gave England a 1-0 lead in the two-match series, the second of ...

JD(S) heads for a split, Gowda losing grip

The rebels have expressed displeasure over the style of Gowda's functioning. ...  

Now a movie on Gowda's nataka in Karnataka

Deve Gowda and his sons will soon have competition - in reel life. ...  

Chat: Is the end of Gowda raj near in Bangalore?

Is the BJP on a stronger wicket after its betrayal by HD Deve Gowda? ...  

Cabinet OKs President's Rule in Karnataka

Melbourne: Australia paceman Peter Siddle was unapologetic for his tirade at Matt Prior after dismissing the England wicketkeeper in the third Test in Perth and described sledging as 'good fun' enjoyed by both the Ashes rivals. Siddle sprayed invective at Prior after bowling him for 12, prompting the wicketkeeper to fire back a few choice words of his own before trudging off the field. Prior vented his anger in a...  

Cabinet to consider fate of K'taka Assembly tomorrow

Cabinet will consider reverting Karnataka Assembly back to status of suspended animation. ...  

The many twists and turns of Deve Gowda

Gowda's 'me and my family' approach rode roughshod over the BJP. ...  

BJP bows out of Karnataka, blame game begins

Dubai: Sachin Tendulkar has closed the gap on Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara to just two ratings points at the top of the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Rankings following his 50th Test century in the Centurion Test which finished on Monday. According to an ICC release, Tendulkar is on 880 points to Sangakkara's 882 points while Jacques Kallis has moved up to third spot, courtesy his double hundred against India...  

What next? Gowda said to be at Congress doors

Karachi: The International Cricket Council will hold a teleconference on Tuesday with the lawyers of the three suspended Pakistani players, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir. The decision to have the teleconference was taken after Butt through his UK based lawyer, Yasin Patel requested the ICC to postpone the full hearing of the code of conduct commission tribunal scheduled for January 6 to 11 in Doha, Qatar. Butt has...  

Power, posts and command; Gowda wanted it all

Gowda says JD(S) cannot support BJP unless BJP signs the 12-point MoU. ...  

K'taka gets BJP CM, but JD-S keeps everyone guessing

Lahore: After Imran Farhat and Umar Akmal, Pakistani pacer Wahab Riaz is the latest to threaten a legal action against alleged bookmaker Mazhar Majeed for claiming that he was also on his payroll and was involved in fixing matches. Definitely I am consulting my lawyers and will also seek advice from the Pakistan Cricket Board as the allegations made by Mazhar Majeed are a slur on me, Wahab said. Wahab...  

No threat to JD(S)-BJP coalition: Kumaraswamy

Dubai: Graeme Smith struck a fighting century to put South Africa on track for a big total against a hapless Pakistan attack on the opening day of the first Test here on Friday. Smith hit eight boundaries in his 152-ball 100 and shared a 153-run opening stand with Alviro Petersen (67) before Hashim Amla (80) built on the good work to help South Africa, who won the toss and batted,...  

BJP sends Venkaiah Naidu to defuse situation

A fresh act has been added to the Karnataka natak. ...