
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress on Monday launched the 'Sardar Sandesh Yatra' from Bardoli town of south Gujarat as a part of the campaign for the state elections, scheduled in December 2012. The 'Sardar Sandesh Yatra' was flagged in the presence of the state Congress president Arjun Modhwadia, Leader of Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil and former Union Minister and 2012 Campaign Committee chief Shankarsinh Vaghela. The Congress had last week announced to take...

08:35 AM, Jan 03, 2012

The victory proved that Narendra Modi is a very relevant member of the party. ...

02:03 AM, Sep 15, 2009

Party gets 15 seats and Congress 10 in Lok Sabha elections. ...

07:46 PM, May 16, 2009

Electoral officers will analyse risk weaker sections of society face during polls. ...

01:28 PM, Mar 19, 2009

Mohali: South Africa served up a convincing all-round performance in an emphatic 231-run win over Netherlands in Group B at the World Cup on Thursday. AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla made centuries in South Africa's 351-5 and leg-spinner Iran Tahir took three wickets in a predictably dominant showing from the hotly favored Proteas. Netherlands was dismissed for 120 in 34.5 overs at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium for successive heavy...

09:31 PM, Dec 24, 2007
Ahmedabad: New Zealand are preparing to face a versatile Zimbabwe spin attack led by the experienced Ray Price in a key Group A match for both sides at the World Cup on Friday. Zimbabwe scored an impressive 175-run victory over Canada on Monday, with left-arm spinner Price bagging 3-16 and legspinner Graeme Cremer taking 3-31. New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori is well aware of the stakes in their third match...

09:07 PM, Dec 24, 2007
Colombo: Australian leg-spinner Steve Smith knows the Sri Lankan batsman would come hard at him when the two teams clash in a World Cup match here on Saturday. The 21-year-old Smith said that it would be tough for the Sri Lankan batsmen to score runs off the lively Australian pace battery and they would reserve their power for the spinners. "We've got the firepower up top with the quicks all ...

05:55 PM, Dec 24, 2007
New Delhi: Former captain Kapil Dev on Wednesday came to the rescue of under-fire Indian bowlers' after their poor show in the World Cup, saying these were the same bowlers who won India many matches in the past two years. India's batting was phenomenal in their first two games against Bangladesh and England, but bowling was a big let down with the bowlers getting smashed all over the park. In...

03:29 PM, Dec 24, 2007

Bangalore: Senior players, including Sachin Tendulkar, chose to give training a miss but eight other members of India's World Cup squad had a one-hour training session at the National Cricket Academy here on Wednesday. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was among the eight who trained during the optional session ahead of the March 6 Group B clash against Ireland. Those who chose to stay back at the hotel included pace spearhead...

01:05 PM, Dec 24, 2007
Mohali: South Africa take on Netherlands in the World Cup on Thursday with the Dutch side's South African-born batsman Ryan ten Doeschate looking forward to facing his former compatriots in the Group B contest. Thursday's match will be the first of the tournament at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali and Netherlands are unlikely to mark the event with a maiden victory over the Proteas. South Africa have had...

12:37 PM, Dec 24, 2007

Colombo: Skipper Kumar Sangakkara couldn't thank Lasith Malinga enough after the slinger brought Sri Lanka's World Cup campaign back on track with a solid bowling performance in their group A match against Kenya here on Tuesday. Malinga, who missed the side's first two games due to fitness issues, took six wickets including a hat-trick to help the Islanders register an easy nine-wicket win at the Premadasa Stadium, and Sangakkara was...

10:22 AM, Dec 24, 2007

Colombo: Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga became the first man to pick up two hat-tricks in World Cups when he skittled out three Kenyan tailenders in their Group A match on Tuesday. Malinga, who missed his side's opening two matches with a sore back, fired back with 6-38 including the wickets of Tanmay Mishra (0), Peter Ongondo (0) and Shem Ngoche (0) with successive, full deliveries - the latter two clean...

07:49 AM, Dec 24, 2007

CNN-IBN's cricket experts discussed the game between minnows Kenya and World Cup favourites Sri Lanka. ...

09:46 PM, Dec 23, 2007

The legendary English batsman also said that the Ind-Eng game was a good advertisement for 50-over cricket. ...

09:36 PM, Dec 23, 2007

New Delhi: Controversial West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels apparently rejected an offer to play in the World Cup as a replacement for injured Dwayne Bravo fearing that police officials might arrest him here over charges of match-fixing. Noted commentator and columnist Tony Cozier wrote in Trinidad Express that the 30-year-old Jamaican, who is coming out of a two-year ban on charges of match fixing, was in good form and was...

09:26 PM, Dec 23, 2007