Chandigarh: A girl was seriously injured when two unidentified youth riding a motorcycle allegedly threw acid on her at a petrol pump in Dhaun village in Punjab's Mohali district on Thursday. Police officials said the men drove up to the petrol pump and threw acid at the girl when she was refueling her car. The girl is reported to have been seriously injured. Her friends have suffered minor injuries as...
07:44 AM, Sep 02, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was in secret talks with Pakistani army chief Ashfaq Kiyani through an unofficial envoy ahead of the cricket diplomacy at Mohali, according to 'The Times' of London. It said the back channel exercise that had been on for 10 months was aimed at ensuring the powerful Pakistani army's backing for the Indo-Pak peace process that had come to a halt after 26/11. The report...
08:03 AM, Apr 24, 2011
New Delhi: As a followup to the talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani, India has decided in-principle to resume bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan. Government sources said the time of the visit, the venues of the matches and other logistical issues would be decided by the cricket boards of the two countries. Sources said if everything goes according to the plans, Indian cricket team...
08:49 AM, Apr 14, 2011
Mohali: Punjab Police are likely to register an FIR against the International Cricket Council official who stomping on balloons shaped as the Indian flag in Mohali before the semi-final match between India and Pakistan on Wednesday. A team of police officials from Mohali are examining the footage, which show the ICC official stomping on the Indian flag shaped balloons outside the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali. The official snatched...
02:06 PM, Apr 01, 2011
New Delhi: Indian cricket team was swamped with congratulatory messages and wishes from Bollywood celebrities, cricket administrators and players on twitterati after the Men in Blue defeated Pakistan in a high-voltage World Cup semifinal clash in Mohali. From Bollywood actresses such as Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty to spin legend Shane Warne and tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi, all came together on Twitter to congratulate Team India and wish Mahendra Singh...
12:31 PM, Mar 31, 2011
Cricket fans in Pakistan are feeling unhappy but not completely defeated. They believe that in the future, Afridi and his boys will bring back the pride of Pakistan cricket. ...
11:04 AM, Mar 31, 2011
Manmohan Singh and Yousuf Raza Gilani padded up for cricket diplomacy and it appears to have worked. India's foreign secretary said the informal contact and conversation in the private box and over dinner has generated the Mohali spirit, a positive and encouraging spirit. ...
10:57 AM, Mar 31, 2011
Mohali: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi took the spectators in the general stand by surprise by sitting there during the fag end of the Indian innings in the cricket World Cup semifinal against Pakistan. Rahul entered the North Pavilion from gate number seven at around 6 pm surrounded by SPG and Punjab police personnel. The stand also had few Pakistani spectators sitting in it. The moment Rahul entered the stand...
06:22 PM, Mar 30, 2011
New Delhi: Deserted streets and markets, empty buses and trains and people bunking work presented the picture of a nation riveted to the heart stopping World Cup cricket semi-final clash on Wednesday between arch rivals India and Pakistan. As work in a cricket crazy nation with billion plus population came to a standstill, people turned all their attention to the cricket pitch regardless whether they stayed at home or headed...
04:46 PM, Mar 30, 2011
A Ranchi band sings a specially composed song for team India outside Dhoni's residence. ...
10:57 AM, Mar 30, 2011
New Delhi: The deadlock between electronic media and ICC over coverage of Wednesday's Indo-Pak World Cup cricket semifinal got resolved on Tuesday, following a request from the Indian Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ambika Soni. Ambika Soni proposed a 24-hour 'truce' in a dispute created by Indian non-rights holders (NRH) breaching the terms and conditions they had agreed to follow when they were awarded accreditation for the ICC Cricket World...
10:51 PM, Mar 29, 2011
Watch the war paint, drumbeats and over-the-top nationalism ahead of the mother of all battles. ...
10:10 PM, Mar 29, 2011
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