Live updates from Game 25 of IPL 6 between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday. Both the teams have won their previous matches and will look to get another win under their belt. Knowing he wouldn't play in the team's next game in Chennai, Sunrisers' skipper Kumar Sangakkara left himself out and drafted in young South African wicketkeeper batsman Quinton...
07:20 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Hyderabad: Kings XI Punjab coach Darren Lehman hopes his batsmen will come good in Friday's game here against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 6. The coach said that while the victory against Kolkatta Knight Riders has bolstered the team's confidence, they need to play well against Sunrisers, who have eight points from five matches. Punjab have won two out of four games but their batsmen, including captain Adam Gilchrist, have...
08:27 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Chandigarh: The enrolment for Aadhaar card has touched 99 per cent and 88.6 per cent in Union Territory of Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh respectively. The enrolment figure under the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) scheme in Punjab and Haryana is 62.9 per cent and 30.1 per cent respectively so far, Keshni Anand Arora, UIDAI, Deputy Director General (Northern Region), said. "We are aiming to cover the entire population in...
08:57 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Chandigarh: The Punjab government has ordered closure of 473 private schools after they failed to implement norms of the right to education (RTE) act, a minister said on Wednesday. Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka said the non-affiliated private schools have been asked to wind up their operations immediately. "The Punjab government had been sympathetic towards these educational institutions for long. They had been time and again requested to adhere to...
04:51 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Mohali: Kings XI Punjab held onto a narrow four-run win against Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday thanks to Azhar Mahmood's spell of 3 for 21 after he drew a blank with the bat. Azhar Mahmood, along with David Hussey and Gurkeerat Maan, fell prey to Sunil Narine's hat-trick effort at the PCA Stadium but converted his failure with the bat into success with the ball when he sent back key...
12:49 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Mohali: In Manpreet Gony, Kings XI Punjab found the match winner they were looking for on Tuesday, with his all-round show sealing the much-needed win against the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders. And the Man of the Match issued a warning: "Stretch the boundaries however much you like, I'll still keep hitting sixes." Gony arrived at the crease on Tuesday when KKR's Sunil Narine completed the first hat-trick of IPL...
10:59 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Chandigarh: The Border Security Force (BSF) in the past two days has seized heroin worth Rs 250 crore in the international market from the Khemkaran sector near Amritsar. On Tuesday 18 kilogram heroin was seized which was worth Rs 90 crore and on Wednesday another 32 kilogram heroin was seized worth Rs 160 crore. This drug haul comes after the massive one in Mohali in which heroin worth Rs 130...
09:27 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Jalandhar: Terming Punjab as the most 'corrupt' state in the country, People's Party of Punjab leader Manpreet Badal accused the state finance minister of acting as merely the 'munim' (accountant) of the government. "Punjab is the most corrupt state in the country. The people looting the state are being actively shielded by the ministers," said Manpreet Badal, the former state finance minister. He was speaking to reporters after the ending...
02:24 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Mohali: What threatened to be a mismatch between the defending IPL champions and a struggling Kings XI Punjab turned out to a gripping encounter at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Tuesday. After yesterday's upset win for Pune Warriors over heavyweights Chennai Super Kings, Punjab pulled the ground from underneath Kolkata Knight Riders' feet to record a thrilling four-run victory. The fans in Mohali were treated to a see-saw match....
07:41 PM, Apr 16, 2013
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry announced on Tuesday that Olympic medallist Vijender Singh's samples tested negative for drugs. The boxer was alleged to have consumed recreational drugs with sparring partner Ram Singh. The Beijing Olympics bronze medalist had submitted his blood and urine samples to the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) after being directed by the Ministry. "Vijender Singh along with four others was subjected to an out of competition test...
05:24 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Chandigarh: Kings XI Punjab coach Darren Lehmann Monday said his batsmen need to bat out the full twenty overs and put more runs on the board to give the bowlers a chance to defend the total. "Our bowling and fielding has been really good. But what has obviously let us down is the batting. We need to bat out the full overs and score a bit more runs to give...
10:20 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered three nationalised banks associated with Nimbus Communications and the BCCI to deposit within 15 days the sum of Rs 400 crore after the Indian cricket board had filed an Special Leave Petition (SLP) regarding the scrapping of the broadcast deal with Nimbus citing the non-payment of dues owed for cricket coverage. The three banks - Punjab National Bank, Indian Bank and Union Bank...
06:35 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Mohali: Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will travel to north India on Tuesday expecting to bag two easy points against hosts Kings XI Punjab, who are struggling to get their act together in IPL 6. Punjab have had a miserable run in the last two matches. After starting their campaign with an impressive eight-wicket win over Pune Warriors India, they were delivered a 10-wicket hammering by Chennai Super Kings and...
03:05 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid is extremely pleased with the team effort in their six- wicket win over Kings XI Punjab, here. Chasing a modest 125 on a difficult wicket, Rajasthan won by six wickets. "It was Sreesanth who got us early wickets and Chandila too did a fairly good job opening the attack. Our rest of the bowling and the fielding was also good and we could restrict...
11:08 AM, Apr 15, 2013
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his deputy Sukhbir Singh Badal will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday, in connection with the death row convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar case. "Both Badals will meet the Prime Minister tomorrow (Monday) to seek commutation of death sentence of Bullar to life imprisonment," HS Bains political advisor on national affairs to Badal said in Chandigarh on Sunday. Earlier, Akal Takth,...
10:03 AM, Apr 15, 2013
Jaipur: A stabilizing fourth-wicket stand between Ajinkya Rahane and debutant Sanju Samson ensured Rajasthan Royals came up on the right end of a see-saw chase of a small target of 125 against Kings XI Punjab at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Sunday. A wayward opening spell from Ryan Harris was followed by a double-wicket maiden eighth over from Praveen Kumar, but even the loss off the vastly experienced Brad Hodge...
11:15 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Live updates from Game 18 of IPL 6 between Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Sunday. Comparing Rajasthan Royals to Kings XI Punjab, Rajasthan look the more formidable unit with better all-round players in Sunday\'s fixture in Jaipur. Rajasthan have won two of their three encounters IPL 6 while Punjab have one win and one loss to show. Rajasthan captain Rahul Dravid might have...
06:57 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: A new poster of upcoming Punjabi film 'Rangeelay' was launched on the occasion of Baisakhi. The poster showcases its lead actors - Jimmy Shergill and Neha Dhupia, wishing everyone 'Happy Baisakhi' in Punjabi. The poster is very colourful, very much in accordance with the movie's title. Directed by Navaniat Singh, the movie is produced by Jimmy in association with Eros International. It marks the debut of Neha Dhupia...
05:47 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Chandigarh/New Delhi: A day after the Supreme Court turned down the plea of death row convict and Khalistani terrorist Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar for commutation of his death sentence to life term, the Punjab Police has been been asked to step up security across the state. Delivering the operative portion of the judgement in a packed room, a bench of justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhaya had said that the...
11:21 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to Delhi, Punjab and Chandigarh on a petition by Vital Media challenging the ban on its film 'Sada Haq' based on a storyline purportedly glorifying those who led Punjab militancy. The apex court bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice Vikramajit Sen issued notice on the plea of the senior counsel Colin Gonsalves assailing the ban order...
12:04 PM, Apr 12, 2013
