The Sahara Group run by businessman Subrata Roy purchased the Pune team and Rendezvous Sports bought the Kochi team on Sunday for the fourth edition of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament.
Five bidders took part in the bid for these two teams today.
Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi made the announcement that the [...]
The Unique Identification Data Authority of India (UIDAI) chairman Nandan Nilekani on Saturday said the unique identification number would help poor to access and benefit from government schemes with more ease.
The unique identification number, the UPA government’s one of the ambitious projects is expected to be rolled out in 2011.
“This project is [...]
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan on Friday said that the Bollywood is gaining ample popularity and recognition overseas.
Addressing the media on the sidelines of an event hosted by International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) in Mumbai, Bachchan said: “I would like to see Indian cinema reach greater heights. We are now almost a parallel culture, [...]
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has said that more convention with international organisations should be organised to help Indian cinema go global.
Khan said this while talking to reporters on the sidelines an award function organised on the last day of the three-day mega media and entertainment industry event, FICCI Frames here on Thursday.
“We have [...]
With India and China lifting more and more of their urban population out of slum-like conditions every year, 227 million people across the world have moved out of urban slums over the past decade, according to a UN-Habitat report on the state of the world’s cities.
China’s urban population living in slums fell from [...]
The Election Commission has recognised Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Narvnirman Sena (MNS) party as a state party and a rail engine has been allotted as the party’s poll symbol.
The Commission informed the Supreme Court of its decision as MNS fulfilled all the requirements needed for the recognition of a state party.
For recognition as a state [...]
A deranged Mumbai ex-customs officer shot and killed his 16-year-old female neighbour after a fight over noise here today.
He also fired at a police team and was killed in the exchange of fire.
Sixty-five-year-old Harish Maroliya, who lived in a housing society [...]
A deranged Mumbai advocate shot and killed his 16-year-old female neighbour after a fight over noise here today.
He also fired at a police team and was killed in the exchange of fire.
Sixty-five-year-old Harish Maroliya, who lived in a housing society in Andheri, reportedly fought with his neighbour’s daughter over the noise at her [...]
Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has said he would examine state Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) chief K.P. Raghuvanshi’s recent disclosure to the media about certain crucial details related to a terror investigation.
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Chavan said: ” “I will examine the entire issue and then ask the state Home Minister [...]
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Wednesday said it might recruit over 30,000 professionals.
Interacting with media on the sidelines of CII-IFRS Summit here, TCS Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director S Mahalingam predicted a marked improvement in the performance of the [...]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) national selectors will meet in Mumbai on March 26 to pick up the squad for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World T20 championship to be played the next month in the West Indies.
The five-member selection panel [...]
Former cricketers felicitated Ramakant Acherkar – the former coach of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar – after he was conferred with Padma Shri, one of the country’s highest civilian awards.
Some of Achrekar’s former students attended the event and expressed [...]
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan inaugurated the FICCI Frames – a three-day mega media and entertainment industry event – in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Apart from Shah Rukh, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif, renowned directors [...]
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has criticized Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Sharad Yadav for their opposition to the Women’s Reservation Bill.
Thackeray [...]
Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has said that the Central Government has mooted a National Green Tribunal for speedy and efficient disposal of cases related to environmental issues.
Ramesh said that the tribunal would act as a check on industrial pollution and aggrieved persons would be able to approach the tribunal [...]
A Mumbai Court on Sunday granted police custody of two terrorists arrested till March 18 on charges of attempting to blow up the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plant here.
The two terrorists, identified as Latif and Guddu, were arrested from a central suburb with vital clues and installations of blowing up the ONGC [...]
Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi was seen having a gala time with the children of Sneha Sadan, an NGO that provides home and care to homeless street children. Oberoi, who spent some time with the kids later, presented them an ecofriendly refrigerator.
“They are doing good [...]
At least six labourers were injured here as two nearby buildings that were under-renovation by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) collapsed.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Sanjay Mohite said, “Two three-storied buildings, [...]
Maharashtra’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Sunday arrested two terrorists from a suburb, who had come with the mission of blowing up the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plant here.
Sources said the two had come with all plans to blow up the ONGC plant here.
The duo will be produced in the Mazgaon court around [...]
mbai, March 13 (ANI: Mumbai Indians survived a brutal assault by Yusuf Pathan, as he struck a belligerent 37-ball 100, and still managed to register a four-run win over Rajasthan Royals in their opening match of the Indian Premier League on Saturday.
Yusuf slammed nine sixes and eight fours for [...]
A four storeyed building under-construction collapsed at Masjid Bunder in south Mumbai this evening.
The rescue teams comprising police and fire brigade personnel have been pressed into operation.
According to latest report, two people have been removed from the debris. [...]
A travel and food columnist Puneetinder Kaur Sidhu has encapsulated her inexpensive travel experiences in Europe in her forthcoming travelogue, ‘Adrift: A junket junkie in Europe’.
Literally adrift with little money to spare, she joins a car pool to travel across the continent.
In the initiative, car owners register with the official website offering [...]
Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has been named the Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
The appointment announced by UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner in Mumbai will enable Tendulkar to use his popularity to raise public awareness and harness [...]
The Bombay High Court on Friday turned down the bail plea of 2008 Malegaon blast prime accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur.
Justice S C Dharmadhikari rejected her lawyer’s argument that she had been illegally detained before her formal arrest on October 23, 2008, thereby denying bail to her.
Thakur’s [...]
Rajasthan Royals and former Australian batsman Damien Martyn has rejected claims over security fears in India, and urged his fellow nationals not to be pressured into making a decision not to participate.
The build up to the third season of the Indian Premier League, starting [...]
Deccan Chargers skipper and former Australian star Adam Gilchrist insists his team has much to live up to after rising from the bottom in the Indian Premier League’s first season to be the champions in the second.
Gilchrist also said the relationships developed in 2009 will [...]
Ace West Indies cricketer Brian Lara has applauded Sachin Tendulkar’s double-century in One-Day International cricket, and says if he has a son then he would like him to bat like Tendulkar.
Lara, who is on a personal visit to India, praised Tendulkar for his other numerous records and his endurance.
“We speak a lot about [...]
Union Agriculture Minister and President-elect of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Sharad Pawar will not attend the opening ceremony of the third edition of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament that kicks off on Friday evening at the D Y Patil Stadium here
Sources said he has decided not to be a part of [...]
B Ramalinga Raju, who resigned as chairman of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. after being charged for Rs 7,100 crore financial scam, has applied for bail in the Supreme Court.
The apex court may hear Raju’s petition today. Satyam’s founder is seeking bail on health grounds.
After spending more than a year in prison, Raju on Thursday [...]
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has become an emblem of India’s aspiration to be a recognised world power in all, if not, most spheres.
In a country of 1.2 billion people, most of whom are bonkers about cricket, the IPL is a symbol of everything they want India to become-a true global power.
There is [...]
