Bhubaneswar, Dec 22 (IANS) Thousands of policemen have been deployed in Orissa’s trouble-hit Kandhamal district to ensure peaceful Christmas celebrations, authorities said Tuesday.
The district witnessed widespread communal violence last year after the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati.
‘We have deployed adequate number of policemen in all sensitive places of the district. [...]
Cuttack, Dec 20 (IANS) Virender Sehwag Sunday said India will miss captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the next two one-dayers of the series against Sri Lanka.
Sehwag, who is the stand-in-skipper for the third and fourth ODI at Cuttack (Monday) and Kolkata (Thursday), said the new responsibilty has not added any undue pressure on him. Dhoni [...]
Lucknow, Nov 26 (IANS) Farmers, protesting the state government’s sugarcane pricing policy, Thursday stopped trains, pelted stones at cars and buses, blocked highways and clashed with police in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat and Faizabad districts, officials said. No casualties were reported in the violence till evening.
Several groups of farmers vandalised public and private property in [...]
Mumbai, Nov 13 (IANS) Vishal Singh of Jaipur extended his overnight lead to two strokes when he returned a three under par 50 in round two of the Aircel-PGTI Players Championship presented by The Willingdon Sports Club here Friday.
Vishal now has a total of nine under 97. Praveen Kumar, Shamim Khan, Randhir Singh Ghotra and [...]
Guwahati, Nov 8(ANI): Team India lost the sixth one-day international against Australia by six wickets here on Sunday giving the visitors an unbeatable 4-2 lead with a match to spare.
Opting to bat first, the men in blue were bowled out for a paltry 170 in the crucial match at the Nehru stadium.
Team India had [...]
Hyderabad, Nov 5 (IANS) Shaun Marsh blasted his maiden ODI centuy while Shane Watson hit a cracking 93 as Australia piled up 350 for four in 50 overs against India in the fifth One-day international at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at the Uppal here Thursday.
Marsh hit a run-a-ball 112 and with Watson put on [...]
Nagpur, Oct 28 (IANS) India defeated Australia by 99 runs in the second One-Day International cricket match here Wednesday.
Chasing a victory target of 355 runs, Australia were bowled out for 255 in 48.3 overs.
Ravindra Jadeja (3-35), Praveen Kumar (2-37) and Ishant Sharma (2-34) were the wicket-takers.
Sydney, Oct 27 (IANS) Australian pacer Brett Lee’s mystery elbow injury ahead of the second one-dayer against India threatens to derail his Test comeback hopes.
Lee (elbow strain) along with paceman Mitchell Johnson (rolled ankle) is in serious doubt for Wednesday’s clash in Nagpur, while all-rounder James Hopes has a hamstring tear.
The timing could not be [...]
Vadodara, Oct. 27 (ANI): Australian fast bowler Brett Lee’s mystery elbow injury is threatening to derail his Test comeback hopes, reports The Herald Sun.
Australian team physiotherapist Kevin Sims confirmed that apart from Lee, Mitchell Johnson and James Hopes have had scans in Vadodara, and added that Cricket Australia is viewing the injuries to be [...]
Vadodara, Oct 25(ANI): The first match of the seven-game ODI series between India and Australia in Vadodara had a thrilling finish on Sunday, as the Indian players failed to hold on their nerve and fell short by four runs.
At one point the match did seem like heading towards Australia’s grip after the Indian star [...]
Vadodra, Oct 25 (IANS) India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed his batsmen for their four-run loss to Australia in the opening One-Day International cricket match, but said they will bounce back in the seven-match series.
Chasing 293, India were struggling at 201 for seven, before an inspiring batting effort from Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar brought [...]
Vadodara, Oct 25 (IANS) Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar’s 84-run onslaught brought India to the edge of a sensational victory against Australia, but the hosts tripped in the thrilling final over and went down by a mere four runs in the first of the seven-match One-Day International cricket series here Sunday.
Australia were [...]
Johannesburg, Oct 1 (IANS) India defeated West Indies by seven wickets in their last Group A match here Wednesday, but the win came little too late for them as Australia’s tense two-wicket victory over Pakistan earlier in the day knocked them out of the Champions Trophy.
Australia became the second team from Group A to qualify [...]
Johannesburg, Sep 30 (IANS) India won the toss and decided to field against the West Indies in their Group A Champions Trophy match at SuperSport Park here Wednesday.
Indian will be without Sachin Tendulkar, who is out because of a stomach infection. India have also dropped an out-of-form fast bowler Ishant Sharma. Dinesh Karthik and Abhishek [...]
Bhubaneswar, Sep 27 (IANS) A man was killed and two people sustained injuries when a crude bomb they were carrying exploded in a village in Orissa’s Kandhamal district Sunday, police said.
The bomb exploded in one of the tents at Nandagiri village, 56 km from the district headquarters of Phulbani, where dozens of victims of last [...]
