salman_jobs Australian pace spearhead Brett Lee has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, saying that he would retire from the Twenty20 cricket after the end of this year’s Big Bash League campaign. Lee, who continued to play Twenty20 cricket following his retirement from international cricket in 2012, said that it had been an amazing and emotional 20 years as he had enjoyed every single moment of it, News.com.au reported.
Indian cricket team has unveiled brand new lightweight ODI international kit ahead of the triangular series in Australia that starts on Friday. Nike, the official apparel sponsor of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) crafted the latest Team India uniform in a bold new design with some of Nike’s latest global apparel innovations to help the team perform at their best.
German tennis legend Boris Becker has admitted that it would be almost impossible to replicate his feat of winning Wimbledon at a young age of 17, thus highlighting fierce competition existing in the game nowadays. Becker became the youngest player to win the Wimbledon title at the age of 17 in 1985 and went on to defend the title next year. Reflecting on his feat, Becker said that it is 30 years this year, adding that the longer it goes the more incredible it seems, News.com.au reported.
Sacked England swashbuckling batsman Kevin Pietersen revealed that he has never regretted his decision to leave South Africa to play for England while admitting that he loves his native land. While commentating with Ricky Ponting during a Melbourne Renegades and Brisbane Heat Big Bash fixture, Pietersen said that he wouldn’t be sitting there if he hadn’t left South Africa, Sport24 reported. The exiled batsman further said that he loved South Africa and its people and believes that he was a South African.
Questioning the relevance of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the chief of India’s public service broadcaster Prasar Bharati Wednesday said it was time to move on and involve communities in heritage conservation.
The more than 150-year-old ASI, under the culture ministry, is the premier organisation in India for archaeological researches and protection of cultural heritage.
BJP leader and union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Wednesday got bail after a court sentenced him to a year in prison for violating the model code of conduct during the 2009 elections.
The chief judicial magistrate in Lucknow ordered the detention of the minister of state for minority affairs and parliamentary affairs but later released him on a personal bond of Rs.20,000.
The Bharatiya Janata Party said the case against Naqvi was registered by the then Uttar Pradesh government out of “political vendetta” and there was no need for the minister to resign.
Fuelled by economic reforms, India is projected to become the world’s fastest growing large economy by 2017 with a growth rate of seven percent, overtaking China along the way, a World Bank report said Tuesday.
According to the Washington-based World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report, India’s gross domestic product (GDP) that grew by 5.6 percent last year, is expected to zoom to 6.4 percent this year before reaching the seven percent mark next year and keep that level in 2017 when China decelerates to 6.9 percent.
The Supreme Court Wednesday asked if the Narendra Modi government intended to complete the task of cleaning the Ganga river in its present term or carry it to the next term and keep the issue alive.
The court sought details on the status of various sewage treatment plants (STP) that were being set up to prevent untreated effluents from flowing into the Ganga.
In a bid to tackle the increasing number of swine flu cases in Delhi, the health department has appointed surveillance officers to check the treatment of swine flu at the designated hospitals here.
A total of 17 government hospitals, five private hospitals and 8 laboratories have been designated by the health department to conduct the swine flu test and treatment.
The department also said it was working on adding four more laboratories for testing of swine flu samples.
Former New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe has expressed concern that the Black Caps’ tight schedule ahead of the World Cup could prove to be exhausting for the team.
Crowe, in his latest column for CricInfo, wondered if the Black Caps have taken too much on their platter before the quadrennial tournament.
He viewed this as New Zealand’s only worry in looking at their abilities to finally break the country’s World Cup trophy drought.
Wilfried Bony has completed his big-bucks transfer from Swansea to Premier League champions Manchester City, subject to the exchange of paperwork.
The Ivorian striker, who is currently plying his trade at the Africa Cup of Nations, joins Manuel Pellegrini’s side for an initial fee in the region of 25 million pounds with another three million pounds as add-ons for four years, reports dailymail.co.uk.
The Ivory Coast football federation confirmed the deal on Twitter Wednesday.
Visiting Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay Wednesday told External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj that India’s and Bhutan’s security interests were intertwined and assured her of his country’s support against militants.
This was tweeted by external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin.
Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh also met the Bhutanese prime minister who thanked India for its support to Bhutan’s development.
Both sides discussed matters of mutual interest related to hydropower, areas of security, and other areas of cooperation.
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the Centre issuing ordinances cannot be justified by the fact that the previous government had also done the same.
“Just because ABC issued XYZ number of ordinances doesn’t justify the current lot issued(.) Otherwise campaign saying ‘we will bring no change’,” Omar wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter.
Omar was apparently referring to some BJP leaders defending the ordinances issued by the NDA government on the grounds that the previous UPA government had also issued many ordinances.
At least 36 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in clashes and air strikes across Iraq Wednesday, a security source said.
In Iraq’s Anbar province, US-led coalition warplanes pounded a school building used as IS headquarters, leaving 13 militants dead and six wounded along with four vehicles destroyed, Xinhua quoted a security source as saying.
Also in Anbar, Iraqi security forces and Sunni tribesmen killed 12 IS militants in clashes in the provincial capital city of Ramadi, according to the source.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam Wednesday urged the central government to denotify bulls from the list of performing animals so that Jallikattu – bull taming sport – could be held in the state during Pongal festival.
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the text of which was released to the media here, Panneerselvam citing the Pongal festival requested Modi to honour the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu.
The CNN documentary, “WEED: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports”, presented by its chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta has received the duPont-Columbia University Award for 2015, according to a university release.
The documentary took a critical look at research on medical marijuana and its impact on the lives of its users. “With compelling personal cases, over two groundbreaking primetime hours, CNN illustrated how medical marijuana can heal and help when traditional drugs, also often harmful, don’t work,” the university said.
A woman in Bihar here has claimed that a man called her from 750 mobile phone numbers in the last six years asking her to accept him as her lover.
The woman finally filed a complaint with the women’s helpline, an official said Wednesday.
The woman said in her complaint that she used to block the man’s phone number time and again, and he called by changing his number every time. The man was the woman’s classmate.
The Health Ministry budget is likely to face a massive Rs 6000-crore cut on account of non- utilisation of the entire budgetary allocation even as its Minister J P Nadda on Wednesday maintained that no flagship programme will be affected due to the downsizing.
Nadda also noted that this was done by the Finance Ministry due to under-utilisation of funds by the agencies concerned, including the states.
A new research has revealed that it’s all about the bass, demonstrating that women who are told that men desire larger-body women are happier with their weight. Psychologist Andrea Meltzer of Southern Methodist University said that results of three independent studies suggest a woman’s body image is strongly linked to her perception of what she thinks men prefer.
States affected by natural disasters will get assistance from the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF), a government statement said Wednesday.
The decision was taken by a high-level committee chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here Wednesday.
“The committee took the decision to provide assistance to the disaster affected states from National Disaster Relief Fund as per its guidelines,” said the statement.
Three candidates Wednesday submitted their nomination papers for the Delhi assembly polls on the first day of filing of nominations, officials said.
“Nafe Singh, an independent candidate, filed his nomination papers from Burari assembly constituency while D.K. Chopra, also an independent candidate, filed his nomination from Mehrauli assembly constituency,” said a statement from the poll panel.
Gareeb Aadmi Party leader Shyam Bharateey filed his nomination papers from Uttam Nagar constituency.
Delhi goes to the polls Feb 7 and the results will be declared Feb 10.
Italian super sports car manufacturer Ferrari Wednesday announced two new dealerships in India.
“Ferrari has announced the appointment of two new dealers to extend its official presence in India, a strategic market for the company,” the company said in a statement.
The company said that it enjoys a passionate and enthusiastic following in India and is firmly committed to providing a class-leading sales and after sales service in the country.
In two separate incidents, army men attacked on-duty police personnel, injuring at least three, and vandalised the Upanagar police station here, a top official said Wednesday.
In the first incident, an army lieutenant on two-day casual leave, came to the police station along with a relative to complain about some family dispute, Nashik Additional Commissioner of Police Hemrajsingh Rajput told IANS.
Apparently enraged over some delay in filing the complaint, he and the relative attacked the on-duty police officer and at least two other policemen.
The India Adda networking hub organised by the government annually at the World Economic Forum meeting at Davos will be replaced by a Make In India Lounge to promote Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project.
Hospitality partners India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF) Wednesday announced the makeover of the tea and coffee lounge in a statement here.
“The Make in India Lounge presents an opportunity to probe the India business reality, the market aspirations, the transformative competitive landscape and the compelling policy issues,” said Aparna Dutt Sharma, chief executive, IBEF.
The Odisha government Wednesday accorded in-principle approval to four companies to set up projects in the state with an investment of Rs.846 crore.
The companies would provide direct employment to more than 1,000 people.
The State Level Single Window Clearance Committee (SLSWCC) headed by Chief Secretary G.C. Pati cleared the four projects.
Uttam Infralogix has proposed to set up a cross country pipe conveyor from Odisha to Chhattisgarh, and a coal unloading and crushing facility at Baliamunda in Sundargarh district with a total investment of Rs.500 crore.