Month: April 2011

Orissa celebrates India’s win

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Bhubaneswar, April 03: Hundreds of cricket lovers in Orissa Saturday night took to the streets, burst firecrackers, waved the national flag and danced to celebrate India’s cricket World Cup win.

Hundreds of youth in state capital Bhubaneswar danced on the streets with faces painted in the colours of the national flag.

“It was a great day. India has won the World Cup again after a wait for 28 years,” Ramani Ranjan, a cricket fan, told IANS.

In the southern town of Berhampur, many cricket lovers visited temples and broke coconuts before the deities.

Where is Poonam Pandey, ask netizens

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New Delhi, April 03: Now that India has won the World Cup, netizens are keen to know where is model Poonam Pandey and if she would actually run naked as promised.”Did anyone see Poonam Pandey,” asked financial analyst Mukesh Jagota on Facebook.

Much before India won, amateur filmmaker Sanjib Kumar Roy had posted: I don’t promise to anything wild ..if India wins…but surely shall look for Poonam Panday online……. : ) Now Team India must win…pls win the match for us….

Mamata wants national holiday to celebrate World Cup win

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Kolkata, April 03: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday congratulated the Indian team for their brilliant World Cup win and appealed to the central government to declare Monday a national holiday to celebrate country’s biggest cricketing win.

“Our leader Mamata Banerjee has appealed to the union government through Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to declare Monday as a national holiday so that whole of India can celebrate this win,” Trinamool Congress and union Minister of State for Shipping Mukul Ray told IANS.

Celebrations in Shimla as India win

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Shimla, April 03: Thousands of cricket fans gathered at the historic Ridge, an open space just above the Mall in Himachal Pradesh’s capital Shimla, to celebrate India’s World Cup triumph over Sri Lanka in Mumbai.

As Mahendra Singh Dhoni led from the front to take India home, cricket lovers started the celebrations to mark India’s historic victory.

“We have really captured Lanka,” said Anil Sood, a fan.

The fans were also seen singing patriotic songs and carrying the Indian national flag.

I had to prove a point to myself: Dhoni

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New Delhi, April 03: India’s World Cup winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said in jest that he had to perform Saturday night to justify some of the decisions he took in the World Cup final against Sri Lanka.

If he had failed to come good, Dhoni said, a lot questions would have been asked of him as to why Shanthakumaran Sreesanth was preferred to Ravichandran Ashwin and why he came up the orader ahead of in-form Yuvraj Singh.

Celebrations erupt in Canada over India’s victory

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Toronto, April 03: Indians across Canada erupted in celebrations when skipper M.S. Dhoni hit the winning six to lift the cricket World Cup for the second time in 28 years.

Indians, Sri Lankans and even Pakistanis had started making beelines in front of restaurants and banquet halls from Vancouver to Toronto to watch the India-Sri Lanka World Cup final at Mumbai on special big screens.

Local boy Dhoni wins praise as Jharkhand celebrates

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Ranchi, April 03: This hometown of Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Jharkhand glittered at night as he led his team in lifting the World Cup after 28 years.

Children, youth and elderly came onto streets to celebrate the Indian victory in Mumbai. The joy of people of Ranchi increased manifold as local boy and India captain hit the winning runs in the match against Sri Lanka.

“Dhoni tune kar dala” (Dhoni you did it) and “Jharkhand ka Lal, India ko dila diya World Cup” (son of Jharkhand has won the World Cup for India) were some of the slogans shouted by people in Ranchi.

Diwali, New Year in Karnataka as India win World Cup

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Bangalore, April 03: Karnataka celebrated India winning the cricket World Cup in style – turning the Saturday night into a double whammy of Diwali and New Year revelry.

Deafening sounds filled the air as firecrackers lit the skies and thousands of people poured on to the streets across the state to share the exhilaration of India beating Sri Lanka at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai to lift the glittering cup after a 28 year wait.

India reclaim World Cup after 28 years

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Mumbai, April 02: Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a captain’s knock and gutsy Gautam Gambhir steered the innings after early jolts to hand India their second World Cup title after 1983, beating Sri Lanka by six wickets at the overflowing Wankhede Stadium here Saturday.

Chasing 275, Dhoni (91 not out) and Gambhir (97) shared 109 runs for the fourth wicket after India made a wobbly start, losing Virender Sehwag in the first over followed by Sachin Tendulkar in the seventh. Both the wickets were taken by fiery Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga.

Gadkari to address public rally in Raipur on Apr 16

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Raipur, April 02: BJP President Nitin Gadkari will take part in the party’s agitation here over the issues of corruption and blackmoney.

The agitation is part of the party’s nationwide campaign against the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre over corruption and blackmoney.

The first phase of the campaign was organised from March 24 to March 31. The second round will begin from April 6 (the foundation day of BJP) and last till April 10.

Dhoni crosses 6,000-run mark, Gambhir 4,000

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Mumbai, Aprril 02:Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today crossed the 6,000-run mark in ODI cricket during the World Cup summit clash against Sri Lanka here while teammate Gautam Gambhir also took his tally past 4,000.

Dhoni needed 42 runs to reach the mark before today’s match and he reached the milestone with a double of Lasith Malinga in his 186th ODI.

He is now the seventh Indian batsman to have crossed the 6,000-run mark after Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Mohd. Azharuddin, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag.

Yuvraj has now become a genuine all-rounder

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Mumbai, April 02: Yuvraj Singh came into the World Cup with questions over his fitness and form. The flamboyant left-hander has brilliantly responded to the challenge with an awesome all-round performance. From a backup trundler, he has now become a regular fifth bowler and that has made him a genuine all-rounder.

Yuvraj regaining touch with the bat did not come as much a surprise as his coming good with his left-arm spin.

He has become such a dependable bowler that captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has routinely looked up to him for breaking partnerships in the middle overs.

INDIA IS WORLD CHAMPION, Beat srilanka by 6 wkts

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Mumbai, April 02: The Indian cricket team defeated Srilanka in the world cup final. MS Dhoni has completed 6000 runs in one day internationals. Indubitably, he would count the 91 runs he has scored today as some of the most important of those. He walked in with India in a pressure situation, with all of India demanding a captain’s knock, and acutely aware that he had not performed at all with the bat in the World Cup 2011.

HC issues notice 2002 Gujarat riots accused

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Ahmedabad, April 02: The Gujarat High Court Friday issued notice to Babu Bajrangi and Jaydeep Patel, two accused in Naroda Gam massacre case of the 2002 communal riots in Ahmedabad, after a special court’s order rejecting access to footage of a sting operation on the duo was challenged by the state government.

Afridi is a die-hard fan of SRK

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That Pakistani cricket captain Shahid Afridi is a die-hard fan of King Khan was revealed by his younger brother Javed Afridi while he commenting live on the radio station in India during the Indo-Pak semi final. Javed also added that Shahid never misses any of his films and he has seen ‘My Name Is Khan’ at least a dozen times.

He said, “Shahid is a huge fan of Shahrukh Khan. He never misses out on his films and has seen My Name Is Khan at least a dozen times.”

Shiv Sena warns Poonam Pandey on Nudity

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Mumbai, April 02: Shiv Sena today demanded stern action against 20-year-old model Poonam Pandey, who has said she would strip at the Wankhede Stadium here if India won the World Cup final tomorrow.

“The model has told newspapers that she would strip in the stadium, if India wins the world cup. The government has to take action to stop such things,” Sena MLC Neelam Gorhe said in the Legislative Council today.

“It was shocking to learn that Poonam’s parents have given her permission, as per the interviews,” Gorhe said.

Oman security forces detain protesters

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Muscat, April 02: Nearly 60 people have been arrested at a protest demanding the release of those detained in a government crackdown in the Omani city of Sohar.

The arrests were made after security forces clashed with hundreds of people following the Friday Prayers.

Protesters were calling for the release of hundreds of detainees arrested during the six weeks of demonstrations to demand better wages, jobs and an end to corruption,

Getting justice a Herculean task for common man: Singhvi

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Jodhpur, April 02: Criticising the “inordinate delay and exorbitant cost” of getting Justice, Supreme Court Judge G S Singhvi today said that judiciary has to go to the common man and villagers to restore the faith in the system.

While admitting that this common man is normally averse to approach courts, he said it is unfortunate that our system is miserably plagued by an inordinate delay and exorbitant cost.

CBI slammed for scaling down spectrum scam loss

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Chennai, April 02: Tamil Nadu’s opposition parties Saturday slammed the scaling down of the loss to the exchequer due to the spectrum scam in the formal charge filed against disgraced former communications minister and DMK leader A. Raja and others.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) earlier in the day filed in a Delhi court a charge sheet running into 127 pages, along with 80,000 pages of annexure, against Raja and eight other individuals and three firms on the allocation of second generation (2G) telecom spectrum (airwave).

APSRTC to recruit 377 drivers & women conductors

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Hyderabad, April 02: The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) Greater Hyderabad Zone has issued a notification calling applications for the posts of 377 drivers and women conductors on contract basis. The driver posts are 111 and women conductor posts are 266. SC/ST candidates are only eligible for these posts.

Lorry over turns on Patny flyover one injured

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Hyderabad, April 02: One person sustained serious injuries when a loaded lorry lost control and over-turned on the Secunderabad Patny Fly-over here on Saturday.

According to the police, the lorry was going towards Adilabad from Vanasthalipuram. A person who was riding a two-wheeler was injured in the accident. Following this incident, police closed the bridge and stopped vehicular traffic for some time.

—AGencies

UK minister calls for Anglo-French nuke

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Scotland, April 02: Liberal Democrat Minister of State for the Armed Forces Nick Harvey has called for a joint nuclear deterrent with France to save Britain billions of pounds and change defence strategy.

Harvey has called for an Anglo-French replacement for Britain’s nuclear weapons on Friday. His proposal has been warmly received by the French ambassador as both countries face defence budget pressure.

In February 2010, the former chief of General Staff General Sir Richard Dannat said Britain does not need to have nuclear deterrent within 10 years time.

Cameron links N Ireland to Libya

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England, April 02: British Prime Minister’s speech over Libya at the press conference on Thursday, is reminiscent of his speech on Northern Ireland in 1993.

David Cameron has pretended he has no ‘selfish strategic or oil-related interest’ in Libya. His words echoed landmark declaration on Noerthern Ireland.

“Let me be clear to anyone watching in the Islamic or the Arab world. Britain has no selfish or strategic or oil-related interest in what is happening in Libya. Our interest has been to try and help save civilian life,” said Cameron in Downing Street on Thursday.

Nigeria postpones election

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Nigeria, April 02: The Nigerian electoral commission authorities say they have decided to put off the nationwide elections because of organizational and logistic problems.

The decision was made after voting material failed to arrive in many areas and the poll was rescheduled for Monday.