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Chennai Super Kings Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Scorecard Analysis | CSK Vs RCB Match 14 Highlights

The two big teams of IPL face each other in a big in-counter today in Chennai. Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore the two heavy weights teams of the tournament. Up till now  Both teams could only win 1 game in the tournament and could not performed according to their standards.

Bollywood Tattoo queen - Deepika Padukone _ Awarded by Tattoo Convention in India

Deepika, the 25-year-old star, who was had tattooed the name of her ex boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor on the nape of her neck was questioned about it time and again when they broke up.

There were rumors that she had even removed it but everyone’s mouth was shut when she confirmed its presence on the Koffee with Karan show. However, again due to the same tattoo, the first Tattoo Convention in India organizers, named her as the ‘Tattoo queen’. Sadly though, she could not attend the event.

The organizers were upset that Deepika could not make it to the show as she was the perfect ambassador for the event. This sultry actress who has made a name for herself in Bollywood right from the start would have been the perfect ambassador for the show as she sports a RK tattoo on her neck and another one of an anklet.

The first Tattoo Convention took place in April 10th and she was invited to be a part of it after the organizers saw her in the Dum Maro Dum latest version where she also has a tattoo. The Om Shanti Om actress is currently shooting for the film Desi Boyz abroad and that is the reason she could not make it to the event.

The actress however extended her invites to the team of Dum Maro Dum and Abhishek Bachchan, Rohan Sippy and Prateik Babbar could attend the place instead. The convention’s organizer Manoj Thakur and Partner at Par Excellence said, “Deepika’s absence was felt, especially at an event that she would have readily identified with.”

Photos of Sin Cara WWE Wrestler UNMASKED | Sin Cara Face Photos Wiki |Raw Debut

With Sin Cara set to debut tonight on Raw, pictures have been floating around the internet of the masked luchadore formally known as Mystico. Here is one of the pictures showing him without the Sin Cara mask:


Ford Models Supermodel of the World Search Malaysia 2011 | Dayang Nur Atikah the winner of the Supermodel of the World Malaysia 2011

Dayang Nur Atikah, poses as she is announced the winner of the Supermodel of the World Malaysia . Dayang Nur Atikah, 18, will represent Malaysia at the 30th anniversary of the Ford Models Search in New York.





VIshu Festival Wishes | Happy Vishu in Malayalam SMS Messages 2011

vishu festival is celebrated in the state of Kerala in southern India. The festival marks the first day of the Malayalam year and falls in the month Medam (April-May). The Malayalam word Kani means literally "the one you see first," so Vishukkani means "what is seen first Vishu." It Vishukani is a panorama of promising products, including flowers, fruit and vegetables, clothes and gold coins. The Vishukkani, also called Kanikanal is inseparable from Vishu.


Most of this festival is celebrated by all Hindus with different names such as Assam today called Bihu in Punjab Baisakhi and in Tamil Nadu Puthandu. It is one of the most important days in Kerala.

Before Vishu Day People are usually prepared Vishukani ", The Vishu Kani is an important observance of Vishu festival.



The Vishu Kani Kanal is performed during the early morining on the Vishu day (April 14th) in which gold ornaments, fresh white cloth, a measure of rice or paddy, flowers of the Konna tree (Cussia fistula), halved jack fruits, oil lamps, halved coconuts, mirror, yellow cucumbe etc are placed along with Lord Krishna's idol. People come blind folded in the early morning to view the Vishu kani which is believed to bring them good luck in the next year.


This Vishu, when we open our eyes,
And see the urali of fortune…
may we get blessed with prosperity,
peace and wealth…
Happy Vishu!

Ormakal Koodu Kootiya manasinte Thalir chillayil,
Ponnin niramulla Orayiram Ormakalumayi,
oru Vishu koodi varavayi.
Othiri snehathode Orayiram
"Vishu Asamsakal"


Orupidi konapoovum
Vishu kaniyum
Vishu kainetavumayi
Veendum Meda masam pularunu
Samrithiyudeyum santhoshathinteyum
snehathinteyum pradekamaya
"Vishu 2009 Ashamsakal"


Manassilundavatte gramathin
Vishudhiyum manavum
Mamathayaum ithiri konnappoovum.
Vishu Kaniyum, Vishu kaineetavum, kali chiriyum ayi
Oru Vishu koodi
Happy Vishu 2009 Asamsakal

Orayiram kanikonnakal mansil pookunnu,
Oru Vishu kaalam koodi,
Vishu kaineetamayu ente hridayathil ninnum
Orayiram Vishu asamsakal

Manasil ennum Kanikonna Virityatte
Jeevithathil ennum Aiswaryam nirayatte
Orayiram Vishu asamsakal

Latest IIT JEE Solutions and Answers Available Online

IIT JEE 2011 Solutions And Answers Sheets On Website

"Scanned images of the optical response sheets (ORS) with the candidates' details and their responses will be displayed on the JEE website after May 25, 2011," IIT-Kanpur's director Sanjay Dhande said.

Like every year, IIT-Kanpur will put up key answers, allowing students, for the first time, to compare their performance, and see where they have gone wrong.

Important dates
April 10, 2011: JEE exam

May 15, 2011: Display of model solutions to JEE 2011

May 25, 2011: Declaration of results JEE 2011

After May 25, 2011: Display of scanned images of ORS

May 30-June 13, 2011: Online filling of choices open to all the qualified candidates

June 08-10: Medical examination and counselling for qualified PD candidates (the schedule will be announced later on the IIT websites)

June 10: Architecture/Design Aptitude Test

June 17: Last date of receipt of filled and duly signed choice sheets

Sri Rama Navami 2011 - Lord Rama's Birthday Wishes | Ram Navami Greetings Card and SMS Messages Scraps Facebook

Sri-Ramnavami is dedicated to the memory of Lord Rama. It occurs on the ninth day (navami). The festival falls on the ninth day of the Chaitra month of Hindu lunar year in ‘Shukla paksha’ or waxing moon.

Ramnavami occurs in the month of March. Celebrations begin with a prayer to the Sun early in the morning. At midday, when Lord Rama is supposed to have been born, a special prayer is performed. In northern India especially, an event that draws popular participation is the Ramnavami procession. The main attraction in this procession is a gaily decorated chariot in which four persons are dressed up as Rama, his brother Laxman, his queen Sita and his disciple Hanuman. The chariot is accompanied by several other persons dressed up in ancient costumes as work by Rama's solders. The procession is a gusty affair with the participants shouting praises echoing the happy days of Rama's reign.

Therefore, the festival is also referred to as Chaitra Masa Suklapaksha Navami.

Ram jinka naam hai, Ayodhya jinka dhaam hai,
Aise raghunandan ko, hamara pranam hai
Aapko aur apke parivaar ko Ram Navami ki haardik shubhkaamnaye.

Bhaji mann Ram siyapati
Raghukul eese
Deen bandhu dukh taaran
Kosaladhees
Ram kisi bhaanti bhaji,
Ravan ki reeti taji.
Jai Shri Ram!

Ram ji ki jyoti se noor milta hai
Sabke dilo ko shurur milta hai
Jo bhi jata hai ram ji ke dwar
Kuch na kuch jarur milta hai.
“Happy Ram Navami”.

Bajre ki roti, aam ka achar,
Suraj ki kirne, khushiyo ki bahar,
Chanda ki chandni,apano ka pyar,
Mubarak ho aapko
Ramanavami ka tyohar.

August 15th is the Deadline : Anna Hasare for Lokpal Bill | What is Lokpal Bill for?

Hazare told his supporters to prepare for a bigger battle against the government, if the Parliament fails to pass the Lokpal Bill, a law that the country has been waiting for more than 40 years. Setting August 15 as the deadline, Hazare said that certain corrupt politicians might not let the bill pass easily and if need be a stronger fight against corruption would be required.

"This is the battle, we have to fight a war," said Hazare to his supporters.

Since there is no law for those who are corrupt, they are not scared to face charges. But, with the implementation of the Jan Lokpal Bill, corruption will be a serious force to reckon with.

Hazare said,"after this law all those who are corrupt will be scared, today no one is scared of law as it doesn’t punish corrupt people. Every citizen is suffering from corruption and people supported me for this reason."

According to him since all institutions are under governmental control they don't have autonomy and that is the main reason why corruption is so widespread, With the introduction of the Lokpal bill there will be autonomy and corruption would be wiped off.

"Every institution that has been formed to check corruption is under the government therefore it is not effective. All institution are under government that’s why they do not have autonomy. This new Jan Lokpal bill will bring autonomy in all the institutions, this will lead to the wiping of corruption," said Hazare.

Several people have criticised the movement and Anna's ways of forcing change. But Anna justifies his method of protest as he did not do it for his personal benefit but for the benefit of the entire country.

"Let the people say anything about our way of protest, this was not for my benefit, I did it for the country and for the citizens of India and for the poor people. My method of protest is justified. Since the government was not willing to talk therefore we had to start this agitation", adds Anna.

Anna truely believes that with the passing of this bill it will be ensured that corrupt ministers will go to jail.

Hazare ended his 98-hour long fast on Saturday after the Government bowed before the people power and agreed to most of the demands put forward by the veteran social activist and Gandhian.

The final agreement was made after three meetings held over two days and which showed no signs of either side willing to budge from their stand. The Government agreed to Hazare's demands. Infact, Anna and his supporters believe that the Government had agreed beyond their demands.

"The government has agreed beyond our demands. I am thankful to the Prime Minister, Sonia and Kapil Sibal. UPA government cares about the concerns of the people," said Swami Agnivesh.

In the agreement, the government has committed itself to introducing the new Lokpal Bill in the forthcoming monsoon session of Parliament. Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily will be the convener of the 10-member Joint Drafting Committee that will commence its work forthwith and evolve its own procedures to prepare the proposed legislation.

The five members of the civil society include Hazare, senior lawyers Shanti Bhushan and Prashant Bhushan, RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal and Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde. Shanti Bhushan will be the co-Chairman along with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

The Government will be represented by Mukherjee, Sibal, Moily, Home Minister P Chidambaram and Water Resources Minister Salman Khurshid.

The Drafting Committee will complete its work by June 30 and the Cabinet approval will be taken before the start of the monsoon session. The monsoon session of Parliament is likely to start in the first week of July.

Though both sides talked tough on Friday morning, Hazare sent a draft to the government containing his demands and after discussions between Sibal and Hazare's emissaries Government sent a draft to the fasting leader.

The government draft conceded the demand for a joint committee and other details of the draft agreement.

Hazare demanded that there should be co-chairman from the civil society side with five members from both sides and that it should be constituted through a notification and not by a letter of the Law Ministry. The Government finally agreed to this proposal paving the way for a resolution.

He agreed to be part of the committee to keep pressure on the Government and for a minister to be chairman so that the "the Cabinet will accept the recommendations (of the committee).

Suzuki Swift X-ITE Special Edition Released | Hatchback Car features | Swift Special Edition On Road Price Test Drive


Special Edition of Suzuki Swift is released and the name is Swift X-ITE. Exterior components are seems to be attached with some new components which changed the view of the hatchback.

Sporty look of the suzuki swift is enhanced with the 17 inch alloy wheel rim with more bars.

In Previous models of Suzuki there were more discussions on the the interior, the same is addressed in this new sporty look.
Also its been announced that this edition which is called special editions and the production will be limited and though it wil be the Limited special edition.

As usual, there are choices to select the engines as it comes with 2 engine models. 1300 CC and 1500 CC with manual or automatic transimission.

Radioactive Substance found in Pakistan - Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant - Japan Traces of Iodine Reaches Pakistan

On April 9 2011, Islamabad - Pakistan, Radioactive substances like iodine in very small amount found in Pakistan. The local media daily times reported on (4/9). As the distance from Japan to Pakistan is long and the air direction made the substance to found in very thin, quoted by pakistan Atomic Energy Council (PAEC).

It says the radioactive substance found is billions of times smaller than the number of leveles that can be dangerous and can threaten the public health environment. Also the PAEC says that there is no need of vigilence in all aspects.

CRICTIME.COM Kochi Tuskers Kerala Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers | Watch Cricket on webcric.com Live Bangaloru vs Kochi Kerala

To Watch Live Streaming of this match, we recommend our visitors to visit the Times of India website and their YouTube channel, the Youtube has made deals to keep secure free viewing for everyone there. You can also watch RCB v KTK highlights and previous IPL actions at the official IPL YouTube Channel here.

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Ford Fiesta Classic launch in India | price range | features | Specification | Interiors and Exteriors

Ford Fiesta Classic is in INDIA market. Reports from Chennai Confirms that this car is having two variants Petrol and Diesel for the cheaper version.

Also Ford fiesta is coming with two engine options, which is 1.6L 100 Bhp Duratec Petrol engine and the 1.4 L 68 Bhp Duratorq Diesel Engine. But the disappointment is the Sporty S variant of Ford Fiesta Classic will not be released.

Ford Fiesta recently was ratred excellent in Chennai Roads. These were spotted by doing test rides near chennai. Ford Fiesta is having plan to introduce another variant called - Global Fiesta, this will be the same as of the cheaper version of the Ford Fiesta.

Three Variants will be released in Ford Fiesta as Classic, LXI, CLXI and SXI versions.

Managing Director, Ford Motors India, Mr. Michael Boneham told reporters, "Fiesta classic is appropriate product of the mid-size segment"

Price Range of a Petrol engine will be from 5.58 Lacs. Also the deisel variants from 6.05 Lakhs.

New Earthquake Hits Again In Japan with 7.4 Magnitude - Triggering Tsunami Aert in Japoni | cunami 2011 alerts

Another devastating quake faced in the Northeast of Japan with a massive 7.4 magnitude temblor, followed by the fresh Tsunami alert. Engineers in nuclear plant pumped in plenty of Nitrogen in Fukushima power plant. Around 118 KM north of Fukushima is also felt the Shake.

The Quake originated at 40 Kms under water raised the alert of immediate Tsunami on Thursday and predicted the ways to be around 3 feet higher.

The Quake hit on March 11 was of 9.0 in magnitude. Todays earthquake have not done much impact to the cripped plant on the Fukushima, said engineers.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said its workers injected chemically-stable nitrogen into the No.1 reactor, where a build-up of hydrogen gas had raised concerns about a possible radiation-leaking explosion.

Masters 2011:Rolling coverage of day one at Augusta National | Watch Masters Tournament 2011 live streaming | Masters 2011 Golf Tournament Leaderboard Results Revealed | Masters 2011 Leaderboard: Will Bubba Watson Be in Contention

The golfing world takes a stroll down Magnolia Lane for the 75th time today as the first major of the year gets underway at Augusta National.

Bobby Jones's magnificent old course is celebrating a notable anniversary and there is a host of British golfers hoping to uncork the bubbly after taking home the sport's most prestigious prize on Sunday night.

Englishmen Lee Westwood, Luke Donald, Paul Casey, Ian Poulter and Justin Rose all have realistic hopes of wearing the famous green jacket, as do Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy, while Scotland's Martin Laird could be the dark horse in the field.

Defending champion Phil Mickelson remains the favourite to retain his title after regaining top form in his win at the Houston Open last week, but one man still casts a dark shadow over the rest.

Tiger Woods is also celebrating an anniversary here this week - 10 years ago he completed his 'Tiger Slam' - holding all four major titles at once - and, swing overhaul or not, the four-time Masters champion remains the man to beat.

We'll bring you live coverage of every round from now until Sunday as we wait and see who will be this year's master of Bobby's dazzler...

Download : Music Maestro AR Rahman's Biography Launched In Mumbai | AR Rahman - AR Rahman Biography, Life History of AR Rahman | A R Rahman's biography released in Mumbai | The Complete Biography of A.R.Rahman | Mani Ratnam launches AR Rahman's biography

Fans can now get rare insights into the private life and musical journey of A.R. Rahman as his much awaited biography ‘A.R. Rahman: The Spirit of Music’, written by renowned film historian Nasreen Kabeer was released.

The launch function was held at Juhu last evening with ace film director Mani Ratnam in his own words is “not just a fan of A R Rahman — the composer but a bigger admirer of Rahman — the person”, making him the obvious choice to unveil Nasreen Munni Kabir’s biographic work, titled A R Rahman - The Spirit of Music. The book elicits the heart-to-heart conversations between the author and composer about his life.

The book launch, in Juhu yesterday (6 April 2011), had Ram Gopal Varma, Ashutosh Gowariker, Imtiaz Ali, Anthony D’Souza, Subhash Ghai and Shivamani in attendance. Singers Javed Ali and Madhushree were also present.

Rahman surprised all by confessing about the trials and tribulations of his life. He narrated a small example to the audience, saying “One such moment was right after I had bought my studio. It was like a shell with an air-conditioner. I had no money to buy any equipment. When my mother asked me what I needed, I told her I required Rs 4 lakh for all the equipment. So she sold some of my sister’s jewellery.”

Sony Ericsson Launches Xperia Arc Smartphones In India, Features And Price

The Xperia range, which currently has five models, sold more than nine million handsets globally in 2010.

“The Android-based handsets are designed to provide the best multimedia experience to consumers. As social and digital media continues to change consumer experiences, our portfolio will complement this phenomenon, and take communication entertainment to the next level,” Sony Ericsson Country Head Pawan Chadha told reporters.

The company however, declined to comment on India specific numbers. “According to a recent report ‘Mobile Youth Around the World’ by media research firm Nielson, the Indian mobile phone market offers immense growth opportunity for smartphone, given that only 10% of the Indian youth have smartphones and 90% of them still have feature phones,” Chadha said.

Based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor, Xperia Arc is equipped with 10.6-cm touch screen, expandable memory up to 32GB and 8.1MP camera. Xperia Play, which allows users to play PlayStation Suite games on the handset, is equipped with four-inch screen and a 5.1MP camera.

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11th ICC World Cup Cricket will be held in 2015 will be hosted jointly by Australia and New Zealand. The Venues of the matches will be evenly split between Two Nations Australia and New Zealand and World Cup 2015 venues is still yet to be finalized. Logo of ICC Cricket World cup 2015 was designed to look like a cricket player inside of the Logo of world cup cricket 2015.
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Maruti Suzuki Recall Diesel Cars Of Three Models | Maruti Suzuki recalls 13157 diesel cars

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. said Wednesday it will recall 13,157 diesel cars manufactured between Nov. 13 and Dec. 4, 2010, to inspect a defective auto part.


The recall will include 4,505 units of sedan Swift Dzire, 6,841 units of the Swift hatchback and 1,811 units of the Ritz small car, Maruti said. The recall doesn't include any exported cars.

Maruti will inspect a connecting rod bolt in all these cars and its dealers will contact the owners.

"If the connecting rod bolt is found defective, the company will replace the component free of cost," the company said.

The current recall is the second within 14 months by India's largest car maker by sales. The Indian unit of Suzuki Motor Corp. in February last year recalled more than 100,000 units of its small car A-Star to replace a defective auto part in the fuel tank.

Suzuki President Hiroshi Tsuda, left, and chairman Osamu Suzuki introduced the new sporty hatchback Swift at a Tokyo hotel on
Maruti also joins Honda Motor Co.'s local unit in recalling cars more than once since early 2010. Honda Siel Cars India Ltd. in February said it will recall 57,853 units of its City sedan, produced between November 2008 and December 2009, to replace a faulty part as part of a global exercise.

In January 2010 it also replaced defective power window switches that could cause fire in City sedans.

Tata Motors Ltd., India's biggest auto maker by revenue, offered additional safety equipment on the Nano after some incidents of the mini car catching fire. The company maintained the actions didn't constitute a recall.

Maruti didn't disclose the cost of the recall. The recall of A-Star is estimated to have cost up to 320 million rupees ($7.23 million), of which Maruti spent 100 million rupees to 120 million rupees while its part suppliers covered the rest.

Sathya Sai Baba's Health Condition Is Stable, Remains On Ventilator Support

Spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba's condition is stable but he remains on ventilator to support his respiratory function, doctors treating him here said Tuesday.


According to a medical bulletin Baba remained on ventilator to support his respiratory function and on the CRRT (continuous renal replacement therapy) system to assist his kidney function.

The 84-year-old guru entered the Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences last week for lung and chest congestion. A hospital statement said he was stable Tuesday, after describing his condition as critical.

Sai Baba has a huge international following, and devotees are flocking to his ashram in Puttaparti town in the southern Andhra Pradesh state. They consider him a living god and miracle worker who can conjure small objects such as rings and watches from his curly hair.

Police are on guard to prevent devotees from gathering outside the hospital in hopes of receiving a blessing from the guru.

A.N. Safaya, the director of the Sathya Sai Baba Hospital, said the guru’s health continued to be critical in spite of receiving CRT treatment for his failing kidney.

A medical bulletin reported no change in his condition since morning.

With the numbers of devotees beginning to swell, district police have cordoned off the hospital premises. Dignitaries have been requested not to come to Puttaparthi.

The Andhra Pradesh government has deputed senior doctors led by health secretary P. V. Ramesh to oversee the ailing guru’s medical treatment.

Hundreds of devotees fished out a statue of local goddess Sathyamma from a local reservoir. Some said the idol’s disappearance had caused the Baba’s ill health.

IPL 4 Teams And Players List for 2011 | Chennai Super Kings Team/Squad | Mumbai Indians | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Delhi Daredevils | Kolkata Knight Riders | Deccan Chargers | Kings XI Punjab | Rajasthan Royals | Pune Warriors | Kochi Tuskers Kerala |

The 2011 Indian Premier League season, IPL 4 or the 2011 IPL, will be the fourth season of the Indian Premier League and will run from April 8 to May 28 2011 with a total of 10 teams.


Two new teams added to the lists are Pune Warriors and Kochi Tuskers Kerala. The IPL 2011 consists of 94 matches, significantly greater than the 60 matches from the previous season.

Chennai Super Kings Team/Squad for 2011 IPL4:

MS Dhoni (Cap), Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Michael Hussey, Scott Styris, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Albie Morkel, Tim Southee, Subramaniam Badrinath, George Bailey, Doug Bollinger, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Ben Hilfenhaus, Shadab Jakati, Joginder Sharma, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Srikkanth Anirudha, Yo Mahesh, Sudeep Tyagi, Abhinav Mukund, Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas, Ganapathi Vignesh

Mumbai Indians Team/Squad for 2011 IPL4:

Sachin Tendulkar (Cap), Kieron Pollard, Andrew Symonds, Rohit Sharma, James Franklin, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel, Davy Jacobs, Clint McKay, ADilhara Fernando, mbati Rayudu, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ali Murtaza, Abu Nechim, Aiden Blizzard, Yuzvendra Chahal, Moises Henriques, Sarul Kanwar, Rajagopal Sathish, Tirumalasetti Suman, Pawan Suyal, Aditya Tare (wk), Santosh Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav

Royal Challengers Bangalore Team/Squad for 2011 IPL4:

Daniel Vettori (Cap), Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Saurabh Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammad Kaif, Abhimanyu Mithun, Zaheer Khan, Charl Langeveldt, Dirk Nannes, Ryan Ninan, Asad Pathan, Luke Pomersbach, Rilee Rossouw, Johan van der Wath, Jonathan Vandiar, Mayank Agarwal, Sreenath Aravind, Arun Karthik, BN Bharath, Raju Bhatkal, Abrar Kazi, Nuwan Pradeep, Muralidharen Gautam

Delhi Daredevils Team/Squad for 2011 IPL4:

Sehwag (Cap), David Warner, Naman Ojha (wk), Irfan Pathan, James Hopes, Colin Ingram, Andrew McDonald, Morne Morkel, Roelof van der Merwe, Venugopal Rao, Umesh Yadav, Ajit Agarkar, Varun Aaron, Travis Birt, Robin Bist, Unmukt Chand, Ajit Chandila, Ashok Dinda , Aaron Finch, Robert Frylinckl, Yogesh Nagar, Rajesh Pawar, Aavishkar Salvi, Sridharan Sriram, Vikas Mishra, Matthew Wade, Tejashwi Yadav, Vivek Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem

Kolkata Knight Riders Team/Squad for 2011 IPL4:

Gautam Gambhir (Cap), Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis, Brad Haddin (wk), Brett Lee, Shakib Al Hasan, Eoin Morgan, Jaidev Unadkat, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Iqbal Abdulla, Sarabjit Ladda, Rajat Bhatia, Manvinder Bisla, Shreevats Goswami, James Pattinson, Pradeep Sangwan, Shami Ahmed, Laxmi Shukla, Ryan ten Doeschate, Manoj Tiwary

Deccan Chargers Team/Squad for 2011 IPL4:

Kumar Sangakkara (Cap/wk), Kevin Pietersen, Cameron White, Jean-Paul Duminy, Shikhar Dhawan, Michael Lumb, Ishant Sharma, Dale Steyn, Rusty Theron, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Ashish Reddy, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, Akash Bhandari, Bharat Chipli, Daniel Christian, Kedar Devdhar, Manpreet Gony, Harmeet Singh, Ishank Jaggi, Chris Lynn, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Jaydev Shah, Sunny Sohal, Arjun Yadav, Ishan Malhotra

Kings XI Punjab Team/Squad for 2011 IPL4:

Adam Gilchrist (Cap/wk), Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, Stuart Broad, Piyush Chawla, Ryan Harris, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Praveen Kumar, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Abhishek Nayar, Ryan McLaren, Love Ablish, Siddharth Chitnis, Vikramjeet Malik, Nathan Rimmington, Nitin Saini, Shalabh Srivastava, Sunny Singh, Amit Yadav, Bhargav Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, Mandeep Singh, Paras Dogra, Paul Valthaty

Rajasthan Royals Team/Squad for 2011 IPL4:

Shane Warne (Cap), Shane Watson, Ross Taylor, Shaun Tait, Rahul Dravid, Paul Collingwood, Johan Botha, Swapnil Asnodkar, Deepak Chahar, Aakash Chopra, Aditya Dole, Ashok Menaria, Pankaj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Abhishek Raut, Siddharth Trivedi, Dishant Harendra Yagnik, Ankeet Chavan, Nayan Doshi, Samad Fallah, Dinesh Salunkhe, Amit Singh, Stuart Binny, Deepak Chahar, Faiz Fazal, Sumit Narwal, Amit Paunikar, Pinal Shah

Pune Warriors Team/Squad for 2011 IPL4:

Yuvraj Singh (Cap), Robin Uthappa, Graeme Smith, Jesse Ryder, Callum Ferguson, Murali Kartik, Ashish Nehra, Nathan McCullum, Angelo Mathews, Wayne Parnell, Jerome Taylor, Tim Paine (wk), Dheeraj Jadhav, Ganesh Gaikwad, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Kamran Khan, Harshad Khadiwale, Mitchell Marsh, Shrikant Mundhe, Alfonso Thomas, Eklavya Dwivedi, Mohnish Mishra, Manish Pandey, Sachin Rana, Rahul Sharma, Imtiyaz Ahmed, Harpreet Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mithun Manhas, Shrikant Wagh

Kochi Tuskers Kerala (IPL Kochi) Team/Squad for 2011 IPL4:

Mahela Jayawardene (Cap), Brendon McCullum, Michael Klinger, Owais Shah, VVS Laxman, Brad Hodge, Steve O'Keefe, Ravindra Jadeja, Balachandra Akhil, Deepak Chougule, Gnaneswara Rao, Raiphi Gomez, Parthiv Patel (wk), Muttiah Muralitharan, John Hastings, Sreesanth, Thisara Perera, Ramesh Powar, RP Singh, Steven Smith, Kedar Jadhav, Chandan Madan, Sushant Marathe, Prasanth Padmanabhan

200 Fall Ill Due To Kuttu Ka Atta Food Poisoning in Delhi

Kuttu Atta ,the staple diet of fasting people on the eve of navratri is turning dangerous in many places. Around 200 persons have fallen ill after consuming Kuttu atta in Delhi alone.


Police detained 10 people in connection with the incident, which took place in east and north-east Delhi localities, and warned citizens not to buy buck wheat (Kuttu Atta) from open sack.

A senior police official said a total of 187 people -- 107 in east Delhi and 80 in north-east Delhi -- were admitted to various hospitals in the city.

Locals in Nandnagri, Gokalpuri, Jagatpuri, Gandhinagar, Kalyanpuri, Trilokpuri and Chilla Gaon were the most affected.

It all started at 7 am when patients complaining of vomiting, stomach ache, diarrhea, and dizziness started pouring in different hospitals including Lal Bahadur ShastriHospital, Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital and Dr Hedgewar Hospital.

"Nandu Masala Mill in Mandoli is found to be the manufacturer of the kuttu flour (buck wheat) consumed by the victims. Some persons have been detained in this connection. Raids are being conducted," Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat said.

Locals alleged the mill owner was close to senior politicians.

A doctor with Lal Bahdur Shastri hospital said, "A number of people have been admitted since morning in our hospital. All have been diagnosed of food poisoning. However, none of them are serious. We have discharged a few of them."

Since we are running short of beds we have refereed some to GTB and other hospitals. "After inquiring from patients we found all have consumed food made from buckwheat as this is a compulsory ritual for the ongoing Navratra festival," a doctor with GTB hospital said.

Bhagat said the victims had purchased the buck wheat from open sack in retail.

"People are advised to check the expiry date of the packet containing Kuttu flour and the name of flour mills before using it. People are also advised not to purchase kuttu flour from open sack," Bhagat said.

The District Administration and emergency services have been alerted and teams of Food and Adulteration Department have been put in service, he said.

Meanwhile, Health Minister A K Walia directed K S Singh, Director, Prevention of Food Adulteration to conduct the probe into the incident. "Strong action would be taken against the guilty," he said.

Officials from Prevention of Food Adulteration department also conducted raids in various markets and lifted samples of wheat and other food articles. Walia said PFA has been told to lift samples in large number from East Delhi and other areas.

Election Commission Decides To Drop Sourav Ad

The Election Commission on Tuesday announced that it would not release its voter awareness campaign featuring Sourav Ganguly despite not having found “any reason to doubt his apolitical credentials”.

“ Since there is a complaint by a major political party that he has political affiliation and cannot be an EC ambassador, Sourav has expressed unhappiness at the controversy and has requested the commission not to use him as brand ambassador,” Akshay Routh, DG (Information, Education and Communication) of the West Bengal Election Commission said today.

The advertisement of Election Commission created controversy after the Trinamool Congress raised an objection to it citing Sourav’s inclination to the CPM.

Sourav then in a letter to the EC requested it to drop his promo. Akshay Routh today said that showing respect to Sourav’s emotions and sentiment, the EC has decided not to air the advertisement. Routh said the Election Commission had been happy earlier that Sourav had agreed to be its icon to develop interest among people to vote in the state Assembly elections. “Sourav is not only an icon of the Election Commission, but is also a national icon,” he said. The CEO officials said the state CEO and Election Commission are unanimous that they have found no proof of political involvement of Sourav in the CD provided by a political party.

However, the EC decided to drop the promo after the request was received from Sourav, they said. “We have decided to withdraw Sourav ad only to give respect to his emotions. We can use him for a different purpose,” Routh said.

Fasting For 24 Hours May Reduce Your Risk Of Heart Disease

New evidence from the Intermountain Medical Centre Heart Institute in Utah shows that periodic fasting not only lowers one's risk of coronary artery disease and diabetes, but also causes changes in blood cholesterol levels.

"Fasting causes hunger or stress. In response, the body releases more cholesterol, allowing it to utilise fat as a source of fuel, instead of glucose," says Benjamin D. Horne, the study's principal investigator

"This decreases the number of fat cells in the body," says Horne, director of cardiovascular and genetic epidemiology at Intermountain Institute.

"This is important because the fewer fat cells a body has, the less likely it will experience insulin resistance or diabetes," adds Horne, according to an Intermountain statement.

Researchers also found that fasting reduces other cardiac risk factors, such as triglycerides, weight and blood sugar levels.

"These new findings demonstrate that our original discovery was not a chance event," says Horne.

The discovery expands upon a 2007 Intermountain study that revealed a link between fasting and reduced risk of coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death among men and women in the US.

The participants' low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (bad cholesterol) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (good cholesterol) increased by 14 percent and 6 percent respectively, raising their total cholesterol level and catching the researchers by surprise.

These findings were presented at the annual scientific sessions of the American College of Cardiology in New Orleans.

Gary Kristen - Final Speech as Indian Coach | Gary Kirsten To Leave India Team After World Cup | Gary Kristen Leaving India |

World Champion India's coach Gary Kirsten has decided to leave his post due to family reason.

In his farewell speech, Gary Kirsten said that it was a decision taken by heavy heart.

Addressing a press conference here, the former South African opener said that it was a hard decision to leave the incredible country.

He said that India has given huge honour, support and love. “ I am grateful for the support and love I received during my three years stay in India. But I missed my family very much in these three years and now I want to stay with my family.”

He ruled out media speculations that he might join any IPL franchise as a coach. “I am not going to join any IPL team. I will head straight to my home in Cape Town.”

He showered praise on Indian skipper Dhoni and Team India. "Gautam Gambhir is better than me", said Kirsten.

He also extended his warm regards to BCCI, Team staffs and supporting staffs.

“Honour to be part of this team, the best team so far.”

Gary Kirsten on Monday appreciated the sentiments of Indian players, who want him to stay as coach of the World Cup winning team, but politely refused to honour the wish, citing family commitments.

Senior India batsman Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh want Kirsten to continue in the job, saying the inspirational South African worked hard for the team's success and would be missed.

Kirsten said it would not be possible as he needs to spend time with his family.

"It's been humbling to be asked to stay back. This has been a massive privilege for me but I did make a commitment to my family that it's gonna be a three-year journey," Kirsten said.

"It's a lot of sacrifice to be away from home for long time. I have two sons, seven and four, and they need to see little bit of dad. It's not easy," he said.

Kirsten had decided to quit from his position as India coach before the World Cup had begun and has played a key role in transforming the Indian team into world beaters.

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Sri Ram Navratri or Sri Rama Navami Navaratri celebrations are held during bright half of Chaitra month (April). Ram Navratri is also known as Vasant Navratri or Chaitra Navratri. In 2011, Ram Navaratri puja begins April 4 (Ugadi) and ends on April 12, 2011, with Sri Ram Navami. Ram Navami 2011 date is April 12. Rama Navami is the festival to celebrate Sri Rama Jayanti.

Ram Navaratri starts on Chaitra Shukla Padyami and ends on Chaitra Shukla Navami day. On Chaitra Shukla Dasami, Sri Rama Pattabhishekam is held.
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In Bhadrachalam Sri Sita Ramachadraswamy Temple, Ayodhya Sri Ram Mandir, and Rameshwaram temple, Sri Rama Navami Puja is observed with utmost fervor. Sri Sitarama Kalyanam is the major event during Ram Navami festival in Bhadrachalam temple.


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1. Download Android 3.0 Honeycomb Music Player APK app. (Still under development)

2. Copy the downloaded file “com.google.android.music-1.apk” into external SD card of your android device.

3. On your android device, go to Applications— Settings – Applications— Turn ON “Unknown sources”.

3. Now install any APK installer or File manager. We are using all-in-one file manager “Super Manager” by Gpc. It is available in Android Market for free.

4. Launch Super Manager— File Explorer— external_sd

5. Here the Honeycomb APK that your downloaded and copied into external SD card will be listed as “Music”. Tap on it— Install

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Geeta Basra And Harbhajan Singh To Tie The Knot | Harbhajan Singh Marriage Engagement Photos

Harbhajan Singh is all set to tie the nuptial knot with model and actress Geeta Basra after the World Cup 2011 tournament.

Geeta Basra accompanied Harbhajan Singh at both the crucial matches of World Cup.

She was there with Dhoni at the semifinal match against Pakistan at Mohali and Geeta is accompanying Harbhajan at the finals as well.

Geeta and Harbhajan have kept mum over their relationship but there was a strong buzz that they both are dating each other since long.

According to the sources, Geeta’s family adores Harbhajan and his family too has accepted Geeta as their daughter in law.

Geeta was friendly with all the teammates of Bhajji when she arrived in Mumbai with Team India for the final match.

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Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali, a paediatrician and daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta. They have two children, Sara (born 12 October 1997), and Arjun (born 24 September 1999)




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Gudi Padwa 2011 date is 4 April 2011, Monday, in India. Gudi Padwa marks the beginning of New Year in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and parts of Karnataka.

This festival is known as Gudi Padwa in Maharashtra and Ugadi in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It has become a custom to hold Kavi Sammelans (Poetry recitals) on this day.

It is celebrated on the first day of the Chaitra month to mark the beginning of the New year according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar, Known as Gudhi Padwa in Maharashtra.


Shant niwant shishir sarala.
Salsalata hirwa vasant aala.
Kokilechya suravatee sobat, chaitra”PADVA” dari aala.
“Nutan Varshabhinandan

Swagat nav varshache.
Asha aakankshache.
Sukh samruddhiche, padata dwari paaul GUDHICHE.
“Happy Gudipadwa”

Naxidar kathivari Reshmi vastr,
Tyachyavar chandicha lota, ubharuni Marathi manachi GUDHI,
Sajra karuya ha Gudhipadwa!
Nutan Varshachya Hardik Shubheccha!

Shrikhand Puri,
Reshmi Gudi,
Limba che Pan,
Nav Varsha jaao chhan,
Happy Gudi Padwa.

Chaitrachi soneri pahat,
navya swapnanchi navi lat,
nava aarambh,
nava vishwas ,
navya varshachi hich tar khari suruwat.
Gudhi Padavyaachya Shubhechchaa.


Lets come together to have a resolution to spread

Love and Peace in Lives on this Honorary Day…

Happy Gudi Padwa

Kochi Tuskers Kerala IPL 2011 Schedule And IPL Teams Players List | Kochi Tuskers Kerala IPL 2011 Schedule

Tuskers Kerala . Kochi IPL Kerala team renamed from Indi Commandos. The name Tuskers Kerala fixed new due to the controversial issues among cricket lovers in Kerala for the old name Indi Commandos. The name Tuskers Kerala is elected by online voting conducted on official website of IPL agencies.

The team was one of two new franchisees added to the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the 2011 season, alongside the Pune Warriors. The team franchise is owned by Kochi Cricket Pvt Ltd., which is a consortium of multiple companies.
The matches to be played by Kochi Tuskers Kerala in IPL 2011 Season 4
Date Local GMT Match Details Series Venue
Apr 9, 2011 20:00 14:30 Kochi vs Bangalore, 3rd IPL Day Night Match IPL 2011 Kochi
Apr 13, 2011 20:00 14:30 Pune vs Kochi, 10th IPL Day Night Match IPL 2011 Navi Mumbai
Apr 15, 2011 20:00 14:30 Mumbai vs Kochi, 13th IPL Day Night Match IPL 2011 Mumbai
Apr 18, 2011 20:00 14:30 Kochi vs Chennai, 18th IPL Day Night Match IPL 2011 Kochi
Apr 20, 2011 20:00 14:30 KKR vs Kochi, 22nd IPL Day Night Match IPL 2011 Kolkata
Apr 24, 2011 20:00 14:30 RR vs Kochi, 28th IPL Day Night Match IPL 2011 Jaipur
Apr 27, 2011 20:00 14:30 Kochi vs Deccan, 32nd IPL Day Night Match IPL 2011 Kochi
Apr 30, 2011 16:00 10:30 Kochi vs Delhi, 36th IPL Day Night Match IPL 2011 Kochi
May 2, 2011 20:00 14:30 Delhi vs Kochi, 41st IPL Day Night Match IPL 2011 Delhi
May 5, 2011 16:00 10:30 Kochi vs KKR, 45th IPL Day Night Match IPL 2011 Kochi
May 8, 2011 16:00 10:30 Bangalore vs Kochi, 50th IPL Day Night Match IPL 2011 Bangalore
May 13, 2011 20:00 14:30 Kochi vs Mohali, 57th IPL Day Night Match IPL 2011 Indore
May 15, 2011 20:00 14:30 Kochi vs RR, 61st IPL Day Night Match IPL 2011 Indore
May 18, 2011 20:00 14:30 Chennai vs Kochi, 64th IPL Day Night Match IPL 2011 Chennai

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Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni guided India to a second Cricket World Cup title on Saturday as his team beat tournament co-hosts Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final in Mumbai.

Dhoni, the world's highest-paid player, produced his best performance of the six-week-long event when it mattered most as India passed Sri Lanka's total of 274-6 with 10 balls of the allotted 50 overs to spare.

The 29-year-old smashed the winning runs with a huge six over the boundary ropes to finish the innings unbeaten on 91 off only 79 balls faced.

He set up victory with his fourth-wicket partnership of 109 with Gautam Gambhir, who top-scored with an invaluable 97, after coming to the batting crease at 114-3 in the 22nd over.

Yuvraj Singh was named the Man of the Series of the 2011 World Cup and Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named the Man of the Match.

India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets chasing a tough target of 275 runs.

Yuvraj scored 362 runs and took 15 wickets, winning four Man of Match awards during the tournament.  

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Microsoft's webOS luvvin' partner HP is among the PC manufacturers getting copies of early Windows 8 code, according to reports.

HP and other Windows PC OEMs are reported to be getting builds of Microsoft's next desktop operating system known as milestone 3 – seriously pre-beta stuff.

They're sucking down the code through Microsoft's Connect external testing system.

Doing some back-of-envelope numbers based on earlier reports, Microsoft was due to start coding milestone 3 at the end of February, it seems this tranche of Windows 8 code is a month old.

What are PC makers getting, exactly?

According to leaked screen shots on different sites, something called History Vault, which is described to be analogous to Mac OS X's Time Machine for back up.

There's also a system-reset feature that'll let you reset your machine and retain your data once that inevitable day comes, often very soon, that your Windows PC starts slowing to a crawl.

We've yet to see what Windows 8 will look like. Rumor has it there will be two interfaces: a tile-based UI and an application programming model code-named Jupiter that'll download new Windows apps from Microsoft's Marketplace.

The Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, incidentally, was reported on Wednesday to have hit the 12,000 mark, with 3,000 apps having been added during March.

Meanwhile, there are growing whispers that Windows 8 will set the next version of Internet Explorer – version 10 – as its default browser.

If, as is being calculated, Windows 8 will hit beta in September with a view to shipping in 2012, that would mean the quickest IE development turnaround in Microsoft's history, and would make IE9 the shortest-lived version of Microsoft's shrinking browser.

Speculation is already mounting that a pre-beta, show-and-tell version of Windows 8 will be on display for the company's partners at Microsoft's World Wide Partner conference in July.

Other features expected in Windows 8, according to slides leaked last year, include support for a tablet form factor, instant-on, and facial recognition.

When Windows 8 does arrive, one person who won't be pulling the Windows PC marketing levers will be Microsoft's über comms chief, Mich Matthews.

Microsoft's global head of marketing is stepping down after 22 years with the company, during which time Microsoft launched Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 on the desktop.

Each launch now follows a familiar monolithic format: global venues, white papers from paid analyses like IDC to "prove" its net value to local economies, and a desperate hunt for a table of features that justify not only your upgrading to the latest version of Windows but also buying the most expensive SKU.

Matthews said that she has not got another job, but wants to do something new.

The change comes after Microsoft said it was putting out a tender $1bn of its ad spend in the US. The incumbent on this portion of the business was the Interpublic Group of Universal McCann. ®