Top India News

RSS Feed Homepage

Articles: 1, 2

Warm welcome for Sunita in ancestral Town
2007-09-22 08:46:00
Indian American astronaut Suni ta Williams got a Warm and Whistlining welcome at her ancestral home in Gujarat's Jhulasan village on Friday as crowds eager to see the space hero.People were visibly overjoyed as Sunita smiled and kept waving to them. She could not visit Jhulasan, about 50 km from Ahmedabad, the last time she came to Gujarat in 1998.Jhulasan is in Mehsana district, on the Ahmedabad-Delhi highway.Dressed in a purple khadi kurta, bought specially for the occasion, the astronaut and her family members, including father D K Pandya, drove straight to the village temple.While she offered prayers, security personnel had a tough time controlling the mass of people who had gathered there since morning just to see her. And there was more jubilation as news spread that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had talked to Sunita over telephone and invited her to New Delhi.
More About: Town , Unit

India crushed out South Africa of semifinal's
2007-09-21 08:30:00
India climbed into the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup after sizzling beating South Africa by 37 runs in the concluding Super Eights match of the tournament in Durban on Thursday.R P Singh turned a star for India, claiming four wickets for 13 runs after Rohit Sharma's unbeaten 50 bailed the team out from a precarious position, to enable India top its group ahead of New Zealand and South Africa on run-rate.South Africa could have made it to Saturday's semi-finals had they put up at least 125 on the board, but chasing India's total of 153 for 5 they could only muster 116 for 9 in their 20 overs.Winning the toss and deciding to bat first, India were in real presure at 33 for three in the sixth over, but an 85-run stand for the fifth wicket between Sharma and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] propped the team to a fighting total.The 20-year old Sharma, who made his debut just 24 hours ago against England but did not get to bat, batted sensibly and with controlled aggression...
More About: India , Crush

Yuvraj blasted, India's dream of semifinal still alive
2007-09-20 08:06:00
Sizzling Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes in an over en route to his 14-ball 58 against England to keep alive India's semifinal hopes in the Twenty20 cricket World Cup here Wednesday night. India had won the match against England by 18 runs.In reply to India's imposing 218 for four, England managed 200 losing six wickets, with Vikram Solanki (43) for them and Kevin Pietersen contributing 39. For India, Irfan Pathan grabbed three for 37, while RP Singh got two for 28.The day, however, belonged to Yuvraj, who set Kingsmead on fire, hitting six sixes in a Stuart Broad over and his batting pyrotechnics propelled India to an imposing total.After Delhi duo Virender Sehwag (68,52b,4x4,3x6) and Gautam Gambhir (58,41b,7x4,1x6) laid the foundation with an opening stand of 136 runs, Yuvraj (58,16b,3x4,7x6) light up the stadium with the fastest fifty in Twenty20 that came off just 12 balls and included three fours and six sixes.He also became the first batsman to hit six successive sixes in Twenty2...
More About: Dream , Alive , Fina , Semifinal

Dhoni became captian of Indian ODI team
2007-09-18 09:59:00
Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be the India 's new ODI captain told by BCCI sources.The official announcement of Dhoni's appointment is expected to be made in Mumbai after 1:00 pm (IST) on Tuesday.The selectors are currently meeting in Mumbai to decide on not only the captaincy issue but also to pick the team for the Australian tour.Once the selectors make their decision, a press release will be circulated which, if reports are to be believed, will bear the name of Dhoni as ODI captain.His name was finalised after Sachin Tendulkar, who was believed to be the selectors first choice, apparently declined the offer to lead the team.Irfan Pathan is likely to return to the ODI squad for the Australia series while Munaf Patel will be dropped for the downtown tour.Sources also revealed that Harbhajan Singh and Virender Sehwag will have to wait for a comeback alongwith either Ajit Agarkar or Rohit Sharma.
More About: Indian , Team

Tata Indicom Colloborated with Samsung
2007-09-17 14:05:00
Tata Teleservices in association with Samsung Telecommunications India has unveiled mobile web browser, fully optimized for mobile Internet, on Samsung Explore."This newage browser is country's first mobile web browser designed to provide mobile users a true web experience at speed 3-4 times faster than GPRS, with access to all websites and all this on a multimedia device from Samsung," the company claims. "This innovation is an important step in extending the power of the Internet on to mobile devices, making it accessible to the large and growing mass of mobile users. With the browser, Tata Indicom customers can get a rich and full Internet experience," said Pankaj Sethi, president (VAS) of Tata Teleservices.Also the mobile Internet comes at prices ranging from Rs 10 per day to Rs 99 for a month, with unlimited Internet access. The Rs 10 pack gives unlimited Internet access for a day, Rs 30 pack gives unlimited Internet access for 7 days, and Rs 99 gives unlimited Internet access...
More About: Rate , Coll , Tata

FIR logged against hostel ragging case
2007-09-17 07:55:00
Sanjay pal singh, a mca student was seriously ragged by five persons of his own college.He had gone into a state of acute psychosis after being ragged and treatment is going on in CSMMU.Police file FIR against all these accused and investigation is going on.The hostel authorities have claimed that Sanjay suffered from some psychiatric problems even before joining the hostel. However, his relatives have refuted this claim.Sanjay's father ajay pal singh has filed an FIR against three persons named RS Tripathi, Vikas Gupta, Pravin Chaudhary and other unidentified inmates of the hostel as the accused with the Madiaon police station on Sunday in the offence of ragging his his son. Two outsiders - Naaus and Mama - were also a part of crime.They gave a mental and physical torture. The FIR also claimed that warden was informed about the incident but no action was taken against it.Sanjay's family finally shifted him to the house of his local guardian. However, on Saturday, when Sanjay was ...
More About: Case , Hostel

Sania ready for sunfeast open
2007-09-14 06:53:00
digg_url = 'http://top-india-news.blogspot.com/2007/ 09/sania-ready-for-sunfeast-open.html';In dian sizzling tennis player Sania Mirza is looking up for the Sunfeast Open in Kolkata after a dissapointing US Open performance. Sania is sure about her victory in home crowd and her 27 number in the world rankings strengthen her confidence.Sania in her few years of experience has become an idol for many teenagers. The tennis fans are hoping to see the Indian in action at next week's Sunfeast Open. Though plagued with wrist injuries for the past few months, Sania revealed she's hoping to play at the Sunfeat Open in Kolkata.India where peoples are crazy about cricket Sania with her 27 rank has proved herself to be the perfect ambassador for Indian tennis. Sania's quote on meeting expectations, "People expect too much, which is great for sport and for India. Indians are very emotional when it comes to a favourite sportsperson. I can speak for most of the sportspersons, that whenever we...
More About: Ready

Govt to file updated affidavit for Ram Setu
2007-09-14 06:31:00
Now government will file a refreshed affidavit in the Supreme Court on the Sethusamudram canal project.The decision comes after a storm of protests over its first affidavit, which stated that mythological texts cannot be treated as a historical record.BJP looking to make it a big election issue, the government has gone into real trouble with the Law Minister announcing that it was a mistake and that a fresh affidavit would be filed after dropping the controversial references to Ram.Among the controversial references, which the BJP wants dropped, is the following paragraph, which says:''Contents of the Valmiki Ramayana, the Ramcharitamanas by Tulsidas and other mythological texts cannot be said to be historical record to incontrovertibly prove the existence of the characters, or the occurrence of the events, depicted therein.''Political stakes on the Ram Setu controversy are high. And for this reason the BJP is unwilling to let go of it easily, even though the government has admi...
More About: File , Govt