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NAT54National/Education/Law/CrimeAfter campus clashes, three students in police custodyKolkata, Nov 7 IANS A district court in West Bengal Friday remanded three engineering students in 10 days of police custody, a day after they were arrested along with four others for violent clashes over elections to the students union.The seven students of Bengal Engineering and Science University BESU at Shibpur in Howrah district adjoining Kolkata were arrested after a clash between two student groups over upcoming elections."Three students who beat up fellow students at BESU Thursday have been remanded in 10 days' police custody. The remaining four students, who destroyed college property and engaged in a minor scuffle, have been released on bail Friday," according to the court verdict. Members of the Students Federation Of India SFI, which is affiliated to the state's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist CPI-M, and the Independent Consolidation IC had fought a pitched battle Thursday.Police used batons to disperse the students and the Rapid Action Force RAF was called in to control the situation, said district Superintendent of Police N.K. Singh.--Indo-Asian News Servicebs/pg/jg188 Words07111903 read more
Nagpur, Nov 6 IANS New Zealand umpire Billy Bowden joined an
SPO17SportsBowden officiates in 50th Test matchNagpur, Nov 6 IANS New Zealand umpire Billy Bowden joined an elite club Thursday by officiating at his 50th Test during the fourth and last Test match in this series between India and Australia at the Vidarbha Cricket Association VCA Stadium here. Bowden is the 10th umpire in the history to achieve the mark and the sixth member of the current Emirates Elite Panel of the International Cricket Council ICC. At the start of the match, Bowden was felicitated by Match Referee Chris Broad on behalf of the ICC. "I would like to congratulate Billy on his achievement. Billy has been one of the most consistent and well-respected officials in recent years and this achievement is an indication of the level of commitment he has shown," said ICC Umpires' and Referees' Manager Vince van der Bijl in a statement. Bowden made his debut in Auckland Test between New Zealand and Australia in 2000. He has also stood in 127 ODIs and five Twenty20 Internationals as well as being selected to officiate at the World Cup in 2003 and 2007. The elite club:Steve Bucknor 1989-2008 124 TestsRudi Koertzen 1992-2008 94David Shepherd 1985-2005 92Darrell Hair 1992-2008 78Daryl Harper 1998-200875Srinivas Venkataraghavan 1993-2004 73Dickie Bird 1973-1996 66Simon Taufel 2000-200853Aleem Dar 2003-2008 52Billy Bowden 2000-200850--Indo-Asian News Serviceabr/pt/av/dg249 Words06111955 read moreNagpur, Nov 6 IANS Sachin Tendulkar after scoring his 40th T
SPO16SportsTendulkar happy to score his 40th Test centuryNagpur, Nov 6 IANS Sachin Tendulkar after scoring his 40th Test century was happy that he could get to the milestone when the team needed.Tendulkar's 109 came at a time when India were struggling at 116 for three against Australia in the fourth and last Test here. And with V.V.S. Laxman 64 he added 146 runs for the fourth wicket as India piled up 311 for five at the Vidarbha Cricket Association VCA Stadium."I am so happy to score a century after a pretty long time. It feels good to have done it after a long gap and at a time when the side sorely needed it," Tendulkar said.The century was third for Tendulkar in the calender year. The earlier two also came against Australia in the series Down-Under earlier this year."I think I performed consistently well in between then and now, putting up good scores though the 100-mark eluded me several times," he said.Tendulkar also looked worried as India's five wickets were down."If we had been three-down at stumps, it would be just fine, but losing five wickets on the first day just cannot mean we are in a comfortable situation," he said.He also had a word of praise for Indian debutant Murali Vijay, who replaced banned Gautam Gambhir, showing rare poise against the giants. --Indo-Asian News Serviceshy/abr/av/dg262 Words06111914 read moreKarachi, Nov 5 IANS Hours after Pakistani batsman Mohammad Y
SPO12SportsPCB bans Yousuf for joining ICL, planning to sue the playerKarachi, Nov 5 IANS Hours after Pakistani batsman Mohammad Yousuf joined the rebel Indian Cricket League ICL in Delhi, the Pakistan Cricket Board PCB banned him from playing for the country and is preparing to sue him.Zakir Khan, PCB's Director of Cricket Operations, said Wednesday that the board has terminated the central contract of the 34-year-old player and will soon be sending a legal notice to Yousuf, asking him to pay up the money spent by the PCB over his legal battle with the ICL."Our policy towards the ICL is clear. Any players signing up with the league will be banned from playing for Pakistan and Yousuf is no exception," Zakir told IANS.Yousuf joined the ICL last year after being overlooked by Pakistan for the inaugural World Twenty20 Championship in South Africa in September. But former PCB chairman Nasim Ashraf persuaded him to quit ICL and instead sign up a deal with the official Indian Premier League IPL.But the ICL sued Yousuf over the u-turn and it was the PCB that fought the player's case.However, Yousuf has again fallen out with the PCB and rejoined ICL.Zakir Khan said the board has spent a substantial amount on Yousuf's tiff with the ICL and now the batsman will have to pay up that amount or face the consequences.He refrained from giving any details about the amount, but it is understood that the PCB spent millions of rupees hiring a top lawyer to fight Yousuf's case.--Indo-Asian News Servicekh/abr/av/dg272 Words05112012 read moreKarachi, Nov 5 IANS Hoping to regain the Super Sixes title l
SPO15SportsPakistan cricket squad leaves for Hong Kong Super SixesKarachi, Nov 5 IANS Hoping to regain the Super Sixes title later this week, Pakistan's cricket squad left here Wednesday night for Hong Kong to feature in the two-day spectacle to be played Nov 8-9.The Pakistan squad led by middle-order batsman Faisal Iqbal includes Mohammad Salman, Waqas Ahmed, Raheel Majeed, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Talah and Kamran Younis.Pakistan will be among eight teams in the Hong Kong Super Sixes tournament to be staged at the Kowloon Cricket Club over the weekend. Pakistan, arch-rivals India, England and South Africa are in one group, while Australia, hosts Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and an All Stars team will be in the other group.The teams comprise of six players with one player as substitute. The Hong Kong Sixes tournament was first held in 1992 and is sanctioned by the International Cricket Council. Pakistan won the inaugural event 16 years ago.--Indo-Asian News SErvicekh/pt/vt163 Words05112129 read moreKolkata, Nov 5 IANS Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona w
SPO16SportsMaradona to visit Kolkata in December first weekKolkata, Nov 5 IANS Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona would make a short two-day trip to Kolkata in the first week of December. The newly appointed Argentine coach would inaugrate the Indian Football School in Maheshtala, 13 km south of the city. The hero of Argentina's 1986 World Cup victory is also scheduled to visit Mother House, the com/articles/show/Centre_constitutes_committee_on_current_global_financial_sit-3706.html">global headquarters of Missionaries of Charity here, said Communist Party of India Marxist CPI-M Lok Sabha member Samik Lahiri. "Maradona inked the deal to come to Kolkata when we called on him at his Buenos Aires residence Nov 1. He is keen to come to the city for promoting soccer and visiting the Missionaries of Charity," said Lahiri, who hit upon the idea of inviting Maradona and roped in the Ceberity Mangement Group and real estate company Eden as joint organisers. This is Maradona's first visit to Asia. Lahiri said Maradona spent more than an hour with the two-member team led by him. "His estranged wife Claudia helped us a lot in arranging the meeting. And we sent him the mail through her". The exact date and detailed itinerary is being worked out with Maradona's agent. "Everything will be known by Friday". Kolkata had earlier hosted football greats like Pele, Oliver Kahn and Roger Milla. --Indo-Asian News Servicessp /pt/vt253 Words05112152 read moreChhattisgarh Congress candidate named for bribing voters Lea
NAT64National/Politics/Elections/CrimeChhattisgarh Congress candidate named for bribing voters LeadRaipur, Nov 7 IANS The police Friday filed a case against senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma, who is contesting from Dantewada in Chhattisgarh, for allegedly offering cash for votes for the Nov 14 polls. Karma denied bribing voters, saying he was only "paying people" hired for election work.The FIR was lodged at Dantewada police station on the instruction of district election officer S.P. Sori."We have taken a suo motu cognizance of a media report that he tried to bribe some voters. The FIR has been registered under Section 171d of the Indian Penal Code and section 123 1 of Representation of the People Act," Sori told IANS by phone.He said that the police would probe the case and take appropriate action soon.Karma, a former minister, is Leader of Opposition in the outgoing state assembly. He is seeking re-election from Dantewada seat and hoping to make it a hat-trick from one of the most insurgency-hit seats in the state. Meanwhile, Karma said he was "paying money to persons hired for banners and posters for election work, not for votes as claimed in the media". The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party BJP has refused to comment on the matter, saying it was "studying the issue". But Manish Kunjam, a senior Communist Party of India state-level leader and party candidate contesting against Karma, said: "I have asked the Election Commission to always keep a person around Karma as he is distributing cash in several villages as a last hope to win the seat, which he is set to lose."--Indo-Asian News Service suj/rn/vt289 Words*07111934 read moreFormer Punjab minister's son surrenders in sex racket case
NAT60National/Politics/CrimeFormer Punjab minister's son surrenders in sex racket casePatiala, Nov 7 IANS The son of former Akali Dal minister Tota Singh was remanded in four days of Central Bureau of Investigation CBI custody after he surrendered before a special CBI court here in a sex scandal case.The surrender by Baljinder Singh came after the Punjab and Haryana High Court rejected his bail application this week.The minister's son figures in a sex scandal involving police officers, influential businessmen and women from Moga town, 70 km from Ludhiana. The scandal came to light in 2007.The CBI had arrested several people, including two Punjab police officers, Davinder Singh Garcha and P.S. Sandhu, for their alleged involvement in the scandal.The policemen and Baljinder Singh had connived to blackmail prominent businessmen of Moga town by making them fall in the trap of call girls, the CBI alleged. The investigators say that millions of rupees were extorted from rich people of Moga by involving them in the scandal.The scandal came to light after one of the victims of the extortion racket spilled the beans after he failed to pay up to the police officials.Tota Singh was Punjab's education minister in a previous state government 1997-2002, also headed by present Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.--Indo-Asian News Servicejs/vdm/jg228 Words07111919 read moreKarachi, Nov 5 IANS Hoping to regain the Super Sixes title l
SPO15SportsPakistan cricket squad leaves for Hong Kong Super SixesKarachi, Nov 5 IANS Hoping to regain the Super Sixes title later this week, Pakistan's cricket squad left here Wednesday night for Hong Kong to feature in the two-day spectacle to be played Nov 8-9.The Pakistan squad led by middle-order batsman Faisal Iqbal includes Mohammad Salman, Waqas Ahmed, Raheel Majeed, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Talah and Kamran Younis.Pakistan will be among eight teams in the Hong Kong Super Sixes tournament to be staged at the Kowloon Cricket Club over the weekend. Pakistan, arch-rivals India, England and South Africa are in one group, while Australia, hosts Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and an All Stars team will be in the other group.The teams comprise of six players with one player as substitute. The Hong Kong Sixes tournament was first held in 1992 and is sanctioned by the International Cricket Council. Pakistan won the inaugural event 16 years ago.--Indo-Asian News SErvicekh/pt/vt163 Words05112129 read moreKolkata, Nov 5 IANS Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona w
SPO16SportsMaradona to visit Kolkata in December first weekKolkata, Nov 5 IANS Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona would make a short two-day trip to Kolkata in the first week of December. The newly appointed Argentine coach would inaugrate the Indian Football School in Maheshtala, 13 km south of the city. The hero of Argentina's 1986 World Cup victory is also scheduled to visit Mother House, the com/articles/show/Citi_to_mobilize_thousands_of_employees_on_Global_Community_-3573.html">global headquarters of Missionaries of Charity here, said Communist Party of India Marxist CPI-M Lok Sabha member Samik Lahiri. "Maradona inked the deal to come to Kolkata when we called on him at his Buenos Aires residence Nov 1. He is keen to come to the city for promoting soccer and visiting the Missionaries of Charity," said Lahiri, who hit upon the idea of inviting Maradona and roped in the Ceberity Mangement Group and real estate company Eden as joint organisers. This is Maradona's first visit to Asia. Lahiri said Maradona spent more than an hour with the two-member team led by him. "His estranged wife Claudia helped us a lot in arranging the meeting. And we sent him the mail through her". The exact date and detailed itinerary is being worked out with Maradona's agent. "Everything will be known by Friday". Kolkata had earlier hosted football greats like Pele, Oliver Kahn and Roger Milla. --Indo-Asian News Servicessp /pt/vt253 Words05112152 read more| << < ... 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ... > >> | ||
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