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Kings XI beat Chennai Super Kings in a thriller

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 at 12:48 IST

Chennai: : Kings XI Punjab snatched a dramatic Super Over win against the Chennai Super Kings after the teams tied on scores in the Indian Premier League T20 game here late Sunday. Batting first, the Kings XI made 136 for eight and the Super Kings replied with 136 for seven in their quota of 20 overs. In the Super Over, the Super Kings scored nine runs and the Kings XI managed to achieve the target off the fourth delivery. Veteran off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan took three for 16 in h...

Super Kings restrict Kings XI to 136 in IPL

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 at 11:39 IST

Chennai: Veteran off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan took three for 16 in his four overs as the Chennai Super Kings restricted Kings XI Punjab to 136 for eight in 20 overs, here Sunday. Put in to bat, the Punjab outfit, still to win a game, failed to build on a bright start that opener Irfan Pathan 39 (32b, 1 x 6, 5 x 4) provided as the middle-order, including experienced Sri Lankan stars Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, collapsed while Yuvraj Singh (43, 28b, 2 x 6, 4 x 4) played a lone ...

Bharti ties up $8.3 bn deal with Kuwait's Zain Telecom

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 at 09:23 IST

New Delhi: India's leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel Sunday announced it has tied up the whole financing requirement of $8.3 billion (Rs.37,350 crore) debt for its planned acquisition of Kuwait-based Zain Telecom's African unit. "The financing was over-subscribed with major international banks committing to underwrite the total amount," the company said in a statement. Bharti would pay $9 billion (Rs.40,500 crore) to acquire Zain's assets spread across 15 African countries. It will ad...

Gulburg riots case: CM Narendra Modi avoids SIT team, Cong angry

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 at 09:07 IST

New Delhi: Attacking Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi for not showing up before the SIT in connection with a Gujarat riots case, Congress on Sunday said that it was "contemptuous" and showed that he "loves to hide". "The SIT's direction to Narendra Modi to appear before it shows the seriousness and importance attached to the issue by the apex court," party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said. "For Modi to avoid appearing on any ground or pretext is contemptuous and would show that he lo...

Taliban behead three tribesmen in North Waziristan

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 at 08:52 IST

Peshawar: Three tribesmen were beheaded by the Taliban in Pakistan's restive northwest for allegedly spying for the US. Their bodies were found today at a location 24 kms east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal agency, local residents said. A note left beside the bodies said the men were beheaded for spying on the Taliban for the US. It warned that other "spies" would meet the same fate. ? ? ?The Taliban have beheaded dozens of tribesmen and Afghan nationals on ch...

British troops ran secret torture cell in Iraq: Report

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 at 08:48 IST

London: Britain's military intelligence carried out a secret operation in Iraq under which its troops were authorised to torture prisoners, a media report said Sunday. Fresh evidence has emerged that British military intelligence ran a secret operation in Iraq which authorised degrading and unlawful treatment of prisoners, The Independent reported. Prisoners were kept hooded for long periods in intense heat and deprived of sleep by the intelligence officers who were answerable only "direct...

BJP woman worker sets herself on fire

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 at 08:46 IST

New Delhi: A 35-year-old woman activist of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) set herself ablaze in the national capital Sunday following some personal problems, police said. Rajni Kulshektra, who was unmarried, set herself on fire at her residence in Shahdara in east Delhi Sunday afternoon, a police officer said. "She has suffered 70 percent burn injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital where she is undergoing treatment," the officer said....

Gadkari appoints BJP's state unit chiefs, deputy chiefs

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 at 08:45 IST

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Sunday nominated presidents and vice presidents for the party's units in four states and a union territory. Gadkari appointed K.P. Muthukoya, H.S. Syiemlieh and Tongor Tapak as presidents of the state BJP in the Lakshadweep, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh respectively. Manoj Kant Devrai and Lalhua, who goes by one name, were appointed vice-presidents for Tripura and Mizoram respectively....

One held in south Delhi for human trafficking

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 at 05:53 IST

New Delhi: Delhi Police Sunday claimed to have busted a human trafficking racket with the arrest of a man who allegedly would cheat people on pretext of arranging a job in Saudi Arabia. Mahboob Hussain, 51, was arrested from south Delhi Thursday on the basis of complaint of three residents of Mewat area in Haryana - Fateh Mohammad, Sher Mohammad and Abbas. "On interrogation, he disclosed that he had taken a room on rent in Kalkaji where he would meet people who were looking for a job oppor...

12 civilians killed in Afghanistan blasts

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 at 05:51 IST

Kabul: A suicide bomber targeted an Afghan army convoy in southern Afghanistan Sunday, killing 10 civilians as two other people were killed in an explosion at the New Year's celebration in eastern region, officials said. The bomber, who was driving a motorbike loaded with explosives, targeted the army convoy in the main market of Gerishk district in southern province of Helmand Sunday afternoon, Daoud Ahmadi, spokesman for the provincial governor said. "Ten people were killed and seven oth...