IPL should be closed: Lalu Prasad Yadav

With the Indian Premier League hit by controversies, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday demanded that the tournament should be closed down. "IPL should be closed," he told reporters outside Parliament House when asked to react on the spat between Shahrukh Khan and Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) officials and other controversies surrounding the game. On the Shahrukh Khan episode, he alleged that the policemen, who were present when the scuffle broke out between the Bollywood star and MCA officials, were working at the behest of certain...

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Ross getting back to form is good for us: Mahela Jayawardene

Delhi Daredevils may have suffered a drubbing at the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore but Mahela Jayawardene felt the return to form of Ross Taylor was one of the positives that will hold the team in good stead in their upcoming IPL fixtures. "Ross getting back to form is good for us ahead of the playoffs," Jayawardene said of the New Zealander, who struck a blazing half century at the Feroz Shah Kotla last night. Jayawardene said the bowling options at his disposal were limited. "It`s a small ground and our bowling options were...

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Stock Market on May 18, 2012

BSE gains 82.27 (0.51%) and close on 16,152.75 NSE gains 21.25 (0.44%) and close on 4,891...

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This IPL season has been good for me: Umesh Yadav

Delhi Daredevils` pacer Umesh Yadav said this IPL edition has been a "lot better" for him than the last season after his Man-of-the-Match performance helped the hosts register a five-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab and qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament. "I also think that this is one of my best performances this season. My last IPL wasn`t that good but this season has been a lot better. I`ll continue my progress and try to come up with even better performance," said Umesh, who took three wickets to restrict Kings XI to a modest...

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Don`t question integrity of my players: David Hussey

Refusing to be drawn into the furore surrounding a TV sting operation which claims to have exposed corruption in the IPL, Kings XI Punjab skipper David Hussey said he would be "very disappointed" if the media puts a question mark on the integrity of his players. "Everyone in my team, everyone in Kings XI Punjab as a brand plays with utmost integrity and if any print or TV media tries to write differently or say something differently about my team, then I will be very disappointed. I can`t really comment on the sting," said Hussey at the post-match...

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I will strip for SRK: Poonam Pandey

Poonam Pandey is famous for stripping! This time the Kingfisher model has shown her interest in stripping for superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his IPL team, if the actor asks her to, reports Zee News. Since, SRK's IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders lost two consecutive matches recently, Poonam Pandey has offered to strip for their motivation. The 20-year-old model spoke to a TV channel and said that if Shah Rukh asks her to strip she will definitely...

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Stock Market on May 16, 2012

BSE falls 298.16 (1.83%) and close on 16,030.09 NSE falls 84.55 (1.71%) and close on 4,858....

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Stock Market on May 14, 2012

BSE falls 77.14 (0.47%) and close on 16,215.84 NSE falls 21.10 (0.43%) and close on 4,907....

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We`ll have to stop Gayle, de Villiers from scoring: Pollock

Keeping his cards close to the chest, Mumbai Indians` coach Shaun Pollock today said his team certainly has a plan for RCB`s batting line-up but hopes Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers do not fire against them in tomorrow`s encounter.  "We will be in trouble if we made our strategy against RCB public. Obviously, we have a strategy against RCB which we would like to keep within the four walls of the dressing room," Pollock told reporters at the pre-match press conference.  Mumbai Indians have a plan up their sleeves against Gayle...

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Ganguly was `rested` for RCB match: Nehra

Ashish Nehra on Sunday said the controversy surrounding Sourav Ganguly`s place in the Pune Warriors` team had no effect on the performance of the players and added that the skipper was "rested" in the team`s previous match against RCB.  "As far as I know, Ganguly took rest in the team`s previous match against RCB and later I came to know that he is playing today. I don`t know much about the so called controversy," said Nehra.  "I don`t think that this episode had any bearing on the performance of the players. We are here to perform...

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Narendra Hirwani`s tips helped me: Chandila

Rajasthan Royals` Ajit Chandila, who rose to prominence after securing the first hat-trick of the Indian Premier League season-5, on Sunday attributed his success to former India spinner Narendra Hirwani for his encouraging words. Playing only his second game of the tournament, the unheralded off-spinner Chandila accounted for four wickets in his team`s 45-run win over Pune Warriors at Sawai Man Singh Stadium. The Haryana spinner got to know about his selection in the playing eleven just before the start of the match. "It was skipper Rahul...

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Ishaqzaade earns Rs. 4.54 cr on opening day

Arjun Kapoor-Parineeti Chopra starrer Ishaqzaade has got mixed response from the movie buffs, but the film by Habib Faisal, has managed to earn Rs. 4.54 crore on the very first day, making it the fifth best opening of this year. Made at a budget of Rs. 25 crore, the rustic love story hasturned out to be fifth biggest first day opener after Agneepath (Rs 23 crore), Housefull 2 (Rs 14 crore), Agent Vinod (Rs 10 crore) and Jannat 2 (Rs 8.52 crore). Ishaqzaade...

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Ronaldo kisses girlfriend at tennis match

Cristiano Ronaldo and his model girlfriend Irina Shayk only had eyes for each other as they watched a tennis game in Madrid, Spain. The two were spending some rare time together at the ATP Men’s Madrid Open Tennis Tournament, and couldn’t keep their hands off each other. The couple arrived to watch Roger Federer beat Janko Tipsarevic 6-2 6-3 in the semi-final match, and were in good spirits, the Daily Mail reported. The Real Madrid star didn’t...

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Rohit ahead of Virat in terms of talent and technique: Gibbs

Herschelle Gibbs on Saturday rated Rohit Sharma ahead of his India teammate Virat Kohli and said the duo could be real matchwinners for the country in the days to come.  Sharma scored a blistering 109 not out and shared an undefeated 167-run stand (from 106 balls) with Gibbs (66 not out) to guide Mumbai Indians to a comfortable 27-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL match here, which ended the home team`s six-match winning run.  Having seen Sharma from close quarters in their past association with Deccan Chargers, Gibbs...

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People would stop asking me about the wicket: Gautam Gambhir

Outplayed by Rohit Sharma`s unbeaten century, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir today hoped that people would stop criticising the wicket at Eden Gardens as Mumbai Indians` batsman dominated with ease that laid the platform for their 27-run win in the IPL. "Getting a hundred on this wicket is very special. I am sure people would stop asking me about the wicket. The way he batted was tremendous. All credit goes him to him," Gambhir said about Sharma`s 60-ball 109 not out. "It would be an understatement to term it an excellent innings....

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No discussion on IPL final being shifted from Chennai: BCCI

Putting to rest speculation about a move to shift the IPL eliminator and the final from Chennai to an alternate venue to ensure a full house, BCCI President N Srinivasan on Saturday said there has been no discussion on the matter. "I`m hearing it for the first time from you (the reporters). There is no such discussion," said N Srinivasan. While most of the other venues have attracted capacity crowd, Chennai has been an aberration with as many as 12,000 seats going empty because clearance from the city planning department, for want of building...

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Don't give Bharat Ratna to Sachin: Katju

Cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar should not be honoured with the Bharat Ratna as the demand to give the award to filmstars and cricket players spoke of 'the low cultural level', Press Council of India chairman justice Markandey Katju said on Saturday. "Somebody says the award should go to Tendulkar or to Sourav Ganguly. I say it should be given to none of them," Katju said. "Sometimes demands are made to give Bharat Ratna to filmstars and cricketers. This shows the low cultural level in the country," he told a function organised by the...

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Randeep Hooda in Jism 2: Exclusive Look

The first look of Randeep Hooda who's all set to play the role of Kabir in Pooja Bhatt's upcoming film Jism 2 is out.Randeep Hooda has proved his mettle in films like D, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster and Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai. Pooja Bhatt recently tweeted this picture of Randeep Hooda. She wrote, “Silence is argument carried out by other means. Randeep Hooda as Kabir in #Jism2.” Here's a look at the actor. ...

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We can`t take CSK lightly: Eric Simons

Delhi Daredevils might have virtually qualified for the play-offs but head coach Eric Simons today warned his players not to take their feet off the pedal when they take on defending champions Chennai Super Kings in a crucial IPL match on Saturday. Addressing the media on the eve of the match, Simons said that the CSK were a good side and they would come hard against Daredevils. "In all games, we try and understand the mindset of the opponents we are playing against. One thing surprising in the IPL is that the higher you are on the table,...

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Our consistency is better than last two seasons: Dahiya

For a team that was mired in controversies in the first three seasons, Kolkata Knight Riders have emerged as one of the favourites in the ongoing IPL and assistant coach Vijay Dahiya on Friday attributed the team`s success to the newly found unity among the players. On a six-match winning streak, KKR has virtually assured itself a place in the play-offs, comfortably placed at second position behind leaders Delhi Daredevils with 17 points.  KKR`s domination can be gauged from the fact that they have lost only once in their last 10 appearances,...

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Playing with Tendulkar has benifited me: Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma said that playing with Sachin Tendulkar in the Indian Premier League has benefited him a lot and he was looking forward to win the IPL title for Mumbai Indians. "Whenever I batted with him, he came up to me and always said what I needed to do. It`s a good helping hand from him. I`ve really benefited a lot. I`ve to do well whatever games left and will try to win the Cup for Mumbai Indians," Rohit said ahead of MI`s match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday. Asked if he was eyeing a berth in the Indian team for Twenty20...

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Ganguly`s video goes viral on YouTube

A short video featuring former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly`s life, full of controversies and glorious achievements, in a typical Bollywood potboiler style has become a rage on the Internet. Within four days of the video going viral, the three-minute trailer of `Sourav Ganguly - The Movie` has had more than 250,000 hits on YouTube so far. The video, which highlights Ganguly`s leadership, man management and crisis management skills, has been uploaded by a private health insurance company that wants to develop elements of this movie...

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I am living a dream: Ajinkya Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane has managed to surprise even himself with his smashing form in the IPL so far and the young Rajasthan Royals batsman says the entire experience has been like living a dream. The smashing right-hander has tapered off in the last three games with scores of 17, 0 and 5 but he remains second only to Chris Gayle among the batting heavyweights with 480 runs at 43.63 in the competition. Nobody has hit more fours (63) than him and only two others, besides him, have hit centuries. In an interview with PTI, the 24-year-old Mumbaikar...

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Ishaqzaade: Movie Review

The chemistry between the lead pair Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra is infectious and Habib Faisal’s direction is first-rate. Arjun Kapoor makes a fantastic debut. Parineeti Chopra shines again in a complex and intense role, feel critics. "Story writers Aditya Chopra and Habib Faisal take the age-old plot of a love story between members belonging to feuding families and give it a very nice twist. Faisal’s screenplay does full justice to the...

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Stock Market on May 11, 2012

BSE falls 127.07 (0.77%) and close on 16,292.98 NSE falls 36.80 (0.74%) and close on 4,928....

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We want to finish in the top place: David Warner

Expressing happiness over winning their IPL match against Deccan Chargers here to reclaim the top position, Delhi Daredevils batsman David Warner said the team has to keep its good show going to do well in tournament ahead. Warner (109 not out off 54 balls) along with Naman Ojha (64 not out) shared a massive century stand to lead Delhi to a nine-wicket win over the Chargers.  Describing Ojha as a fantastic player, who played an excellent hand to script Delhi`s victory, Warner said the young Indian player can bat anywhere in the order.  Asked...

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Sourav will be the mentor next season: Subrata Roy

Sourav Ganguly will no longer be the captain of Pune Warriors in Indian Premier League and will serve only as the team`s mentor, putting an end to intense speculation over the struggling batsman`s fate following a string of poor results.  Ganguly`s future role in the team was spelt out by franchise owner Subrata Roy who said that the veteran batsman wants to remain in the team as mentor only.  "Sourav will be the mentor next season. We rather pushed him to play in IPL 5 as he is such a fantastic captain," Roy said. The Warriors...

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First look: Sunny Leone in condom ad

Porn-star-turned actor Sunny Leone posted a glimpse of her condom commercial on Twitter saying: "Check out my Manforce ad first look." Wearing a mauve wrap around dress, the hottie has posed seductively showing off her cleavage. She holds her outfit with one hand and reaches for black grapes with the other. Leone had flown to Thailand last month to shoot the advert. The sexy siren had then tweeted: "Shooting all day today and tommorrow in...

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It was just a one line story: Shahid Kapoor

Actor Shahid Kapoor says Teri Meri Kahaani happened over a cup of coffee. "One day over coffee Kunal Kohli said that he had an idea which he really loved but it was not developed. It was just a one line story. He told me it would be an entertaining love story with the same two actors inthree different time periods," Shahid said in a statement. Shahid says initially he didn't understand the time concept in the script. "I told Kunal that I...

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India not top investment priority for ArcelorMittal: LN Mittal

India does not figure among ArcelorMittal's top investment priorities as its $30 billion steel projects face long delays, Chairman LN Mittal said on Thursday. However, the country from where UK-based billionaire comes from, remains a priority for the world's largest steel producer. "India is always in our top of the list in terms of priority because we see so much of potential and growth and we see the future requirements of steel in the country... but it is not in the top investment list," he said in a conference call, after announcing...

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Stock Market on May 10, 2012

BSE falls 59.53 (0.36%) and close on 16,420.05 NSE falls 9.10 (0.18%) and close on 4,965....

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Watch out for Arjun's debut and Karisma's comeback this week

Dangerous Ishhq and Ishaqzaade - both films releasing this Friday - will play a pivotal role in the careers of their actors. While the former marks the comeback of Karisma Kapoor after a sabbatical of six years, the latter is the launchpad of filmmaker Boney Kapoor's son Arjun. Directed by Vikram Bhatt, Dangerous Ishhq hits the screens in 3D format and features Rajniesh Duggall, Jimmy Sheirgill and Divya Dutta. The film tells the story of supermodel Sanjana (Karisma) and her boyfriend Rohan (Rajniesh), son of one of the nation's biggest business...

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Song and dance have always been a major crisis for me: Amitabh Bachchan

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan still finds it difficult to be a part of song and dance routines in films. The 69-year-old veteran actor said he feels "inadequate and useless" singing or dancing while he is around the best professionals in the industry. "Song and dance have always been a major crisis for me. Moving singing expressing among some exquisite professionals, makes you feel so inadequate and useless. "Covering up is also a major deterrent. We are seen and observed in song, unlike perhaps an acting scene, where one could...

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