India’s temperamental fast bowler Shantakumaran Sreesanth was happy to be a part of his home team as the Kochi franchise bought him for $900,000 during the players’ auction for Indian Premier League (IPL) season four here Saturday. “Thanks a lot for ur support and wishes..gr8 to be in home team..kochi,” Sreesanth tweeted. Sreesanth had a [...]
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Great to be a part of home team, says Sreesanth
January 8th, 2011 |
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Cricketers auction for IPL 4 begins in Bangalore
January 8th, 2011 |
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Seated eight to a table at the over 7,000 sq ft pillar-less Mysore Hall of ITC Royal Gardenia Hotel here, business leaders and film stars Saturday began picking up cricketers for the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) fourth season. The IPL-4 beginning April 8 will see 10 teams and 74 matches in the shortest version of [...]
IPL-4 auction: Gambhir, Pietersen among first lot sold
January 8th, 2011 |
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Following are the first nine players auctioned for the Indian Premier League (IPL) season four here Saturday. Gautam Gambhir (India): Kolkata Knight Riders, $2.4 million Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka): Royal Challengers Bangalore $6,50,000 Zaheer Khan (India): Royal Challenger Bangalore, $900,000 Ross Taylor (New Zealand): Rajasthan Royal, $1 million Yusuf Pathan (India): Kolkata Knight Riders, $2.1 [...]
IPL-4 players’ auction begins
January 8th, 2011 |
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) players’ auction for the fourth edition began Saturday at the ITC Royal Gardenia Hotel here. “We have an interesting scheduled chalked out. It will be an exciting season. We promise to give you a fantastic game. I want to congratulate all owners franchisee for the auction,” IPL chairman Chirayu Amin [...]
Gambhir sold to Knight Riders for record $2.4 mn
January 8th, 2011 |
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India’s opening batsman Gautam Gambhir was the first player to be sold in the players’ auction for Indian Premier League (IPL) season four, fetching a record $2.4 million by Kolkata Knight Riders. Gambhir, who was part of the Delhi Daredevils for the last three years, had a base price of $200,000. The bidding for him [...]
President urged to stop liquor sales on government premises
January 5th, 2011 |
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A woman’s rights group has urged President Pratibha Patil to stop the sale of wine and liquor at government premises in Goa. In a petition, Bailancho Saad, a woman’s organisation, sought Patil’s intervention to stop a government-promoted wine festival to be held at a multiplex in the capital later this month. Patil is on a [...]
PM to pay homage to Karunakaran in Thrissur
December 25th, 2010 |
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Security was tightened as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was expected to arrive here Saturday afternoon to pay homage to four-time Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran who died at the age of 92 two days ago. Manmohan Singh is to arrive here at around 2 p.m. as opposed to the earlier 11 a.m., Congress leaders said [...]
Plane drops suddenly in turbulence over India, 20 hurt
April 25th, 2010 |
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At least 20 people aboard an Emirates airlines flight were injured Sunday when the aircraft encountered heavy turbulence shortly before landing The plan was flying from Dubai to the southern Indian city of Kochi.
Emirates flight hits air pocket in Kochi
April 25th, 2010 |
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Kochi: In a miraculous escape, the pilot of a Kochi-bound Emirates flight on Sunday managed to control the aircraft after it hit an air pocket and suffered a sudden loss in altitude.
The Boeing 777 aircraft abruptly descended from an altitude of 20,000 feet to 5,000 feet after hitting an air pocket while flying over Goa.
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Joint ED-IT team questions Lalit Modi
April 23rd, 2010 |
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IPL Chairman Lalit Modi on Thursday questioned by a joint team of Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate officials probing alleged financial irregularities by the T20 cricket body and its franchises.
Officials of the two agencies began the exercise around 8.30 this morning at Modi’s office at upscale Four Seasons hotel in central Mumbai and later shifted [...]
IPL row overshadows PM’s foreign visit: Study
April 22nd, 2010 |
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) row is hogging prime time coverage in national news channels, edging out even issues like Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s foreign visit and the massacre of security personnel by Maoists, reveals a study.
IPL chief Lalit Modi’s revelations about the involvement of a friend of Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi [...]
Sule defends Praful Patel’s daughter in IPL row
April 22nd, 2010 |
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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Supriya Sule Thursday defended Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel’s daughter, who is the latest to be dragged into the Indian Premier League (IPL) row.
Referring to Poorna Patel, who is involved with IPL, Sule told reporters: “She is a nice kid … don’t slug her…she is a young, enterprising, qualified 24-year-old…who [...]
Manohar accuses Modi of violating ‘confidentiality’ clause
April 22nd, 2010 |
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Indian cricket board president Shashank Manohar Thursday accused Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi of violating the “confidentiality” clause signed by the board and the franchisees by declaring the ownership stakes.
Manohar said the new IPL Kochi franchise were contemplating legal action against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after Modi tweeted [...]
I am totally hosting IPL awards, says Karan Johar
April 22nd, 2010 |
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Director-producer Karan Johar says he is going ahead with plans to host the Indian Premier League (IPL) Awards despite the controversy surrounding the cricket extravaganza, which he describes as one of India’s most “prestigious brands”.
“I am totally hosting it and I think IPL is one of the most entertaining and prestigious brands of India,” Karan [...]
Will act against IPL franchisees if violations found: Khurshid
April 21st, 2010 |
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Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Wednesday said action would be taken against owners of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises if they were found violating the disclosure norms laid down under the Companies Act.
“Equity structure looks hazy because no one has asked anyone to disclose anything. We have the filings. In fact, it is available [...]
Tharoor tweets thanks at ‘time of trial’
April 21st, 2010 |
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“Thank you…”, tweeted Shashi Tharoor, who quit as minister of state for external affairs over alleged links to the Kochi IPL franchise, to all his supporters after his emotional speech in the Lok Sabha stating that his conscience was clear.
The Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, who was forced to resign Sunday , had been missing from [...]
Section of Congress slandering me, says Praful Patel
April 20th, 2010 |
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Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Tuesday rejected media reports alleging his involvement in the IPL controversy, and accused “a section of the Congress of spreading a slanderous campaign” against him.
Patel, who is also general secretary of the NCP, denied reports that he was a “proxy owner” of an [...]
Hurt Tharoor says he is ready for ‘thorough probe’
April 20th, 2010 |
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Two days after being forced to quit over his alleged links to the Kochi IPL franchise, former minister Shashi Tharoor Tuesday said he had done no wrong and urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to probe the charges of impropriety and corruption hurled against him.
As the Lok Sabha listened with rapt attention, Tharoor, speaking for the [...]
Pranab, Pawar, Chidambaram meet over IPL row
April 20th, 2010 |
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In the backdrop of the Indian Premier League (IPL) row and the probe ordered by the government into its funding, three senior ministers – Pranab Mukherjee, P. Chidambaram and Sharad Pawar – met Tuesday in parliament house.
The 15 minute-meeting between the three ministers was held amid reports that IPL commissioner Lalit Modi may quit or [...]
Let charges against me be ‘thoroughly investigated’: Tharoor
April 20th, 2010 |
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Two days after quitting as minister over alleged links to the Kochi IPL franchise, a “deeply wounded” Shashi Tharoor said Tuesday that his conscience was clear and that he had asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to “thoroughly” probe the charges against him.
“I am deeply wounded by fanciful and malicious charges that have been made against [...]