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3rd US Presidential Debate live streaming
Posted by kk on 15 Oct 2008 - 1 Comment »
Falling behind in the polls, Republican candidate John McCain hopes to shake up the presidential race in his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama, who will be looking to close the deal with voters unhappy with the country’s direction.
Both are likely to emphasize pocketbook issues, a burning concern as financial institutions wobble and voters feel [...]
Advani becomes world billiards champion
Posted by kk on 05 Sep 2008 - No Comments »
Asserting his supremacy, Pankaj Advani on Friday annexed the ONGC IBSF World Billiards Championship (point format) with a comprehensive six games to one victory over Geet Sethi.
The 23-year-old Bangalorean delighted the home crowd at Karnataka State Billiards Association Hall with a superlative display, winning 150-90, 151-0, 150-24, 150-0, 86-150, 150-72, 150-12.
After a below-par semifinal outing [...]
Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam flag
Posted by kk on 26 Aug 2008 - 1 Comment »
Chiranjeevi announced his party name ‘Praja Rajyam’ with the slogan Mana Rajyam Surajyam, Swarajyam, Prajala Rajyam, PrajaRajyam!!
The Party Flag was hoisted near the stage. The flag designed with an inspiration from nature displays red sun on white coloured background and a band of green colour at the foot.
The Sun with 24 rays on the flag [...]
Infosys to buy UK based Axon group for Rs 3300 crore
Posted by kk on 25 Aug 2008 - No Comments »
Infosys is all set to buy UK based Axon group for 407 mn euros. The deal is to be completed by November 2008. The UK based Axon Group is into consultancy services.
Infosys said the acquisition would “accelerate the achievement of some of Infosys’ current strategic corporate objectives, including the continued expansion consulting capabilities”.
Axon Group [...]
India vs Srilanka 2nd ODI video highlights
Posted by kk on 20 Aug 2008 - No Comments »
2nd Odi,India Vs Srilanka,Fall Of All Srilanka Wickets
2nd Odi,India Vs Srilanka,Super 4’s & 6’s By Lanka
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2nd Odi,India Vs Srilanka,Fall Of All 1st 2 Indian Wickets
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2nd Odi,India Vs Srilanka,Full Highlights Part 1
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Read more ->Jitender loses in 51kg boxing bout
Posted by kk on 20 Aug 2008 - No Comments »
Pugilist Jitender Kumar went down fighting against Russia’s Georgy Balakshin in the quarterfinals of the men’s 51 kg category, dashing India’s medal hopes in the Olympic Games here today.
Jitender missed a bronze after he lost 11-15 against the Russian opponent.
The boxer from Bhiwani started aggressively and the scores were pretty even till the second round [...]
SBI strike today to protest SBS merger
Posted by kk on 18 Aug 2008 - No Comments »
Officers of State Bank of India and its seven associate banks went on a day-long nationwide strike today to protest merger of State Bank of Saurashtra with the country’s largest lender SBI.
“We are on a day-long strike to protest against the merger,” All-India State Bank Officers Federation President T N Goel said while participating in [...]
Partial solar eclipse in India today (August 1st 2008)
Posted by kk on 31 Jul 2008 - 1 Comment »
A partial solar eclipse will be seen in India on Friday while the north-eastern parts of the country will see quite a large fraction of the disc of the Sun, eclipsed by the Moon.
“The partial eclipse will be seen in the north-eastern region, starting from about 4 PM,” Director Nehru Planetarium, Rathnasree, said.
The biggest and [...]
Voice of India winner Ishmeet dead
Posted by kk on 30 Jul 2008 - 1 Comment »
Ishmeet Singh, winner of the popular Star Plus reality show Voice of India 2007, died in Maldives on Tuesday evening. He drowned in the swimming pool of his hotel Chaaya Island Dhonveli in North Male.
The 19-year-old singer from Punjab had arrived at Male on the morning of June 29, to perform at a promotional event [...]
Surat News: 18 bombs defused in Surat, 3 detained
Posted by kk on 29 Jul 2008 - No Comments »
The diamond city of Surat came under the terror radar with 18 bombs being recovered from residential areas even as the Gujarat police detained three men for questioning in connection with the serial blasts. All bombs had been defused.
All the bombs were recovered from different parts of Varacha area, housing most of Surat’s diamond processing [...]