India seal historic win in Durban, set up series decider in Cape Town

India scored a historic Test win in Durban, a venue where had fared poorly at in the past, and levelled the series 1-1 with a game left in Cape Town. Needing 303 to win this game and the series, South Africa were bowled out for 215.

With Zaheer Khan's return, India had a rejuvenated bowling attack in this game. The veteran seamer took six wickets in the match, including 3-57 in the second innings while S Sreesanth hit top form taking 3-45.

Sreesanth began the day in fine style for India when a vicious bouncer aimed at Jacques Kallis' nose was fended off Virender Sehwag behind the wicket.

India had some luck with the umpiring decisions today. Harbhajan Singh bowling over the wicket got AB de Villiers LBW. Hawk Eye suggested the ball would have gone well over the stumps.

The dangerous Mark Boucher was dismissed quickly by Zaheer. Umpire Steve Davis gave the LBW but replays showed the ball was missing off-stump.

With the ball reverse-swinging, Zaheer worked out the lower-order.

Laxman taking test out of SA's reach

DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - Vangipurappu Laxman was busy taking the game out of South Africa's reach as he lifted India to 218 for seven at lunch on the third day of the second test at Kingsmead on Tuesday.

Laxman's marvellous innings of 86 not out increased India's lead to a daunting 292 and steadied them after three early wickets on the third morning had raised the prospect of the visitors being bowled out.

Zaheer Khan, who controversially survived an lbw appeal by Dale Steyn on 10, was on 27 not out in a gutsy unbeaten eighth-wicket stand of 70.

Laxman and Cheteshwar Pujara had resumed with India on 92 for four, but Pujara was unable to see offMorne Morkel's opening over, his back-foot defensive stroke deflecting a sharp lifter into his stumps without adding to his overnight score of 10.

India were 93 for five, but Laxman and Mahendra Singh Dhoni played some sweetly-timed strokes as they added 48 runs for the sixth wicket.

But left-arm seamer Lonwabo Tsotsobe clinched a career-best third wicket in the innings when Dhoni fiddled outside off stump at a delivery angling away from him and was caught behind by Mark Boucher for 21.

Telangana MPs end fast as government withdraws cases

By Indo Asian News Service | IANS India Private Limited – Tue, Dec 28 5:46 PM IST

Hyderabad, Dec 28 (IANS) Congress MPs from the Telangana region Tuesday ended their hunger strike after the Andhra Pradesh government agreed to withdraw all criminal cases filed during widespread agitation for a separate Telangana state.

The nine Congress parliamentarians broke their fast after state Home Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy handed over a written assurance from the government to senior leader and Rajya Sabha member K. Keshava Rao about withdrawal of the cases.

Keshava Rao told reporters that following the government's decision, they were terminating their hunger-strike.

The home minister said the government has decided to withdraw all the remaining cases against the agitators, most of whom were students, keeping in view their future.

She said all 1,667 cases against 8,047 people would be withdrawn. The cases were booked during the protests for and against a separate Telangana state in all three regions of the state between November 2009 and September 2010.

FORMERS SUICIDES IN ANDHRA PRADESH

ISRO bracing up for future launches

Chennai, Dec 26: Notwithstanding yesterday's failure of the GSLV-F06 Mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is bracing up for future launches to boost the country's communication and telecasting services.

PETROL HIKE

Golden Petrol @ INDIA

Petrol prices are as follows in few countries including neighbor countries :
Malaysia Rs.15
Nepal Rs.34
Sri Lanka Rs.31
Burma Rs.30
Afghanistan Rs.36
Qatar Rs.18
Bangladesh Rs.22
Cuba Rs.19
Pakistan Rs. 30
Kuwait Rs. 9
Saudi Arabia Rs.9
INDIA Rs. 60

Basic cost per one liter 16.50..Central tax 11.80%, Excise duty 9.75%, Vat & etc 4%..,
State tax 8%..

and

In 2010, petrol prices rise R/L in the following manner:
February: Rs 51.68
April: Rs 52.20
July: Rs 55.88
September: Rs 55.97
September: Rs 56.25
October: Rs 57.01
December: Rs 60.07

7 times hike in a single year....

can you guess in 2011, what will be the price of Petrol in Developing INDIA..????

( one Rupee rice in Petrol and diesel will create big holes in common man’s monthly budget.)

SACHIN'S 5Oth Century in Test Cricket

A small step to save Centurion, and a giant leap for Test cricket

By AR Hemant – December 19th, 2010

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Sachin Tendulkar has reached where no other man may reach again. At 7.36 pm Indian time, he pushed Dale Steyn through a heavily manned cover for four, bringing up his 50th Test hundred.

While it is a milestone to be celebrated, it is a job only half done in the Centurion Test, where India are hanging by a thread.

Tendulkar, playing his 175th Test, is on his fifth Test tour of South Africa and India have won just one match here, in 2006.

He has 11 hundreds against Australia, nine against Sri Lanka, seven against England, six against South Africa, five against Bangladesh, four against New Zealand, three each against West Indies and Zimbabwe and two against Pakistan.

Here’s a list of batsmen with 20 Test hundreds or more.

'Petrol price hike due to high international prices'

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Kolkata, Dec 15 (PTI) The hike in petrol price was because of increase in prices of crude oil in the international market, Union Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said today.

"The price of crude oil in the international market has touched USD 90 a barrel. Petrol prices have been deregulated already. So the hike in price was in parity with international prices," Mukherjee told reporters here.

State-run oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) hiked petrol prices by 2.96 a litre effective midnight last night.

The oil ministry has given three companies, BPCL, HPCL and IOC, the go-ahead to raise petrol prices after international crude oil prices touched USD 90 per barrel.

Hemant Karkare

Hemant Karkare
Indian Police Service officer
12 December 1954 [1] – 26 November 2008 (aged 53)
Place of birth	Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Place of death	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Service branch	Anti-Terror Squad
Year of service	1982-2008
Rank	Joint Commissioner of Police (ATSChief)
Awards	Ashoka Chakra

Hemant Karkare (Marathi: हेमंत करकरे) (12 December 1954 – 26 November 2008) was the chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad. He was killed during the 2008 Mumbai attacks after being shot three times in the chest.^[2] His bravery was honoured with the Ashoka Chakra on 26 January 2009.^[3]

Karkare succeeded KP Raghuvanshi as the Chief of ATS in January 2008 and was eventually succeeded by Raghuvanshi after he was killed on 26 November 2008. He was involved in the investigation of the serial bomb blasts in Thane, Vashi and Panvel, and led the investigation of the 29 September blast in Malegaon.^[4]

Contents  [hide] 1 Education and career 2 Malegaon investigation 3 Death 4 See also 5 References

[edit]Education and career

Karkare came from a Maharashtrian Karhade Brahmin family.^[5] Karkare obtained aBachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur. After graduation he worked for National productivity council, Government of India and then Hindustan Lever Limited now Hindustan Unilever Ltd., India's largest FMCG company.^[6]

He joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) as a member of the 1982 batch. Before becoming ATS Chief of Maharashtra State in January 2008, he was Joint Commissioner of Police (Administration) of Mumbai Police.^[7] He served seven years in Austria in theResearch and Analysis Wing (RAW), India's external intelligence agency. According to former senior Mumbai Police officer Y.C. Pawar, Mr. Karkare was regarded as very influenced officer in police circles.(Times of India Nov.28 2008)

We have to salute him

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ISRO to launch new satellite on December 20

ISRO to launch new satellite on December 20

Bangalore, Dec 11 (PTI) Indian Space Research Organisation has decided to launch its new communication satellite GSAT-5 Prime from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at around 4 pm on December 20.

Sources in the Bangalore-headquartered space agency told PTI that the mission readiness review in Sriharikota yesterday, chaired by ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan, gave the go-ahead for the mission.

"The satellite is slated to be moved to the launch-pad tomorrow", an ISRO official said.

The 2400-kg satellite, equipped with 24 normal C-band and 12 Extended C-band transponders, would be launched by home-made Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F06) powered by Russian cryogenic engine.

The exclusive C-band GSAT-5P has a designed mission life of 12 years.

Saina Nehwal wins Hong Kong Open

Saina Nehwal wins Hong Kong Open

It is her career's fourth Super Series title triumph

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FABULOUS FOURTH: Saina Nehwal is all smiles after winning the Hong Kong Open women's singles crown in Wanchai on Sunday. The 20-year-old shuttler rallied to pick up her fourth Super Series title with a 15-21, 21-16, 21-17 win over China's Wang Shixian - the Guangzhou Asian games gold medallist - in the final.

New Delhi: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal rallied to register a scintillating three-game victory over Shixian Wang of China to clinch the title at the Hong Kong Open in Wanchai on Sunday.

The 20-year-old Indian capped her career's fourth Super Series title triumph with a 15-21, 21-16, 21-17 win over the third-seeded Chinese in a gruelling one hour and 11 minutes summit clash at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium.

Saina won back-to-back titles — Indian Open Grand Prix, Singapore Open Super Series and defended the Indonesian Super Series — before clinching the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games in October.

Saina, who dropped to fourth in the world rankings, is likely to inch closer to the No. 1 spot with this resounding victory.

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