2015 AND 2019 WORLD CUPS TO BE 10-TEAM AFFAIRS: ICC

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Mumbai, Apr 4: The ICC Executive Board today confirmed that the next two World Cups will be 10-team events and also announced that teams will be relegated and promoted on the basis of performance in the ODI league after the 2019 World Cup in England. The Board had decided in October 2010 More
India still 2nd in ICC rankings but players rise

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Dubai, Apr 4: The number one tag still eludes them but newly-crowned world champions India have closed the gap on top-placed Australia even as the team's in-form players moved up in the individual standings of the latest ICC ODI rankings issued here today. India (121) are now just seven points More
ICC rubbishes reports on ‘fake’ Cup being given to India

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Mumbai, Apr 4: Debunking media reports that the World Cup awarded to India with much fanfare on Saturday was a fake, the International Cricket Council today said that the trophy that was handed to Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team was a "real one" and not a "replica". ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat also More
Tendulkar rules out immediate retirement

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 4: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar today made it clear that he has no immediate plans of quitting ODIs, saying he was enjoying the game even more now and still has the "desire and the passion" to play for India.Tendulkar said that the thought of retirement had not crossed his mind More
Paes, Bhupathi No. 1 doubles team

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 4: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupthi today displaced Mike and Bob Bryan as the world number one doubles team, following their title triumph at the Miami Masters. The Indian Express won the Sony Ericsson Open after beating Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor 6-7(5), 6-2, 10-5 in the More
WC FINAL MATCH BALL ATTRACTS HIGHEST BID

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 4: After hitting the winning stroke, even MS Dhoni couldn't help running to take a stump as a souvenir of the historic final match. Now, the very ball that he smashed for a six has received a highest bid of USD 47,800 (over Rs 21 lakh) so far, as fans rush in to collect prized possessions More
Aleem Dar – Mr 100%

AGENCIES

Karachi, Apr 4: Although Pakistan failed to play in the final of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the country’s internationally famed umpire, Aleem Dar, played a crucial role in the match, thus maintaining a 100% record in the tournament. Dar, who has won ICC Umpire More
Tendulkar, Yuvraj want Kirsten to continue as coach

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Mumbai, Apr 4: India's senior players Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh want outgoing coach Gary Kirsten to continue in the job, saying the inspirational South African worked hard for the team's success and would be missed. Kirsten had decided to quit from his position as India coach before More
  • Kashmir

Hall welcomes Kashmiri Pandits

AYUB JAVAID

Pulwama, Apr 4: People of Hall and adjoining villages on Monday celebrated the return of Kashmiri Pandit youth in a local migrant colony here in south Kashmir.  Scores of people attended the welcome More


  • Srinagar City

Houseboats cry for conservation

‘Treat the wooden wonder as heritage and face of Kashmir’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Apr 4: With the number of houseboats in the famous Dal, Nigeen lakes and other waterbodies like Jhelum dwindling during past two decades, the cry for conservation of the wooden wonder is growing More



  • Jammu

Govt keen to introduce Punjabi, Dogri in schools: Chib

Jammu, Apr 4: Jammu and Kashmir Government has accorded first priority to promote the languages spoken in the state by providing ample opportunity to the emerging writers and established literacy figures More


  • Briefs

JKLF mourns demise

Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front has expressed grief over the demise of Sheikh Ghulam Nabi of Chanapora, uncle of Sheikh Abdul Hamid. A number of Front leaders and activists participated in More


  • Business

JK in debt trap

Liability touches `29,000 cr in 2009-10

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Apr 4: Hauling up the Jammu and Kashmir government for its growing debt pile, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India AG says the state's fiscal liabilities increased by 18 per cent to Rs 28 More


  • News

Internal turmoil no justification for fake encounters: Supreme Court

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 4: No amount of internal turmoil in the country can justify fake encounter killings by the police, the Supreme Court said today and asked Andhra Pradesh government to file a status report More


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