Gill sacked, IOA suspends IHF after bribe scandal
KPS Gill's defiant 15-year tenure as the hockey boss came to an unceromonious end with the Indian Olympic Association today sacking him by suspending the IHF and appointing an ad-hoc committee in its place.
Bhajji banned from 11 IPL matches
Harbhajan Singh was also slapped with a fine of 100 per cent match fees from the third match onwards while his Mumbai Indians coach Lalchand Rajput was fined 50 per cent of the match fee for not stopping the off-spinner's attack... Harbhajan Singh (R)shakes hands with S Sreesanth (L) in the presence of Match Referee Farookh Engineer and IPL Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi after the two-hour hearing.
BCCI appoints Nanavati as commissioner
Mr Nanavati, who is an advocate in Ahmedabad, will submit his report within 15 days to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sharad Pawar. BCCI feeling 'let down' by Bhajji
The board had stood up for Harbhajan in an ugly row in Australia this year. He was initially banned for three tests after being found guilty of making racist remarks against all-rounder Andrew Symonds, but was subsequently let off with a fine on a lesser charge...
PSLV launch sets world record
At the end of the 52-hour countdown, the PSLV-C9, with a lift-off mass of 230 tonne, blasted off from the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre and soared into the clear sky in a textbook launch. This is for the first time that...
Baalu issue rocks LS; lights turned off
In an unusual step, the Speaker ordered most of the lights in the House and television cameras to be shut off for a brief period as repeated attempts by him to let the House function did not find favour with the members.
Haneef's visa cancellation spoiled the case
Andrews' decision to revoke Haneef's visa caught the police and senior immigration officials completely by surprise, a media report said quoting a source, who had worked with the Howard government.
K'taka Soaps & Detergents to rejig set-up
Indian cosmetics major Karnataka Soaps & Detergents Ltd (KS&DL) - which produces the fragrant Mysore Sandal soap - is planning to rejig its organisational set-up to ensure high growth.
66 killed in China train collision
One train was en route from Beijing to the seaside resort of Qingdao when the accident happened in Zibo, Shandong province. The second train was from the resort of Yantai, in Shandong.
Bhutto awarded Tipperary Peace Award
Earlier recipients of the award included South African icon Nelson Mandela, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, former US President Bill Clinton, US Senator George Mitchell and the late Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
Dawood in Forbes' list of ten most wanted fugitives Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, who heads D-Company, an organised crime group based in Mumbai, ranks fourth on the list which is topped by terror mastermind Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
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Deccan Herald, your favourite newspaper which always reflects the pulse of the people, has planned an elaborate coverage of the Assembly elections in Karnataka.
Shah Rukh Khan stands next to his figure at the Grevin wax museum, during the presentation of his waxwork on Monday. AP
CET forum in DH Launching a new forum called 'Mission Admission', Deccan Herald attempts to make the testing days ahead a bit easier. This new forum will help candidates keep track of news and information on the CET, the Under Graduate Entrance Test (UGET) of COMEDK and key entrance tests thereafter.
No internet censorship during Olympics: China "There will be no censorship. We have no restrictions on access to the Internet for accredited media during the Games," media operations director Sun Weijia said.
L-R: Flags of Beijing Olympic, China and Olympics flutter at a base camp for Olympic torch mountaineering team on the Tibetan Autonomous Region April 1, 2008. Chinese climbers carrying the Olympic torch plan to climb their side of the world's tallest peak in the early days of May. AP Photo
DLF IPL T20 CRICKET
Play with aggression, but don't cross the line: McGrath
"I have played cricket aggressively and with passion, but there is a line which should not be crossed," he said on being asked about shocking incident which marred the tournament. Gilly's innings blew us out of our socks: Pollock
"I don't want to blame the happenings. Yes, we missed Sachin Tendulkar (because of injury) and Harbhajan Singh (suspended for slapping S Sreeshanth). But Gilly's innings blew us out of our socks. He was on fire," the retired South African all-rounder said. ''He simply took the game away from us,'' Pollock added.
LEFT: Adam Gilchrist in action RIGHT: Gilchrist and V V S Laxman of Deccan Chargers celebrate their victory over Mumbai Indians, at the D Y Patil Sports Stadium, in Nerul on Sunday.
Gilchirst's 42-ball century is the fastest in the IPL tournament so far. BELOW: Actress and owner of Kings XI Punjab team Preity Zinta with former cricketer Farooq Engineer. SC dismisses plea to restrain Mallya's team from playing IPL
The Supreme Court today dismissed the petition seeking to restrain a team owned by liquor baron Vijay Mallya from playing in the Indian Premier League... Thackeray, Bengali film industry target cheerleaders Thackeray said when cricketers like Polly Umrigar, Dilip Sardesai, Ajit Wadekar, Salim Durrani and Sunil Gavaskar used to go on the cricket field, the whole stadium used to become "cheerful". Electricity, telephone cables stolen at Eden Gardens
"I am shocked. Somebody having good knowledge of the ground has done it. Otherwise how could the culprit avoid the CAB staff and policemen who are on duty round-the-clock?" CAB president Prasun Mukherjee asked.
READERCONNECT
Public inconvenience: No BMTC buses
There are no BMTC buses after 8.30 pm going through Jayanagar 9th East bus stop towards Majestic, City Market or Shivajinagar. The bus drivers bypass 9th Block East bus stop and go through Jayanagar 9th block, 28th main directly. It is becoming very tough for the people to go back home from office. By AkashResponses
Left: 10,000 year old Meroe Pyramids from the Meroewian Age at Sudan. Right: Sunset in Sudan. History Note: Between 712-657 BC, Sudanese kings conquered and ruled Egypt, as the XXVth Dynasty. By about 300 BC the centre of the kingdom had shifted south to the Meroe region in central Sudan, where pyramids and tombs were built to house the bodies of their kings and queens. All the tombs at Meroë have been plundered, most infamously by Italian explorer Giuseppe Ferlini (1800-1870) who smashed the tops off 40 pyramids in a quest for treasure in the 1820s. Ferlini found only one cache of gold. His aim was not to study the pyramids.His finds remain at the museums in Munich and Berlin.
Photos sent by Vijayan Menon, Sudan
Many candidates have made it a habit to change parties just to contest elections. Should people of Karnataka reject the party-hoppers lock, stock and barrel? DH had invited readers’ opinion on the issue. Not surprisingly, most readers called the turncoats as a sign of decadence in democracy and ideology, and that they should be written off with the bullets of the ballot. Voting for stable, honest and ideal-driven candidates, requires maturity on the voters’ part, said some.
There were a handful who felt that it was okay to be search for “greener pastures” to seek gain and sure enough, hop and jump.
Gill sacked, IOA suspends IHF after bribe scandal
PSLV launch sets world record
Obama turns down Clinton's proposal of debate
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Launching a new forum called 'Mission Admission', Deccan Herald attempts to make the testing days ahead a bit easier. This new forum will help candidates keep track of news and information on the CET, the Under Graduate Entrance Test (UGET) of COMEDK and key entrance tests thereafter. 
