Yuvraj sets Durban on fire with six sixes
The left-handed Punjab batsman whacked England's Stuart Broad for six maximums in a Group E match in the Twenty20 World Cup in Durban on Wednesday.
Needle on Bajrangis Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa might have given a clean chit to pro-Hindu organisations. But the City police suspect the involvement of Bajrang Dal men in Tuesday night's arson incident near Bommanahalli on Hosur Road in which two people were charred to death when a mob set a Tamil Nadu SETC (State Enterprise Transport Corporation) bus afire.
Army out in rain-hit Gadag Army and Air Force personnel were pressed into service for rescue and relief operations in rain-battered Gadag district even as seven more persons have been killed in downpour-related incidents in five districts since Tuesday night.
Markets zoom; Sensex scales Mt 16k The country's premier stock exchange's sensitive index on Wednesday opened with a bang and ended with a biggest ever rally notching up a single-day gain of 654 points thanks to the impact of the US Federal slashing its benchmark rate by 50 basis points.
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Chasing, India's imposing 218 for four, England managed 200 for six, with Vikram Solanki (43) and Kevin Pietersen contributing 39 for them.
Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa might have given a clean chit to pro-Hindu organisations. But the City police suspect the involvement of Bajrang Dal men in Tuesday night's arson incident near Bommanahalli on Hosur Road in which two people were charred to death when a mob set a Tamil Nadu SETC (State Enterprise Transport Corporation) bus afire. 
Army and Air Force personnel were pressed into service for rescue and relief operations in rain-battered Gadag district even as seven more persons have been killed in downpour-related incidents in five districts since Tuesday night. 
