IPL: Gambhir highest priced, Ganguly unsold
Gautam Gambhir and Yusuf Pathan on Saturday became the first players to be bought for more than $2 million at an Indian Premier League auction.
Gambhir, Pathan gets record $2.4mn; Ganguly, Gayle unsold
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders, which had been among the bottom-placed teams in the first three editions of IPL, made some smart buying to net Gambhir, big-hitter Yusuf Pat
Cirus, cradle of n-india, stops rocking
A sense of nostalgia is palpable as he talks of the miniscule laboratory that he shared with Dr Raja Ramanna and Rajagopal Chidambaram.
Yeddy will meet gov fortnightly
Seeking to mend fences with governor H.R. Bhardwaj, Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who has been locked in a war of words over allegations of corruption, on Friday said he would meet him at least once in 15 days.
1st phase in K’taka ends peacefully
Polling was on Sunday held for zilla and taluk panchayats in 12 districts of Karnataka in the first phase of the elections, bitterly fought by ruling BJP, the Congress and JDS with stakes high for the
1st phase in K’taka ends peacefully
Polling was on Sunday held for zilla and taluk panchayats in 12 districts of Karnataka in the first phase of the elections, bitterly fought by ruling BJP, the Congress and JDS with stakes high for the
Hardware snag suspected for failure of GSLV rocket
Initial analysis of the data from Saturday’s aborted launch of an Indian rocket indicated a hardware defect might have forced the destruction of the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-F06),
Strap-on booster failure suspected
It was a black Christmas for Indian space scientists as they were forced to destroy the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and an advanced communications satellite onboard as the rocket veered off course dangerously because of an apparent flaw in the strap-on boosters less than a minute after blasting-off
Third GSLV failure in total 7 missions
The failure of the GSLV is the third unsuccessful mission of the total seven of this indigenously-developed space rocket.
On April 15 2010, the third developmental flight of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D3) primarily for the flight-testing of indigenously-developed Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS) could not accomplish the mission objectives. Like the GSLV (carrying INSAT-4C on board), which failed on July 10, 2006, Saturday’s rocket was also fitted with the Russian cryogenic engine.
Yeddy speaks to Gadkari on shift to national level
Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Friday said he had discussed with BJP president Nitin Gadkari the issue of his shifting to national politics after the next Assembly elections, and would abide by the decision of the party central leadership.