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Sourav Ganguly hopeful of India's victory |
| Former Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly is hopeful of winning the four test match series after being selected in the team for the first two matches against touring Australia. Ganguly, while talking to reporters in Kolkata, said that India could win the series if it played to its potential. Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said that it would be a good test series between India and Australia. |
| Date: 2008-10-03 06:13:57 - Added by: pooja |
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Female idol-maker creates the goddess |
| With the Puja season drawing near, the focus is on the artisans of Kumortuli and their struggle to create idols of the goddess Durga before the dawn of the first day of the Pujas. Cutting a solitary figure in the male-dominated world of idol-making is China Pal as she works just as hard to create the traditional single frame structures for the Pujas. |
| Date: 2008-10-01 06:11:20 - Added by: pooja |
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Meet the water yogi |
| Here’s a new twist for yoga buffs. A man from Howrah has been practicing various complicated yogic postures while floating in the water. Gopla Chandra Adak love affair with yoga began in childhood, but it was the frequent floods in his village that proved the catalyst to his tryst with doing yoga in the pond near his shop. |
| Date: 2008-09-30 05:49:28 - Added by: pooja |
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Cricket on wheels |
| Cricket is India’s favourite sport, but cricket fans in Rajkot are giving the sport a whole new appeal. The city has developed a new version of the sport where players bat, bowl and keep wickets while on roller skates. The grassy cricket fields have been replaced by concrete, but the game retains the enjoyment factor. |
| Date: 2008-09-29 05:40:30 - Added by: pooja |
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Air fares to rise again |
| Get ready for another round of air fare hike this festive season. Jet Airways on Wednesday said it's looking at raising fares by a single digit percentage point in coming days. Other airlines are also likely to follow suit. This year has already witnessed seven fare hikes, thanks to rise in oil prices since April. |
| Date: 2008-09-28 06:22:26 - Added by: pooja |
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Aishwarya to grace cover of Vogue |
| After the likes of Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone and Preity Zinta, it’s now Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s turn to grace the cover of Vogue India. Photographed by ace lensman Farrokh Chothia, the former Miss World is set to be on the cover of Vogue’s October issue. This is being pegged as the special glamour issue of the popular fashion and lifestyle magazine. |
| Date: 2008-09-28 05:22:23 - Added by: pooja |
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Olympic coin collector from WB |
| Srigopal Chokhani, a businessman from West Bengal has a rare passion – he collects Olympic coins and his collection now boasts of over 300 Olympic coins. Chokhani developed this passion at the age of 25 and his collection dates back to the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. |
| Date: 2008-08-24 05:08:41 - Added by: pooja |
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'Unforgettable' tour ends in the UK |
| The Bachchan trio – Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya dropped the curtains on their legendary ‘Unforgettable’ tour in London after doing shows in over 11 cities across the globe. It is considered the biggest live Bollywood performance outside the subcontinent. |
| Date: 2008-08-24 04:54:51 - Added by: pooja |
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Bollywood beauties run the endorsement race |
| Actors Katrina Kaif and Kareena Kapoor may be the favorites of the advertising world, but Bipasha Basu – a staunch rival of both the KKs – isn't getting left behind. The Bengali bombshell has been bagging just the right endorsements. Besides being the Reebok brand ambassador, the girl has also launched her own clothes label and will also pose for Gili, the jewellery brand. |
| Date: 2008-08-18 01:51:05 - Added by: pooja |
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Blasts suspect arrested |
| The Gujarat police have arrested the alleged mastermind of the Ahmedabad serial blasts on July 26 which killed 49 people and injured several others. P.C. Pandey, the Director General of Police in Gujarat, spoke about blast suspect Mufti Abu Bashir’s being arrested in Lucknow. |
| Date: 2008-08-17 03:23:46 - Added by: pooja |
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