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Akram’s Wife Critical!

No one would have known about the critical stage of Wasim Akram’s wife until the air ambulance carrying her from the city of Lahore to Singapore landed in Chennai for the purpose of refueling. She is in a really critical situation. According to the medical sources, Huma, Akram’s wife is in critical stage as she is suffering from Sepia, the sources told TOI recently. She has been staying on ventilator and there are chances that she might need dialysis any moment. She was immediately...

Travel to Puri!

If you're new here, and interested in the latest news and insights on news from India and world, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting I News India. One of the finest traveling places in India is Puri, which is situated at the eastern coast of India. Puri is famous for the famous Jagannath Temple and beautiful Sea Beaches. Puri is around 557 Kilometers from Kolkata and around 56 Kilometers from Bhubaneshwar. The famous and wonderful wide white-sand beaches, superb...

Team India won the first test against England!

If you're new here, and interested in the latest news and insights on news from India and world, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting I News India. Team India won the first test against England. When Indian skipper lost the toss and then the top order of Indian team failed in the first inning and India faced a trail of 75 runs in the first inning, no one was thinking that India can even win this match. Not even at the time when England declared their second inning...

And the Booker Award goes to Aravind Adiga!

If you're new here, and interested in the latest news and insights on news from India and world, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting I News India. If sportsmen had made India proud by winning gold medals in Olympics this time, Indian writers are not far behind in bringing laurels to our nation. The latest star of Indian soil is Aravind Adiga. This 33-year-old Chennai-born Mumbaikar has won the Man Booker Prize for his debut novel, The White Tiger. Adiga is the...

Every run scored by Dhoni worth nearly Rs 1.5 lakh!

After the first IPL was over with a lots of pim pom, it was reported that Mahendra Singh Dhoni who got the highest bid in the landmark IPL auction in February, worth nearly Rs 1.5 lakh for each of his run during the 44-day tournament. Although Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings captain has lost the IPL final against The Rajasthan Royals, the Chennai franchise owners has shelled out a whopping Rs six crore for the Indian ODI and Twenty20 captain. Dhoni tallied 414 runs at an average of 41.40 in...

New technology to bring down fuel cost!

There is a hope to bring down the increasing price of emulsified fuels by the upcoming new technology invented and tested by the Chennai-based Hydrodrive Systems and Controls. This will also help in reducing India's dependence on crude imports. "The technology we have developed does not use any additives or surfactant," Hydrodrive managing director and inventor Srinivasan Gopalakrishnan said. "We do emulsification through a molecular engineering process, which has already been covered by...

Chennai Super Kings gave first defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders!

Mathew Hyden's brilliant half century helped Chennai Super Kings to win against Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets in Chennai on Saturday. It was the first loss of Knight Riders after two successive wins. Elected to bat first Knight Riders were wrapped up at a modest score of 147 for 9 in 20 overs while the Super Kings achieved the target within 17 overs. Losing a single wicket in the form of Parthiv Pate l(21), Chennai's Captain Dhoni and Hyden remain unbeaten and shared a strong...

First test in Chennai ends in a dull draw!

First test match of Future cup series in M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai ended after a dull draw between South Africa and India on Sunday. South Africa played cautiously in its second batting. At the end of the match South Africa scored 331 runs at loss of five. McKenzie with 155 runs and Boucher with 11 runs were remain unbeaten on the pitch as the match was finalized. During the second batting of South Africa, the openers Smith and McKenzie gave a speed start. Smith was dismissed...

Proteas end Day 4 at 131/1; lead by 44 runs!

Triple Century of blasting batsman Virendra Sehwag led India to beat the huge score of South Africa. Today on the fourth day of the first test match of Future cup Series, India scored a brilliant record of 627 runs, 87 points more than the rival team. Sehwag was dismissed by Ntini at a mammoth record of 319. he crossed his own score but unable to beat Lara’s record of 400 runs. Dravid has achieved the milestone of 10,000 runs in test. Dravid also gave his century with 111 runs and was...

SA looking for another 100-150 runs: McKenzie!

After scoring 304 runs at a lose of four wickets in the first test against India on March 26, opening batsman Neil McKenzie told that South Africa will be looking to add another 100-150 runs on Thursday to push for a possible win in the series. McKenzie who contributed sparkling 94 runs was happy with the start of the team scoring huge inning score but conceded that a lot of cricket was left in the match. But he is confident of getting big score by the remaining quality batsmen of the...