Chargers play Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian premier League opener today

Defending champions Deccan Chargers are determined to continue their fairytale in the third edition of the Indian premier League that gets underway on Friday.

Deepika Padukone, Lionel Richie and Bjorn Again, Abba’s next generation, will kick off the tournament at a gala show at 6.30 pm at the D.Y. Patel stadium in Navi Mumbai.

The action will start at 8 pm, when Deccan Chargers take on Kolkata Knight Riders, triggering 45 days of cut-throat competition among eight teams.

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Sonia wants quota Bill as Women's Day gift

The Congress president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, told party MPs that she would accord the “highest importance” to the Women’s Reservation Bill to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha on March 8, International Women’s Day.

Mrs Gandhi told the general body meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party that Rajiv Gandhi had first unveiled the vision of empowering women. It was a matter of pride that even though the Bill has taken so long, “it is our government that has cleared the legislation in Cabinet”.

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Crash mars aero expo, 2 pilots die

The awe of a scintillating aerobatics dis play at the start of the India Aviation-2010 air show on Wednesday turned to shock after a naval plane lost control and crashed into a two storied residential building, killing both pilots and injuring seven persons.

There were cheers and applause as the four aerobatic planes took off in formation at about 11.20 am even as the inaugural function was on and the union civil aviation minister, Mr Praful Patel, was holding forth on air safety and growth.

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Most wanted Maoist Telugu Dipak caught

The West Bengal CID arrested one of AP’s most wanted Maoist leaders, Venkateswara Reddy alias Telugu Dipak alias Prabahakar alias Dileep, from Behala on Tuesday. He carries a reward of Rs 10 lakh on his head.

A member of Central Military Commission, Venkateswara Reddy is believed to have taken a front position during the Maoist attack on the EFR camp at Sildah.

He is also a close aide of CPI (Maoist) politburo member Kishenji alias Mallojula Koteswara Rao, and was in the thick of the Maoist movement in Lalgarh and Nandigram.

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Hockey hero suspended for 3 games

India's celebrations after beating Pakistan 4-1 in the Hockey World Cup opening game were cut short on Monday when striker Shivendra Singh was banned for three matches for injuring an opponent.

Shivendra scored one goal in India’s 4-1 rout of their archrivals in Pool B but injured Pakistan’s Fareed Ahmed above the eye when he tackled him, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) said in a statement. Hockey India appealed against the ban immediately.

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Andhra Pradesh gets bigger tax share

The revenue to the state through Central taxes and grants has doubled to Rs 1.14 lakh crore thanks to the recommendations of the 13th Finance Commission.

The state has so far received Rs 57,000 crore under the 12th Finance Commission. The releases for state-specific needs will also be increased from Rs 449 crore to Rs 1,270 crore. These amounts will be released in the next five years. Expressing happiness at the recommendations, the CM, Mr K. Rosaiah, said the increased allocations would help the state.

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Eastern Railway Budget

Politics seemed to prevail over sound economics as the railway minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, took to the stage once again on Wednesday to present her second Railway Budget in the last seven months.

The goodies doled out to the Trinamul Congress leader’s home state came as no surprise given Ms Banerjee’s determination to dislodge the Marxists from power in next year’s Assembly election in West Bengal.

With no increase in passenger fares for the seventh year running and no revision in freight rates either this year, the railways will need to raise resources from other avenues.

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