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Punters bet big on Pranab Mukherjee as President

Even as 24, Akbar Road (headquarters of the Congress party), continues to toss between the names for presidential candidate due to opposition from allies, bookies in the 'satta bazaar' have......

Punters bet high on UPA trust vote win

Bets of nearly Rs 500 crore have been accepted in the satta bazaar or the illegal betting market over the past two days, with punters riding high on odds that the Congress-led United Progressive......

Be afraid, be very afraid of the Bombay Prohibition Act

With the almost universal breach of the alcohol licensing conditions, once the powers-that-be decide to crack the whip, every restaurant will run into problems. Huge problems, says Sunil......

The worrying case of rising racist rhetoric in US

A new report released by South Asian Americans Leading Together has exposed the exponential rise of xenophobia (an irrational, deep-rooted fear of or antipathy towards foreigners) against South......

Aus: Parties woo independents to form govt

Australia's two main parties scrambled to woo three independent lawmakers, who have emerged as 'king-makers,' to cobble up the country's first minority government since World War II. With a......

Punters in India bet Rs 500 crore on US elections

Bookies in India have managed to cash in on US Presidential elections. Country's 'satta bazzar' or the illegal betting market witnessed a turnover of nearly Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion)in a......

Betting: Rs 10,000 crore riding on the World Cup!

With the cricket World Cup mood building up, bookies and punters across India have taken their positions. Sources involved in betting, who did not want to be identified, fearing police action,......

Punters' game: Rs 5,000-crore bets per IPL match!

As the Indian Premier League frenzy catches up with cricket fanatics, action elsewhere (behind closed doors) is churning out big money as well -- with some estimates pegging the amount at around Rs......

A bluechip turns into a punter's delight

On the last day of Satyam's stint in India's benchmark indices - the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex and the National Stock Exchange S&P CNX Nifty - its shares turned out to be a punter's......

Markets: Rs 40 trillion lost in '08

It was a story of riches to rags.Lady luck deserted investors and punters during 2008 with stock markets losing over Rs 40 trillion, a figure that not many would know carries how many......

Salma Hayek strips for her latest film

Get your lowdown on what's going on in the world of Hollywood, right here! Salma Hayek proved that she's still got an incredible figure by flaunting her ample assets in a fishnet body......

Meet the youngest superhero in the world

At 13, Darsheel Safary gets to play the youngest superhero in the world. And he's got Bollywood's top star Aamir Khan to endorse him. Khan called the media to his home to sing praises of his......

The 10 flavours of the filmi cop

Whether it's to bolster the hero's macho image or to bring about thrills in the plot, Bollywood loves its khaki-clad heroes. And they come in all flavours and sizes. Good, bad, serious and silly,......

Meet the south beauty romancing Akshay Kumar

Trisha Krishnan rocked the film industry down south. Now she is set to do the same in Bollywood with her upcoming film, Khatta Meetha starring Akshay Kumar and directed by......

Katrina, Aamir at Raajneeti premiere

The much awaited movie, Raajneeti had a star-studded premiere in Mumbai on Thursday. Spotted at the red carpet premiere were the cast and director of the political...

Punters bet on Tendulkar's 100th ton at MCG

As the fans world over eagerly await Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international ton, punters Down Under have placed the bets on the Master Blaster getting to the elusive mark in the series-opener......

Punters place India as favourites to win Aus series

The bets have been placed and punters Down Under have picked India as the favourite to win the eagerly-anticipated Test series against Australia that gets underway from December 26. "If you do run......

Factbox: 'Punter' Ponting most successful captain

Factbox on Ricky Ponting, following his resignation as captain of Australia's Test and one-day teams - Played his first Test and One-Day International in 1995 and has gone on to establish himself......

England vs. Germany clash pulls record punters

Old rivals England and Germany's second-round match will set World Cup betting records spurred by a wave of 'patriotic gambles' on the game, bookmakers said on Saturday.Bookmaker William Hill said......

Reid's late equaliser proves costly for NZ punter

One New Zealander was far from happy when defender Winston Reid's last-gasp equaliser against Slovakia on Tuesday earned the country a first ever World Cup finals point as the goal cost them......

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Q. No Google Who is nick named as Punter in Cricket ??
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Q. Tendulkar completes 7000 runs at home...only to be second most after punter. Great Achievement.
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Q. Ok class. Ready for vocabulary test?Question - Tell the meaning of following wordsChikna, Keeda, Jhakaas, Haila !, Punter/Tapori/Shana, Bevada / Gutter / Taankee / Batli / JohnnyWalker
Vikram: A. great achievement, he can go to past ten thousand too. more

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Q. Apne se bada punter khoj raha hu guru banane ke liye , kaha milega
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Tough law soon to curb match-fixing

A stringent law to curb match-fixing on the lines of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) is being authored by the Union Law... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/334513/tough-law-soon-curb-match.html

Bookies conduit ran 'courier company''

OF the three people arrested by the Mumbai Police Crime Branch for alleged bookie links on Monday night, Alpesh Patel was allegedly the conduit... ...

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bookies-conduit-ran-courier-company/1118966/

Realtor on radar for financing bookies, one more arrested

Utham and Prashant Manshuklal Pawn A city-based realtor has come under the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Division (CB-CID) radar for helping... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Realtor-on-radar-for-financing-bookies-one-more-arrested/2013/05/24/article1603330.ece

The law cant find Srinis son-in-law, but summons him

The silence of BCCI president N. Srinivasan and his son-in-law, Chennai Super Kings CEO Gurunath Meyyaippan, was deafening. They were incommunicado... ...

http://www.asianage.com/india/law-can-t-find-srini-s-son-law-summons-him-538

Vindu

Jack the punter continues to spill the beans in police custody and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) CEO Gurunath Meiyappan is certainly in the soup. While... ...

http://www.mid-day.com/news/2013/may/240513-vindu-confesses-to-betting-on-behalf-of-csk-ceo.htm

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