It was India's third win in six one-day matches under Virender Sehwag's captaincy and that probably explained his jovial mood at the post match briefing. The stand-in skipper had no hesitation in giving his bowlers all the credit they deserved for the success.
Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara slammed his batsmen after his side had suffered an embarrassing seven-wicket defeat against India in the third One-Day International in Cuttack on Monday.
A masterful 96 not out by Sachin Tendulkar helped India beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the third One-Day International at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Monday and take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. Chasing a modest target of 240, the home team romped to 242 for three with 44 balls to spare.
"An alert has been sounded in the district after the arrests yesterday in Delhi and Odisha," said an official.
A superb all-round show by Andrew Symonds helped Deccan Chargers beat Kings XI Punjab by six runs in the Indian Premier League match at the Barabati stadium, in Cuttack, on Friday.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, announces the next Common Proficiency Test (CPT) of the Institute will be held on February 3, 2008.
While a maximum of 21 people died in Puri, four deaths each were reported from Mayurbhanj and Jajpur, and three each in Cuttack and Kendrapara.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) released the itinerary for Sri Lanka's test and one-day tour starting next month.
Police also lodged criminal cases against home quarantined persons who ventured outside and have warned that violators of home quarantine order will face arrest.
After being dropped in the last two matches, veteran Sanath Jayasuriya may return to the Sri Lankan playing XI, in the fourth One-dayer against India, at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata on Thursday.
Captain Virender Sehwag is counting on his spinners to deliver on the slow Eden Gardens track in the Thursday's fourth ODI against Sri Lanka.
Stand-in Indian captain Virender Sehwag said he feared at one stage that Sri Lanka would score 350 in the third One-dayer and gave full credit to his bowlers for bringing the home team back into the game with a disciplined effort in Cuttack on Monday.
Ravenshaw University (Cuttack) invites applications for admission to its two-year full-time residential MBA programme for the year 2008.
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the richter scale and epicentred in Myanmar on Wednesday shook several parts of east and northeast India.
Naseer Khan, the blind actor and co-producer of Shadow, was arrested for his alleged involvement in a multi-crore chit fund scam in Balasore district.
Despite falling level in rivers, including Mahanadi, surging waters from over 100 breaches continued to submerge fresh areas in coastal Orissa where seven naval teams intensified relief work today to reach about 40 lakh people hit by floods which claimed at least 37 lives.
Two days after receiving a complaint of sexual harassment from a woman employee of Orissa Assembly, the police on Saturday registered a case against Speaker Maheswar Mohanty, charging him with intending to outrage her modesty. Earlier on March 27, the lady marshal had filed an FIR with the police alleging sexual harassment by the Speaker. The police, however, took two days to register a case as it could not contact the victim or any other person from her family.
Flood waters engulfed vast areas of the delta region of Mahanadi river system in Odisha even as the death toll due to heavy rains and floods in the state climbed to 34.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field against England in the fifth One-Day International at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Wednesday. India brought in left-arm pacer Irfan Pathan in place of Munaf Patel and Rohit Sharma replaced the in-form Gautam Gambhir.
Cheteshwar Pujara starred with an unbeaten 53 as eight-time champion West Zone thrashed minnows Zimbabwe President's XI by six wickets to comfortably sail into the final of the Zonal One-Dayers for Deodhar Trophy in Cuttack on Monday.
Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma, who could only bowl four overs in the third ODI against Sri Lanka, is suffering from back stiffness, informed his pace colleague Umesh Yadav.
Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma, who could only bowl four overs in the third ODI against Sri Lanka, is suffering from back stiffness, informed his pace colleague Umesh Yadav.
Cheteshwar Pujara waged a lone battle with a fighting 65 even as his team India Green crashed out of the Challenger Series for NKP Salve Trophy after a 19-run defeat to Blue in Cuttack on Saturday night. In Sunday's summit showdown, Blue will take on Red, unless the weather plays spoilsport.
Rohit Sharma's unconquered century powered India Red to a five-wicket win over India Green in the second match of the NKP Salve trophy Challenger series at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Friday night.
Putting all speculation at rest, Cricket Association of Bengal president Jagmohan Dalmiya said Eden Gardens will host all seven home matches of Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League this season. Dalmiya said he had been informed of the decision by KKR co-promoter Jay Mehta on Friday.
The No. 1 ranking in One-Day Internationals will be on the line when world champions India take on Australia in the limited over series starting with a one-off Twenty20 match in Rajkot, on Thursday.
India batting stalwart Sachin Tendulkar said images of the militant attacks in Mumbai last week has "left him numb and saddened." India beat England in the day-night fifth one-dayer in Cuttack on Wednesday when Islamist militants went on a three-day rampage in Mumbai, killing 183 people.
IMAGES from the 1st T20I played between India and Sri Lanka on Wednesday
Skipper Wasim Jaffer starred with a hundred as West Zone clinched their ninth Deodhar Trophy title, outplaying East Zone by 218 runs in the finals of the Zonal One-Dayers in Cuttack on Wednesday.
Ishank Jaggi slammed an unbeaten 110 and Dhiraj Goswami picked up a four-wicket haul to set up East Zone's comfortable 65-run win over 11 time champions North in a Group A one-day encounter in Deodhar Trophy tournament in Cuttack on Saturday.
India Blue beat India Red by eight wickets in the final. Chasing a modest 152 for victory, Blue attained the target in 25.4 overs.
Human cries for help tore through the silence of the night, as the superfast Coromandel Express came to a screeching halt, after its bogies were derailed near Jajpur Road station in Orissa on Friday night. "It was very dark and I could hear the shouts of many for help. There was utter chaos," Anupam Nayak, who was traveling to Cuttack from Howrah in the Howrah-Chennai Coromandel Express, said.
Hyderabad-based KVK Energy and Infrastructure has parted ways with its beleaguered joint venture partner, Maytas Infra, in setting up a 1,050-Mw thermal power plant in Orissa under the banner of KVK Nilachal Power Pvt Ltd.
The state government sounded a high alert in four coastal district of Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Puri in view of the flood which has claimed nine lives so far. Evacuation operations has been launched on a big scale to shift the residents of low-lying areas to the safer places.
Concept Pharmaceuticals is looking for Area Managers and Field Sales Officers for its pharma division.
"Virat has told the selectors that he needs some time to take a call on whether he will be playing the T20s or not. That's reason why they have not announced the T20 squad," a BCCI official, privy to selection matters, told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
A round-up of the third day's play of the Ranji Trophy Super League matches on Sunday.
Virat Kohli's men will play 11 one-day internationals, nine Twenty20 matches and three Tests against Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka between late September and December.
A round-up of the second day's play of the Ranji Trophy Super League matches on Saturday.
