'Tamhane's densely composed shots achieve what a vacuously whizzing camera seldom does.' 'Like those Renaissance Paintings in which a bewitching lady is shown posing for a portrait, and daily life plays out in a corner unruffled, Tamhane's static frames have a hundred interesting things happening within them,' observes Sreehari Nair.
West Indies captain Chris Gayle scored a magnificent 146 to give his team a chance of a surprise victory at the close of the fourth day of the second Test against New Zealand in Napier on Monday. At stumps the West Indies were 278 for seven in the second innings, an overall lead of 214 with one day to play with Gayle still at the crease alongside Fidel Edwards.
West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards took a career-best seven for 87 to help dismiss New Zealand for 371 on the third day of the second Test in Napier on Sunday. When bad light stopped play 20 minutes before the scheduled close, West Indies had raced to 62 for two in their second innings with captain Chris Gayle on 36 and Xavier Marshall yet to score.
New Zealand opener Tim McIntosh took advantage of a West Indies fielding blunder to put his side in a good position at 145 for two in their first innings at the close of the second day of the second Test on Saturday.
English county Worcestershire on Friday called off a deal with Indian paceman Ashish Nehra after he demanded more money than agreed to for joining the team in its second season.
Watson guides Australia to crushing win over Windies Shane Watson notched his maiden international century as Australia crushed the West Indies by seven wickets in the third one-day international at Grenada's National Stadium. The win provided Australia with an unassailable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five limited overs series.
For an hour on Saturday at Sabina Park, West Indies cricket took a step back in time. Fidel Edwards and Daren Powell bowled with real hostility to take two wickets each as Australia slumped to 17 for four on the third day of the first Test.
Ricky Pointing struck an outstanding 158 as Australia dominated West Indies to finish at 301 for four on the opening day of the first Test.
West Indies pace bowler Fidel Edwards removed both Australian openers cheaply in the opening session of the first test on Thursday but visiting skipper Ricky Ponting guided his team to 87 for two at lunch.
Railtel has entered into an agreement with US-based Pronto Services, which will create facilities at 50 railway stations through Wi-Max technology.
Musharraf has been thrashed by members of the US Congress, leading analysts, and leading newspapers who have questioned his fidelity to the global war on terror.
Mustafizur Rahman on Sunday became only the second bowler to take two five-wicket hauls in his first two one-day internationals, emulating Zimbabwe's Brian Vitori.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit a six off the last ball of the game to give the West Indies a thrilling win over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international in Port of Spain on Thursday. Chasing Sri Lanka's total of 235 for 7, West Indies' last pair of Chanderpaul and Fidel Edwards needed 10 from the last two balls. Chanderpaul hit the penultimate ball for a straight four and then crashed a full toss from Vaas over the mid-wicket boundary for a remarkable victory.
Tillakaratne Dilshan and Chamara Silva added 100 for the sixth wicket to boost Sri Lanka to 217 for 5 at close of the first day of the second Test against the West Indies on Thursday. After fast bowlers Fidel Edwards and Jerome Taylor had reduced the Sri Lankans to 117 for 5, Dilshan (58 not out) and Silva (37 not out) posted their century stand from just 101 balls. Only 46.3 overs were possible on a rain-interrupted day after Chris Gayle had won the toss.
West Indies replaced Corey Collymore and Fidel Edwards with Dwayne Smith and Ian Bradshaw.
Amrit Singh, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's youngest daughter, has a different perspective on the Bush administration's war on terror.
Chasing 389 to win the first Test, South Africa were dismissed for 260 after tea on the fourth day to hand West Indies victory by 128 runs.
Fast bowler Edwards took 2-11 as South Africa, who need 389 to win, stumbled to 45-3 at lunch on the fourth day.
After being dismissed for 225, England bowled out the West Indies for 145 in the 40th over, in the first ODI.
Hindi lyrics are no bar to the global appeal of his music.
In a major development on taxation of FII income, the Authority on Advance Ruling has ruled that income will now be taxed as capital gains and not business income.
In a written statement from his hospital bed, Castro, arguably the world's most popular dictator, however said he will not be rushing out to be photographed in his present condition.
The West Indies were 74 for 3, still trailing Pakistan by 205 runs, at the close of the third day in the first Test on Monday.
The West Indies included pacemen Corey Collymore and Fidel Edwards for Ian Bradshaw and Dwayne Smith in the team for the match against England.
West Indies brought back fast bowlers Jerome Taylor and Fidel Edwards in place of Marlon Samuels and Corey Collymore.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat against the West Indies in the fourth ODI of the DLF Cup tri-series.
Vice-President Hamid Ansari embarks on an important Latin American visit, heralding that resource-rich continent's importance to India.
Ramnaresh Sarwan has been ruled out of action for three weeks with a hand injury.
The newspaper El Pais reported doctors told its reporters that Castro had suffered complications after three failed surgeries to correct the problems.
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Soon after the finance ministry cleared the haze on tax treatment of equity linked savings scheme, fund managers are lining up such policies to tap investors eager to participate in the stock market boom and simultaneously save tax. \n
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