New Zealand allrounder Jimmy Neesham on Monday was ruled out of the opening Test match against India in Kanpur due to a rib injury he suffered during the warm-up match against Mumbai. Paceman Tim Souhtee was ruled of the three-match series due to an ankle injury but Neesham is expected to be fit for the second Test, which begins on September 30 in Kolkata.
Former South Africa batsman Kepler Wessels says foreign teams should always play to their strengths. He said he was surprised that the two other tracks (Chennai, Ahmedabad) did not turn as much as in Green Park.
With more than a 100 runs still to get, it would be an uphill task for Maharashtra to turn the match around on Day 3.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni sent a note of thanks and Rs 10,000 to Green Park stadium's pitch curator for preparing the turning track that helped the hosts clinch the series-levelling win over South Africa in the third Test in Kanpur. Curator Shiv Kumar said he was pleasantly surprised to receive a personal note of thanks and the cash reward from the stand-in Test skipper after the hosts beat the Proteas inside three days on a crumbling pitch to level the series 1-1.
The administration has videographed the entire incident and tapes would be sent to the Election Commission.
Passengers of an Allahabad-bound Air India flight had a narrow escape on Thursday as the aircraft hit a Neelgai (antelope) shortly after landing at the Ahirwa Airport in Kanpur on Thursday.
Eight fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the fire which engulfed the entire sixth floor of the building.
The tax department has deployed about 40 large and small machines to count currency notes and brought in more department and bank staffers to finish the counting process, which began on December 6 following raids against Boudh Distillery Pvt Ltd and others, they said.
As soon as the news spread, people assembled near the damaged statues and staged demonstrations.
This will be the first time that an FM radio station would be opened in any of the IITs in the country. The information and broadcasting ministry has already given a green signal to the project.
Indore is set to host its first-ever Test during the three-match series against New Zealand in September-October as India's top cricketers, in a unique way, on Tuesday, announced the full schedule of the tour that will kick start the team's home season.
In 2024 so far, 20 startups have already visited the campus with 80 placements.
Uday Saharan's India won hearts and held out promise of a bright future for the Fab 15.
In an incident that exposed the shabby conditions of the Kanpur zoo, 31 deer including some endangered black bucks died in Kanpur zoo on Saturday night when a pack of dogs used cracks in the outer wall to barge into the deer enclosure and attack the antelopes.
Considerations of professional fulfilment and a desire to pursue higher studies have trumped offers of eight-figure salaries during placements at IIT Kanpur as four students chose to turn down jobs which would have paid them more than Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) yearly.
The CBI has booked five people for allegedly posing as Microsoft tech support and siphoning off USD 400,000 (Rs 3.37 crore as per current rates) retirement funds of a US citizen, officials said on Friday.
The raid was made collectively by the crime branch and police on the tip-off received by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vigilance.
At least a dozen activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress were on Sunday injured in a clash, which broke out during the main opposition party's protest outside Union Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal's residence in Kanpur over the coal block allocation issue.
Mayank Agarwal played a captain's knock of 109, as his side took a 64-run lead on Day 2
Shraddha Shukla, a Class IX student will cover the distance in just 10 days.
A case was registered against the Congress leader for violating the permission granted by the administration for his road show. Sharat Pradhan reports
Sameer Rizvi's Rs 8.40 crore windfall brings smile on ailing father's face
Pakistan Sports Secretary and former cricketers including Zaheer Abbas are also expected for the match
On January 26, some testing was done by airing a programme. On March 6, recordings were done for a programme.
Kanpur is trying to get the ground released from the government at the earliest.
IIT Kanpur invites applications from Indian citizens for admission for the session commencing July 2008.
New Zealand made 152 for 1 in their first innings, when play was called off early because of rain, on Day 2 of the first cricket Test against India in Kanpur on Friday.
All India Chess Federation (AICF) president Sanjay Kapoor said the federation is also working on organising an Indian Chess League.
The Allahabad high court on Friday ordered authorities to determine the age of the Shivling-like structure inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi using modern technology.
A pass-out from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur and currently pursuing MBA from the elite Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow has been taken into custody by the Central Bureau of Investigation as a key suspect in the killing of his own friend Aadesh Bajpai, who went missing some three years ago.
Former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer lashed out at match referee Roshan Mahanama, saying his lack of "common sense" resulted in the third One-Day International between India and England at Kanpur being decided by the Duckworth/Lewis system. 'Kanpur has good (floodlights) lights and they should have been used,' he said.
If Ganguly plays, can he also lead? Should he? How fair is this to Rahul Dravid, who finds himself appointed captain and stripped of captaincy all inside 24 hours, for no fault of his?
The Centre will sell tomatoes at Rs 80 per kg from Sunday, as against Rs 90 per kg earlier, to provide relief to people from high prices of the key kitchen item in retail markets.
While 'Ram' and 'Sita' were the preferred names for many, a baby boy born to a Muslim family in the district hospital in Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, was named Ram Rahim by his grandmother.
The police arrested Kamal Kumar Sahu, who runs a general store near the site of the blast that left seven people, including four children, injured on Tuesday night.
The Opposition's stand on the Ayodhya consecration is puzzling. Their only objection seems to be that the BJP has hijacked a religious event for political benefit. In saying this, the Opposition is either being naive or hypocritical, argues Jyoti Punwani.
People can send their Rs 2,000 banknotes to specified regional offices of the Reserve Bank through the insured post for credit in their bank accounts. This is a hassle-free option for the people who are away from the regional offices of the Reserve Bank. Besides, the RBI is offering TLR (Triple Lock Receptacle) form to people for a deposit of Rs 2,000 banknotes in their bank account.
The last two I-T teams left the premises, one each in Odisha and Jharkhand, carrying with them a number of seized "incriminating documents" and data cloned from electronic gadgets in the early morning hours.
The Uttar Pradesh Police has sent a notice to Bhojpuri folk singer Neha Singh Rathore, known for her video 'UP Me Ka Ba', over her latest song which created 'disharmony and tension'.
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