Omar Abdullah set to be the new Jammu & Kashmir CM

Omar Abdullah, the president of the National Conference (NC), will become the youngest-yet chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, with Congress Tuesday giving its nod for a coalition with the NC, the single largest party in the new state assembly.

The uncertainty about the formation of a new government following a fractured verdict in the recently concluded elections ended Tuesday after Abdullah, 38, met Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the national capital.

Emerging from the meeting, 38-year-old Omar said, “It has been decided that I will lead the coalition government in the state of which Congress will be a part.” Omar, who will be the state’s youngest chief minister, said, “Other nitty gritty of the alliance will be worked out in due course of time.” Congress and NC were part of an alliance in J-K in 1987. AICC General Secretary and J and K in-charge of the party, Prithiviraj Chavan said, “Omar Abdullah called on Congress President and proposed formation of a coalition government.

T-10 Gully Cricket: Way to participate in t-10 gully cricket

There are many comments in my last post regarding rules and way to participate in t 10 gully cricket. Hope you guys can collect the complete information on t 10 gully cricket.

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There are eight cities hosting the event in the first edition. The participants are required to be resident of these cities to apply. They should be in the age group of 15-24 years. The Participants shouldn’t have played first class cricket. The call for entries would commence on 28th Dec 08 and culminate on 3rd Jan 09.

The Selections would start on 4th Jan and last for three days i.e 4th Jan to 6th Jan 2009 . The participants would be selected by Gurus who would be aided by a selection committee.

STATE CITY -PUNJAB LUDHIANA JALLANDHAR U.P. KANPUR LUCKNOW GUJARAT SURAT MAHARASHTRA PUNE THANE NASHIK

Rules and Regulations

• Each participating team will comprise of 14 Player (11 member playing team + 3 substitute players).
• The following details need to be provided for each participation :
  1. Name of player
  2. Address for communication (both current and permanent)
  3. Contact details (landline, mobile, e-mail)
  4. Recent photograph (Passport size)
  5. Identity proof- pan-card/passport/driving license/ ration card etc (also to be carried to the venue at all times)
• A contesting team on the field will consist of 11 playing players.
• Each Innings of the T-10 gully cricket contest comprises of 10 over for each side.

• The organizers reserve all rights to define/ alter the screening and selection process. No claims whatsoever shall be entertained in that respect.The organizers reserve the right to amend/ modify/ delete/ include at a later stage any rule (s) or/and terms and conditions at any stage of the tournament (before/ during/ after). The same shall be binding to one and all.

Here are the details of trail date in selected locations.

Trial Dates	City	Venue	Contact Person
3rd and 4th Jan’09	Ludhiana	Punjab Agricultural University Ground	Vinod Chitkara
4th and 5th Jan’09	Jalandhar	Burton Park	Harry
6th and 7th Jan’09	Kanpur	OEF ground	Ram Gopal Sharma
7th and 8th Jan’09	Lucknow	Northern Railway Stadium	Ubaid Kamal
9th and 10th Jan’09	Surat	Lalbhai Contractor Stadium	Apurva Desaii
10th and 11th Jan’09	Nashik	Nashik District Cricket Association Ground	Shekar Gawli
15th and 16th Jan’09	Thane	Central Ground	Rakesh Shanbag
12th and 13th Jan’09	Pune	D Y Patil, Parandwadi, Telegaon	Riyaz Bagwan

Please visit there official site for participating in t 10 gully cricket.

ODI Ranking:Dhoni maintains top spot in ODI rankings

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has maintained his top position in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) one-day rankings with Michael Hussey of Australia and South Africa’s Graeme Smith close on his heels. Dhoni, who regained the numero uno position from Smith in August, has 779 points and is just three points ahead of Hussey who has 776 points while Smith has 760 points.

Yuvraj Singh (744) is the only other Indian batsmen in the top 10 at sixth position. In the ICC player rankings for ODI bowlers, Australian Nathan Bracken (775) is perched at the top followed by New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori (733)and Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Murlitharan (717). No Indian bowler figures among top 10, even though Zaheer Khan(660) is at the 11th position, two points behind England’s Andrew Flintoff (662) who is at 10th.

In the bowlers’ chart, Indian pace spearhead Zaheer rose a step to 11th while offie Harbhajan Singh (20th) climbed two rungs to break into the top 20. Outside India, Sri Lanka’s up-and-coming pacer Nuwan Kulasekara gained 11 places to 14th place after a successful series against Zimbabwe.

Australia is still the best one-day team, followed by South Africa and India.

India in 2009-Welcome 2009

Hope this year brings a great happiness in your life. “United India” coming up with some exciting news in 2009. So keep browsing.

Another year draws to a close. 2008 has been a tumultuous one for India and echoes of the attacks in Mumbai may still resound in the days to come.

You guys can come and share your comments. Where you want to see India in 2009 and what will be your contributions. It’s a time to welcome 2009… Let us make India more powerful and developed in 2009.

1. Who will be Prime Minister of India in 2009?
2. Will the Tata Nano finally race down India’s streets?
3. Will the Sensex claw back to the 20,000 mark?
4. Will Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor get married?
5. What will India’s economic growth rate be for the year ending 2009

And more you can add to discuss.

Ravi

United India

India vs England Test Match-India win series with Mohali draw

The today is 5^th and last day. Result –Match drawn

Gautam Gambhir is the Man of the Match

Wicketkeeper Dhoni (c) came on to bowl the last over himself but Strauss (21no) and Bell (24no) held out as the tour ended with handshakes all round. Ishant sharma took one wicket in second inning.

India win series with Mohali draw-Though the second India-England Test in Mohali ended in a draw, the hosts have won the two-match series 1-0, by virtue of their sensational 6-wicket win in Chennai.

India clinch a 1-0 victory in the two-Test series against England after the second match in Mohali ends in a draw.

India vs England, 2nd Test Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali, December 19-23, 2008

Match drawn
England: 302, 64/1 (28.0 Ovs) Andrew Strauss 21(83) Ian Bell* 24(70)	India: 453, 251/7 decl Harbhajan Singh* 11-3-25-0 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 1-0-1-0

DDA Housing Scheme result announced

DDA on December 16, announced the list of 5,238 lucky Delhiites, who applied for the DDA Housing Scheme 2008. DDA spokesperson Neemo Dhar informed that the authority will issue demand letter to all successful allottes by December 30.

The houses range from Rs 7 to 77 lakh, making these 50 per cent cheaper than the market ratddaes. The flats are being considered priceless and thus to avoid any controversy, the lottery is being supervised by IIT teachers. These flats are situated in some of the Delhi’s most-wanted colonies, like Rohini, Vasant Kunj, Dwarka, Paschim Vihar, Pitampura, Moia Khan, Dilsad Garden, Narela, Salimar Bagh, Jhilmil, East of Loni Road, Nand Nagari, Peeragarhi, Sarai Khalil, Lok Nayak Puram, Bindapur and Zafrabad.

2nd Test Match between India vs. England in Mohali

India is leading the two-match series 1-0.

India and England teams on Tuesday arrived chandigarh to play the second and final cricket Test in Mohali, beginning on Friday.
The two teams landed at the Air Force station at 4 pm local time with 300 commandos and 700 police personnel deployed for their safety in the wake of recent terror attacks in Mumbai.

The match was originally scheduled to be played in Mumbai but the venue was shifted to Mohali following the Mumbai carnage.

Virender Sehwag, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra and Gautam Gambhir will join the team on Wednesday.

The players where given high level security and the hotel Taj in which they are staying is under high security. The two teams will be having nets on Wednesday. Indian team is highly motivated and ready to win the 2nd test series too. Indian players are ready for the match and hopefully India will win this test match series.

Sachin Tendulkar gained one place to be joint 16th and Yuvraj Singh climbed eight places up to 56th in the latest ICC Test rankings after they guided IndiaEngland in Chennai. Get a latest score of test match India vs. England 2^nd test series.

T-10 Cricket Evolves: T-10 Gully cricket A new version

This new shorter and faster form of cricket augurs well for Indian cricket as more and more youngsters will get involved in the game,” Laxman said while releasing the T-10 anthem.

T-10 Gully cricket tournament will feature 40 teams, including five sponsored teams. The top team from each city would vie for the final pay-off in Mumbai in the second week of February next year.

Targeted at 15 to 24-year-olds, who have not yet made the first-class cut, the tournament is all set to roll January 16 with a few batsmen-friendly innovations and absolutely nothing for the bowlers.Eight teams from Surat, Pune, Ludhiana, Thane, Lucknow, Jalandhar, Kanpur and Nashik will vie for a Rs 10 lakh winners’ purse out of a total prize money of Rs 25 lakh. The preliminary stage will see four sponsored teams in each city competing against each other to qualify for the final play-off.The play-off will feature two groups of four teams each with the top-two qualifying for the semi-finals. The winner of group A would meet the runners-up of group B in the first semis while the winner of group B would meet the runners-up of group A in the other semis to be followed by the grand finale.

After the success of the Twenty20 cricket, it’s now a shorter T-10 version that is keeping the celebrities busy. As this getting a great popularity and can give a great opportunity to new player to show up there talent. Such kind of initiative motivates the new players. If we talk in prospect of business then also T-10 Gully cricket will help in generating the huge revenue through advertisement. Nowadays cricket is being commercialized and being played to earn money. Click here to know how to participate  in  T-10 Gully Cricket.

‘T10 Gully cricket’ league has Ishant Sharma in a bit of the spott-10

Ishant Sharma is in trouble due to signing on as the brand ambassador for a new ‘T10 Gully cricket’ league. The appearance at the launch of a new ‘T10 Gully cricket‘ league has Ishant Sharma in a bit of the spot. The BCCI is apparently not too happy with the young bowler for signing on as the brand ambassador for this event. But the organisers argue there is no conflict of interest between them and the bosses of Indian cricket.
The BCCI do not want the Indian team who all are in contract with them to endorse or be the brand ambassador for any other board. The organizers of this league want to give new chance to all those who have not played much cricket and can give an opportunity to show there talent. This is primarily a tournament for those who have not played first class cricket. So they are not under the provision of the board anyway,” said the organisers of the tournament.

The man handling the tournament is former India coach Lalchand Rajput, who believes this tournament is ideally suited for newcomers.

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Congress score a hat-trick in Delhi

Sheila Dikshit again become the CM of Delhi, this is a third time for congress to make their government in Delhi. The BJP leader Vijay Malhotra most expected candidate for CM has been defeated by congress. Congress has occupied 42 seats where as BJP only 21.

In Rajasthan also congress has won 96 seats whereas BJP 77. This is a very big defeat for BJP in Delhi, Rajasthan, Mizoram. This result will surely boast the congress party for lok sabha election. The emerging results to Assembly polls show a 3:2 split in favour of Congress, providing a much-needed boost to the UPA just ahead of general elections due in April-May 2009. It will give Congress the breathing space it needs to tackle the fallout of the Mumbai attacks and an economic slowdown.