Most of the private clubs, gymkhanas, restaurant owners and public parks have announced they would be screening the Ind-Pak match on the big screen to lure the customers. (TOI Photo)
KARACHI: With less than 24 hours remaining for Asia Cup's marquee match between Pakistanand India, entrepreneurs are gearing up to cash in on the huge interest surrounding the match.
Most of the private clubs, gymkhanas, restaurant owners and public parks have announced they would be screening the match on the big screen to lure the customers.
Sachin Tendulkar points to the Indian crest on his helmet after creating history at the Asia Cup in Mirpur. After waiting more than a year, he finally scored his 100th international century. (AFP Photo)
MIRPUR: It was a match of "mixed emotions" for Sachin Tendulkar after Bangladesh upset India even as the batsman himself conquered an elusive personal summit.
Sachin reached the 100th hundred milestone with probably the most lustily cheered single of his career - a clip towards square leg off the bowling of Shakib-al Hasan, but the celebration was muted, just a characteristic look skywards with arms raised and a kiss planted on the India logo on the helmet.
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Deanne Panday, who trains the bodies and minds of stars, has put her stress-fighting weapons in a book. Here's an excerpt on whatfoods you need to eat and avoid.
Stress is the silent killer that affects 50 per cent of the country's working population. Panday says it has a lot to do with the kind of food we eat.
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Cricket Desk: The myth says that whenever Sachin scored a century in ODIs (barring a few occasions), India lost the match. The same happened today, as Bangladesh stunned India by 5 wickets in Asia Cup.
Bangladesh played as a team and all batsmen contributed up to their potential to chase down a mammoth total of 290 with four balls to spare. Team India were left shell-shocked, while Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international hundred went in vain. Bangladesh beat India after a gap of five years. Last time, they won in 2007 World Cup.
News Desk: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is said to have disappointed people of India in the Union Budget 2012-13 hiking the service tax, which suggests that the budget is not for common man (Aam Aadmi).
The budget was highly criticised and the experts have described it as hopeless and disappointing. The tax payers were expecting I-T exemption limit up to Rs 3 lakh. However, the exemption was raised to Rs 2 lakh.
While a common man is still struggling in the regime of high price rise and high interest rate, the hike in service tax will definitely hit the common man's pocket.
Pranab increased service tax from 10% to 12% and widened the service tax net by exempting just 12 services. The excise duty was also hiked by 2%.
Bills for mobile phones are expected to rise following a two percent hike in service tax, Bharti Airtel said.
NEW DELHI: Bills for mobile phones are expected to rise following a two percent hike inservice tax proposed in the union budget, service provider Bharti Airtel said Friday.
"Service tax goes up from 10 to 12 percent and obviously that will be passed on to the customers," Sanjay Kapoor, Bharti Airtel chief executive officer for India and South Asia, said.
He said the budget did not contain anything specific for the telecom sector, which is awaiting the new National Telecom Policy (NTP) scheduled to be announced in June.
A large excited crowd, including co-producer of ‘Jism 2’ Dino Morea was present at the CST International Airport in Mumbai to receive the adult actor last Wednesday. Sunny arrived with her husband Daniel Weber. She was looking delighted returning back to India.
Entertainment Desk: Canadian Porn model-cum-actor Sunny Leone is back in India to shoot her first ever Bollywood film 'Jism 2'. This sexy star had sizzled up Indian small screen segment days before with her eventful stint in the Bigg Boss house.
This beautiful model will be on a training session for the film for a while and the actual shoot of Jism 2 will begin in April.
Sunny Leone and her upcoming Bollywood movie Mahesh Bhatt directed ‘Jism 2’ had already been the talk of the town during her stay in the Bigg Boss’s house.
Entertainment Desk: The fans of Kareena Kapoor need to wait for a little long time to see her as Pataudi's daughter-in-law. According to latest reports, she is planning to start her new innings of life with beau Saif Ali Khan by end of this year.
Kareena alias Bebo revealed it when she was asked about her wedding plan with Saif. She frankly replied, "Hopefully, by the end of this year".
However, the actress is in no hurry to get married right now as she has a lot of projects to complete. Kareena, who will be seen opposite Saif in 'Agent Vinod', is working very hard in 'Heroine'.
Kareena expressed her surprise why the country is behind her to make her the Begum of Pataudi. She said that her fans need to keep patience to see her as Saif's bride.
There were rumours that Kareena and Saif will wed by March end after the release of their film 'Agent Vinod'. Even the rumours hit the headlines that she is already pregnant after she was spotted with a baby bump. Later, it was clear that bump was for her role in her upcoming project 'Heroine'.
'Kahaani' is receiving a very good response from both the critics and audiences with the collection of Rs 2.95 crore on its opening day. Released on March 9, the drama-thriller earned Rs 4.5 crore on Saturday.
Vidya, who has been appreciated for her performances in female-centric films 'Ishqiya', 'No One Killed Jessica' and 'The Dirty Picture', is no doubt lucky for the director Sujoy Ghosh and the entire unit.
The film will definitely survive for over a week as the audiences have received it well and it has been declared a hit at the box office.
Seems like, this year will be lucky too for Vidya. She is all set to bowl out all her contemporaries with her performance. In ‘Kahaani’, she has been cast as a software programmer. The pregnant lady comes to the crowded city Kolkata from London in search of her hubby.
Sachin Tendulkar raised his helmet to the dressing room after reaching his 100th international century
Sachin Tendulkar became
the first batsman to make a 100 international centuries, getting to the
milestone against Bangladesh at the Shere Bangla stadium in Mirpur at
5:05pm local time on March 16, 2012. It ended a year-long wait for one
of the most discussed landmarks in cricket history, and was his first
ODI hundred against Bangladesh, completing his set of centuries against
every Full Member country in both Tests and ODIs.
He
reached the 100th hundred in the 44th over with a nudge behind square
leg, one of his favoured strokes to reach a century. Despite the huge
amount of hype surrounding the landmark, which has shown little sign of
abating despite the prolonged wait, there was no over-the-top
celebration. The helmet came off and there was a wave of the bat, he
looked up at the sky, as he usually does on reaching a hundred, and he
acknowledged his team-mates by raising his helmet towards the dressing
room. Several of the Bangladesh fielders congratulated him, even as the
decibel-level in the packed stadium reached new highs.
Watch the video Sachin Tendulkar Made His 100th Century! ******
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It
was not one of Tendulkar's most swashbuckling innings, more about
efficient accumulation early on, before slowing down further as he
neared the century, finally completing it off 138
Sachin Tendulkar's 100th A century of centuries for Tendulkar!!!
Bangladesh v India, Asia Cup, Mirpur
Tendulkar scores his 100th international century
Sachin Tendulkar flicks one away, Bangladesh v India, Asia Cup, Mirpur, March 16, 2012
Sachin Tendulkar has
scored his 100th international century, in India's Asia Cup ODI against
Bangladesh in Mirpur. The unprecedented landmark was achieved after 33
international innings without a hundred. It was Tendulkar's 49th ODI
century, his first against Bangladesh, to go with his 51 Test hundreds.
It
was one of his slower hundreds, as he took 138 balls to reach the
hundred. The hype over Tendulkar's 100th international century begun
during last year's World Cup, when two hundreds in the group stages put
him on 99 international hundreds. However, he failed to get to three
figures on India's tour of England, the home series against West Indies
and the tour of Australia, and has finally achieved the feat in
Bangladesh.
Asia Cup - 3rd match Pakistan v Sri Lanka Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 61 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka 188/10 (45.4)
Pakistan 189/4 (39.5)
Presentation ceremony:
Aizaz
Cheema watches as Mahela Jayawardene offers a catch to the off side,
Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Asia Cup, Mirpur, March 15, 2012
Aizaz Cheema is the Man of the Match
for his four wickets. Cheema: "I was under lot of pressure but captain
came to me and said bowl attacking deliveries and don't worry. With the
new ball, I thought it would come on to the bat even if I bowled the
slower one, so I kept it for later.
Anyone
waiting for the arrival of Sony’s new Bloggie Sports Camera, first
unveiled earlier this year during CES 2012.Will be pleased to know that
the compact sports camera is now available to purchase in stores and
shipping has now started.
The
compact pocket Bloggie sports camera is equipped with a Sony Exmor 5
megapixel CMOS sensor for recording 1080p HD, and 2.7″ touchscreen.
Watch the video after the jump
SAN FRANCISCO: A former Google executive went public on Tuesday with a lament that the Internet star has become obsessed with advertising and seizing theonline social networking crown from Facebook.
James
Whittaker left Microsoft in 2009 for a high-level software engineering
job at Google only to recently jump back to the California-based firm's
rival.
In a personal blog post he explained why he left what is considered one of the world's most desirable workplaces.
"The Google I was passionate about was a technology company that empowered its employees to innovate," Whittaker said.
"The Google I left was an advertising company with a single corporate-mandated focus."
That focus was to conquer the online social networking realm where Facebook rules and
Nokia is expected to launch its own tablet using Microsoft's Windows 8 software later this year
HELSINKI: Nokia design chief Marko Ahtisaariis spending a third of his time on creating a tablet for the cellphone maker, which would stand out among hundreds of iPad-challengers, he said in an interview with Finnish magazineKauppalehti Optio.
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