The Indian Cricket team captain, MS Dhoni, has been banned for two ODIs for maintaining a time-consuming over-rate during the second match against Sri Lanka in Nagpur on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for December, 2009
BJP’s Maharashtra unit chief Nitin Gadkari was on Saturday appointed the BJP president at a meeting of the Parliamentary Board of the party, marking a generational change in its hierarchy. . Gadkari was elected the party chief at a meeting attended by senior BJP leaders L K Advani, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and others. Read the rest of this entry »
Sushma Swaraj is all set to become Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha while Nitin Gadkari will take over as the new BJP president. L K Advani will play the role of friend-philosopher-guide to the party and the RSS is learnt to have asked him to mentor the new party leadership. Read the rest of this entry »
India Sunday successfully tested a nuclear-capable ballistic missile Dhanush from a warship in the Bay of Bengal, an official said. Read the rest of this entry »
Indian pacer S Sreesanth tested positive for the swine flu virus, H1N1, on Friday evening, raising a question mark over India’s T20 match against Sri Lanka on Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
10
Dec
President copter saved
Barely days after she became the first woman president to do a sortie in a Sukhoi fighter jet, President Pratibha Patil had a narrow escape on Wednesday evening when the IAF chopper she was in hit a building at the Biju Patnaik airport. She was shaken for a moment but not hurt. Read the rest of this entry »
5
Dec
Christmas Carol
Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh
Over the fields we go, laughing all the way;
Bells on bob-tail ring, making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight
(Chorus)
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh