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Ahead of their match against Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir visited the famous Kalighat temple in West Bengal on Sunday. The temple's priest Krishna Tiwari informed about the puja for Gambhir.When Knights take field against Mumbai Indians at Eden Gardens in the last group match of the tournament on Sunday night, it will be a battle for the second qualification spot.

Steven Kamar of Kenya won the Hong Kong Marathon, taking his team Kericho to overall victory in the Greatest Race on Earth 2006/07 series and a 400,000-USD first prize. In the final leg of the four-marathon team relay series, Kamar won in a time of 2 hours, 17 minutes, 3 seconds to overturn a 44-second deficit on previous leaders Marathon Centre Kericho and lift his team into first place with a cumulative time of 9:08:41.

Kenyans wins Greatest Race on Earth series

Australia vice-captain Adam Gilchrist spoke to reporters on Wednesday about his return to action after paternity leave. Gilchrist said he was refreshed, invigorated and ready for the England warm-up on Friday and has no plans to retire from either test or one-day cricket after the World Cup. Gilchrist missed the 3-0 defeat to New Zealand last month and arrived in the Caribbean late on Monday after the birth of his third child.

Gilchrist returns to action after paternity leave

Team India will play their second and final warm-up game against hosts West Indies at the Trelawny stadium today. India goes into todays match following a 182-run win in a warmup match against Netherlands with Sachin Tendulkar scoring a half-century to complement his man-of-the-series achievement against the West Indies earlier in the year. <BR>

India to take on WI in final warm-up match

Team India defeated West Indies in the secona and final warm up match at the Trelawny Stadium on Friday. India thrashed the hosts West Indies by nine wickets after bowling them out for 85 in their final warm-up game. The defeat plunged the hosts into a crisis four days before Tuesdays Group D opener against Pakistan, but provided India, the 1983 champions, the perfect build-up for the tournament.

India win warm up match against WI

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<P>Congress spokesperson, Manish Tewari defended his party facing acute criticism over rising petroleum prices and said that the responsibility of fixing fuel prices lies with oil companies. State-run oil companies raised the price of petrol by rupees 7.50 with effect for the first time in more than six months in a gesture of fiscal discipline that economists said is unlikely to give a significant lift to the embattled rupee.</P>

Congress defends itself on steep petrol price hike

<P>The police have arrested three people, including the owner of a fake company that allegedly conned about 90,000 customers. The company promised a monthly pension of Rs 5,000 and Rs 200 recharge monthly of Dish TV for a period of 99 years after investing Rs 12,000.</P>

Fake multilevel marketing company unmasked

<P>Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi criticized the government for increasing the price of fuel and said the decision will hit the common man badly. Modi was reacting to the decision of the government to introduce a steep hike in the price of petrol, with a litre costing Rs. 7.54 more.</P>

No sector has survived onslaught of inflation: Modi

<P>Janata Dal (United) president and NDA convenor Sharad Yadav has called for a nationwide bandh on May 31. The call is to protest against the increase in petrol<BR>prices.</P>

NDA calls for all india bandh against petrol price hike

<P>Putting forward his stand, Indian Oil Chairman RS Butola today said that the oil marketing firms ran out of options as under recoveries went through the roof to Rs 8.4 a litre of petrol forcing the companies to resort to a steep price hike. He added that oil firms had exhausted all options, hence the price hike was inevitable.</P>

Oil firms exhausted all options: Butola

<P>With the rising mercury, even the white tiger cubs have begun to feel the heat in a biological park in jharkhand. As a result, they have been provided with coolers and fans.</P>

Tiger cubs get cooler for summer

<P>Commuters and activists of BJP protested across the country against the central government’s decision to hike the petrol price and called for its immediate rollback. BJP activists in Bangalore came out in droves and shouted anti-government slogans as mark of their protest. Meanwhile, the members of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) too demonstrated on the streets of Chennai. Shiv Sena activists in Jammu demonstrated by shouting anti-government slogans. Slamming the government, Janata Dal United President Sharad Yadav announced for a nationwide shutdown by the members of the party.</P>

Govt’s petrol hike sparks widespread protests

Considering the recent petrol price hike, Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna announced a 25 percent cut in value added tax (VAT) on petrol in the state. Interacting with mediapersons in Dehradun, he said that people will have to pay nearly 1.87 Rupees less per litre of petrol. Responding to the Congress appeal, Kerala government has also decided to cut sales tax on petrol by Rs 1.63/litre. Meanwhile, the protests against petrol price hike is growing in the country

U’khand, Kerala cut petrol price hike up to Rs 2/litre

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today attended the BJP’s national executive meet, in Mumbai. Meanwhile, interacting with mediapersons in Banaglore, Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa called for a bigger role of Modi in national politics.

Modi arrives in Mumbai, clears air over differences with BJP

<P>Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today shrugged off the government’s responsibility over the hike in petrol prices, saying that petrol was a deregulated commodity. The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) reacted sharply to the hike, saying that they would stage protests until the hike was rolled back. Meanwhile, markets were closed in Thiruvananthapuram as the CPI-M led Left Democratic Front (LDF) called for a twelve hour strike to protest against the price hike. While local residents were critical of the price hike, they spoke against actions that threw their daily lives out of gear.</P>

It’s oil firms’ decision to hike petrol price: FM

<P>BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Thursday stated that all the differences with Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi had been resolved. Modi is ready to work shoulder-to-shoulder with me in strengthening the party and nation, he said.</P>

No differences with Modi: Gadkari

<P>The top brass of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will meet in Mumbai on Thursday and Friday to chalk out its political strategy for the coming days. The two-day meet of the BJPs national executive will begin with Nitin Gadkaris presidential address. The national executive of the party meets every three months.</P>

BJP bigwigs in Mumbai for national executive

<P>Sanjay Joshi, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modis bete noire, on Thursday resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Partys (BJP) national executive. Joshi had offered to resign after Modi had reportedly said he would not attend the two-day meeting beginning Thursday due to Joshis inclusion in the national executive.</P>

Sanjay Joshi resigns from BJP national executive

<P>A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ghaziabad on Thursday charged dentist couple Rajesh Talwar and Nupur Talwar with the murders of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.</P>

Talwars charged with Arushi, Hemraj murders

<P>Uttarakhand government has announced a removal of 25% value added tax on petrol. This will make the fuel cheaper by Rs 1.87 in the state as compared to the rest of the country.</P>

U'khand govt removes 25% VAT on petrol

<P>Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will attend the National Exective beginning in Mumbai on Thursday. According to reports, the decision came after party president Nitin Gadkari spoke to him.</P>

Modi to attend BJP National Executive

<P>Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma has blamed the historic depreciation in the value of the rupee vis-a-vis the US dollar on international economic pressures such as the eurozone crisis. </P>

Anand Sharma blames global economic crisis for rupee fall

<P>Kevin Pietersen was fined an "undisclosed sum" by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday following a Twitter attack on former England batsman Nick Knight.</P>

Kevin Pietersen fined for Twitter attack on Nick Knight

<P>Cutting across party lines, political leaders expressed outrage at the governments unilateral decision to increase prices of petrol by Rs 7.50 - including taxes and called for its immediate rollback.<BR></P>

Fuel price hike angers political parties

<P>People across the country, who are often at the receiving end of fluctuating governmental policies, expressed their anguish over the sudden announcement of the petrol price hike by Rs 7.50.</P>
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India fumes over steep petrol price hike

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