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• Cricket Australia probes Warner’s Twitter fight May 19, 2013
  Cricket Australia says it is attempting to contact test opener David Warner over reported comments he made on Twitter in terse and often angry exchanges with two journalists. Warner took to Twitter overnight on Friday night from India to launch an expletive-filled attack on News Limited journalists Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn after taking exception to a […]
  Associated Press
• Nothing sacred about IPL May 19, 2013
  The best thing I like about cricket is that not many countries play it. I was a follower of the game until the World Cup, 1996 hosted jointly in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. That was the cut-off year when cricketing ties exploded in the subcontinent. Cable television, which was become popular, also made cricket matches without Indian participation availabl […]
  Priyadarshi Dutta
• A new hope in the neighbourhood May 19, 2013
  From the moment I crossed the Wagah border into Pakistan, I noticed that there was something different in the air. Something joyous and optimistic that was definitely not there when I came here last in those sad, awful days after Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. I noticed the new hopefulness first in the small terminal building in which you pass through immi […]
  Tavleen Singh
• Memsahib’s Diary: It is time we paid attention to our schools May 19, 2013
  It all started with a box of Kleenex, if the truth must be known. The yoga teacher who comes home (ah, one of the fabulous affordable luxuries of life in India) – so, the yoga teacher looked at the box of Kleenex on the table, (brand name “Daffodil”) and asked me in Hindi, “Daffodil is the name of a flower in English, isn’t it?” I concurred, while trying to […]
  Christine Pemberton
• Five pocket-friendly destinations to visit this summer May 19, 2013
  Summer is one of the busiest travel times of the year, though one is bombarded with lots options but there are only a fewer destinations that attracts one, moreover, if it is easy on the wallet then nothing like it. However, there are a few destinations to bring you the most exciting and affordable low-season options for your 2013 summer vacation. Here are o […]
  Niticentral Staff
• 15 fun facts about Cannes Film Festival May 19, 2013
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• Dilli Diary by DE Nizamuddin May 19, 2013
  Government sinking, share markets booming Have you noticed the renewed bounce in the stock markets. Even as the Government sinks further into paralysis and scams, market men seem determined to take the bellwether Sensex to new highs. Despite the Railgate, Coalgate, etc., share markets seem to operate in a world of their own. In other words, while the `’aam a […]
  DE Nizamuddin
• Congress ad-blitz will kill UPA’s chances May 19, 2013
  If the product is good, it will sell. A moderate amount of advertising can further boost its brand value. But if it is bad, no amount of advertising can help. In fact, advertising a shoddy product can elicit a negative response, even revulsion from the targeted audiences. The ad world is full of stories about how once a product loses its brand value, it is w […]
  Virendra Kapoor
• This day in history: May 19 May 18, 2013
  1445 – John II of Castile defeats the Infantes of Aragon at the First Battle of Olmedo. 1542 – The Prome Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in present-day Burma. 1568 – Queen Elizabeth I of England orders the arrest of Mary, Queen of Scots. 1655 – The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War. 1743 – Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigr […]
  Niticentral Staff
• BCCI Working Committee to decide on quantum of punishment for IPL spot fixers: Rajeev Shukla May 18, 2013
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