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Anil Kumble vs Nandan Nilekani — the battle begins for General Elections in India 2014

In what promises to be high-pitched battle for the upcoming LS polls, the Congress party is reportedly toying with the idea of fielding technocrat Nandan Nilekani from the prestigious Bangalore South constituency

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Monty Panesar’s act: Cricketers, politicians discuss it on their Facebook Wall

Earlier this week, Monty Panesar unveiled a brand new delivery that may or may not trouble batsmen, but certainly bothered a few bouncers and landed the feisty Sardar in a soup. The spinner later took to Facebook to join in the discussions on his act.

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Sachin Tendulkar’s innings in the Rajya Sabha in photos

The monsoon session of Parliament convened to an awe-inspiring sight: Sachin Tendulkar, a nominated member to the Rajya Sabha, attended the Upper House for the second time on Monday. How will Sachin’s second innings on the pitch of politics play out? Our political correspondent, Rajnithi Sarkarwala, brings you the analysis of Sachin’s presence on the legislative process in pictures:

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BCCI to be renamed Board of Clean Chits in India after acquisition by CBI!

In what can be viewed as a pro-active strategic move to augment its capacity in the clean chits issuing business, the Central Board of Investigation (CBI) has decided to acquire the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for an undisclosed, yet substantial, amount. The move came after the BCCI appointed two-member panel to probe CSK enthusiast Gurunath Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals owner Raj Kundra gave them the mother of all clean chits: let alone spot-fixing, the committee gave Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra the benefit of the doubt even regarding allegations of betting.

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Exclusive pictures: How Wasim Akram proposed to his Australian girlfriend, Shaniera Thompson!

The Pakistani cricket team might be flopping miserably, but its yesteryear fast-bowling legends continue a hoary tradition of performing off the field. The latest to join the elite list is Wasim Akram, arguably the best left-arm fast bowler the world has ever seen, when he got engaged to his Australian girlfriend Shaniera Thompson.

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Exclusive: MS Dhoni’s 32nd birthday celebrations in pictures!

Mahendra Singh Dhoni turns 32 today. The iceman celebrated this joyous day in his own inimitable manner, with spouse Sakshi Dhoni, team-mates and friends. The UnReal Times correspondent, Atul Baskarbe, brings you the story in pictures

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Snapshot of BCCI President N Srinivasan’s Gmail account!

The past couple of weeks have been hard on N Srinivasan, President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), buffeted as he has been from many quarters to step down in the wake of his son-in-law’s arrest for betting.

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Breaking: Delhi Police release snapshot of Sreesanth’s Gmail inbox!

Delhi Police chief, Neeraj Kumar, today furnished more proof of Shantakumaran’s Sreesanth’s culpability in spot-fixing by releasing a snapshot of the pace bowler’s Gmail inbox.

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IPL constitutes “Ashish Nehra black-blue” cap for most expensive bowling spell; Ishant Sharma first owner

After honoring the highest run-scorers and wicket-takers with orange and purple caps respectively, the Indian Premier League (IPL) committee has introduced another honour cap called the "Ashish Nehra black-blue" cap, which will be worn by the bowler with the most expensive four-over spell. After careful scrutiny of bowling statistics till Thursday, Sun Risers Hyderabad pacer Ishant Sharma was the first to be handed over the cap by IPL commissioner Rajeev Shukla.

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IPL 2013: Venkatesh Prasad replaces RP Singh in the RCB squad

Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) cup of joy continues to spill over. Chuffed up by managing to choke their way to victory, RCB’s hopes of lifting the trophy this season got a major boost with Venkatesh Prasad — with former Team India bowler and RCB bowling coach — making a comeback, replacing  RP Singh in the squad. At 43, this makes Prasad the oldest and by far the slowest of the fast bowlers in the league.

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