×

SM Krishna

Sachin Tendulkar to miss Rajya Sabha’s first half of Budget session

Cricket icon and Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar may not be able to attend the first half of the Budget session of Parliament due to his engagements in the on-going India Australia cricket series.

Continue Reading

If Ravi Shastri, SM Krishna and Salman Khan were to present the Union Budget

When it comes to presenting the Union Budget, form is as important as substance. Even a lacklustre, dull budget, if presented with an amount of style and flourish, can go a long way in reviving the animal spirits, kick-starting the investment cycle, boosting productivity…er…you get the drift, we suppose.

Continue Reading

India-Pakistan series: Home Ministry tightens visa rules

Any Pakistani cricket lover who wants to visit India to watch the upcoming limited over Indo-Pak cricket matches will have to have an Indian sponsor to get a visa as 12 Pakistani spectators had gone missing after the 2007 bilateral series.

Continue Reading

Pakistan fans to be given single city visa for series in India

India will grant around 5,000 single city visas to Pakistani spectators to witness the upcoming limited over Indo-Pak cricket series and requests for permission to enjoy remaining matches of the tournament will be decided on a case-to-case basis.

Continue Reading

Pakistan wants India to ensure visas for visiting fans

Pakistan's cricket chief on Friday urged the visiting Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna to ensure fans would get visas so they can see the first series between the two countries in five years.

Continue Reading

Satire: Now it’s Sreesanth who gets detained at an American Airport!

With national outrage over Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s detention at an airport in New York still simmering, callous American immigration authorities have yet again behaved offensively. This time, it is Indian speedster Shantakumaran Sreesanth, who was detained by security officials at Boston airport for undertaking 'suspicious activities’..

Continue Reading

Satire: Lasith Malinga unwittingly drawn into “Porngate” scandal!

After Google, it now seems to be the turn of India’s own Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to commit its share of typos and spelling errors. Adding to the BJP’s long list of gaffes was an official statement issued to the press by the party with regard to the "Porngate" scandal, involving two of their Gujarat MLAs, which read as follows: "This is nothing but the handiwork of the Congress party, which is trying to malinga us".

Continue Reading

PCB optimistic of resumption of bilateral cricket

The PCB is hoping for a major breakthrough in restoration of bilateral cricket ties with India after Pakistan's foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar broached the topic of sports diplomacy during her recent visit to the neighbouring country.

Continue Reading

Pak FM Hina Khar wants cricket ties to be resumed

Pakistan’s new foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar, who was on her first visit to India for the Ind-Pak bilateral talks raised the topic of cricket resumption between Pakistan and India on Wednesday.

Continue Reading

trending this week