Feb 19 - Telugu Movie Release

Leader

Feb 12th - Telugu Movie Releases

Kedi

Tejam

Happy Republic Day

Varudu Logo Launced - starring Allu Arjun

India lost U-19 Cricket World Cup

Defending champions India crumbled under pressure in the battle of sub-continental rivals as Pakistan won the match in a thrilling rain-hit Super League quarter-final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup on Saturday.

Pakistan opted to bowl first in the match, which became a 23-overs-a-side affair due to overnight rain, and skittled out India for a paltry 114/9.

In reply, Pakistan reached the target in 22.3 overs. The Pakistani top order collapsed and the team score read 16/3 in just under seven overs. However, Ahsan Ali brought them back into the match with a 45-ball 30 before being run out by Jaydev Unadkat.

Wickets tumbled at regular intervals but Pakistan kept themselves in the hunt with some brisk scoring.

Rameez Aziz (28) and Hammad Azam (21 not out) turned out to be the heroes for Pakistan as they found the boundaries and sixes when it mattered the most in a cliffhanger of a match.

Earlier, put in to bat, Indian innings was off to a disastrous start as they lost Rahul Kannaur off the very first ball of the match when Pakistan's wrecker-in-chief Fayyaz Butt castled him.

Butt returned figures of 4/27 in his four overs and his effort was well complemented by left-arm spinner Raza Hasan, who picked up three wickets, conceding 26 runs in five overs.

The match came in the backdrop of heightened political tensions between the two countries after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

The sporting ties between the two countries have also been badly hit by the recent snub to Pakistani cricketers at the third Indian Premier League auction.

Pakistan will now take on the West Indies in the first semifinal on Monday. The West Indies beat England by 18 runs in the other quarterfinal.

Jan 22 - Telugu Movie Release

Seetharamula Kalyanam Lankalo

Dhoni banned for two ODIs

MS Dhoni, the Indian captain, has been banned for two ODIs because India maintained a slow over-rate during the second match against Sri Lanka in Nagpur, according to television reports. The ban is likely to be effective immediately, which means Dhoni will be unavailable for the games in Cuttack and Kolkata, returning only for the final ODI in Delhi.

The second ODI ended about 45 minutes after the scheduled finish time because of frequent discussions between the Indian players during the closing stages of Sri Lanka's chase. The visitors won the game by three wickets to level the five-match series 1-1. The decision to ban Dhoni was taken by match referee Jeff Crowe.

Sri Lanka were penalised for their slow over-rate during the second Twenty20 international against India in Mohali after falling two overs short of their target. The captain Kumar Sangakkara was fined 40% of his match fee while the rest of the team was docked 20% each. Crowe said Sangakkara just escaped a much bigger penalty.

Virender Sehwag will captain the side in his absence.

Dhoni had been informed of the ban verbally, BCCI vice president Rajiv Shukla confirmed. The rest of the Indian players were fined 40% of their match fee for the offence - 10% each for the first two overs of minor offence and 20% each for every subsequent over.

"We have received information that the match referee has put a two-ODI ban on Dhoni for slow over-rate," Ratnakar Shetty, BCCI's chief administrative officer, said. "We are waiting for a formal communication on this. We will look into details and then make further comments."

Samaikyandra Video Song

Dec 12 - Telugu Movie Releases

Saleem

Katha

93 Andhra MLAs Resigned (Now 128)

10-Dec-2009

In the support of United Andhra Pradesh, 93 MLAs belonging to Congress, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) have resigned to their posts. 53 from Congress, 29 from TDP and 11 from PRP have submitted their resignation to speaker Kiran Kumar Reddy.

From PRP, all the MLAs from Andhra region except Chiranjeevi have resigned. There was a long queue to submit the resignations in front of speaker's chamber.

According to the sources, 35 MLCs have resigned so far. MPs - Lagadapati Rajagopal, Anantha Venkatarami Reddy and Kotla Surya Prakash Reddy have resigned to their posts.

3 more followed the 93 to make the count 96 now

3 more MLAs from Congress have resigned to make the Congress count 56 and the overall count 96

11-Dec-2009

Today morning speaker Kiran Kumar Reddy announced that total 102 MLAs have submitted their resignations. He has not yet approved that and he will talk to them personally and take a call.

Resignations didn't stop with that. It reaches to 128 with individual party count - Congress 76, TDP 38 and PRP 14.

Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had a discussion with Andhra and Rayalaseema MPs. According to the sources, these MPs have asked, Sonia and PM, not to divide the state.

Protests, Suicides and attempt to suicides are happening in Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. Meanwhile US issued a travel alert for AP especially for Telangana region and asking not to travel there.

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India now No.1 team in Test Cricket

India became the number one team in Test rankings after they spanked Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs in the third and final Test, on Sunday, to clinch the three-match series by a 2-0 margin.

Needing just four wickets to record an emphatic victory, the hosts took just about 40 minutes to polish off the visiting team's tail to record their second consecutive innings victory.

The victory has given India three points in the ICC rankings, taking their overall tally to 122 and leaving them ahead of South Africa and Sri Lanka in the ICC table.

The match would be best remembered for the blazing 293-run knock that Virender Sehwag played. The right-hander, however, missed out on becoming the first batsman in the game's history to score three triple tons.

It was the second successive innings victory for India following their resounding win by an innings and 144 runs in the second Test at Kanpur. The first Test at Ahmedabad was drawn.

It was also India's 101st Test win and their fifth at this venue in 18 matches.

Quotes from the post-match ceremony:

Sangakkara: It was tough but India outperformed us in all three departments of the game in the last two Tests. In this game, we nearly put 400 but Sehwag came and took the game away from us. The guys fought hard through this series but it was not enough. The batting of Dilshan, Prasana, Samaraweera, how Welegedera came through in the first Test .. were the positives. Congrats to the Indian team who did well as a unit; someone always stepped up to perform.

Man of the Match and Man of the Series is Sehwag: This will be the third best of my knocks. I wasn't thinking anything, my mind was very blank; I waited for a while . I just waited for the bad balls. The dressing room they were saying I was hitting the good balls too but when you look at from my point of view, I was just hitting the bad balls..! After the first Test, I had a very good chat with Kirsten. He told me just carry on the process that you applied in Sri Lanka and in New Zealand, you will come good for a long knock. This (no 1) is a team effort.

MS Dhoni: I think the real tough task from now on is to maintain this performance. THe real tough job starts from here. When we are pushed to the wall, we come out with some special performances. Overall I think it was a terrific team performance in this series. Every batsman, who got in, in this match did his job. Especially Virender Sehwag. We had a big total and could put pressure with close-in fielders. Zaheer is back in the rhythm and it was good to see the fast bowlers do well in India. There was a bit of reverse swing but not much help to them but they have bowled very well. Our fielding was good. I think we caught nearly everything that came our way."

Dec 4 - Telugu Movie Releases

Pravarakyudu

Saraayi Veerraju

Dec 3 - Telugu Movie Release

Amaravathi

Sreesanth Returns to ODI Sqaud

India have recalled fast bowler Sreesanth to their limited-overs squads for the Twenty20 internationals and the first two one-dayers against Sri Lanka. The selectors also included three uncapped players - R Ashwin, Ashok Dinda and Sudeep Tyagi - in the Twenty20 squad.

Sreesanth, who made a successful Test comeback by taking a five-wicket haul against Sri Lanka in Kanpur, replaced Munaf Patel who was part of the squad for the ODI series against Australia. Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha was also included at legspinner Amit Mishra's expense.

There were several changes made to the team that was eliminated in the first friend of the World Twenty20 in England this year. Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja were left out and replaced by fast bowlers Dinda, Sreesanth, Tyagi and allrounder R Ashwin.

Squad for first two ODIs: MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha, Sudeep Tyagi, Virat Kohli.

Twenty20 squad: MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Yusuf Pathan, R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth, Ashok Dinda, Sudeep Tyagi, Pragyan Ojha, Rohit Sharma.

Shilpa Shetty Wedding Pics & Story of banning Akshay's Songs in the Ocassion

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Akshay's songs banned at Shilpa's Wedding

Shilpa Shetty might not have invited her ex-boyfriend Akshay Kumar for her wedding on Sunday at Lonavla, but the brass band, which was invited to play just a few minutes before her pheras, had certainly not forgotten her earlier close association with Akshay.

At around 3 pm, the bandwallahs started some popular Bollywood music by first playing a song from the Akshay Kumar-Shilpa Shetty starrer Dhadkan outside Kiran Bawa's bungalow, which was the wedding venue. They had hardly played for a minute, when a few people (obviously instructed by the Shetty and Kundra family) came running out of the bungalow and asked them to immediately stop the band music.

An eyewitness says, "The band members were shocked and were wondering what went wrong. They looked quizzically at the people who were ordering them to stop the music of Dhadkan but all that they got in return were harsh glares. At this point they were categorically told, 'Akshay ki film ka gaana mat bajao'."

After that, the band members were sternly instructed by those who had told them to stop the music, to stand aside and not play until further orders. They were also told that they would have to thereafter run the list of songs they would be playing all evening, past them. The dejected band stood aside just a few metres away.

"They started playing a fresh batch of songs only around 5 pm, and this time, of course, they didn’t have any Akshay song on their list," says the eyewitness.

"It was quite a hilarious situation. Imagine the crestfallen band on one side and the livid guys who came running out from the bungalow. We wonder what was going on in Shilpa and Raj's mind at that moment when this incident happened," adds the eyewitness.

Nov 12 - Telugu Movie Release

Kurradu

Nov 6 - Telugu Movie Release

Nov 5 - Telugu Movie Release

Villagelo Vinayakudu

Remembering Indira Gandhi

Oct 29 - Telugu Movie Release

Ek Niranjan