- Ishant sharma James Faulkner played the best innings of his ODI career smashing unbeaten 64* off just 29 deliveries to snatch an unlikely win for Australia that also gave them a lead of 2-1 over India in the seven match ODI series at Mohali.
The match was very much tilted in India`s favour. But then in the 48th over of the innings by Ishant Sharma changed the entire equation and brought the visitors back into the game. 30 runs were scored and it ultimately became the turning point of the match.
- Modi Drives in UP BJP`s PM candidate Narendra Modi on Saturday stormed Uttar Pradesh with a vitriolic attack on the Congress and its allies SP, BSP for their `divisive` politics in the name of secularism but made no mention of the Ram temple, once the party`s leitmotif in the state.
- Excavation for GOLD The government today starts digging for treasure in a village in Uttar Pradesh. The excavation, which may take at least a month, is triggered by a local sadhu or sage who says he dreamt that 1000 tonnes of gold are buried under the ruins of a palace.
- Coalgate Scam! After CBI filled another FIR against industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and Former Coal Secretary PC Parekh in the infamous Coal Allocation Scam, Parekh said that if he is one of the accused, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should be the first accused in the case.
- Security Bill The UPA government and the Congress leadership might be patting themselves on the back talking big about the recently passed Food Security Bill, but their promises look far from delivery given the existing state of PDS. The UPA government`s grand proclamations stand busted that it would deliver on the food security that would cost the exchequer a whopping Rs.1.25 lakh crore a year to satisfy the hunger of India`s poor as the new scheme might also just go down the drain.