West Indies beat India by 8 wickets, level series 1-1

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni's defiant 95 went in vain as India suffered a humiliating eight-wicket defeat at the hands of an inspired West Indies in the lopsided second cricket one-day international in Kingston on Sunday.

• Scorecard: India vs West Indies, 2nd ODI

After dismissing the visitors for a modest 188 in 48.2 overs, the Caribbean team rode on openers Chris Gayle (64) and Runako Morton (85) to overhaul the target in 34.1 overs and level the four match series 1-1.
Earlier, electing to bat first, Dhoni waged a lonely battle as India succumbed to a batting collapse against a ferocious pace attack lead by West Indies pacer Ravi Rampaul.
Rampaul produced a career best four-wicket haul and combined with Jerome Taylor (3/35) to rip through the top-order before joining hands with Dwayne Bravo (3/26) to polish the lower order.
Chasing 189 to win, West Indies got off to a rollicking start with Gayle taking the Indian attack by the scruff of its neck and Morton playing initially the second fiddle.

Yuvraj scores ton as India beat West Indies

Yuvraj Singh  hit a rollicking 131-run knock as India pipped the West Indies by 20 runs in a thrilling first one-day international to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series in Kingston  on Friday.

Leaving behind their pathetic showing in the Twenty20   World Cup, Indian batsmen fired on all cylinders as they trampled the West Indies attack to reach an intimidating 339 for six after opting to bat at Sabina Park.

However, defending even such a massive total proved quite a task for the Indians as they just about managed to bowl the hosts out for 319 in 48.1 overs.

Sensex gains 256 pts ahead of ‘Global Rally’

After hovering between positive and negative territory, the domestic market finally settled the day with decent gains on fresh buying momentum.

In addition, firm cues from the markets all over world along with higher US index futures also contributed to the upturn of the benchmark indices.

The BSE Sensex closed higher by 256.36 points or 1.80% at 14,521.89 and NSE Nifty ended up by 62.20 points or 1.46% at 4,313.60. The BSE Sensex touched intraday high of 14,559.08 and intraday low of 14,179.77.

Further, the BSE Mid Caps and Small Caps indices also ended the day with gains of 81.87 and 45.52 points at 4,958.73 and 5,617.96 respectively.

Hyderabad airport among the world's top 10

March 30, 2009

Though only a year old, the GMR-group promoted Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad has already etched its name along with some of the world's best.

According to the results of a survey conducted by the Airport Council International, RGIA was rated the second most service-oriented airport in the 5-15 million passenger per annum category.
It was also named as the fifth most service oriented amongst the world's top ten airports by scoring 4.41 on a 1-5 scale in overall passenger satisfaction.

The airport celebrated its first anniversary on March 23, 2009.

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Prabhu Deva Secretly Marries Nayanthara in hyderabad

news doing the rounds is that the choreographer, actor-turned-director Prabhu Deva has secretly married Nayanthara in Hyderabad.

Prabhu Deva, the father of three kids and husband of the former dancer Ramlath, fell in love with Nayantara when they worked together in Vijay’s ‘Villu’.

However, the sources close to the actress denied the rumor, and said, “She was not even in Hyderabad when rumours of her marriage broke.”

A few months back when Prabhu lost his eldest son, it was Nayanthara, who gave him strength to come out of his personal pain.

Last heard, Prabhudeva had answered a question on his so-called relationship with Nayantara that ‘it’s personal’ and no one had any say in it.

The reports also said that both Prabhu and Nayantara have been living together for the last 3 weeks and the marriage was held in Hyderabad in secret.

Prabhu Deva has flown to an unnamed place saying that he has to finish some works in a Hindi project.

Previously, the hearsays linking Prabhudeva and Nayantara grew stronger, as Nayantara had the name 'Prabhudeva' tattooed on her wrist.

Will Nayan or Prabhu Deva explain as to what is going on?