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Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar added another feather to his cap when he became the first batsman to cross the 200-run mark in an one-day international at Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior on Wednesday.

Tendulkar achieved the unique landmark when he run a single off Langeveldt against South Africa in the second one-dayer of the ongoing three-match series.

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England are placed in Group C alongside the United States, Slovenia and Algeria


On 12th of June 2010 England will face United States at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg. Six days later the English will meet Algeria in Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town and in their last Group stage fixture they will battle with Slovenia in the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

A total of read more »
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Neither the government nor the police are going to wake up, move heaven and earth to protect us unless we force them by holding them accountable at every step. It’s up to us to instil a vision, direction and cohesion in both these institutions and to formulate a plan of action with annual targets read more »
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Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna has said that cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has not “helped” Marathi players.

Rather, Sunil Gavaskar had extended such help in his career, it said. read more »
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Sachin Tendulkar's wait to reach the 17,000-run mark in One-dayers continued on Monday as he missed the milestone by just seven runs after getting dismissed for 40 in the fourth ODI against Australia. read more »
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Living life on the edge, scrambling for a toehold on trains, snaking one’s way through traffic snarls, fighting to find a roof over one’s head all combine to make Mumbai the city that never sleeps — and Mumbaikars the people who die younger than the rest of the country.

A study has found that the average Mumbaikar is likely to die at least seven years before other Indians and about 12 years b read more »
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The Marathi Film industry wouldn’t ask for a better news than this one. Within just 5 years time, a second Marathi film ‘Harischandrachi Factory’ has been selected as India’s entry for Oscars in the foreign language film category. It first started with ‘Shwaas’ only few years ago and everybody thought that there weren’t many good films in competition during that particular year for ‘Shwaas’; but read more »
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Don't think of it as getting older, think of it as becoming a classic. rnrnHappy Birthday Limin read more »
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Australia surrendered the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to India today, losing the final Test in Nagpur by 172 runs to hand the jubilant home side a 2-0 series victory.

The tourists were bowled out for 209 in only 50.2 overs today, confirming the gulf that has grown between the two teams over the course of the four Tests and returning to India the trophy Australia won in the same city four years ago. read more »
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Maharashtra ha marathi mansacha aahe, ethe hindi bhashikan
yennas aamchi manayee nahi pan tyanni marathi mansala tras devu naye, Sadhya TV var maharashtrachi va marathi mansachi badnami karne ha ekch dhanda suru aahe. Zee News, IBN7, Aaj tak, Channel 9, india News ...... he sarva hindi channel poth tidkine marathi mansacha aapman karat aahet, Asle fadtoos channel bhagnyachi marathi maansachi ich read more »
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This young came here with intentions to kill our Raj Thackeray,he fired bullets in air,strangulate the conductor for some 15mins.Then also killing such person who has gun with him n anger in his mind was called as encounter,n said police should have arrested him!!
Laloo prasad has requested to prime minister for bann on Shiv Sena n Raj Thackeray,what is the relation of Raj Thackeray with that ki read more »
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wish you all happy divali read more »
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THE TENSE situation in Maharashtra is gradually snowballing into a major problem for the governments – both at the Centre and the state. That both have the blessings of the Congress makes it all the more difficult to understand. read more »
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The Shiv Sena appears to be suffering from political paralysis with Raj Thackeray emerging as the sole champion of the Marathi manoos. The Se
na simply did not know what to do as hundreds of Marathi youths protesting Raj’s arrest were lathi-charged by the police. “If we condemned the violence against the Marathi youths, then we would be unwittingly helping Raj’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) read more »
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विलास देशमुखांना खुले पत्र.

बहुतेक वेळा राज्याच्या मुख्यमंत्र्यांना "माननीय" असे संबोधण्याची प्रथा आहे. पण आपणाबाबत आता असे म्हणावेसे वाटेनासे झाले आहे. गेल्या काही वर्षात आपण व आपल्या पक्षाने महाराष्ट्राचे नक्की काय भले केले काही कल्पना नाही. मुंबईत बड्या बिल्डरांचे मॉल्स आलेत, गिरणगावातून मराठी हद्दपार होतेच आहे, शेतकरी आत्महत्यांमध्ये महाराष्ट्राचा नंबर पहिला आहे, विजेचा प्रश्न तसाच, टाटा read more »
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