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Australian Cricket Players to shun IPL3?

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:09:32 +0000

According to media reports from Australian Newspapers “‘The Age”, Aussie captain Ricky Ponting and his teammates may take a decision of not to participate in latest season of IPL ( Indian Premier League) which is scheduled to start from March 12,2010. According to Report, Aussie players are worried about their security after political party Shiv Sena had said that they will not allow any Australian Player to play in Maharashtra, to retaliate against the racial attacks on Indians in Australia.

Around 30 Australian Players have to play from various teams in this league. Australian Player Pil Hughes said ” I want to play in IPL but really worried about the issue of safety. I am going to attend the players auction which will be next week and see what happens.”

Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who is contracted with Kolkata Knight Riders, made it clear that the players would demand safety assurances before leaving for India.

Chief executive of the Australian Cricketers’ Association Paul Marsh said ACA was concerned with the development.

“The ACA is concerned any time there is a specific threat made against Australian cricketers,” he said.

Nitin Gadkari Won’t Contest in Parliamentry Elections

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:46:08 +0000

BJP New party Chief Nitin Gadkari today said that He won’t be participating in any Parliamentary Elections during his tenure as Party Chief. He said that his agenda would be only political development of BJP and He had made a clear decision of not to participate in any Elections. Gadkari would do a formal announcement soon Related posts:Vidarbh Should be Separate State according to Nitin Gadkari Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in Maharashtra is Now in Danger Low Vote Turnaround in Assembly Elections Related posts:

Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in Maharashtra is Now in Danger

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:05:48 +0000

After New BJP President Nitin Gadkari Demand of Vidarbh as Separate State more than two-decade long Shiv Sena-BJP alliance which was created by BJP Leader Pramod Mahajan is Now In Danger.

The latest development, which could damage the already fragile ties between Sena and BJP, is reports that Sena did not give its second preference votes to BJP during the voting for legislative council seats from local self-government bodies on Friday.

For the two seats from Mumbai, which saw a triangular fight, the Shiv Sena and the Congress seem better placed than the BJP, with the Sena, which has the highest number of corporators in the civic body, not casting second preference votes for ally BJP.

Source :- dnaindia.com

Low Vote Turnaround in Assembly Elections

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:23:27 +0000

Assembly Elections in three states of India Maharashtra,Haryana and Arunachal Pardesh completed today, But the Vote Turnaround percentage was very less in all the three states which is not a good indication. It Shows that people are no more interested in participating in this democratic event and have no hopes from any political party.

According to TOI , Maharashtra registered only 60% of voting as compared to 72% in Haryana and Arunachal Pardesh.

Mumbai, which is the Finance Capital of India had registered on 25% of vote turnaround.

It is really shocking that the areas with high literacy rate always have low vote turnaround