Milestone man Tendulkar completes 20 years in intl cricket

Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday completed 20 years in international cricket and became the first Indian and only the 16th in the history of the game to have a career spanning more than two decades.

Tendulkar, who made his debut as a 16-year-old against Pakistan way back in November 15, 1989, will reach the milestone of 20 years and one day in international cricket when he comes out to play against Sri Lanka in the first Test of the three-match series in Ahmedabad on Monday.

In his Test career spanning 19 years 143 days till date, Tendulkar has represented India in a record 159 Tests.

He also played a record 436 50-over matches in his 19 years and 325 days one-day career, thus becoming only the second player after Pakistan's Javed Miandad to have the longest ODI career.

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India, Sri Lanka stars plead for more Tests

There has been no complain on security: SLC

Tata Steel to start work at Orissa plant in Dec

India's Tata Steel will start constructing a 6-million-tonne steel plant in Orissa from next month, its Managing Director H.M. Nerurkar said on Saturday.

"Eighty percent of the people have already been evacuated from the site and we hope to start the construction by December 2009," he told reporters on the sidelines of a seminar.

He also told the firm, the world's sixth-biggest steelmaker, will conclude expansion of its Jamshedpur plant by June-August 2011.

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TRS wants Hyderabad as capital of Telangana

As if Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) aligning with NDA wasn’t surprise enough, party chief K Chandrasekhar Rao further created a

flutter by visiting the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Monday where he said he prayed for the peaceful creation of Telangana along the lines of the reorganisation of Punjab and Haryana.

Asked whether Chandrasekhar Rao was hinting at Hyderabad turning into the common capital of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, a TRS leader said, “His focus was on a peaceful division of Andhra Pradesh as happened in Punjab. TRS wants Hyderabad to remain as the capital of the new Telangana state only.”

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Chitchat with Kalyan Ram Nandamuri

Kalyan Ram Nandamuri is the most simple hero among typical Telugu film heroes. He is completely grounded and unassuming. He doesn't believe in hype and he wants his films to talk about him. After doing two critically acclaimed films like Athanokkade and Hare Ram, Kalyan Ram is producing and acting in a comedy entertainer called Jayeebhava. Jayeebhava is all set to release on 23 October. Idlebrain.com caught up with this nice human being for an exclusive interview. Here are the excerpts -

Why do you keep low profile?

I always feel that audiences should talk about the movie instead of filmmakers. I am away from hyping my projects. If they have stuff in it, then movies will automatically run.

Tell us about Jayeebhava director Naren?
Naren Kondepati worked with Teja and Krishna Vamsi in the past. I knew Naren from the days of Lakshmi Kalyanam. He worked for Vijaya Dasami and Hare Ram in the direction department. In fact he choreographed a song of Hare Ram that comes in the second half. He has clarity of mind and he knows what he wants and how to extract it.

Which genre does Jayeebhava belong to?
Jayeebhav means blessing. Jayeebhava is a family entertainer told in a commercial format. Love plays a small role in the movie, but this movie is all about family relationships. Heroine didn't have equal importance in none of my earlier films. But the heroine in Jayeebhava has equal importance with that of hero. There will be lot of comedy with the casting of top notch comedians like Brahmanandam and Ali. The hero in this movie has a mission to do something good to his family.

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Rajasthan: Vasundhara Raje resigns as leader of Opposition

The leader of opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly,Vasundhara Raje has handed over her registration to Advani Who is leader of BJP.

Vasundhara Raje was scheduled to meet with BJP’s pointsperson Sushma Swaraj on Thursday, but she did not keep that appointment.

"Vasundhara was to meet me on October 20. But she called me to say she has to go to Mumbai for some work and will meet me on October 21 or 22. But till now, I have not heard from her," Swaraj, who has been appointed pointsperson to deal with her, said on Thursday.

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Blast toll rises to 2; red alert sounded in Goa

Two persons belonging to a right-wing Hindu group were detained on Saturday in connection with the explosion in Margao town in Goa in which two members of the outfit were killed.

The blast took place at around 9.30 pm on Friday night when explosives kept in a scooter went off on a busy street in the heart of the town, 30 kms from here.

Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik said police were probing the links of right-wing group Sanatan Saunstha with the blast. Police claimed the outfit was linked to Malegaon blast accused and right-wing activist Sadhvi Pragya Singh.

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Injury-plagued Oram retires from Tests

New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram on Monday retired from Test cricket to prolong his career in the shorter formats of the game.

Jacob Oram Announcing his decision, which is effective immediately, Oram said a reduced workload would allow him to prolong his international career.

Jacob Oram said "I have decided to retire from Test cricket. This decision has been a very tough one and has not been made without careful consideration and discussion with those closest to me," 31-year-old Oram, who is currently nursing a hamstring injury that cut short his Champions Trophy participation, told reporters here.

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