Test Match India vs New Zealand scores

India vs New Zealand: Guests score 108/3 against India at lunch

India vs New Zealand match scores

Bangalore: On Friday, New Zealand made 108/3 at lunch on the first day of their second cricket Test match against India at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here.

Opener Martin Guptill made 53 before being the last scalp of the morning. Skipper Ross Taylor and Daniel Flynn are batting on 27 and 7, respectively.

Pragyan Ojha took two wickets giving away 24 runs while pacer Zaheer Khan took one wicket.

Following is the scoreboard at lunch on the first day of the second cricket Test between India and New Zealand at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Friday.

New Zealand first innings:
Martin Guptill c Gambhir b Ojha 53
Brendon McCullum lbw Khan 0
Kane Williamson lbw Ojha 17
Ross Taylor batting 27
Daniel Flynn batting 7
Extras (lb 4) 4
Total (3 wickets in 29 overs) 108

Fall of Wickets: 1-0 (McCullum, 1.5 overs), 2-63 (Williamson, 18.1), 3-89 (Guptill, 23.3)

Bowling:
Pragyan Ojha 10 3 24 2
Zaheer Khan 10 1 33 1
Umesh Yadav 6 0 33 0
Ravichandran Ashwin 3 0 14 0

Toss: New Zealand, Chose to bat
Umpires: S.J. Davis (Australia) and I.J. Gould (England)
TV umpire: S. Asnani
Match Referee: B.C. Broad (England)
Reserve Umpire: V.A. Kulkarni

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India's 21st Navy Chief-Admiral Devendra kumar Joshi

India's 21st Navy Chief-Admiral Devendra kumar Joshi

India's 21st Navy Chief-Admiral Devendra kumar Joshi

Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, an anti-submarine warfare specialist, Friday took over as Indian Navy chief.

He succeeds Admiral Nirmal Verma, who retired from service after 43 years of service.

Joshi is the 21st chief of naval staff of independent India and the 19th Indian to take command of the world's sixth largest naval force.

In the morning, he paid tribute to the country's martyrs by laying a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate and inspected a guard of honour on the lawns of South Block, the seat of the naval headquarters on Raisina Hill.

Later, in the office of the navy chief, Admiral Verma ceremonially handed over the chief's telescope to Admiral Joshi to mark the handing over of office from the incumbent to the successor.

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Supreme Court Judgment on Ajmal Kasab case

Supreme Court judgement on Ajmal Kasab's death sentence, The mumbai 26/11 attack

Supreme court judrgment on kasab

 The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008. Kasab wanted his death sentence, handed to him by the Bombay High Court, to be commuted to life imprisonment.

Here's the full text of the Supreme Court judgement.

The time line of Ajmal Kasab in mumbai attacks

The Time line of Ajmal kasab 26/11 case attacks, The important dates of kasab case.

The time line of Ajmal Kasab
26/11 mumbai attacks

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has upheld death penalty for 26/11 Mumbai attacks convict Ajmal Kasab. Mohammed Ajmal Kasab is the lone Pakistani terrorist captured alive in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. He was granted death penalty for his role in the attacks that left 166 people dead.

Following is the sequence of events in Kasab's trial since the 26/11 Mumbai attacks: 2008

November 26: Ajmal Kasab and nine other terrorists attacked Mumbai.

November 27: At 1.30 am, Ajmal Kasab was caught.

November 29: All places under siege were secured, 9 terrorists were killed.

November 30: Kasab confessed before police.

In the Year of 2009

January 13: ML Tahaliyani was appointed as the judge for a trial in the 26/11 case.

January 16: The Arthur Road jail was selected for Kasab's trial.

February 5: Kasab's DNA samples matched with articles found in Kuber.

February 22: Ujjwal Nikam was appointed as the Special Public Prosecutor.

February 25: A chargesheet against Kasab, two others was filed in the Esplanade Metropolitan Court.

April 1: Anjali Waghmare was appointed as Kasab's lawyer.

April 15: Anjali Waghmare was removed as Kasab's lawyer.

April 16: Abbas Kazmi was appointed as Kasab's lawyer.

April 17: Kasab's confession opened in court, he retracts.

April 20: Prosecution charged Kasab on 312 counts.

April 29: Kasab is not minor, ruled the court on experts' opinion.

May 6: Charges were framed, Kasab was charged on 86 counts, but denied charges.

May 8: The first eyewitness deposed, identified Kasab.

June 23: Non-bailable warrants were issued against 22 including Hafeez Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi

November 30: Abbas Kazmi was removed as Kasab's lawyer.

December 1: KP Pawar replaced Kazmi.

December 16: Prosecution completed the case in 26/11.

December 18: Kasab denied all charges.

In the year of 2010

March 9: Final arguments began.

March 31: Arguments concluded, the verdict was posted for May 3.

May 3: Kasab was convicted, Sabauddin Ahmed and Faheem Ansari were acquitted of all charges.

May 6: Kasab was sentenced to death by the special court.

October 18: The case began in High Court, Kasab appeared through video conference.

October 27: Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam justified the death sentence awarded to Kasab by the trial court.

In the Year of 2011

February 21: The Bombay High Court upheld the trial court verdict on Kasab, dismissed his appeal; acquitted Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed in the Mumbai attacks case.

March: Kasab wrote a letter to SC challenging HC order.

October 10: SC stayed the execution of the death sentence awarded to Pakistani terrorist Kasab.

October 10: Kasab tells SC that he was brainwashed like a "robot" into committing the heinous crime in the name of "God" and that he does not deserve capital punishment owing to his young age.

October 18: The Supreme Court admits Maharashtra government's appeal challenging the acquittal of Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed, co-accused of Ajmal Kasab, in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.

In the Year of 2012

January 31: Kasab tells SC that he was not given a free and fair trial in the case.

February 23: SC hears intercepted conversations between the perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and their Pakistani handlers and watched the CCTV footage of the carnage.

April 25: SC reserves its verdict after a marathon hearing, spanning over two and a half month.

August 29: The Supreme Court upheld Ajmal Kasab's death penalty.

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Latest ashkay kumar Movie Joker

'Joker' new stills, Will Akshay, Sonakshi deliver another blockbuster

Joker movie new stills

The trailers of JOKER that have been released in the cinema halls recently have started creating a buzz about Akshay Kumar's new film on offer, which is going to hit the screens in the month of August. For Akshay Kumar it would be a matter of pride that with JOKER his century of films in Hindi cinema would be completed.

Indeed, JOKER is going to be the 100th film for Akshay Kumar in his long acting career. For Akshay Kumar, it indeed is a lucky year as two of his films HOUSEFULL 2 and ROWDY RATHORE have crossed 100 crore mark. Kumar would be hoping that JOKER should overhaul the collections of both these films as he has as his co-star Sonakshi Sinha in JOKER as well.

For Akshay Kumar it certainly is a monumental achievement as he has reached this position without any godfather in the industry or having a genealogy that could help him to make his debut. His sojourn has been an exercise that is full of trials and tribulations, or rather baptism by fire so to say, but he has made his mark and reached a position where now he on his own commands initial opening at the box office.

But Akshay Kumar should thank one man for the position that he has reached today. As it has been informed by Christina Daniels in the Biography of Aamir Khan, I Will Do It My Way, Akshay Kumar had appeared for screen test for the role in JO JEETA WOHI SIKANDAR which ultimately went to Deepak Tijori. Had Akshay Kumar been cast in this role in JO JEETA WOHI SIKANDAR, who knows where he would have been today.

But that is what fate is all about and that is why perhaps he is known as the Khiladi Kumar, or a player who is not bothered to take the risks to make his mark. JOKER seems to be a good sci-fi film and the manner in which the genre is being appreciated by the audience and the kind of special effects that have employed in the film JOKER should turn out to be perhaps another 100 crore venture as well.

For all the stakeholders, be it Farah Khan, Akshay Kumar, Shirish Kunder, indeed JOKER should make a mark. It can be catalyzed, if JOKER is publicized as Akshay Kumar's 100th film. May be the publicity department associated with JOKER should take a note.

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Akshay Kumar touches 100 films milestone with Joker

Akshay Kumar touches 100 films milestone with Joker

Akshay Kumar's movie milestones

With 'Joker', Akshay Kumar completes a century at the box office, as the flick is his 100th film. We look at important movie milestones in Kumar's life..

Mumbai: Anticipating another huge hit, coming Friday will be memorable for Bollywood Superstar Akshay Kumar who is going to see release of his 100th film ‘Joker’. Akshay who made a promising start with super-hit ‘Saugandh’ in 1991 has given remarkable performance in number of blockbusters in a career spanning over 20 years.

Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia is his real name. Akshay despite facing stiff competition from his competitors like Sunil Shetty and Ajay Devgan continued to prove his mettle giving unforgettable performances and carved his own fans.

His special mannerism and comic timing are best appreciated by his fans. Initially, beginning as young ‘Khiladi’, graduating to ‘Sabse Bada Khiladi’ and went on to attain a status of ‘International Khiladi’, heralding beginning of new era in the Bollywood.

Apart from enjoying his ‘Khiladi; status, Akshay showed his acting skills in emotional movie like ‘Sainik’ and ‘Dil Toh Pagal Hai’.

His wide range of role selection brought the best out of him and today audience identifies every character being played by him.

His penchant for comedy acting in movies like ‘Suhag’, ‘Waqt Hamara hai” become very clear. However, it was in year 200 with release of ‘Hara Pheri’ in 2000 established him as an expert comedy actor. His later association with Priyadarshan in its sequel and number of super hits till his last super hit release ‘Housefull 2’ still being hailed as best performance.

His distinguished style helped him carve special place among his fans that also saw emergence of Khans trio, Amir Khan, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan. It was his disciplined style of working won huge appreciations from directors who kept their faith on him and Akshay always responded with sheer dedication and performance. Needless to mention his image of an action hero, his guy next door image also helped him fetch great number of fans.

Akshay Kumar worked on number of movies and gave memorable hits. His two releases ‘Houseful 2’ and ‘Rowdy Rathore’ had made it to the Rs 100 Crore club and now expectations are running high on release of ‘Joker’. The movie is being directed by Shirish Kunder.

The movie plot is novel as here he plays role of Raj Khurana an NRI who on his return to India comes across number of problems.

To overcome these problems, he prefers to take help of media in getting rid of their problems. However, only deterrent here are aliens in the village.

Sonakshi Sinha, a lucky mascot for him as their last release ‘Rowdy Rathore’ was smash hit and one can expect the same magic from them this Friday.

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