Talks on induction of Another IPl team to be held soon: Shukla
Jabalpur: IPl chairman Rajiv Shukla has said that discussions on inducting another team in the cash-rich Twenty20 league would be held soon after the end of the ongoing sixth edition of the tournament. "The issue of tenth team in the IPl would be discussed after the end of the current edition," Shukla told reporters here last evening. He said that there would be no change in its current format, which permits only a maximum of four foreign players to play in any team. Terming the Indian Premier league as the "most popular game" in the world after football, Shukla said that it is being telecast live in 198 countries across the globe. According to him, the BCCI had given `50 crore to the Union Ministry for Sports for promotion of other sports, but the Income Tax Department objected to it saying it had no right to do so. This year the BCCI has paid `950 crore tax to the Income Tax Department, he said.
Cop suspended for Disrespecting religious plACE
Seoni: A police inspector was suspended for allegedly disrespecting the sanctity of a religious place by entering it in an "inebriated State," a senior police official said today. Kanhiwada Police Station in-charge
N S Kumre, while on patrolling duty late last night, entered a religious place to enquire about some renovation work going on there. At that time, a person there engaged in the renovation work found that the police officer was in an inebriated condition and had also not removed his shoes before entering the sacred place, Seoni district's Superintendent of Police (SP) Mithilesh Shukla told reporters here. The employee immediately informed the authorities following which several persons reached the spot and confined Kumre to a room. They later informed senior police officials about it following which Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mukesh Shrivastava reached the spot and released Kumre from there. The police personnel was later taken to a hospital for his medical examination which confirmed that he was in an inebriated condition, the SP said. Taking serious note of it, the SP immediately ordered suspension of Kumre and a probe against him.
Itarsi-Betul rly route completes 100 years today
Bhopal: The Itarsi-Betul section in the Nagpur division of Central Railway will be completing 100 years tomorrow. The 108-km rail route, a vital link connecting the North with the South via Nagpur, was opened on May 13, 1913. laying the rail route crisscrossing the entire Satpuda Valley was a major challenge back then. But, engineers of erstwhile Great Indian Peninsula Railways (now Central Railway) achieved it by constructing nine tunnels and over 300 bridges in the valley, Central Railway Public Relations Officer Praveen Patil said. In those days, the trains had steam engines and took three hours to cover the 108 km distance. The modern diesel and electric locomotives now take 1 hour and 45 minutes to cover the same stretch. Diesel locomotives were introduced in the section in 1970, and electric locomotives followed suit 21 years later (1991). Grand Trunk Express (New Delhi to Chennai) and Dakshin Express (H Nizamuddin to Hyderabad) are the oldest trains running on this route. The centenary would be celebrated at a function at Betul station tomorrow.
Rahul Nagar residents to gherao BMC office
Bhopal: Unsatisfied with the pending works under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Rural Mission and the computerised lottery system for the allotment of the houses the residents of Rahul Nagar would protest and gherao the BMC Zone 6 office at Mata Mandir. The Rahul Nagar residents of the State capital are going to stage a protest on May 14 against the policies of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation.