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Ganguly to join Pune Warriors India for IPL 4 See photo  After going unsold in the players' auction, former  India  captain  Sourav Ganguly  on Tuesday made a dramatic return to the Indian Premier League by signing up for struggling franchise Pune Warriors as replacement for injured pacer  Ashish Nehra .  "We were waiting for Ashish Nehra's fitness report and ultimately the report came yesterday. I was already in talks with Ganguly and we decided that the amount of experience that Sourav has in cricket will no doubt help the team. So we finalised Ganguly last night," Pune Warriors Team director Abhijit Sarkar said referring to the finger injury that Nehra has been nursing.  Ganguly, who played for  Kolkata Knight Riders  for three IPL seasons captaining them in two editions, went unsold in the January players' auction despite a rather modest base price of $400,000.  The 38-year-old refused a mentor's role with KKR after that and there had been speculation of

WASHINGTON: US forces finally found  al-Qaida leader   Osama bin Laden  not in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan's border, but in a million-dollar compound in an upscale suburb of Pakistan's capital, with his youngest wife, US officials said early on Monday. They were led to the fortress-like three-story building after more than four years tracking one of bin Laden's most trusted couriers, whom U.S. officials said was identified by men captured after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. "Detainees also identified this man as one of the few al-Qaida couriers trusted by bin Laden. They indicated he might be living with or protected by bin Laden," a senior administration official said in a briefing for reporters. Bin Laden was finally found -- more than 9-1/2 years after the 2001 attacks on the  United States  -- after authorities discovered in August 2010 that the courier lived with his brother and their families in an unusual and extremely high-security building, of

Obama makes it official, Al-Qaida leader Osama is dead See photo WASHINGTON:  Osama bin Laden , the glowering mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama  said on Sunday. "Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the  United States  has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaida, and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children," Obama said in a surprise late night  White House  address. The world's most wanted man had been killed in a Pakistani compound in an operation on Sunday, which had been carried after cooperation from Islamabad , the US leader said. Obama said in the historic address from the White House that he had directed the US armed forces to launch an attack against a compound in  Pakistan  on Sunday acting on a lead t

Chennai, April 29 :  Tamil movie  superstar Rajnikanth was admitted in the  intensive care unit (ICU) of St. Isabel Hospital  here Friday after a bout of vomiting in the morning, doctors said. According to hospitalofficials, Rajnikanth has been admitted in the ICU for discomfort. Speaking to reporters, the actor's wife Lata Rajnikanth said the superstar is safe and there is nothing to worry. She said the actor ate something in the morning and started throwing up. "The doctors are attending to him and he is in safe hands," she said. In the morning, Rajnikanth was shooting for the movie "Rana" here. He is doing a triple role in the film . Directed by K. S. Ravikumar, "Rana" is being produced by Rajnikanth's daughter Soundarya's Ochre Studios in association with Eros International.(IANS)

Mumbai , April 30 - Though she has portrayed many bold characters on the  silver screen , Bollywood actress  Priyanka Chopra says she is not comfortable with nudity in films. The 28-year-old, who has done steamy scenes in films like "Andaaz", "Aitraaz" and "Fashion" among others, says that among the few things that she would not indulge in would be nudity. "Nudity is something that I wouldn't be comfortable with. Even if I  play  the most complex and weird parts which are raunchy or whatever it has to be, the portrayal of a  character  is to a point where it is aesthetically done. It has to be something that I won't be averse to showing my parents. I have to be able to sit with them  and watch  it. "Even if it's a film like 'Saat Khoon Maaf', the  thought  of the scenes was a lot more than what was actually seen. And that is aesthetically well done," Priyanka, who was part of a youth forum organised by MTV, told repor

Kolkata , May 1 - After Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) clinched a handsome victory over Kings XI Punjab, KKR owner and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan Saturday said former KKR skipper Sourav Ganguly who came to see  the match  at Eden Gardens had brought luck for the team. "Sourav had brought luck for the team. Sourav was sitting at a place far away from me so we could not talk today. But definitely I will  talk to him soon," said Shah Rukh Khan. Shah Rukh also expressed his happiness for his team playing well as team. "To be honest I am a sportsman at heart. I believe that nobody wants to loose, everybody wants to  play  well and win the game. Whenever I was sad, which was quite often because we didn't get together as team. I wasn't sad because of losing I was sad because we didn't play as unit," said Shah Rukh Khan. He also reasserted that for him playing well as a unit was more important  than winning. "Even if we don't win this  time I