IPL’s role in T20 to torn tee, the post-party debate has begun

If somebody is saying behind me that somebody tore my shirt then what can I say? I didn’t even take any shirt to West Indies. I had taken only T-shirts

Ashish Nehra has his defence in place on his alleged involvement in a pub brawl

Nothing like that has happened. It’s all media’s imagination. One channel carries a story and others follow. We were all together near the team hotel’s swimming pool before departing for home

Indian team manager Ranjib Biswal dismisses all talk of brawl as a figment of imagination

Every player involved in it (IPL) has only got good words to say. But I am pleased I had the rest this time. At the time my body needed a bit of a break after a tough winter in South Africa and Bangladesh and I feel fresh. That was much required… (but) it would have been fantastic to learn some more skills in different conditions.

England seamer Stuart Broad is one of the few lucky ones to come into the World T20 fresh

I think it is a very poor excuse to say IPL parties were the reason for the team not performing here. If that was the case then Sri Lanka would not have been in the semis, nor England and Australia. I don’t think that is an issue at all

Sunil Gavaskar is clear that the IPL had nothing to do with India’s dismal show in World T20

First phase of Tata Nano bookings begins Thursday, April 9

The first 16-day phase for Tata Nano booking begins Thursday, April 9, and will close on April 24. With over 1,00,000 booking forms sold for the small wonder car – the 624-cc jelly-bean shaped Nano – in the past week, there will expectedly be a heavy rush for its booking too!

In spite of the heaviest booking amount ever charged in India for an automobile – Rs. 95,000 as upfront payment, or Rs.2,999, in case of getting it financed – dealers opine that at least 50 percent of people who bought the booking forms, costing Rs. 300 each, will likely book the Nano.

However, the booking of the car is no assurance for actually getting the economical Rs.1-lakh car, since only 1,00,000 units of Nano will be made available by the company in the first year. As a result, the lucky ones who can drive out the Nano will be decided by the way of a draw of lots!

Nanao, the cheapest car in the world, is the result of Rs.20-billion investment, along with half-a-decade of research and development by a team of 500 members – whose arduous efforts fetched 34 patents! Among the initial hiccups last October, Tata Motors had to move its imminent Nano factory out of Singur in West Bengal, due to protests against the farmland acquired by the state government for the project.