Chennai Super Kings skipper M. S. Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League match at Eden Gardens on Saturday.

Chennai have left out Srikkanth

Subramanium Badrinath hit a half-century as Chennai Super Kings made 114/4 against Kolkata Knight Riders here on Saturday. Badrinath scored 54 off 41 balls while Albie Morkel made unbeaten 30 runs.

Amid tight security, polling began this morning for the fifth of the six-phase West Bengal Assembly election across 38 constituencies spread over four Maoist-hit districts of West Midnapur, Bankura,

Fifty-nine percent turnout was recorded in the first four hours of polling in 38 constituencies in Bankura, Purulia, West Midnapore and parts of Burdwan districts where the fifth phase of West Bengal

Chennai Super Kings skipper M.S. Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League match at Eden Gardens here on Saturday.

Still smarting from their defeat at the hands of Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Kolkata Knight Riders will have to get their act together soon and come out all guns blazing against defending champions Chennai Super Kings in their IPL return-leg match here on Saturday.

Hitting back at union home minister P. Chidambaram for describing West Bengal as the worst governed state, chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Friday said he did not need advice from the minister who should first carry out his own responsibilities properly.

The Election Commission (EC) is contemplating to record the poll proceedings with the help of surveillance helicopters in 14 Assembly constituencies in the Maoist-infested Bankura, Purulia and West Midnapore districts which would go to polls on May 10. The EC will rope in three helicopters for air surveillance in Janagalmahal from

The fourth phase of the six-phased Assembly elections went off peacefully with over 85 per cent of the voters exercising their franchise in 63 constituencies in Howrah, Hooghly, East Midnapore and Burdwan. No person was killed or injured in any poll-related violence and 68 persons were arrested, including 67 people who were taken

Air India cancelled 11 flights from Kolkata as the strike by the airline's pilots continued for the eighth day on Wednesday, an official said.