Team India showing a sparkling performance and keeping control on the emotions, won their first game on the opening day of Hockey World Cup in New Delhi against the arch rivals Pakistan.

The game played on Sunday ended with a score of 4-1 in favor of India.

The Spanish born coach of the Indian hockey team said, "It was great we won 4-1. The boys played really well and they deserved to win." The coach had been advising his players to keep control on the emotion and concentrate on the play.

The second suspected case of swine flu in Gujarat came to light on Thursday.

A 30-year-old woman, who had returned from the US some two days back, has been quarantined at the VS hospital after she had fallen ill with swine flu symptoms.

She consulted a local physician who referred her to the VS hospital.

Event:   "The Yellow Handkerchief" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals
Venue & Location:   Pacific Design Center / West Hollywood, CA, USA
Event Date:   2/18/2010
Photographer:   Tina Gill / PR Photos

Event:   Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2011 - Doctrine - Runway
Venue & Location:   Sunset Gower Studio / Hollywood, CA, USA
Event Date:   03/18/2011
Photographer:   Kai He / PR Photos

Event:"The Invention of Lying" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals
Venue & Location:Grauman's Chinese Theater / Hollywood, CA, USA
Event Date:9/21/2009
Photographer:David Gabber / PR Photos

Event:   Happy Hearts Fund Land of Dreams: Thailand Event
Venue & Location:   Metropolitan Pavillion / New York City, NY, USA
Event Date:   11/20/2010
Photographer:   Janet Mayer / PR Photos

Lahore, Sep 24: Indian and Pakistani bookies are favouring Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup final match to be played in Johannesburg today.

The total number of bets of over 500 million rupees received by the Mumbai bookmakers by Sunday night favours Pakistan, the Daily Times reported.

Bookies are expected to receive more bets later in the day, it added.

On the other hand, Pakistani bookmakers have received bets worth three billion rupees by Sunday night.

Event:Modern Bride's "25 Trendsetters of 2009" Awards Dinner - Red Carpet Arrivals
Venue & Location:The New York Palace Hotel, 455 Madison Avenue / New York City, NY, USA
Event Date:5/11/2009
Photographer:Sylvain Gaboury / PR Photos

Berlin - The pressure is mounting on giant US carmaker General Motors (GM) Co to decide quickly on the fate of is troubled European Opel offshoot amid signs Monday of increasing tensions between the Detroit-based company and the German Government.

Berlin called for a new round of talks with a General Motors representative in the German capital this week as part of a concerted effort to resolve the future of Opel after the GM board delayed reaching a decision Friday on its European unit.

Event:BAFTA's 7th Annual PreEMMY TV Tea Party - Arrivals
Venue & Location:InterContinental Hotel / Century City, CA. USA
Event Date:9/19/2009
Photographer:Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos

London, Sept. 2 : British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has warned that violent crime, racial hatred and terrorism will rocket because of the credit crunch.

According to Smith, the economic meltdown could see Brits turning on immigrants as they struggle to make ends meet.

The turmoil is forecast in a secret letter from Smith to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, reports the Daily Star.

The leaked document also reveals there will be fewer police to deal with the predicted crime rise on Britain''s streets.

Seoul  - South Korea wants to discuss the possibility of developing more powerful ballistic missiles with the US as a deterrent against North Korea, the national news agency Yonhap reported on Tuesday.

"I believe the issue can be discussed by working-level officials of the United States and South Korea," South Korean Defence Ministry spokesman Won Tae-jae told the media in Seoul.

Event:The 2008 NBC Universal Experience Upfronts - Arrivals
Venue & Location:Rockefeller Center / New York City, NY, USA
Event Date:5/12/2008
Photographer:Anthony G. Moore / PR Photos

Moscow - Russia resumed supplies of gas to Europe on Tuesday as observer teams began measuring gas flows through Ukraine in an effort to mediate the ongoing standoff between Moscow and Kiev.

Ukraine's Naftogaz said it had received a fax from Gazprom informing it 76 million cubic metres of gas had been sent through the pipelines "at 10 am Moscow time" (0700 GMT), news agency Itar-Tass reported.

Taipei - Computex Taipei, the world's second largest computer show, began Tuesday with organizers expecting the fair to attract more than 35,000 overseas buyers.

President Ma Ying-jeou opened the fair, which occupies three halls at the Taipei World Trade Centre in downtown Taipei and the newly opened Nankang Exhibition Hall in the Taipei suburb. Ma visited both venues and said he hoped the exhibition would bring more business opportunities to Taiwan.

"Some 70 companies from 22 countries are participating in Computex Taipei 2008," Ma said. "They are expected to create 1.5 [billion] to 2 billion US dollars in business revenues and another 1 billion US dollars in tourism revenues."

Berlin - A cell phone's ringtone can be just about anything. It can imitate the ring of an old-fashioned telephone, reproduce a snappy 1980s pop song or even sound like a frog ribbeting.

But in particular social situations it's best to play it safe when setting the ringtone. While out with a group of friends or business associates, a straight-forward ringtone or a silent vibration are stylistically the most elegant choices. It could put others off, if the ringtone sounds like a toilet flushing.

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Ranchi, July 15 : Ranchi police have recovered a consignment of communication equipment meant for Maoists.

The consignment was sent as cargo from New Delhi on a state-run domestic flight.

The recovered equipment included walkie-talkies, a number of radio sets, micro tape recorders and signal receivers, among others.

Police have detained three people and are interrogating them. They have also arrested one person from Palamu district. He will be brought to Ranchi later on Wednesday for further interrogation.