The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has sent a notice to ace Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as he had not paid cess on a deluxe car purchased by him.
Mahavir Pendhari, NMMC's deputy municipal commissioner (Cess) stated, "We found that we have not received cess on over one lakh vehicles that are registered at the Navi Mumbai RTO. We got the addresses of the owners and have sent them legal notices."
The list of offenders comprises singer Shankar Mahadevan, Tripura Governor DY Patil and many big names from the corporate world including Reliance.

The Shiv Sena is confused over Sachin Tendulkar.

Embarrassed by its corporators attacking the hi-profile cricketer on his advertisement campaign to save water, the party on Thursday first disowned the corporators saying what they expressed was their personal view, but later said the media misquoted the civic leaders.

Sources said Sena corporators lashed out at Sachin as they were upset with the civic administration for not accepting the film script written by a corporator for the ‘Save Water’ campaign. But this has now put the party in a spot.

In November, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray had lashed out at the legendary cricketer for his alleged anti-Mumbai comments.

Mumbai, Jan 11 : Guess how master blaster Sachin Tendulkar bathes at home? By his own admission, using just a bucketful of water - to waste a minimum quantity of the precious liquid.

He made the admission while shooting for a half-minute social awareness message for Mumbaikars to save precious water. Mumbai suffered a monsoon deficit last year, and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has shot the clip to spread awareness among the Mumbai residents.

Sachin advised the people they must take only that quantity of water in a glass they require to drink and not waste it.

Chennai, Jan 5 :Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who opted out of the ongoing tri-series against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, will return to the Indian team for the two-Test series against the hosts, which was announced here on Tuesday.

The team, which was selected for the series against Sri Lanka has been retained with just one change where fast bowler Sudeep Tyagi was included in place of S. Badrinath.

Wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik also makes a return along with Test regulars VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid.

New Delhi, Jan 1 : Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has received lots of compliments for his performance in "Paa" and the latest to join the bandwagon is Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar.

"Sachin Tendulkar called to personally compliment me on 'Paa'," the 68-year-old posted on his blog, bigb. bigadda. com.

"I was waiting for him to finish his cricket matches with Sri Lanka and then invite him over to see the film at a private screening. But he beat me to it and went to a theatre and saw the film," Amitabh added.

New Delhi, Dec 28 - Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has received compliments for his performance in "Paa", wants veteran actor Dilip Kumar and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar to see the movie.

"I have to show the film to Dilip saheb and shall be seeking time from him soon, as I would from Sachin Tendulkar who I wait to finish his series with Sri Lanka," Amitabh posted on his blog www. bigb. bigadda. com.

Amitabh plays Auro, a 12-year-old child suffering from progeria, a disease that accelerates ageing.

Rohit Sharma has been named as a replacement for world batting record holder Sachin Tendulkar for the Bangladesh tri-series, to be played from January 4-13. The host Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are the two other teams in addition to India. The tri-series will be followed by a two-match Test series.

New Delhi, Dec 25 : Sachin Tendulkar has been rested while Rohit Sharma has been recalled for the tri-series cricket tournament in Bangladesh starting Jan 4.

Leg spinner Amit Mishra and pacer Ashok Dinda were also included in the 16-member squad while pacers Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar and left arm spinner Pragyan Ojha were left out.

Mishra has been out of favour after a lacklustre performance in the first Test against Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad. Dinda made his Twenty20 debut earlier this month.

Kolkata, Dec 23 : Cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly were Wednesday given lifetime passes by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee to travel free in air-conditioned first class coaches with their families.

Banerjee handed over to the duo lifetime achievement cards at a function where Tendulkar was felicitated for completing 20 years in international cricket.

"We are giving Sachin lifetime achievement card from the railways. He and his family can now travel free all over India throughout life in AC first class coaches. We are giving similar lifetime achievement card to Sourav also," Banerjee said at the programme.

Kolkata, Dec 23 - Showering love and gifts, Kolkatans accorded a grand felicitation to batting genius Sachin Tendulkar for completing 20 years in international cricket.

Painters, film stars, sportsmen, business magnates, fashion designers, were among the glitterati who assembled in large numbers Tuesday night to express their gratefulness to the little master and acknowledge his contribution to the game and the country.

Kolkata, Dec 22 :Kolkata Tuesday gave a rousing reception to batting genius Sachin Tendulkar who was showered with adulation and gifts at a glittering function in a five-star hotel here for completing 20 years in top flight cricket.

Painters, film stars, sportsmen, business magnates, fashion designers, were among the cr? me de la creme to descend at the venue to acknowledge the contribution of the little master, who has brought laurels for India from the 22 yards and now holds almost all records with the willow.

Kolkata, Dec 22 : Having partnered each other for years on the 22-yard strip to give flying starts to the Indian batting, cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly Tuesday expressed their mutual admiration and respect at a function here Tuesday.

While Ganguly said playing with Tendulkar was a huge pleasure, the Mumbaikar returned the compliment by describing as 'tremendous' the contribution of the 'prince of Kolkata' to the Indian team and the game.

"You are a champion and you shall always be one," Ganguly said.

Bollywood A-listers joined industrial and political honchos in raising a toast to India’s cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar at a glitzy party hosted by Mukesh and Nita Ambani at their Cuffe Parade residence, Sea Wind, on Sunday.

With about 300 people on the guest list, celebrations spilled over to include Team India topping the Test rankings.

Shah Rukh Khan, with wife Gauri, co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders Juhi Chawla, with husband Jai Mehta, were present, along with Preity Zinta, co-owner of Kings XI Punjab.

Guests included Aamir Khan and wife Kiran, producer Vinod Chopra, director Rajkumar Hirani, director Farah Khan, actors Priyanka Chopra and Anil Kapoor and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel.

New Delhi, Nov 25 : Sachin Tendulkar has made Maharashtra famous all over the world, Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi said Wednesday even as he felt the cricket icon should have avoided the "Mumbai belongs to all Indians" comment as it is an issue for his party.

"I love Sachin a lot. The issue should not come up time and again as it does not leave a good taste," Joshi told IANS here, appearing keen to put an end to the controversy over Sachin's remarks.

London, Nov 19 : England county team Middlesex is all set to sign master blaster Sachin Tendulkar to play Twenty20 cricket for them next season.

Former Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist will also play Twenty20 cricket for Middlesex next season.

The deals would be part-funded by the MCC and would commit the players to five Twenty20 matches, all at Lord’s, The Guardian reports.

New Delhi, Nov 17 : More and more support is pouring in for Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar after Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray slammed him for his "I am an Indian first" comment.

Even Shiv Sena''s ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), supported Tendulkar. "Well, Sachin has said that he is a proud Maharashtrian and a proud Indian, I think the statement is absolutely correct. I don''t think anybody can have any objection to that. He is proud to be an Indian and the whole country is proud of him," said BJP leader Arun Jaitley.

Shimla, Nov 17 - Popular wrestler The Great Khali Tuesday described Sachin Tendulkar as "India's pride" and surprised everyone by singing a Hindi film song in praise of the cricket legend.

World Wrestling Federation (WWF) wrestler Khali, who was attending a function at a government school here, sang "Tum jiyo hajaron saal...", wishing the batsman a long life.

"A batsman like Sachin Tendulkar is India's pride. He is a legend. I am his diehard fan," he said.

Mumbai, Nov 16 - Sachin Tendulkar should "keep off the political pitch" for his own well-being, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said Monday in response to the cricket maestro's comments last week that "Mumbai belongs to all".

In a signed, open letter to the cricketer published in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna, Thackeray has given "a friendly advice" to Tendulkar and asked him to stay away from politics for "his own well-being".

New Delhi, Nov 14 : By the time Sachin Tendulkar made his debut in one-day internationals in 1989, the format had been in existence for 19 years, but it would not be an exaggeration to say that the little dynamo provided the impetus for the tremendous growth of the format.

Tendulkar redefined the rules of the shorter version and took it to new frontiers, setting milestones at every conceivable distance in the 20 years he has been around. He has been an inspiration for generations of players to follow.

Kolkata/New Delhi, Nov 14 : India's spin bowling legends Saturday doffed their hats to little master Sachin Tendulkar, crowing over his discipline and work ethic which kept him fresh even after 20 years of international cricket and ahead of other talented players of his era.