A man detained for SMS threat to Tharoor

Earlier today Manik Verma (Nirmal Verma) was been detained by the police for suspicion of sending an SMS threat to minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor, police sources said. A police officer source said that, "We have picked up Manik Verma (Nirmal Verma) from west Delhi for questioning. He has not yet been arrested," since the police have not received any official complaint from the minister. "Tharoor has not approached us with any complaint. We are making investigations on our own," added the police officer.

The SMS asked Tharoor to apologize to Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi over the Kochi IPL team standoff. The SMS sender claimed himself a member of notorious Chhota Shakeel gang.

In the morning, Tharoor has reportedly written to the Union Home Ministry about the death threat, following which his security has been tightened. Jacob Joseph, the officer on special duty with the minister, told the media that Tharoor had received the SMS threat and the home ministry and police have been alerted. Meanwhile he did not disclose the SMS content.

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Min. of 4 Malayalees in Kochi IPL team: Vivek Venugopal

Two days back i posted about the two new IPL teams: Pune and Kochi which were added up to make the Indian Premier League (IPL) a 10-team affair from the 2011 season. Today i would like to share with my readers what Vivek spoke to the media on cricket and future plans of RSL. Vivek said that, There will be a minimum of four Malayalees in the Kochi-based IPL team, said Vivek Venugopal, the Malayalee face in the Rendezvous Sports Limited (RSL), that bought the team in the last IPL auction. He also said that RSL is planning to unveil new talents identified and selected from the district leavel along with seasoned campaigners. For this RSL will hold district-level camps.

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Two new IPL teams: Sahara bags Pune, Rendezvous gets Kochi

Seven groups came for the bid. Sahara Group won the bid for Pune Group with a total cost of Rs:1702 cores. and Rendezvous Sports bid for 1533 Core rupees to get Kochi as the two new franchisees to make the Indian Premier League (IPL) a 10-team affair from the 2011 season. The two new teams will join eight franchisees that have been part of the IPL for three years: Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Deccan Chargers, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab.

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