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Dhoni warns team to guard against complacency after Rajkot wi

Indore, Nov 16 : Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today said that after thrashing England by 158 runs in the first match in Rajkot, his team would have to guard against complacency when they take on the tourists in the second cricket one-dayer here tomorrow.

“We are always wary of becoming complacent because if we lose then we will be criticised that we were overconfident. We are always focused on what needs to be done,” Dhoni said while speaking to reporters here this afternoon.

Dhoni felt the wicket prepared for the tie at the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association''s Stadium would not be a shirt-front like the one on which the Indian batsmen feasted on the hapless England attack.

Hosni Mubarak arrives in New Delhi today

New Delhi, Nov 16 : Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will arrive in New Delhi today on a four-day visit to India.

Mubarak will be visiting India after 25 years. He last came here in 1983 on a state visit.

On Tuesday, President Mubarak will be presented the Jawahar Lal Nehru Award for International Understanding, which was conferred on him for the year 1995.

The focus of Mubarak’s visit will be on intensifying strategic and economic cooperation between India and Egypt, old friends and founders of non-aligned movement and South-South cooperation.

Cold wave grips Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar, Nov 16 : Cold wave gripped Jammu and Kashmir after the region witnessed the season''s first snowfall, causing a steep dip in temperature in the valley.

The region received season''s first rainfall on Friday breaking the dry spell that the region was grappling with for the past few months.

The snowfall has affected the life in the region, as people prefer to stay indoors considering the dipping temperature.

Locals could be seen huddled together on roads as they warmed themselves in front of fire.

The snowfall and the sudden change in weather has taken the locals by surprise.

Manmohan Singh bats for developing economies at G-20 summit

Onboard Air India One, Nov 16 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh batted for developing economies at the G-20 summit.

Addressing a news conference onboard Air India One, while returning from Washington on Sunday, Singh said, the present economic crisis was threatening to spill over to the developing countries as well and that the developed countries must not lose sight of the impact of the crisis on the developing countries.

Karunanidhi reiterates his demand of ceasefire between Sri Lankan forces and LTTE

Coimbatore/Chennai, Nov 16 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi on Sunday reiterated his demand of ceasefire between the Sri Lankan forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Sri Lanakan President Mahinda Rajapakse on November 13 in New Delhi ruled out any possibility of ceasefire till the rebels laid down their arms.

The Tigers say they are fighting to establish a separate homeland for Sri Lanka''s Tamil minority, which has complained of marginalisation by successive governments led by the Sinhalese majority since independence from Britain in 1948.

Manmohan Singh calls for coordinated fiscal stimulus to deal with economic crisis

Onboard Air India One, Nov 16 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Sunday called for coordinated fiscal stimulus to deal with present economic crisis.

Addressing a news conference onboard Air India One today, while on his way back from Washington where he attended the G-20 summit, Singh said, all the countries were in complete agreement that there was need for considerable fiscal stimulation.

He also said that international financial institutions should come out with facilities to increase their assistance to developing countries to help them tide over the crisis and added that the international financial institutions must be provided with adequate resources to meet the challenge of the crisis as far as developing countries are concerned.

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