Sachin appreciates Federer in his tweet :

Sachin appreciates Federer in his tweet :

New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar seems to be pleasantly surprised that Roger Federer has a good knowledge of cricket. The two met at the All England Club on Saturday.

Tendulkar along with his wife Anjali was present to see Federer take on David Nalbandian which the Swiss won to advance to the fourth round of Wimbledon. The three later dined together as well. The Master-Blaster later tweeted his views on the 16 Grand Slam title winner. "A humble guy, he knows a lot about cricket," he said on the micro-blogging site.

The two also spent close to an hour chatting on the balcony of the royal box prior to dining

Elephants injured by train: 

 

 

 Jalpaiguri, West Bengal:  A herd of elephants were injured in Jalpaiguri district of North Bengal after being hit by a train on Saturday night.

A herd of 60 elephants entered an area covered with tea gardens. At around 9.45 pm, the elephants were hit by the Asansol Express as they were crossing the railway tracks.

Wildlife officials reached the spot in one hour and herded the unhurt elephants into the forest. Locals claim four elephants were injured in the incident, whereas officials have put the number at two.

One of the injured elephants has gone into the forest, and was being treated there.

The elephant with serious injuries was crane-lifted onto to a lorry and taken to the Gorumara National Park for treatment.

A similar incident had claimed the lives of seven elephants in September, last year.

 

Civil society not to be used again in drafting of law: Sibal

Civil society not to be used again in drafting of law: Sibal

New Delhi:  After a not-so-pleasant experience of engaging with Anna Hazare's team in drafting of the Lokpal Bill, the government says that there will be no such experiment in the future.



HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, one of the key members of the joint committee for drafting the Lokpal Bill, also maintains that it cannot be cited as a precedent.

He says the draft of the bill will undergo changes after consultations with political parties and other members of the civil society.

"I don't say it is a precedent. In the given situation, the government was in, it is a decision that we took with open eyes and I don't consider it to be a precedent... the government was in a particular situation," Sibal told PTI in an interview.

He was asked if in the future some activists could resort to agitation to be part of the law-making process.

Asked if it was a "one-off" episode, the noted lawyer-turned-politician said, "I would imagine so."

Sibal emphasised that the draft bill prepared by the five ministers was not the "final bill" and "it will go through changes when we get inputs not just from other political parties but also other members of civil society".

The government is holding a meeting with political parties on the issue on July 3.