Mahendra Singh Dhoni

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Obama's wish about bin Laden's last moments

Obama's wish about bin Laden's last moments

US President Barack Obama

Washington – Five years after US special forces killed Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama says he hopes that in his last moments the terror mastermind realised Americans had not forgotten about 9/11.

In an interview with CNN broadcast on Monday, Obama marked the anniversary of what many see as one of his presidency's greatest achievements: ending the long hunt for the illusive Saudi-born Al-Qaeda boss.

US special forces killed bin Laden in Pakistan on May 2, 2011.

"Hopefully, at that moment, he understood that the American people hadn't forgotten the some 3 000 people who he killed," Obama said.

Obama discussed his decision to carry out the raid despite imperfect intelligence.

"It was clear to me that this was going to be our best chance to get bin Laden," Obama said.

"If in fact we did not take the action, that he might slip away and [it] might be years before he resurfaced.

"We knew it was going to cause some significant blowback within Pakistan and if it wasn't bin Laden, the costs would outweigh the benefits," the president continued.

"Having weighed all that, I thought about the 9/11 families and their continuing pain and sense that it was important for us to bring him to justice."

Obama leaves office in January, with Al-Qaeda significantly diminished by drone strikes and somewhat eclipsed by its offshoot, the so-called Islamic State group.

Baghdad shrine braving bomb threat

Tens of thousands flock to Baghdad shrine braving 

bomb threat

 Baghdad-Tens of thousands of Shiite faithful converged on a north Baghdad shrine on Tuesday for the peak of an annual pilgrimage, braving the threat of attack after two jihadist bombings.

The attacks claimed by Sunni extremists of the Islamic State group killed at least 37 people but did not deter huge crowds of black-clad pilgrims from visiting the shrine of Imam Musa Kadhim to commemorate his death.

"This pilgrimage represents a defeat for terrorism," said Mohammed Nayif, a 32-year-old from Babil province, south of Baghdad.

"We are not afraid of the explosions and nothing will stop us," he said.

An official from the shrine said that "millions" of people participated in the pilgrimage in recent days, and that more details would be released later on Tuesday.

Many of the main thoroughfares in Baghdad are closed in the days leading up to the annual commemoration of Imam Kadhim's death, an important date in the Shiite Muslim calendar.

Kadhim, the seventh of 12 imams revered in Shiite Islam, died in 799 AD. The pilgrimage to his shrine has in recent years turned into a huge event that brings the capital to a standstill for days.

ISIS has claimed multiple attacks in the Baghdad area targeting the pilgrims.

A car bomb in south Baghdad killed at least 14 people on Monday, while 23 people died in a similar attack on the outskirts of the city two days before.

ISIS considers members of Iraq's Shiite majority to be heretics, and frequently targets them in bombings.

Iraqi forces have regained significant ground from IS, which overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014.

But the jihadists still control a major part of western Iraq, and carry out frequent bombings in government-controlled areas.

IPL 2016, RCB vs KKR

RCB bowling is not Popatwadi attack as Sunil Gavaskar said, says Yusuf Pathan 

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Yusuf Pathan smashed 60 runs to guide his KKR team home against RCB. (Source: BCCI)

He led the Kolkata Knight Riders’ successful chase with his batting heroics but Yusuf Patha refused to agree with Sunil Gavaskar’s assessment of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s bowling, which he had termed as ‘popatwadi attack’. (Fixtures | Squads)

KKR chased down a formidable RCB target 186 with ease as Pathan smashed 60 runs on Monday night.

“Any team playing, or for that matter any batting lineup, and especially any bowling lineup cannot be called Popatwadi Attack, when teams are participating in big tournaments as IPL,” Pathan told reporters during the post-match press conference.

During a studio discussion, Gavaskar had called RCB bowling as “popatwadi attack.”

“It is his viewpoint and his perception. Whatever he said, it is according to his understanding. But look at Varun Aaron and Shane Watson, they both have represented their country for their achievements,” he said.

Pathan said when RCB’s bowling will start clicking it will become a different team.

READ: Quiet Knight Yusuf Pathan rises in Bangalore

“Unfortunately for RCB, compared to their batting strengths, their bowling has not been clicking. It is a matter of two to three games, and if their bowling clicks the team will look altogether a different side,” said.

Pathan said the 96 runs partnership for the fifth wicket between him and Andre Russel played a crucial role to clinching a victory against RCB in their backyard.

“In the initial period of our partnership, Russel took the role of going after the bowling, and I steadied the innings, which helped us build a good partnership, and from there on the target began to look small,” he said.

“We were just thinking of staying on the wicket and play shots, when the team was struggling at 69 for four,” he said.

On Gautam Gambhir’s captaincy, Pathan said he is a very good captain, and most importantly he trusts and backs his players in good or bad situation.

“Trusting and backing players in any situation boosts the morale of the players,” he said.

virat kohili

https://youtu.be/gU0sTGRE4nk

padma Bridge in bangladesh

এক নজরে পদ্মা বহুমুখী সেতু প্রকল্প

Component of the Project :
a) Main Bridge
b) River Training Works(RTW)
c) Janjira Approach Road & Selected Bridge End Facilities
d) Mawa Approach Road & Selected Bridge End Facilities
e) Service Area-2
f) Resettlement
g) Environment
h) Land Acquisition
i) CSC(Main Bridge & RTW)
j) CSC(Approach Roads & Service Area-2)
k) Engineering Support & Safety Team(ESST)

Main Bridge (6.15 km long):
Contractor : China Major Bridge Engineering Co. Ltd, China.
Contract Period : 4 years+1year (defect liability period).
Contract Cost : BDT: 12,133.39 crore.
Date of work order : November 26, 2014.
Date of Completion : .
Physical Progress of Work : Mobilization of equipments & procurement of materials as well as preparatory works such as geotechnical investigation, survey, steel fabrication of test pile, dredging and Contractor’s accommodation, stack yard, casting yard etc. construction are going on.

River Training Works(14 km length):
Contractor : Sinohydro Corporation Limited, China.
Contract Period : 4 years+1year (defect liability period).
Contract Cost : BDT: 8707.81 crore.
Date of work order : December 31, 2014.
Date of Completion : .
Physical Progress of Work : Handed over land to Contractor, Mobilization of equipments & procurement of materials as well as Contractor’s accommodation, stack yard, casting yard etc. construction are going on.

Janjira Approach Road & Selected Bridge End Facilities (10.5 km length):
Contractor : AML-HCM JV.
Contract Period : 3 years+1year (defect liability period).
Contract Cost : BDT: 1097.40 crore.
Date of work order : October 08, 2013.
Physical Progress of Work : 29.10%.

Mawa Approach Road & Selected Bridge End Facilities (1.5 km length):
Contractor : AML-HCM JV.
Contract Period : 2.5 years+1year (defect liability period).
Contract Cost : BDT: 193.40 crore.
Date of work order : January 27, 2014
Physical Progress of Work : 21.5%.

Service Area-2:
Contractor : Abdul Monem Ltd.
Contract Period : 2.5 years+1year (defect liability period).
Contract Cost : BDT: 208.71 crore.
Date of work order : January 12, 2014
Physical Progress of Work : 12%.

Resettlement:
Total Additional Grant
Paid to the PAP : BDT: 500.71 crore(upto 31/12/2014).
Total no. of plots : 2698
No. of residential plots : 2618
No. of commercial plots : 80
977 plots have been handed over to the PAP out of approved 1045 plots(upto 31/12/2014).

Environment:
Tree plantation has been started from 2012 and 55150 nos. of tree plantation has been completed up to-date.

Land Acquisition:
Land has been acquired 1408.54 hectre.

CSC(Main Bridge & RTW):
Consultant : Korea Expressway Corporation, South Korea & Associates.
Contract Period : 4 years+1year (defect liability period).
Contract Cost : BDT: 383.15 crore.
Date of Signing Contract : November 03, 2014.
Progress of Work : Deployment of manpower as well as supervision of works are going on.

CSC(Approach Road & Service Area):
Consultant : Special Works Organization(SWO-West), Bangladesh Army in
association with BRTC, BUET.
Contract Period : 3 years+1year (defect liability period).
Contract Cost : BDT: 133.49 crore.
Date of Work Order : October 13, 2013.
Progress of Work : 40%.

Engineering Support & Safety Team(ESST):
ESST : Bangladesh Army.
Contract Period : 4 years+1year (defect liability period).
Contract Cost : BDT: 72.14 crore.
Date of Work Order : October 13, 2013
Progress of Work : 40%.

Delhi Daredevils Team 2016

Delhi Daredevils is one of those teams which always looks strong on paper but do not perform in the ground. It’s been so many seasons of IPL and Champions League Twenty20 and still Delhi Daredevils has never been into the finals. The team always gets a good start during the league matches but somehow they don’t reach semifinals or finals. The team had some big names in the past like Virender Sehwag, T. Dilshan, AB de Villiers and despite these big names, Delhi had still not left any mark on the tournament.

Delhi Daredevils was purchased by GMR Group for $84 million and the team is currently coached by former Indian coach, Gary Kirsten.  Feroz Shah Kotla is their primary home ground while Raipur International Cricket Stadium is their secondary home ground. The team is still struggling to find its captain and there is no confirm news on who will be captaining the team. IPL has never been a good place for Delhi Daredevils as they always find their place at the bottom of the points table.

Delhi Daredevils Team 

1. Mohammed Shami
2. Amit Mishra
3. Imran Tahir
4. Quinton de Kock
5. Chris Morris
6. Albie Morkel
7. Pawan Negi
8. Shahbaz Nadeem
9. Nathan Coulter-Nile
10. Pawan Suyal
11. Karun Nair
12. Mayank Agarwal
13. Saurabh Tiwary
14. Zaheer Khan
15. JP Duminy
16. Sanju Samson
17. Carlos Brathwaite
18. Joel Paris
19. Jayant Yadav
20. Chama Milind
21. Shreyas Iyer
22. Sam Billings
23. Khaleel Ahmed
24. Rishabh Pant
25. Mahipal Lomror
26. Akhil Herwadkar
27. Pratyush Singh

The key players of the team are JP Duminy, Manoj Tiwary, Albie Morkel, Zaheer Khan, Mohammed Shami, Imran Tahir and Quinton de Kock. One of the biggest news of this year’s IPL is the auction of Yuvraj Singh. 2011’s World Cup Hero and one of the best all-rounder of the world, Yuvraj Singh was bought by Delhi Daredevils at mammoth 16 crore which made Yuvraj the costliest player of the IPL.

Although previous season of IPL were not good for Delhi Daredevils but presence of Yuvraj Singh in the team will surely change the game for team. It is also expected that Yuvraj Singh will be the captain of the side. It is due to Yuvraj Singh that Delhi Daredevils are looking strong to win IPL 2016.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Team 2016

Sunrisers Hyderabad came into existence into 2013 by replacing Deccan Chargers.  The team is owned by Kalanithi Maran, owner of Sun TV Channel Network. The team was captained by David Warner. There is no fixed news on who will be the captain of the team. The team is currently coached by Tom Moddy while Muttiah Muralitharan is the bowling coach of the team. K. Srikkanth and VVS Laxman are playing the role of mentors for the team.

Sunrisers Hyderabad is still struggling to leave their impact on IPL as they are still on their way to play their first ever semifinal of Indian Premier League. They reached in play offs in IPL 2013 and were eliminated in the group stage in IPL 2014.  Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Ground is the home ground of the Sunrisers Hyderabad while their secondary home ground is Y.S Rajasekhara reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Team Squad IPL 2016

1. Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh
2. Yuvraj Singh
3. Eoin Morgan
4. Shikhar Dhawan
5. David Warner
6. Moises Henriques
7. Kane Williamson
8. Trent Boult
9. Vijay Shankar
10. Ashish Nehra
11. Naman Ojha
12. Siddarth Kaul
13. Bipul Sharma
14. Aditya Tare
15. Abhimanyu Mithun
16. Karan Sharma
17. Ashish Reddy
18. Parvez Rasool
19. Tirumalasetti Suman
20. Lokesh Rahul
21. Ben Cutting
22. Ricky Bhui
23. Deepak Hooda
24. Mustafizur Rahman
25. Brainder Sran

The key players of Sunrisers Hyderabad are Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner, Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara, Ishant Sharma and Dale Steyn. The team is not so much popular as they are new in the games and they also don’t have big names in their side. The team is considered as underdog and they can give good competition to other teams.

Gujarat Lions Team 2016,

The new team from Gujarat in IPL is famous for all the right reasons as it picked up SURESH RAINA, the impeccable all rounder who can turn any game on its head. The precious left hander batsman has the capability to launch into big shots and smother the opposition bowling. Rajkot Lions would be a challenge in the bowling department Headed by James Faulkner. He is equipped with the capability to bowl perfect Yorkers and the slower ones to stifle the batsmen at the end of the innings.

RAJKOT LIONS is a force to reckon with due to the inclusion of all rounder. The surprise package of the team is SHIVIL KAUSHIK, the rookie left arm spinner who can torment the batsmen due to his unusual action. He can be introduced in the middle of the over to create havoc and brighten the chances of the team to win the match. Inclusion of players such as MCCULLUM in the squad is a shot in the arm of the middle order because on his day, the batsman is a match winner.

The spin bowling department will have more teeth with the arrival of RAVINDRA JADEJA. If the pitch is suitable for spin bowling, no batsman can handle the moving ball from the all rounder. In addition, he is a valuable lower order batsman who can easily alter the scoring rate with his swashbuckling knocks. The stint with Chennai Kings has proved that SIR JADEJA is no mug with the bat and can tear the bowling apart irrespective of its quality.

Gujarat Lions Team Squad IPL 2016

1. Suresh Raina
2. Ravindra Jadeja
3. Dale Steyn
4. Dwayne Bravo
5. Brendon McCullum
6. Shadab Jakati
7. Pradeep Sangwan
8. Sarabjit Ladda
9. Praveen kumar
10. Dinesh Karthik
11. Dhawal Kulkarni
12. Dwayne Smith
13. Eklavya Dwivedi
14. James Faulkner
15. Pravin Tambe
16. Aaron Finch
17. Jaydev Shah
18. Paras Dogra
19. Andrew Tye
20. Amit Mishra
21. Akshdeep Nath
22. Ishan Kishan
23. Shivil Kaushik
24. Umang Sharma

Openers in the form of Finch and DWAYNE SMITH can provide solid start to the innings however the only weak link might be DINESH KARTIK, the wicket keeper. He is not in a good form in recent times and might have to be at the bench.

Chennai Super Kings Team 2016

There is no doubt in the fact that Chennai Super Kings is the most successful team of the IPL. It is the only IPL team after Mumbai Indians which have won both the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Champions League Twenty20, not once but twice. CSK won the IPL in 2010 and 2011 while they won the CLT20 in 2010 and 2014. Chennai Super Kings is also the most valuable franchise in the IPL and its brand value is over US$75.13 million. CSK is owned by Chennai Super Kings Cricket limited and it plays its home matches at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Chennai Super Kings is one of the teams which always remain in the semifinals and they are three times runner ups. They were the second best team of IPL in 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2015. The team is coached by Stephen Fleming and is led by Indian Team Captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Andy Bichel is the bowling coach while Steve Rixon is the fielding coach.  CSK is also known for its fair play and has been awarded the fair play award for five times. The leading run-scorer of the team is Suresh Raina who is also the first player to score 2000 runs in IPL while the leading wicket taker for the team is R. Ashwin.

Chennai Super Kings Team Squad IPL 2016(Probable)

1. Suresh Raina
2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
3. Ravindra Jadeja
4. Ravichandran Ashwin
5. Faf du Plessis
6. Kyle John Abbott
7. Dwayne Bravo
8. Samuel Badree
9. Brendon McCullum
10. Baba Aparajith
11. Michael Hussey
12. Ronit More
13. Mohit Sharma
14. Ashish Nehra
15. Pawan Negi
16. Dwayne Smith
17. Ishwar Pandey
18. Mithun Manhas
19. Rahul Sharma
20. Matt Henry

Captain of CSK, M.S Dhoni is the most successful captain in the IPL with a success rate of 61.05%. Suresh Raina is considered as the trump card of the team and he is the most capped player of IPL and has not missed a single IPL match. He is currently the highest run scorer of IPL and is the only Player who scores over 400 runs in every season of IPL. In IPL 2016, CSK is considered as the strongest contender for the IPL trophy.

Rajasthan Royals Team 2016 

Rajasthan Royals is the same team which was considered as the weakest team of the first edition of IPL but they emerged as victorious. Rajasthan Royals won the first ever edition of IPL thanks to some brilliant captaincy by legendary Shane Warne.  The team is co-owned by Jaipur IPL Cricket Private Ltd, Manoj Badale, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra.

Although, the team did won the first IPL, but after that it is still trying to search for their lost form. Apart from first IPL, Rajasthan Royals never reached the semifinals of any of the IPL season. However, they were the runner up of Cricket League Twenty 20 2013. The best thing about Rajasthan Royals is that they always try to nurture hidden talent. They always pick uncapped players and they have a tradition of unearthing amazing talent. The team is nicknamed as Moneyball team of IPL due to their emphasis on buying players at cut-throat prices.

The team is captained by Shane Watson who is also the leading run scorer of the team and it is coached by Paddy Upton. Rahul Dravid is playing the role of chief mentor for the team. Rajasthan Royals have two home ground where Sawai Mansigh Stadium is their primary home ground and Sardar Patel Stadium is their secondary home ground.

Rajasthan Royals Team Squad IPL 2016(probable)

1. Ajinkya Rahane
2. Steven Smith
3. Shane Watson
4. Tim Southee
5. Rajat Bhatia
6. Dhawal Kulkarni
7. Karun Nair
8. Ankit Sharma
9. Abhishek Nayar
10. Kane Richardson
11. Dishant Yagnik
12. James Faulkner
13. Pravin Tambe
14. Sanju Samson
15. Stuart Binny
16. Vikramjeet Malik
17. Ben Cutting
18. Rahul Tewatia
19. Deepak Hooda

The key players of the team are Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, James Faulkner, Sanju Samson and Tim Southee. Siddharth Trivedi is also one of their major player who is also the leading wicket taker for the team.  There is no doubt that Rajasthan Royals has the capability of changing the complete game and they also did it once. However, if previous record is to be checked, the team is not been able to pick up their lost pace and consistency. They are not a big threat for IPL trophy but should also not be taken lightly as this time, they have nothing to lose.