Iconic Eden Gardens to host World T20 final
NEW DELHI: The iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata will host the World Twenty20 final in April next year, the Indian board said on Tuesday as it announced the venues for the tournament...
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ArchivePakistan sedate with bat but incisive with ball to win Eden warm-up
Pakistan walked in with a swagger, played with a swagger, and won their only warm-up game in the World T20 with a swagger at the Eden Gardens on Monday...
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ArchiveYadav hat-trick, Kohli hand India victory at Eden
KOLKATA: Kuldeep Yadav’s maiden hat-trick and a fluent 92 by Virat Kohli helped India cruise to a 50-run win over Australia in the second One-day International here at the Eden Gardens on Thursday...
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ArchiveMashrafe downplays Pakistan’s Eden record
KOLKATA: Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza does not believe Pakistan enjoys any edge over his team because of their track record at the Eden Gardens or having played a warm-up game here a day earlier...
“I don’t think two to three days of practice or four wins matter,” Mashrafe said at a press briefing at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday immediately before a net session, referring to Pakistan’s 4-0 record in ODIs against India at the...
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ArchivePakistan bank on history, Bangladesh on form as the two clash at the Eden
KOLKATA: Pakistan will be hoping to set the record straight against Bangladesh when the two meet at the Eden Gardens this afternoon – provided Mashrafe Mortaza’s side let them...
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ArchiveCrowd flavour at Eden makes win sweeter
KOLKATA: The sole Indian flag that the fan was waving lustily on the left of the Eden Gardens Club House was conspicuous by the incongruity of the setting...
The lone Indian Tricolour was a bit of a misfit at the Eden on Wednesday evening...
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ArchiveFaran: evil as Eden
The actor will again be seen doing what he does best: playing the villainous part of Eden in the project...
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ArchiveWhen Eden gave standing ovation to Pakistani great Asif Iqbal
KOLKATA: The palpable support for the Pakistan team at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday was not a knee-jerk reaction to the furore over Shahid Afridi’s much-debated comment on being more loved by Indians...
Eden has done it before — 36 years ago — when it rose in a body to give a standing ovation to a man that had just played his last Test, and had chosen this iconic field to do so — Asif Iqbal...
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ArchiveThe joy that is Eden Gardens
The exclusive Calcutta Club, the Victoria Memorial building which are masterpiece of architecture of the Colonial time reminding us all of the East India Company which infiltrated to later develop India into the centre of the British Raj, was all right in front of me as I headed towards the Eden Gardens in the distance and across the vast maidaan (savannah) for the Test between India and Pakistan...
The aura that makes Eden Gardens,...
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PakistanNAB working to get Eden housing owners on ECL
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has written to the interior ministry for placing the owners and co-owners of the Eden Housing group on the exit control list (ECL)...
“NAB has black-listed owner of the Eden group Dr Amjad’s passport and process is underway to do the same with other co-owners,” an official said, adding the bureau had also written to the interior ministry to place the owners and co-owners on the ECL... ...
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PakistanOwners escape to Canada: NAB to compensate Eden victims thru’ seized assets
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau has estimated that the seized property of the Eden Housing group is more than Rs15 billion and it will start compensating the claimants soon...
The NAB has so far received over 2,000 complaints against the Eden group...
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ArchiveEden housing scam affectees protest outside PM Imran’s house
LAHORE: The affectees of the Eden Housing Society on Sunday held a demonstration outside the Zaman Park residence of Prime Minister Imran Khan, urging him to help them recover their hard-earned money looted by the group that launched the housing scheme...
The protesters demanded the PTI government should bring Eden Housing group owner Dr Amjad and others back from Canada and recover the looted money from them or ensure the group...
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ArchiveEx-CJP Iftikhar Chaudhry's son-in-law arrested from Dubai in Eden Housing scam: minister
A son-in-law of former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Chaudhry has been arrested from Dubai in a case regarding the multi-billion Eden Housing Society scam, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry announced on Wednesday...
He said others accused of allegedly cheating people who had invested their money in the Eden Housing Society included Chaudhry's son, Arsalan Iftikhar, his daughter and the father-in-law of his daughter... ...
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ArchiveNAB asks Eden owner to pay Rs16bn in plea bargain
LAHORE: Eden Garden Housing Limited owner Dr Amjad who had fled the country three years ago to escape arrest in the housing scam case, returned to the country and had a meeting with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday to seek a plea bargain...
“After securing a protective bail Dr Amjad held a meeting with the NAB Lahore and sought a plea bargain (PB) worth Rs9bn...
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