2011 Indian Premier League group stage, Matches
Captain Mahela Jayawardene was stumped for 18 (18b, 2x4) while trying to increase the run rate, and Kochi were 126/3 with 4 overs left but Brad Hodge then hit a couple of boundaries until Zaheer Khan smashed his leg stump while on 27 (21b, 3x4). Raiphi Gomez went for a first-baller but Ravindra Jadeja stayed not out on 23 (16b, 2x4, 1x6) to carry Kochi to 161/5.


2011 Indian Premier League group stage, Matches
The Bangalore reply didn't start off too well, with opener Tillakaratne Dilshan slicing one to cover at the start of the second over having scored just 1 (4b). Mayank Agarwal and Virat Kohli then recovered, with the former hitting some big shots and latter some elegant boundaries, until Kohli was trapped in front by Vinay Kumar on 23 (18b, 4x4) but Bangalore were 48/2 after 6 overs, well on course with the required rate.


2011 Indian Premier League group stage, Matches
Bangalore continued to move rapidly, with Agarwal hitting legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for six in his first ball and AB de Villiers brilliantly scooping Sreesanth for six. Agarwal then found long-off on 33 (24b, 2x4, 2x6), leaving Bangalore at 85/3 after 10 overs, and a required run rate of 7.7. de Villiers and Saurabh Tiwary started to consolidate but however, some good bowling by the top Kochi bowlers restricted the flow of runs and left Bangalore with 33 needed off 3 overs. The 18th over, bowled by parttimer Raiphi Gomez proved decisive.


2011 Indian Premier League group stage, Matches
First hit for a six by de Villiers, he fought back to get the wicket of Tiwary for 26 (24b, 2x4) but de Villiers hit the last two balls for sixes, getting his half-century and leaving Bangalore with just 13 off 2 overs. Asad Pathan hit three boundaries in the next over and finished off the match, with Bangalore winning by six wickets. de Villiers was not out on 54 (40b, 1x4, 5x6), a matchwinning knock.


2011 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2011, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held on 22 July  to elect respectively 1 member from Goa, 3 members from Gujarat and 6 members from West Bengal for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.


2011 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Elections
Elections were held to elect members from Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal.


2011 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Elections, Members elected
The following members are elected in the elections held in 2011.


2011 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Bye-elections
The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra & Tamil Nadu, Assam and Bihar.


2011 Indian Super Cup
The 2011 Indian Super Cup was the 10th Indian Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's I-League and Federation Cup competitions. The match was between Salgaocar and East Bengal with East Bengal winning 9–8 on penalties. The match played at Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi, on October 18, 2011.


2011 Indian Super Cup, Background
This was Salgaocar's third time playing in this match (they won the first two times) and fifth for East Bengal (they won it two times as well).


2011 Indian Volley League
The 2011 Indian Volley League season was the debut season of the Indian Volley League, established by Volleyball federation of India in 2011. The season commenced on the 29 May 2011 till 24 June 2011. First season was won by Chennai Spikers.


2011 Indian Volley League
Chennai Spikers were the champions of the inaugural edition of the Indian Volley League.


2011 Indian Volley League, Teams
Six teams took part in first season of the Indian Volley League.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement
The Indian anti-corruption movement was a series of demonstrations and protests across India that began in 2011 and was intended to establish strong legislation and enforcement against perceived endemic political corruption. The movement was named as one of the "Top 10 News Stories of 2011" by Time magazine.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement
The movement gained momentum from 5 April 2011, when anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare began a hunger strike at the Jantar Mantar monument in New Delhi. The movement aimed to alleviate corruption in the Indian government through introduction of the Jan Lokpal Bill. Another aim, which was led by Ramdev, Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal, Jayakumar Ezhuthupally was the repatriation of black money from foreign banks.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement
Mass protesters focussed on legal and political issues, including political corruption, kleptocracy, and other forms of corruption. The movement was primarily one of non-violent civil resistance and was composed of demonstrations, marches, acts of civil disobedience, hunger strikes, and rallies, and the use of social media to organise, communicate, and raise awareness. The protests were nonpartisan and most protesters were hostile to political parties' attempts to use them to strengthen their own political agenda.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, Background
Issues of corruption in India have become increasingly prominent in recent years. After independence in 1947, the country was subject to socialist-inspired economic policies until the 1980s. Over-regulation, protectionism, and government ownership of industry led to slow economic growth, high unemployment, and widespread poverty. This system of bureaucratic control by government, which is called the License Raj, was at the core of endemic corruption.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, Background
The 1993 Vohra Report submitted by the former Indian Union Home Secretary Narinder Nath Vohra studied the criminalisation of politics and contains several observations made by official agencies on the criminal network that was virtually running a parallel government. It also discussed criminal gangs that enjoyed the patronage of politicians and the protection of government functionaries. According to the report, political leaders had become leaders of street gangs and rogue elements in the military. Criminals had been elected to local bodies, state assemblies, and the Parliament of India.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, Background
The 2005 Right to Information Act (RTI) helped civilians work towards tackling corruption. The Act allows Indian citizens to request information for a fixed fee of ₹ 10 (US$0.22) from a public authority, which is required to reply to the request within thirty days. Activists – some of whom have been attacked and killed – have used this law to uncover corruption cases against politicians and bureaucrats.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, Background
In the years immediately preceding the 2011 anti-corruption protests, there were examples of alleged corruption in the country; these included the Adarsh Housing Society Scam, the 2010 housing loan scam, the Radia tapes controversy, and the 2G spectrum case. In February 2011, the Supreme Court of India ordered all trial courts in the country to expedite handling of corruption cases and the President of India Pratibha Patil stated measures to ratify the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) and other legislative and administrative measures to improve transparency would be taken. A month later, the Supreme Court forced the resignation of Chief Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, Background
A worldwide, 50-city march called the Dandi March II was organised by People for Lok Satta and took place in March 2011, as did the Drive Around Delhi protest.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, March 2011 protests
Dandi March II organized Group of Non-Resident Indians walked 240 miles in the United States against corruption in India. Started in Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park, San Diego, California on March 12 2011 and ends March 26 at Gandhi Statue, San Francisco and demanded for Lokpal Bill and return of black money, March also conducted in 45 cities in USA, 40 cities in India and 8 other countries globally supported many Groups Lok Satta Party, India Against Corruption, 5th Pillar, Youth For Better India, Saaku


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, April 2011 protests
Anna Hazare wanted a joint committee composed of members of the government and of civil society to be formed to draft tougher anti-corruption legislation. After Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India rejected Hazare's demand, Hazare began a hunger strike on 5 April 2011 at the Jantar Mantar, Delhi. He said the fast would continue until the legislation was enacted. His action attracted considerable support, including some people who joined him in fasting. Prominent representatives of opposition political parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Communist Party of India (Marxist), indicated their support for Hazare and demanded government action. Hazare would not allow politicians to sit with him and those who tried to join him, such as Uma Bharti and Om Prakash Chautala, were turned away.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, April 2011 protests
Protests in sympathy with Hazare spread to other Indian cities, including Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, and Ahmedabad. Prominent figures from Bollywood, sports and business indicated their support, and there were protests in other countries, including the US, Britain, France and Germany. The government squabbled with the activists, insisting the drafting committee would be headed by a government-appointed minister and not, as the protesters had demanded to prevent the government from making the bill less powerful, a civil society member.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, April 2011 protests
On 6 April, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, whom Hazare had accused of being corrupt, resigned from the group of ministers that had been tasked with reviewing the draft bill. On 9 April, the government agreed to establish a joint committee; this came from a compromise that politician Pranab Mukherjee would be chairman and a non-politician activist Shanti Bhushan would be co-chairman. Bhushan, together with Hazare, Justice N. Santosh Hegde, advocate Prashant Bhushan and RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal, had originally drafted the Lokpal Bill. The first meeting of the Lokpal Bill drafting committee was held on 16 April. The government agreed to audio-record the committee's meetings and to hold public consultations before a final draft was prepared but refused Hazare's demand for the proceedings to be televised live.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, June protest
In April, Ramdev had announced he would launch a people's anti-corruption movement called Bharat Swabhiman Andolan. On 13 May, it was announced  India had completed ratification of the UN Convention against Corruption, a process that had begun in 2010. In early  June, senior Union Ministers Pranab Mukherjee, Kapil Sibal, Pawan Kumar Bansal and Subodh Kant Sahay met Ramdev to discuss his concerns.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, June protest
Ramdev supported Hazare's fast and led a second major protest at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi, on 4 June to highlight the need for legislation to repatriate untaxed black money deposited abroad; Ramdev demanded untaxed money should be declared to be the wealth of the nation and that the act of caching allegedly illegally obtained money in foreign banks should be declared a crime against the state.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, June protest
The Ramlila Maidan was booked for 40 days to allow the protest to happen. Preparations included setting up a toilet, drinking water,  medical facilities and a media centre. Ramdev said more than 100 million people were directly involved with the Bharat Swabhiman Andolan. Almost 3.2 million "netizens" joined the campaign.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, June protest
On 5 June, police raided the Maidan, detaining Ramdev and removing his supporters after firing tear gas shells and lathicharging. Fifty-three people, including twenty police officers, were treated for injuries. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee called the police action "unfortunate" and said the police action was necessary because Ramdev had no permission to hold the protest. Ministers said permission had been granted for a yoga camp with 5,000 attendees but not for a 65,000-strong political protest. It was alleged the police raid had been planned for several days. The police said Ramdev had been informed shortly beforehand permission to continue his protest had been cancelled. By that time, over 5,000 police officers had been prepared for action. There was an allegation CCTV footage of the raid was missing.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, June protest
On 6 June, the National Human Rights Commission of India requested reports of the events to be provided within two weeks by the Union Home Secretary, Delhi Chief Secretary, and the Delhi City Commissioner of Police. Hazare responded to the events by holding a one-day hunger strike. Protests were held across India, including Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Jammu, and Lucknow. They also spread to Nepal. Ramdev said a second phase of the Bharat Swabhiman Yatra would begin in October and would cover 100,000 kilometres (62,000 mi).


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, June protest, After the protest, Civil society response
Ramdev said the government was not serious about discussing corruption and black money, and that government negotiator Kapil Sibal had cheated him through a "scheming and cunning" attitude. He said there was a conspiracy to kill him and that he was threatened during a meeting with senior ministers. He also said the ruling government chairperson Sonia Gandhi and the United Progressive Alliance government will be responsible for any threat to his life, and that he was nearly strangled by the police. After being evicted from Delhi, Ramdev wanted to continue his fast at Noida but was denied permission to do so by the Uttar Pradesh government. He decided to continue his hunger strike and satyagraha from Haridwar until 12 June 2011.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, June protest, After the protest, Civil society response
Hazare said there might have been some faults with Ramdev's agitation, the beating up of people at night rather than in the daytime was a "blot on democracy", and that "there was no firing otherwise the eviction was similar to Jallianwala Bagh incident". He also said the "strangulation of democracy" would cause protests throughout the country to "teach government a lesson". Campaigner Arvind Kejriwal said the use of police force on non-violent, sleeping protesters was undemocratic.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, June protest, After the protest, Government response
Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh said the government had reached an agreement before the protests were held. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrote to Ramdev asking him to desist from holding the protests. Nationalist Congress Party General Secretary Tariq Anwar said; "Both Hazare and Ramdev are blackmailing the government and they should first peep into their own hearts". Pawan Bansal said the midnight police raid "was not a crackdown, [the government] had to do it to maintain law and order". All India Congress Committee secretary Janardan Dwivedi described Ramdev's protest as a "political game" by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying Ramdev got more attention than Nigamananda Saraswati, a protester who had fasted for over two months about a different matter, despite being treated in the same hospital.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, June protest, After the protest, Political party response
The BJP called the police action to break up the hunger strike "undemocratic". Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi condemned the incident, comparing it with Ravana-Lila and adding; "It is one of the worst days of Indian history. The Prime Minister had said during the elections that he would bring back black money stashed in Swiss banks within 100 days of coming into power. But today, it is two years and nothing has happened." L. K. Advani said the police action reminded him of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and called it "naked fascism".


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, June protest, After the protest, Political party response
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said: "This is not democracy ... the police cannot alone have taken such a step. It had the approval of the Prime Minister and full approval of the Congress President." Bahujan Samaj Party leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister  Mayawati condemned the government's action against Ramdev, demanded an investigation by the Supreme Court of India and said justice cannot be expected from the central government. The Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav condemned the incident, saying it shows the Union Government  has lost its mental balance. Blaming the ruling Indian National Congress party, Yadav said; "A Congress leader said that Baba is a thug. I want to say that Congress is the biggest thug and it should introspect its deeds." He also compared the raid to military action against a foreign enemy.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, June protest, After the protest, Political party response
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad Yadav accused Ramdev of being a front for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) termed the police action against Ramdev "deplorable and shortsighted" but found fault with him for making the issue of black money "farcical" by entering into a secret agreement with government.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, June protest, After the protest, Political party response
The party said; "The manner in which Ramdev's demands were drafted and the way in which he has conducted his interactions with the government, coming to a secret agreement to withdraw the hunger strike on the basis of assurances, then reneging and announcing its extension trivialised the seriousness of the issue of black money and made it farcical". The Shiv Sena strongly condemned the police action. Nitish Kumar, leader of Janata Dal (United) and the Chief Minister of Bihar, condemned the attack, saying; "It is a major blow to democracy and an attack on the democratic rights of the people ... It is also an attack on the fundamental rights of the citizens".


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, June protest, After the protest, Suo Moto cognizance by the Supreme Court
An advocate of Ramdev petitioned the Supreme Court of India, saying no First Information Report had been registered with the police and thus the protesters' eviction was of dubious legality. The Supreme Court issued notices to the Union Home Secretary, Chief Secretary of Delhi, Delhi administration, and Delhi Police Commissioner, expressing its displeasure the entire contents of the petition had been leaked to the media before the matter went up for hearing. On 29 August 2011, the Court blamed the Delhi Police for the forcible eviction.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, August protests
By mid-June 2011, the Jan Lokpal drafting committee was in disagreement and government representatives said if a consensus was not reached, both the government draft and that by the civil society representatives, would be sent to the Cabinet. Hazare said if only the government version of the bill was passed by parliament, he would start a hunger strike on 16 August 2011. On 15 August, he announced the fast would begin the following day.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, August protests
The government imposed Section 144 at Jayaprakash Narayan Park, Rajghat and Delhi Gate, prohibiting an assembly of five or more people. Delhi Police detained Hazare in the early morning of 16 August before he could start his hunger strike. More than 1,200 supporters, including members of Team Anna, were also taken into preventative custody. Most of the supporters, including Kiran Bedi and Shanti Bushan, were released by early evening. Hazare was remanded to Tihar Jail after he refused to sign a personal bail bond.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, August protests
Within hours, a Team Anna spokesperson said Hazare had begun his hunger protest in custody and was not accepting water to drink. The arrests sparked protests across the country, and were condemned by opposition political parties and some non-government organisations. Parliament was unable to conduct business after a protest forced an adjournment for the day. In Chennai, Mahatma Gandhi's secretary V. Kalyanam, led the protesters. He said:


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, August protests
India will get a sure gold medal if corruption is entered as an item in the Olympic Games. We may not be a force in football or athletics or hockey. But India is the undisputed global leader in corruption.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, August protests
Delhi police commissioner B. K. Gupta said the police were not keen for Hazare be sent to judicial custody and had been prepared to release him if he had given an undertaking not to break Section 144, and ask his supporters not to do so. In a message released after his detention, Hazare said this was the beginning of the "second freedom struggle" and he called on people to participate in a jail bharo (mass arrest) protest. On 16 August, Hazare and his close associate and lawyer Prashant Bhushan asked government employees across the country to go on mass leave to show solidarity with the movement. Union Home minister P. Chidambaram hoped they would not respond, describing the call as "completely wrong".


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, August protests, Hazare's release
It was decided to release Hazare after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, who disapproved of the arrest, on the evening of 16 August. Congress sources said the Government decided to release him and his supporters after concluding keeping him in jail would disrupt law and order unnecessarily. Over 1,500 people who had been detained for taking part in protests demanding Hazare's release were also freed. Hazare refused to leave the jail until the government agreed to give unconditional permission to hold protests at Jai Prakash Narayan National Park.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, August protests, Hazare's release
Hazare agreed to leave jail after Delhi Police granted him permission to fast for 15 days at Ramlila Maidan, a larger venue than Jai Prakash Narayan National Park. He, however, had to spend another night in jail because the venue was not ready. Hazare left jail on 19 August for the 25,000-capacity Ramlila Maidan, which he said he would not leave until the bill was passed.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, August protests, Parliamentary debate
A debate on the Jan Lokpal bill was held in Parliament on 27 August 2011. Hazare demanded a citizen charter,  lower bureaucracy to be included in the bill, and the establishment of Lok Ayuktas in the states. Both houses of Parliament agreed to these demands. Hazare announced he would break his fast on 28 August.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, December protests
On 11 December, Hazare sat on a day-long fast at the Jantar Mantar. This protest was against proposals of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the anti-graft measure. It was the first at which politicians shared the stage with Hazare, with leaders of the BJP, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Janata Dal, Akali Dal, Telugu Desam Party and Biju Janata Dal participating in the public debate on the Lokpal bill. The expected introduction of the Lokpal bill in the Lok Sabha did not occur.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, December protests
The Food Security Bill was first introduced and the subsequent process of the Lokpal Bill was hindered by procedural and party political issues. The proposed Lokpal Bill was rejected by the government, which put forward a revised proposal, along with a constitutional bill, in an attempt to resolve the problems that were raised during the session about reservation for minorities and under-represented groups.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, December protests
Hazare announced on 22 December a hunger strike would take place between 27 and 29 December, followed by a Jail Bharo Andolan to pressurise the government. He began his fast on 27 December at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai rather than in Delhi because of the cold climate in the latter city. Turnout was well below expectations, in part because of the cold weather. IAC members asked him to end this latest fast because of his poor health, having suffered from cold and mild fever for few days previously, but he refused.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, December protests
On the second day of the fast, Hazare repeated his threat to campaign against Congress in the five poll-bound states for not bringing a strong Lokpal. He ended his fast because of his deteriorating health and the low turn-out across the country. He said the movement had not stopped but was merely postponed. He also announced the cancellation of the "Jail Bharo" movement due to his bad health.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, December protests, Parliament debate
The Lok Sabha debated the Lokpal Bill on 27 December 2011. The debate resulted in the bill being passed by the Rajya Sabha (upper house) but the new, nine-member Lokpal panel was not given constitutional status because the government failed to get the necessary two-thirds majority of MPs present. The Lokpal Bill was sent for review to the Indian President Pratibha Patil on 28 December 2011; a standard procedure for any legislation that has financial implications. Patil gave her assent for the Bill to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, 2012
The movement was reinvigorated following a mass gathering at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on 25 March 2012. Attempts to introduce some form of legislation, even though it was weaker than that demanded by the activists, had expired with the end of the parliamentary session on 27 December 2011. The government reintroduced the bill in the Rajya Sabha in February 2012 but it was not timetabled for debate and the session ended without the bill being passed.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, 2012, Protests
Hazare said the protest movement would recommence and he went on a one-day hunger strike on 25 March 2012. A month later, Hazare held a token one-day fast focussed on the remembrance of whistle-blowers such as Narendra Kumar and Satyendra Dubey, who had died as a result of their support for the anti-corruption cause. On 3 June, Hazare undertook another one-day fast at the Jantar Mantar, where he was joined by Ramdev.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, 2012, Protests
Hazare and Bedi reformed Team Anna while Kejriwal and some others split from the apolitical movement to form what was to become the Aam Aadmi Party.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, 2012, Protests
An indefinite fast began at the Jantar Mantar on 25 July and involved members of Team Anna, although Hazare was not involved until four days later. The fast was a protest against the government's refusal of an inquiry against the prime minister and 14 cabinet ministers whom the protesters had accused of corruption. The fast ended on 3 August. Three days later, Hazare announced he and his fellow activists had decided to end their fast because the government did not seem ready to enact the Jan Lokpal Bill, to discontinue talks with the government and to cease any protests under the Team Anna name.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, 2012, Aftermath
After failing to press the Indian government to pass The Lokpal Bill, 2011, Team Anna was split on the issue of formation of political party. Anna Hazare and some others did not want to enter mainstream politics while Arvind Kejriwal led the campaigning group India Against Corruption, and later formed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on 26 November 2012. The party made its electoral debut in the December 2013 Delhi legislative assembly election. It emerged as the second-largest party, winning 28 of the 70 seats. and went on to form a minority government with conditional support from the Indian National Congress. The AAP failed to pass a Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi assembly and resigned from the government after 49 days. The President's rule was imposed in the state for a year.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, 2012, Aftermath
The Parliament of India enacted The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 few days after the Delhi election in December 2013.


2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, Media coverage
An Insignificant Man, a 2017 Hindi/English Indian socio-political documentary, was co-produced and directed by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla, and was also co-produced by Anand Gandhi. The documentary is about the rise of anti-corruption protests in India and the formation and rise to power of the AAP.


2011 Indiana Fever season
The 2011 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.


2011 Indiana Fever season, Transactions, WNBA Draft
The following are the Fever's selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft.


2011 Indiana Hoosiers football team
The 2011 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season in the new Leaders Division of the Big Ten Conference. The 2011 season was the first for new head coach Kevin Wilson, formerly the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. They finished the season 1–11, 0–8 in Big Ten play to place last in the Leaders Division.


2011 Indiana Hoosiers football team, Before the season
The Hoosiers entered the season with a new outlook on the football program, after athletic director Fred Glass fired former head coach Bill Lynch and his staff and brought in Oklahoma offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson. To complete his staff, Wilson hired Kevin Johns (Northwestern) and Rod Smith (Michigan) as co-offensive coordinators and Mike Ekeler (Nebraska) and Doug Mallory (New Mexico, LSU) as co-defensive coordinators. The massive turnover in staff lead to a number of changes in team and player personnel. The main position battle heading into the season was at quarterback, with three main candidates (RS sophomores Edward Wright-Baker and Dusty Kiel and true freshman Tre Roberson) were competing to replace senior Ben Chappell, who led the Big Ten in passing the season before.


2011 Indiana State Sycamores football team
The 2011 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Sycamores were led by fourth year head coach Trent Miles and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.


2011 Indiana legislative walkouts
The 2011 Legislative Walkout in Indiana occurred during February and March when the Democratic minority, inspired by the 2011 Wisconsin protests, fled the state to deny the Indiana House of Representatives quorum needed to pass a controversial right-to-work bill, which would have removed the legal requirement that employees pay union dues. The walkout lasted nearly six weeks, and the majority responded by fining the missing members and withholding their pay. The walkout ended after the majority agreed to table three bills, including the one that sparked the walkout, from the agenda.


2011 Indiana legislative walkouts, Walkout
On February 22, 2011, Democratic legislators in the Indiana House of Representatives staged a legislative walkout. Republican legislators attempted to pass a right to work bill in the Indiana House of Representatives. The bill would have made it illegal for employees to be required to join a workers union. Republicans argued that it would help the state attract new employers. Unable to prevent the measure from passing, all but three Democratic legislators fled the state to neighboring Illinois to deny the body quorum while several hundred protesters staged demonstrations at the capital.


2011 Indiana legislative walkouts, Walkout
Minority walkouts are common in Indiana, but are typically short in duration. They have occurred as recently as 2005, and as long ago as Civil War era, when at the request of Governor Oliver P. Morton, Republicans fled the capitol to prevent anti-war and pro-Confederate legislation from passing. Republicans last staged a walkout in 2001 to deny quorum on statewide legislative redistricting, and Democrats did the same in 1991.


2011 Indiana legislative walkouts, Walkout
Governor Mitch Daniels stated that while he supported the legislation, he believed the Republican lawmakers should drop the bill because it was not part of their election platform and deserved a period of public debate. Republicans subsequently dropped the bill, but the Democratic lawmakers still refused to return to the capital, demanding additional bills be tabled, including a bill to create a statewide school voucher program. Their refusal to return left the Indiana General Assembly unable to pass any legislation. Daniels was interviewed in February, 2011, about the similar 2011 Wisconsin labor protests in Madison. He declined to authorize the state police to compel the legislators to return. While supporting the Wisconsin Republicans, he stated that in Indiana "we're not in quite the same position or advocating quite the same things they are up in Madison."


2011 Indiana legislative walkouts, Walkout
The minority leader, Patrick Bauer, returned to the statehouse March 3 to negotiate the return of the minority members, detailing the list of bills they wanted removed from the agenda. House Speaker Brian Bosma rejected the request, and the House passed a resolution fining the missing members $250 daily until their return; this could exceed the representatives' entire annual salary if they remained away from the capital more than 90 days.


2011 Indiana legislative walkouts, Walkout
On March 9, as it became apparent the Democrats would not return and because a state budget had not yet been approved, an angry Governor Daniels told the minority he would call a special session and keep the General Assembly in session until the end of the year—meaning Democrats could face fines of nearly $100,000 each. On March 13, Speaker Bosma continued negotiation with the minority leader by phone, saying he believed the standoff would soon come to an end.


2011 Indiana legislative walkouts, Walkout
In addition to the financial pressure on the minority, their walkout was also jeopardizing their chance to impact the statewide Congressional redistricting. If a redistricting plan is not approved by the end of the regular session on April 29, the duty falls to a five-member commission made up of various predetermined elected officials—all of whom are Republican.


2011 Indiana legislative walkouts, Walkout
On March 28, Bosma and Bauer finally negotiated an end to the walkout. Bosma agreed that the majority would remove three bills of twelve bills the minority opposed, including the one that sparked the walkout, from the legislative calendar. The statewide school voucher bill was not removed. Bosma called the concession minor, while Bauer said the walkout achieved its aim of exposing the Republican agenda to the state. The walkout lasted nearly six weeks and the missing members were fined about $3500 each. Governor Daniels lamented the lost time in the legislative session, but was glad the minority finally returned.


2011 Indiana legislative walkouts, Aftermath
After the walkout, Republican legislators introduced a bill that would make legislative walkouts a criminal offense. A similar 1976 law had been ruled unconstitutional by the state courts previously.


2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game
The 2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game was a college basketball game between the Hoosiers of Indiana University Bloomington and Wildcats of the University of Kentucky who was ranked number 1 in the nation. A rivalry game between the two schools, this game was held at Assembly Hall on Indiana's campus. In an upset victory that was considered a turning point for the Hoosiers program, unranked Indiana defeated top-ranked Kentucky 73–72 on a buzzer-beating three-pointer by Christian Watford, which was nicknamed the "Watshot".


2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game, Background, Indiana
Indiana entered this game with an 8–0 record and had earned 4 points in the most recent AP Poll (released on December 5), enough for 39th place of all schools receiving votes. In the Coaches Poll released the same day, Indiana earned 23 points, sufficient for 31st place in the poll. Head coach Tom Crean was in his fourth season at Indiana, which hired Crean in April 2008 following the resignation of head coach Kelvin Sampson for recruiting violations. Crean's first season in 2008–09 was the worst in school history, ending with a 6–25 record. Indiana improved to 10–21 in the 2009–10 season, and then to 12–20 in 2010–11.


2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game, Background, Kentucky
Like Indiana, Kentucky entered this game with an 8–0 record. Kentucky was also ranked #1 in the AP and Coaches Polls. Head coach John Calipari was in his third season at Kentucky, having led Kentucky to the 2010 Elite Eight and 2011 Final Four in the previous two NCAA Tournaments. Kentucky also had a star-studded group of freshmen on its roster, consisting of four former 5-star recruits in Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Marquis Teague, and Kyle Wiltjer.


2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game, Background, Rivalry
Indiana and Kentucky have a basketball rivalry dating back to 1924. The rivalry series had been played annually since the 1969–70 season on a home-and-home basis. Kentucky had won the past three games in this series. For the 2011 game, students lined up as early as 10 hours before tipoff for tickets.


2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game, Game summary
The game had a total of 13 lead changes, and neither team could extend its lead by much throughout the game. Kentucky's largest lead was 6 with 8:17 to go in the first half; Indiana's largest lead was 10, at 63–53 with 15:56 left in the second half. Neither team could get ahead. However, Kentucky rallied to take a 69-68 lead with 2 minutes to play, and the lead would change three more times. Indiana's Christian Watford made a layup to put Indiana up 70–69 with 1:07 left, and then Kentucky's Marquis Teague followed that up with his own layup to give Kentucky a 71–70 lead.


2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game, Game summary
After Watford missed a jumper with 30 seconds left, Indiana's Cody Zeller fouled Kentucky's Anthony Davis with 19 seconds remaining. With Kentucky only in the bonus (it was Indiana's ninth 2nd-half foul), Davis missed the front end of the one-and-one free throw, and Indiana's Victor Oladipo rebounded. After an Indiana timeout, Kentucky's Doron Lamb stole the ball from Oladipo and was fouled with 5.6 seconds left. This foul put Kentucky in the double bonus; Lamb missed his first free throw attempt, but made the second to put Kentucky up 72–70.


2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game, Game summary
Watford inbounded the ball to Verdell Jones III, who drove the ball by a screen set by Zeller at half-court. Jones then passed the ball to Watford, who made a Darius Miller-contested three-pointer at the buzzer to win the game for Indiana, 73–72. Players, students, and fans immediately stormed the court.


2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game, Aftermath, Impact on Indiana basketball
With this win, Indiana beat a #1 ranked team for the first time since beating Duke in the Sweet 16 round of the 2002 NCAA Tournament. It was also Indiana's first win over a #1 team at Assembly Hall since beating Michigan State on January 7, 2001.


2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game, Aftermath, Impact on Indiana basketball
Watford's game-winning, buzzer-beating shot in this game has been compared to Keith Smart's game-winner that sealed Indiana's 1987 NCAA title. Josh Sanburn wrote for Time.com:


2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game, Aftermath, Impact on Indiana basketball
...those familiar with today's Hoosiers know only the Big Ten bottom dwellers of the past three seasons. When Tom Crean took over...he walked into a void that formerly held an incredibly successful men's basketball program. The five banners hanging in Assembly Hall felt like they were from the Pleistocene Era.


2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game, Aftermath, Impact on Indiana basketball
Sanburn also characterized Watford's game-winner and the court-storming that followed as "a collective and spontaneous surge of relief" following the seasons after the firing of Bob Knight.


2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game, Aftermath, Impact on Indiana basketball
College Magazine also credited this game as a reason behind a "resurgence" of Indiana Hoosiers basketball.


2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game, Aftermath, Rematch in 2012 NCAA Tournament
Indiana and Kentucky met again in the Sweet 16 round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament on March 23 in Atlanta. Kentucky won 102–90 and would eventually win their eighth NCAA championship.


2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game, Aftermath, Future of series
This game remains the final regular season men's basketball matchup between Indiana and Kentucky, after Crean and Calipari could not reach an agreement on game venues. Indiana wanted to continue playing the series on a home-and-home basis rotating between the two schools' campuses, while Kentucky wanted to play on a neutral court at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The future is unclear since Crean's firing.


2011 Indiana vs. Kentucky men's basketball game, Broadcasting
The game was televised nationally on ESPN and carried on radio by both schools' radio networks, the Indiana Hoosier Sports Network and UK Sports Network. Nielsen ratings ranked this game the 23rd most-watched program of the week ending December 13, 2011, with  3.59 million viewers and a share of 2.3. SportsBusiness Daily ranked this game the third most-watched regular season college basketball game on cable for the 2011–12 season.


2011 Indianapolis 500
The 95th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 29, 2011. The race was part of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The track opened for practice on May 14 and time trials were held from May 21 to 22. Alex Tagliani won the pole position, and the race was won by Dan Wheldon. It was his second Indy 500 win after the 2005 race, and the last win of his racing career. It was the first of two Indy victories for car owner Bryan Herta.


2011 Indianapolis 500
American rookie J. R. Hildebrand of Panther Racing took the lead with two laps to go. As the leaders were cycling through pit stops, Hildebrand was nursing a car very low on fuel. He was attempting to stretch his tank to the finish line and hold on for an unexpected victory. It would have been the first Indy 500 win for Panther Racing, after three consecutive runner-up finishes, and two series championships. On the final turn of the final lap, Hildebrand went high to pass the slow car of Charlie Kimball. He drifted wide and crashed into the outside wall.


2011 Indianapolis 500
As his wrecked car coasted down the front straight, Wheldon slipped by in the final 1,000 feet to take the victory. Hildebrand slid across the finish line to finish second. Four months later, Wheldon was killed in a crash in the IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, driving the car Tagliani had qualified on the pole in.


2011 Indianapolis 500
The race was the culmination of the three-year-long Centennial era, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the opening of the track (1909) and the 100th anniversary of the inaugural race in 1911. Throughout May, the race was advertised as the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 and the Centennial Indianapolis 500. Since the race was suspended during World War I and World War II, the 100th running of the 500 would not be held until 2016.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Schedule
* Includes days where track activitywas significantly limited due to rain


2011 Indianapolis 500, Entry list
On April 15, 2011, the  was released, featuring 83 cars for 42 entries. As of April 15, thirty-five car/driver combinations had been announced. On May 9, a revised version of the entry list was released. The entry from China Racing was withdrawn. The final list includes 79 cars for 41 entries.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Entry list
Confirmed former winners entered include Dario Franchitti, Hélio Castroneves, Scott Dixon, Dan Wheldon, and Buddy Rice.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Rookie orientation, Pre-Indy oval testing
Since the Indy 500 was the first oval race of the 2011 season, per IndyCar regulations, rookies who have not competed on an oval were required to take part in Pre-Indy Oval testing. Scott Speed and Ho-Pin Tung, along with Wade Cunningham (who didn't race Indy but participated at Texas) completed the test at Chicagoland Speedway on May 9. Speed was legally exempt from this test because of previous high-speed oval experience in ARCA and NASCAR, but chose to test with his teammate to learn the car.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Practice, Friday, May 20 – Fast Friday
Late in the day, reports surfaced that Scott Speed had quit Dragon Racing, after having trouble getting up to speed. The rumor was denied.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Starting grid
W  = Former Indianapolis 500 winner;  R  = Indianapolis 500 rookie


2011 Indianapolis 500, Race, Summary, First half
The 95th running of the Indianapolis 500 began at 12:00 PM EDT on a hot, muggy day, shortly after the traditional pre-race ceremonies of the invocation, national anthem, and the singing Back Home Again in Indiana by Jim Nabors. Mari Hulman George gave the starting command around 12:05 PM, as the cars took two parade laps and one pace lap, led by four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A. J. Foyt, who was driving the pace car. The green flag came out to see Scott Dixon pass by pole-sitter Alex Tagliani to take the early lead in the race.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Race, Summary, First half
The first 20 laps of the race saw a relatively smooth pace set in. Unlike past years there was no accident in the first two laps, with the first caution coming out on Lap 18 when Takuma Sato made contact with the wall. During the first caution period many team made pit-stops including Will Power who left the pit area and drove a lap without a left-rear tire, which all but eliminated the IndyCar points leader from having an opportunity to win the race.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Race, Summary, First half
Shortly following the green flag restart (which was changed to a two-car abreast start during the drivers meetings) Sato's teammate, E. J. Viso was turned heading into turn 1 by James Hinchcliffe and was the next driver to make contact with the wall and eliminate himself from the race. Following the cleanup and restart after Viso's crash saw the field taking shape and aligning themselves for the long 400+ miles remaining.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Race, Summary, First half
Simona de Silvestro, who was burned in a crash earlier in the month, was not able to pick up speed in her back-up car and quickly fell from 23rd position, to last. On lap 44, it was clear that the car would not be able to keep up with the field, she was called into the pits and her day was over.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Race, Summary, First half
Defending winner Dario Franchitti, along with Scott Dixon, Alex Tagliani, and Oriol Servià all began to take their places at the top of the field with each of them leading more than 10 laps in the race respectively. Later accidents occurred with rookies Jay Howard and James Hinchcliffe. Howard lost a right-rear wheel on lap 61, while Hinchcliffe slid high in turn 3 and bounced off the wall at the halfway mark.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Race, Summary, Second half
Following James Hinchcliffe's crash on lap 101, the green flag remained out for over 40 laps as many different drivers shared the lead and got in position for the shootout in the final 10. On lap 148, it was the pole-sitter Alex Tagliani who would be called into pit lane after making slight contact with the wall. Tagliani, who had not had a good day, started in first, fell all the way down to 12th before the crash, was finished for the day, with his final finish position being 28th.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Race, Summary, Second half
One of the few multi-car crashes of the day occurred on lap 158 between Ryan Briscoe and Townsend Bell. Up to that point in the day, Team Penske had been running slow and really did not have a good shot at any of their drivers winning the race, and with the crash and elimination of Ryan Briscoe all hope seemed gone as Hélio Castroneves and Will Power were both down due to bad pit stops and slow cars. With no more lengthy cautions the remainder of the race it turned into a fight for the lead as the laps dwindled down.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Race, Summary, Second half
As the race prepared to go back to green on lap 164, a handful of drivers ducked into the pit area to top off their fuel, in hopes of going the distance without another pit stop. Dario Franchitti and J. R. Hildebrand were among those who gave up their track position, and topped off their fuel.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Race, Summary, Second half
For the first time in his Indy career, Graham Rahal took the lead of the race and held it for six laps. However, he lost a battle to Scott Dixon and was forced to a pit stop which dropped out of the top five. However, he was able to finish the race in third place. Tony Kanaan also saw his flirt with Indy glory as he made his way all from the middle of the pack to second place at one point, but was forced as well to drop on a pit stop with less than 20 laps to go.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Race, Summary, Second half
As the race came to down to its final 15 laps, it was still Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti, two Chip Ganassi Racing cars and former winners, who looked like they would win the race. However, late in the race after a series of pit stops by most in the lead, it was an unlikely Bertrand Baguette who would lead the race as the action came to it climax. Baguette was expected to pit again but as the laps dwindled down and he did not come in, it became increasingly likely that this new face would win the race.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Race, Summary, Second half
The final 10 laps became a battle between Baguette, Franchitti, and rookie J. R. Hildebrand (all of whom were all trying to stretch their fuel to the finish), as well as Dixon and Dan Wheldon behind but good to the finish having recently pitted. With three laps to go, Baguette pitted for fuel and Franchitti continued to slow to conserve fuel. This gave the lead to Hildebrand while Franchitti continued to fade, falling behind Dixon and the charging Wheldon.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Race, Summary, Second half
As the field was given the white flag, it seemed all but certain a rookie would win the 500 for the first time since Castroneves won it in 2001. Hildebrand moved his way down into the north short chute and down into turn four. Coming in on the front stretch, Hildebrand went high to avoid the slower car of Charlie Kimball, who was on the inside line, and collided with the wall. Without steering and on only three wheels, the car slid down the frontstretch towards the finish line. Dan Wheldon, who was second, skirted by in the final 1,000 feet, and crossed the line to win the race. Hildebrand continued to slide, and crossed the finish line in second.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Race, Summary, Post-race
Dan Wheldon became the 18th person to win two or more Indianapolis 500's, his first coming in 2005. The 200th lap was the only one he led in the race, breaking Joe Dawson's 99-year-old record for the fewest laps led by an Indy winner. As he took to victory lane, he celebrated with the traditional ceremonies of the wreath, glass of milk, and the presentation of the Borg Warner Trophy. As the celebration was occurring, his former team Panther Racing considered filing for a review, stating that Wheldon made an illegal pass during the yellow on Hildebrand's car. In the end, video showed that the yellow did not come out until after Wheldon had passed, and even if it would have come out before the pass, the president of competition ruled that Hildebrand's car was a "wounded car", and was therefore allowed to be passed in the race.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Race, Summary, Post-race
Wheldon's average speed of 170.265 mph was the fourth-fastest Indy 500 in history, and was the first Indy 500 completed in less than three hours since Juan Pablo Montoya won in 2000.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Results, Box score
All cars utilized Dallara chassis, Honda engines, and Firestone Firehawk tires.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Awards
Race winner Dan Wheldon received $2,567,255 in cash prizes and designated awards.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Awards
Typically, the presentation of the Borg-Warner Trophy replicas ("Baby Borg") for the driver and owner takes place in January in Detroit during the North American International Auto Show, but Wheldon was killed at Las Vegas in October. Car owners Bryan Herta and Steve Newey, along with Wheldon's widow Susie, were presented in Detroit with their trophies.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Awards
The Indianapolis 500-winning car, Dallara IR3007, was the seventh chassis made by Dallara Automobili from the 2003 specifications. Originally a Panther Racing car, it was sold to Adrian Fernandez and later Marty Roth, before FAZZT bought the car in 2010, which became Sam Schmidt Motorsports' car in 2011 when it was used to win the Indianapolis 500. It was raced the next race at Texas Motor Speedway as a Sam Schmidt Motorsports #99 for Wade Cunningham, who crashed it in the first of the Twin 275 km races. The car has been rebuilt and restored in 2011 Indianapolis 500 condition as part of a Wheldon tribute. (Andretti Autosport owns the other Wheldon winner, and is restoring that car too in 2005 Indianapolis 500 race-winning trim.)


2011 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
The race was televised in high definition in the United States on ABC, the 47th consecutive year on that network. Marty Reid served as anchor. The telecast utilized the Side-by-Side format for commercial breaks. In the Indianapolis market, the live broadcast was blacked out on WRTV, and shown same-day tape delay in prime time. In some markets in northern Indiana, the final 15 laps of the race were not shown due to a weather bulletin.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
The race received a 4.3 overnight rating on ABC, up 7% over 2010. The top local markets included Indianapolis (14.5), Dayton (10.5), and Fort Myers/Naples (8.5). The final rating was 4.0 with 6.711 million viewers, up 11% in ratings and 16% in viewership compared to 2010.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
Time trials and Carb Day were covered live in the United States on Versus. The announcing team consisted of Bob Jenkins, Jon Beekhuis and Wally Dallenbach, Jr. Pit reporters included Lindy Thackston, Marty Snider, and Kevin Lee. Robin Miller serves as analyst and "insider."


2011 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
The race was broadcast on radio by the IMS Radio Network. Mike King served as anchor. The broadcast reached approximately 400 affiliates, as well as AFN, the LeSEA broadcasting network, and World Harvest Radio. The broadcast was carried on XM channel 145 and on Sirius channel 212 through the "Best of XM" package.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
After eliminating the position for 2010, the turn one location was brought back for the broadcast. Jerry Baker reprised his role in turn 1. The position was brought back in response to the league adopting double-wide restarts. Kenny Brack returned as "driver expert," joining the booth in-progress after participating in various pre-race festivities.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
WFNI broadcast nightly from the track with Trackside with Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee, followed by Donald Davidson's The Talk of Gasoline Alley.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
In 2010, drivers from the starting field were used to recite the famous out-cue "Stay tuned for the greatest spectacle in racing." For 2011, in celebration of the Centennial Era, the out-cues for each commercial break were recordings of previous renditions by the former "Voices of the 500." Each commercial break would feature a different chief announcer, rotating through Sid Collins, Paul Page, Lou Palmer, Bob Jenkins, and Mike King. This format was also used in 2009.


2011 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Chief Announcer: Mike KingDriver expert: Kenny BrackAnalyst: Paul PageHistorian: Donald DavidsonLive in-car reports: Davey HamiltonCommentary: Bob Jenkins


2011 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Turn 1: Jerry BakerTurn 2: Jake QueryTurn 3: Mark JaynesTurn 4: Chris Denari


2011 Indianapolis City-County Council election
The 2011 Indianapolis City–County Council elections took place on November 8, 2011. All 29 seats were up for re-election, 25 districts and 4 at-large seats, on the Indianapolis City–County Council. Prior to the elections Republicans held a 15–13–1 seat majority. Following the elections Democrats gained control of the council with a 16–13 majority. This marked the first time in Indianapolis history that a Republican mayor would lead with a Democratic council.


2011 Indianapolis City-County Council election
The Indianapolis mayoral election took place alongside the council elections.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season
The 2011 Indianapolis Colts season was the franchise's 59th season in the National Football League, the 28th in Indianapolis and the third (and last) under head coach Jim Caldwell. The Colts were coming off a 10–6 record in 2010 and a second consecutive AFC South championship, as well as a ninth consecutive playoff appearance.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season
The Colts had placed their franchise tag on star quarterback Peyton Manning before the season started but he sat out the entire season due to neck surgery. The Colts turned to retired quarterback Kerry Collins and then to Curtis Painter, neither of whom could fill Manning's void. The team finished the season with a 2–14 record, the worst regular season record by a Colts team since 1991, and failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2001.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season
The Colts’ offense had weakened rapidly in 2011. They were 30th in the league in yards gained (compared to 4th in 2010), 27th in passing yards (compared to 1st in 2010), 29th in receiving yards (compared to 2nd in 2010), 28th in scoring (compared to 4th in 2010), and 28th in total touchdowns (compared to 2nd in 2010).


2011 Indianapolis Colts season
The Colts set a dubious NFL record on pass defense, by allowing 71.2% completed passes by opposing passers.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season
On January 2, 2012, one day after the final game of the season, Colts owner Jim Irsay fired team Vice Chairman Bill Polian and his son, team Vice President and general manager Chris Polian. Irsay stated that the fate of head coach Jim Caldwell was still under review. On January 17, 2012, Irsay announced the firing of Caldwell as the head coach of the Colts. On March 7, 2012, Manning was released by the Colts. These moves marked the first major rebuilding of the team since the Polians had joined the team.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans
The Indianapolis Colts began their 2011 season at Reliant Stadium against the Houston Texans. For the first time since the 1998 season, Peyton Manning was not under the helm at quarterback and it was recently acquired Kerry Collins that would take his position. The game started very well for the Colts, opening up with an interception by Melvin Bullitt that allowed the Colts to take control. However, a three and out from the offense quickly gave the Texans the ball to drive down and score a field goal and take a 3–0 lead.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans
Collins and the Colts offense was out of sync for much of the first quarter, fumbling two snaps and giving Houston the great field position inside of the Indianapolis 40-yard line. After the first quarter, the Texans held a commanding 17–0 lead and were firing on all cylinders. The second quarter continued Houston's dominance, with all three teams of the Colts failing to stop or to execute against the Texans. At halftime, the Colts trailed Houston 34–0, the largest deficit in the entire 58-year history of the franchise.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans
The second half saw little action with both teams taking shorter drives and in some senses, running down the clock. The Colts scored their first and the only points scored in the second half with a Reggie Wayne touchdown from Collins in the fourth quarter. The Colts went on to lose to the Texans 34–7, their second straight season starting 0–1.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Cleveland Browns
The Indianapolis Colts home opener had their 2011 home opener against the 0–1 Cleveland Browns. The first quarter saw both teams getting into offensive and defensive rhythms and ended with the Colts holding only a 3–0 lead on an Adam Vinatieri field goal. Heading to the second quarter, the Colts offense began to pick up behind Kerry Collins, rookie Delone Carter, and Joseph Addai. However much of the success faded once Indianapolis reached the red zone, and were only able to come away with two field goals during the quarter.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Cleveland Browns
Cleveland, however, was able to capitalize on the Colts defense, and saw a touchdown pass from Colt McCoy and a touchdown run from Peyton Hillis. Cleveland went into halftime with a 14–9 lead. The Indianapolis defense was able to stop Cleveland for most of the third quarter, and allowed the struggling offensive to close the gap with a fourth Vinatieri field goal, with Cleveland still holding a 14–12 lead into the fourth quarter. Cleveland quickly drove down the field and started the quarter with a Phil Dawson field goal, allowing the Colts to remain in contention for the victory.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Cleveland Browns
However, after turnovers and an inability to produce on offense, Cleveland broke the game open with a Hillis touchdown run, along with another Dawson field goal with 2:59 remaining in the game. With Cleveland holding a 27–12 lead, Indianapolis was able to score their first touchdown of the game, allowing them to try an onside kick to preserve any chance of a comeback, which they were not able to convert. Cleveland finished the game and the Colts by winning 27–19, their first victory over the Colts since 1994, and the Colts first 0–2 start since the 1998 season.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Hoping to rebound from their loss to the Cleveland Browns, the Indianapolis Colts remained at home for a week three intra-conference matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night. Indianapolis trailed early in the first quarter as Steelers kicker Shaun Suisham got a 48-yard field goal, followed by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger completing an 81-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mike Wallace. The Colts would answer in the second quarter with a 21-yard field goal from kicker Adam Vinatieri, followed by defensive end Jamaal Anderson returning a fumble, forced by Dwight Freeney, 47 yards for a touchdown.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Another defensive turnover allowed the Colts and Vinatieri to score a 25-yard field goal, giving them a 13–10 lead at halftime. After a scoreless third quarter, Pittsburgh took the lead in the fourth quarter with a Suisham 44-yard field goal, followed by safety Troy Polamalu returning a fumble 16 yards for a touchdown. Indianapolis would tie the game again on running back Joseph Addai’s 6-yard touchdown run with 2:15 remaining in the game. However, the Steelers were able to capture the win with a final 38-yard field goal from Suisham, dropping the Colts to 0–3.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Hoping to rebound from their home loss to the Steelers, the Colts flew to Raymond James Stadium for a Week 4 Monday night duel with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With quarterback Kerry Collins recovering from concussion, quarterback Curtis Painter would make his first career start. Indianapolis delivered the game’s opening punch in the first quarter with a 45-yard field goal from kicker Adam Vinatieri. The Colts would add onto their lead in the second quarter with Painter finding wide receiver Pierre Garçon on an 87-yard touchdown pass, yet the Buccaneers answered with quarterback Josh Freeman getting a 1-yard touchdown run.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay would tie the game in the third quarter with kicker Connor Barth getting a 46-yard field goal, yet Indianapolis came right back with Painter hooking up Garçon again on a 59-yard touchdown pass. Afterwards, the Buccaneers tied the game with Freeman completing a 13-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Preston Parker. Tampa Bay would take the lead in the fourth quarter with running back LeGarrette Blount getting a 35-yard touchdown run. From there, the defense prevented any comeback from the Colts’ offense. With the loss, the Colts dropped to 0–4.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
After dropping their first four games of the season, the Indianapolis Colts came back to Lucas Oil Stadium to take on the Kansas City Chiefs. The game opened well for the Colts, who scored on their opening drive with a Curtis Painter to Pierre Garçon touchdown reception. In the second quarter, the Colts scored with an Adam Vinatieri field goal and another Painter to Garçon touchdown, giving Indianapolis a 17–0 lead midway through the second quarter. A Kansas City touchdown pass from Matt Cassel ended the shutout but Indianapolis scored another touchdown later. A late Kansas City touchdown allowed the Colts to go into halftime with a 24–14 lead. Two touchdown passes from Cassel, to Dwayne Bowe and Steve Breaston respectively, gave the Chiefs 21 unanswered points and completed the comeback, winning the game 28–24, dropping the Colts to 0–5 on the season.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Cincinnati Bengals
With the Colts losing five consecutive games starting the 2011 season, Indianapolis looked to win their first game of the season against the Cincinnati Bengals. Cincinnati opened up the game well, with a 1-yard touchdown run from Cedric Benson. With both defenses performing well throughout the remainder of the first half with the only other scores coming on a Donald Brown touchdown run for the Colts, and a Mike Nugent field goal. Going into halftime, the Bengals led the Colts 10–7.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati dominated the third quarter on both fronts, with another Benson touchdown run and Nugent field goal, quickly running the lead up to 20–7 heading into the fourth quarter. There Colts were able to strike on an Adam Vinatieri 46-yard field goal narrowing the score to 20–10. A Dallas Clark touchdown reception from Curtis Painter allowed the Colts to cut the game to a 20–17 affair with 9:33 remaining in the fourth quarter. After a missed Nugent field goal, with the Colts driving, Pierre Garçon fumbled the football, giving it to Carlos Dunlap who would take the ball in for a touchdown, and ended the score, with the Bengals winning the game 27–17, giving the Colts an 0–6 record on the season.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 7: at New Orleans Saints
In a rematch of Super Bowl XLIV on SNF, the Colts traveled to New Orleans to take on the Saints. The Saints would quickly get on the board as Drew Brees would throw 3 touchdown passes in the quarter alone twice to Marques Colston from 14 and 4 yards out for 7–0 and 14–0 leads and once to Darren Sproles for a 21–0 lead. They would eventually move ahead 31–0 in the 2nd quarter as Jed Collins ran for a 1-yard touchdown followed by John Kasay nailing a 23-yard field goal.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 7: at New Orleans Saints
The Colts finally got on the board as Delone Carter ran for a touchdown from 2-yards out sending the game to 31–7. Kasay would then kick a 47-yard field goal to send the Saints to a 34–7 lead at halftime. In the 2nd half, the Saints score 4 consecutive touchdowns with Brees hooking up with Jimmy Graham on a 4-yard and 2-yard to increase their lead to 41–7 and then 48–7 in the 3rd quarter. In the 4th quarter, Sproles ran for a 16-yard touchdown while Leigh Torrence returned an interception 42 yards for a touchdown for score of 55–7 and then the final score would be 62–7.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 7: at New Orleans Saints
The Colts’ loss was the most lopsided game of the 2011 NFL season and the first time a team had allowed 60 or more points since January 2000, when the Jacksonville Jaguars humiliated the Miami Dolphins 62–7 in the divisional round playoffs. The loss also represented the worst loss in franchise history in terms of margin (55) and points allowed (62).


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 7: at New Orleans Saints
The Colts would go on and drop even further down to 0–7.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Tennessee Titans
After a huge loss at the Saints, the Colts traveled to Nashville take on the Titans. The Titans would score 20 unanswered points in the first half alone as Rob Bironas would kick a 51-yard field goal for a 3–0 lead in the first quarter, and in the 2nd quarter, Jason McCourty would recover a blocked punt in the end zone sending the game to 10–0, followed up by Bironas nailing a 50-yard field goal for 13–0 and eventual halftime lead of 20–0 when Nate Washington ran for a 3-yard touchdown.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Tennessee Titans
The Colts would manage to get on the board as Adam Vinatieri would kick a 22-yard field goal for a 20–3 lead. Donald Brown managed to increase his team's points with a 4-yard touchdown run for a 20–10 lead. The Titans however wrapped the game up when Washington ran for a 14-yard touchdown for a final score of 27–10. With the loss, the Colts fell to 0–8.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Atlanta Falcons
After 2 straight losses on the road, the Colts returned home to take on the Falcons. The Falcons dominated scoring 21 unanswered points as Michael Turner would run for a 1-yard touchdown for a 7–0 lead. It was then followed up by Matt Ryan finding Julio Jones on a 50-yard touchdown pass taking the game to 14–0 in the first quarter. In the 2nd quarter, Ryan and Jones hooked up again on an 80-yard pass sending the game to 21–0.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Atlanta Falcons
The Colts finally got on the board as Jerraud Powers returned an interception 6-yards for a touchdown making the halftime lead 21–7. In the 3rd quarter, Ryan hooked up with Tony Gonzalez for a 1-yard pass making the score 28–7. In the 4th quarter, Matt Bryant would kick a 20-yard field goal to send his team for a final score of 31–7.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Atlanta Falcons
With the loss, the Colts then fell to 0–9 giving them their first losing season since 2001. With the Dolphins’ win over the Chiefs that same week, the Colts became the league's only team without a win.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
The Colts stayed home and took on the Jaguars. The Jags would manage to score early in the 1st quarter as Josh Scobee would kick a 44-yard field goal for a 3–0 lead. In the 2nd quarter, the Colts would get on the board as Adam Vinatieri would tie the game for his team 3–3 with a 42-yard field goal. This would eventually be the halftime score.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Once again, the Colts found themselves being overpowered in the 2nd half of a game as Blaine Gabbert hooked up with Jarett Dillard on an 11-yard touchdown pass to send the game to a 10–3 score in the 3rd quarter followed up by Maurice Jones-Drew running for a 3-yard touchdown to make the final score 17–3.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
With the loss, the Colts entered their bye week at 0–10.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers
First quarterCAR-(4:13) Olindo Mare 40-yard FG CAR 3–0Second quarterCAR-(14:08) Cam Newton 14-yard TD run (Olindo Mare kick) CAR 10–0


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers
IND-(12:15) Donald Brown 17-yard TD run (Adam Vinatieri kick) CAR 10–7


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers
IND-(1:51) Adam Vinatieri 43-yard FG Tied 10–10Third quarterCAR-(9:13) DeAngelo Williams 25-yard TD run (Olindo Mare kick) CAR 17–10


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers
IND-(0:32) Adam Vinatieri 31-yard FG CAR 17–13Fourth quarterCAR-(10:23) DeAngelo Williams 2-yard run (Olindo Mare kick) CAR 24–13


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers
IND-(8:16) Reggie Wayne 56-yard pass from Curtis Painter (two-point conversion failed) CAR 24–19


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers
After a good rest on their bye week, the Colts stayed home for a game against the Panthers. In the first quarter the Panthers jumped into an early lead as Olindo Mare kicked a 30-yard field goal for a leading score of 3–0. They would make it 10–0 in the 2nd quarter when Cam Newton ran for a touchdown from 14 yards out. The Colts got on the board when Donald Brown ran for a 17-yard touchdown coming within 3, 10–7. Followed by an Adam Vinatieri field goal from 43 yards out tying the game at halftime 10–10.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers
In the 3rd quarter, the Panthers moved back into the lead as De'Angelo Williams ran for a touchdown from 25-yards out taking a 17–10 lead. The Colts came within 4 points as Vinatieri kicked a 30-yard field goal for a 17–13 game. In the 4th quarter, the Panthers moved ahead by double digits as Williams ran for a 2-yard touchdown for a 24–13 game. Though the Colts managed to move within 5 points as Curtis Painter found Reggie Wayne on a 56-yard pass (with a failed 2-point conversion) for a 24–19 game. The Panthers managed to wrap the game up when Mare kicked a 41-yard field goal taking the final score to 27–19.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 13: at New England Patriots
Despite putting up 21 points in the fourth quarter with Dan Orlovsky under center, the Colts again lost on the road to the New England Patriots.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 13: at New England Patriots
With the loss, the Colts fell to 0–12 and became the ninth team in NFL history to start 0–12, and the third franchise after the Lions and Buccaneers to suffer this ignominy twice.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Baltimore Ravens
With this loss, the Colts fell to 0–13 and became the sixth team in NFL history to start a season at 0–13, and the first franchise to suffer this ignominy on multiple occasions. They would later on be joined by the 2016 and 2017 Browns, and the 2020 Jets.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Tennessee Titans
After starting 0–13 and looking most likely to become the second team in NFL history to go 0–16 after the 2008 Detroit Lions, the Colts would finally win a game. Having a career day, Donald Brown and a strong defense would deny Tennessee any hope of a win as the team improved to 1–13, allowing them to avoid becoming the third team in post-merger NFL history to finish a season winless, after the 2008 Lions and the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Tennessee Titans
The victory also ended the possibility of the 2011 season becoming the first in NFL history to feature both an undefeated and winless team in one season, as the Green Bay Packers lost to the Kansas City Chiefs after a 13–0 start the same day. The Colts would be the last team to win their first game after going 0-13 until the New York Jets in 2020.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Houston Texans
With the win, the Colts improved to 2–13 and remained undefeated against the Texans at home at 10–0.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Jacksonville Jaguars
With the loss, the Colts finished the season at 2–14 and were swept by the Jaguars for the first time in franchise history. They became the first division rival to sweep the Colts since the Tennessee Titans did so in 2002. This was the first season ever when the Jaguars swept the Colts as division rivals, and became the only team to do so this season after the Colts gained their only two wins for the season at home against the Texans (who were 0–10 in Indianapolis by 2011) and Titans.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Since the NFL moved to a sixteen-game season in 1978, the Colts had now suffered the most seasons with three or fewer wins (six in 1981, 1986, 1991, 1997, 1998 and 2011, plus a winless strike-shortened season in 1982) of any NFL franchise. The Colts also had the worst record of any AFC team since the Kansas City Chiefs in 2008.


2011 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Jacksonville Jaguars
With this final loss, the Colts ended their 2011 season tied with the St. Louis Rams for the worst record in the NFL, thereby earning the right to the first overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft due to a tiebreaker. This pick is the highest draft pick the Colts had had since 1998, when they selected Peyton Manning with the first overall pick, and the fourth time the Indianapolis-era Colts had the first overall pick.


2011 Indianapolis Enforcers season
The 2011 Indianapolis Enforcers season was the first season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise.


2011 Indianapolis Enforcers season
The Enforcers came into existence when K.C. Carter, the owner of the Mid-States Football League's Indianapolis Stampede, put together an expansion franchise to compete in the CIFL. Having been involved with football, be it as a player, owner, head coach or league commissioner for over 35 years, Carter wanted to take on the challenge of the indoor football game. He put his team together in just 32 days, acquiring players with the understanding that there would be no pay this year. He did not want to be a team that promised the world and delivered nothing. This team was assembled by invitation only. He found his talent in his semi-pro team, The Stampede, and team USA. He also grabbed a few plays from Central State University, and a few players from the defunct Fort Wayne FireHawks.


2011 Indianapolis Enforcers season
Because they joined the CIFL so late, they had no lease to play games in a home arena. This caused the Enforcers to play on the road in 2011, with the hopes of finding a permanent home in 2012. Carter had aspirations that Conseco Field House or the Pepsi Coliseum would be the home for the Enforcers in 2012. On February 26, 2011, the Enforcers lost their first game in franchise history by a score of 69-12 to the Port Huron Predators. On March 19, 2011, the Enforcers gave up a Cincinnati Commandos record 8 touchdown passes to Tyler Sheehan.


2011 Indianapolis Enforcers season
On April 2, 2011, the Enforcers again became a part of CIFL history, as they gave up a record, 8 rushing touchdowns in a single game, en route to a 78-0 defeat to the Marion Blue Racers. The Enforcers lone victory in its expansion season was a 2-0 forfeit win over the Predators as they failed to finish the season. They finished the season 1-9 and 6th overall.


2011 Indianapolis Enforcers season, Regular season, Week 2: vs Dayton Silverbacks
The Enforcers fell to the Silverbacks, 13-69. Melvin Bryant caught touchdowns of 27 and 37 yards from Jeremy Greenleaf. Fred Cromartie and Daniel Stover each chipped in with a touchdown catch.


2011 Indianapolis mayoral election
The Indianapolis mayoral election of 2011 took place on November 8, 2011. Voters elected the Mayor of Indianapolis, members of the Indianapolis City-County Council, as well as several other local officials. Incumbent Republican Greg Ballard was seeking a second term. Democrats nominated former deputy mayor Melina Kennedy to run against Ballard. Ballard defeated Kennedy 51% to 47%.


2011 Indianapolis mayoral election
The Indianapolis City-County elections took place alongside the mayoral election, with Democrats taking a 16–13 majority. This marked the first time in Indianapolis history that a Republican mayor would lead with a Democratic council.


2011 Indianapolis mayoral election, Campaign
Melina Kennedy was described as the "overwhelming favorite" to win the Democratic primary, and succeeded in doing so.


2011 Indianapolis mayoral election, Campaign
The campaign was the most expensive in Indianapolis history, with the candidates raising a combined $6 million. Representative André Carson, Sam Carson's nephew, endorsed Melina Kennedy. Kennedy was also endorsed by The Indianapolis Star and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.


2011 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2011 Indianapolis Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of August 26–28, 2011 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.


2011 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix
The event was held two weeks after the Indiana State Fair stage collapse, which led to the cancellation of the popular AMA Pro flat-track race at the Indiana State Fairgrounds which is held nearby during the Saturday night of the race meet.


2011 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP classification
The race took place in the afternoon from 14:00 local time, in dry and partly cloudy weather, with an ambient temperature of 26 °C (80 °F).


2011 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.


2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish
The 2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish was a series of incidents which took place during the months of July and August 2011 across the Line of Control in Kupwara District and Neelam Valley. Both countries gave different accounts of the incident, each accusing the other of initiating the hostilities.


2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish, Incident, Indian version
India sources claimed that Pakistani Border Action Team (BAT) attacked a remote Indian Army post located at Gugaldhar ridge, Kupwara district on 30 July 2011. The post was manned by soldiers of the 19 Rajput Regiment and 20 Kumaon Regiment, the latter in the process of replacing the former. Around 6 Indian soldiers were killed in the attack. During the attack, the Pakistani forces beheaded two soldiers of the 20 Kumaon and took back the heads with them. A soldier of the 19 Rajput succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. A few days later, Indian army also discovered a video clip of the severed heads from a Pakistani militant who was killed while crossing into Jammu and Kashmir.


2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish, Incident, Indian version
In retaliation, Operation Ginger was planned by the Indian Army which a plan to conduct an ambush on the Pakistan Army post of Police Chowki using multiple teams. Seven, physical and aerial, reconnaissance missions were conducted and three Pakistani Army posts were identified as vulnerable. These posts included Police Chowki, a post at Jor, Hifazat and Lashdat lodging point. The Para commandos crossed over the LoC at 10pm on 29 August and reached their targets at 3am on 30 August, a day before Eid.


2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish, Incident, Indian version
The first team of commandos laid claymore mines preparing for an ambush and targeting four Pakistani soldiers, including a JCO, at 7am. One of the Pakistani soldiers was injured and fell into a stream while the other three soldiers were beheaded by the Indian commandos. Indian soldiers booby trapped the dead bodies with IEDs. Two Pakistani soldiers from the post rushed towards the ambush site after hearing the explosions but were killed by a second team of Indian soldiers. Two other Pakistani soldiers attacked the second team but were killed by a third team of Indian soldiers.


2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish, Incident, Indian version
At 7.45am, the Indian soldiers started to head back to the LoC. As they were retreating, they saw another group of Pakistani soldiers heading towards the ambush site. They heard loud explosions which indicated that the IEDs had been triggered and estimated that two to three additional Pakistani soldiers had been killed in the blast. The last team reached back on the Indian side by 2.30pm on 30 August. During exfiltration, an Indian soldier blew his finger off when he accidentally fell on a mine.


2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish, Incident, Indian version
The Indian team carried back with them three severed heads, three AK47 rifles and other weapons as trophies. Initially the heads were photographed and buried but, later, one of the senior generals in the Indian Army, asked them to burn the heads and throw away the ashes so as to leave no DNA evidence. Indians claimed that during the 45-minute operation, at least eight Pakistani soldiers were killed and a further 2 to 3 Pakistani soldiers may have been fatally injured.


2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish, Incident, Indian version
Officially, Indian Army spokesman maintained that the incident started when Pakistan made an infiltration bid in the Keran Sector of Kupwara District, Jammu and Kashmir on 30 August which was foiled by Indian security forces. During this an Indian Army JCO was also killed. He further claimed that there were two unprovoked firing incidents By the Pakistani Army, One on 31 August at around 8pm and another on 1 September at around 11am.


2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish, Incident, Pakistani version
Pakistan claimed that the fighting started when Indian forces opened fire on a Pakistani checkpoint based on the Line of Control in the Neelam Valley of Azad Kashmir. The Pakistan Army spokesperson dubbed the attack as unprovoked and said that three soldiers of the paramilitary Mujahid Battalion were killed. He further claimed that the soldiers came under fire when they were moving from one post to another.


2011 Individual Ice Racing European Championship
The 2011 Individual Ice Racing European Championship is the 2011 version of UEM Individual Ice Racing European Championship season. The final will be host in Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, Russia on 30 January 2011.


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship
The 2011 FIM Individual Ice Racing World Championship will be the 2011 version of FIM Individual Ice Racing World Championship season. The world champion will be determined in eight finals hosted in four cities between 5 February and 27 March 2011.


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship, Qualification
In three Qualifying Rounds will started 48 riders from 13 nationan federation and to Final series will qualify top 5 from each meetings and 6th placed riders from QR1 and QR2.


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship, Riders
There will be eighteen permanent riders. Seventeen riders was qualify from the Qualifying Rounds, and one permanent Wild Card will be nominatedand soon. There are no Wild Card and additional Track Reserve riders.


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship, Riders
In all cases of absence of a scheduled rider, the draw number 17 track reserve rider shall be elevated for that meeting to take the place of that missing scheduled rider. In the case that there are 2 missing scheduled riders, then both track reserve riders (draw numbers 17 and 18) are elevated.


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship, Riders
In the case that a track reserve rider is brought up to the level of a scheduled rider, and time allows, a rider substitute shall be nominated as track reserve rider, according to his placing on the Substitute list of that year. The Substitute list will be published by the CCP Executive Secretariat with the ballot of the first Final.


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship, Riders
A starting position draw for each final meeting will be balloted by the FIM.


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship, Riders, Track reserves
After each Final, the 2 track reserve riders will become scheduled riders in the next Final, even if they have taken part in the Final where they are track reserve riders. Therefore, the 2 lowest point score riders (not being the 2 track reserve riders from that Final) on the Intermediate Classification will become track reserve in the next Final. The best placed rider will be the 1st track reserve rider with draw number 17 and the 2nd rider will be the 2nd track reserve with draw number 18.


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship, Classification
The World Champion will be the rider having collected the most points at the end of the Championship. The track reserve riders are taken into account on the Final Overall Classification.


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship, Classification
In case of one or more ties on the Intermediate Classification of the Championship, the following will apply:


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship, Classification
In case of riders involved in a tie on the Final Overall Classification at the end of the Championship, the following will apply:


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship finals
The 2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship were the final meetings took place from February 5 to March 27, 2011 and determined the world champion for the 2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship. There were four final meetings (all two-day) with seventeen permanent riders and one wild card. The permanent riders were determined in three qualifying rounds.


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship finals, Heat details, Final One - Krasnogorsk, Day One
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell# - jacket number, if different as draw number


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship finals, Heat details, Final One - Krasnogorsk, Day Two
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell# - jacket number, if different as draw number


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship finals, Heat details, Final Two - Tolyatti, Day Three
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell# - jacket number, if different as draw number


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship finals, Heat details, Final Two - Tolyatti, Day Four
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell# - jacket number, if different as draw number


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship finals, Heat details, Final Three - Assen, Day Five
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell# - jacket number, if different as draw number


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship finals, Heat details, Final Three - Assen, Day Six
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell# - jacket number, if different as draw number


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship finals, Heat details, Final Four - Inzell, Day Seven
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell# - jacket number, if different as draw number


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship finals, Heat details, Final Four - Inzell, Day Eight
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell# - jacket number, if different as draw number


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship qualification
This page describes the qualifying procedure for the 2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship finals.


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship qualification
The 2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship events will take place from January to March 2011. The champion will be determined in eight final meetings. A seventeen permanent riders will be determined in three Qualifying Rounds hosted in January.


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship qualification, Qualification system
In three Qualifying Rounds will started 48 riders from 13 nationan federation and to Final series will qualify top 5 from each meetings and 6th placed riders from QR1 and QR2 as a track reserve during a Final One (Day 1).


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship qualification, Heat details, Qualifying Round One
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship qualification, Heat details, Qualifying Round Two
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


2011 Individual Ice Racing World Championship qualification, Heat details, Qualifying Round Three
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


2011 Individual Long Track World Championship
The 2011 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 41st edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.


2011 Individual Long Track World Championship
The world title was won by Joonas Kylmäkorpi of Finland for the second time.


2011 Individual Long Track World Championship qualification
This page describes the qualifying procedure for the 2011 Individual Long Track World Championship finals.


2011 Individual Long Track World Championship qualification, Heat details, Qualification Round One
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell# - jacket number, if different as draw number


2011 Individual Long Track World Championship qualification, Heat details, Qualification Round Two
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell# - jacket number, if different as draw number


2011 Individual Long Track World Championship qualification, Heat details, Long Track Challenge
M - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • T - exclusion for touching the tapes • X - other exclusion • E - retired or mechanical failure • F - fell# - jacket number, if different as draw number


2011 Individual Speedway European Championship
The 2011 Individual European Championship was the 11th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship season. The final took place on 24 September 2011 in Rivne, Ukraine. The defending champion was Sebastian Ułamek from Poland.


2011 Individual Speedway European Championship, Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


2011 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship
The 2011 European Individual Speedway Junior Championship was the 14th edition of the Championship.


2011 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
The 2011 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 35th edition of the FIM World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships.


2011 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
The event final was increased from three races to four races between 23 July and 9 October 2011. Maciej Janowski of Poland became the new champion.


2011 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship, Qualification
In five Qualifying Round will started 80 riders and to Semi-Finals will qualify top 6 from each meetings. This 30 riders and 2 riders from Semi-Final' host federations will started in two Semi-Finals. The top 7 riders from both SF will automatically qualify for all Final meetings.


2011 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship, Riders
There will be fourteen permanent riders (riders placed 1st to 7th in both semi finals will automatically qualify for all Final meetings). Two Wild Card riders will be nominated to each final meeting (approval and nomination by CCP Bureau). Two Track Reserve riders will be nominated by national federation.


2011 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship, Riders
In case of the absence of one or more riders in the final meetings, the first available Qualified Substitute rider or riders will be elevated for that meeting, and take the place(s) of the relevantmissing rider(s). The list of Qualified Substitute riders will be published by the CCP after the Semi Finals.


2011 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship, Riders
A starting position draw for each final meeting will be balloted by the FIM.