BCCI President N.Srinivasan remained defiant on Saturday rejecting demands for his resignation but moves are said to be afoot to oust him in the wake of arrest of his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan on betting charges even as Sunday’s IPL final involving th
Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI president N. Srinivasan, was grilled by Mumbai Crime Branch for several hours following his arrest on Friday night in IPL betting scandal during which he was “evasive” and “non-cooperative”, police said here on Satur
After battling for his life since Friday afternoon following the stabbing incident, Thiyagarajan succumbed to his injury at Apollo Hospitals on Saturday The police head constable who was undergoing treatment after being stabbed in the neck on Friday aft
Police and fire-fighters responded to 30 fires in several Stockholm suburbs overnight into Saturday as unrest continued for a sixth consecutive night. However, there were no incidents of stone-throwing at fire-fighters or police, Stockholm police report
Senior MLC and Congress leader from Bagalkot district S.R.Patil was sworn in as a Minister in the Siddaramaiah cabinet by Governor H.R.Bharadwaj at the Raj Bhavan on Saturday. Mr Patil (65), a Lingayat MLC for the third term, is a law graduate, whose pr
An alleged bookie was arrested by Gujarat police here in connection with IPL betting scandal and Rs 1.28 crore in cash along with one kg gold seized from him. “A bookie, Vinod Moolchandani, has been arrested in connection with IPL betting scandal. We ar
Empowering a “hostile” provincial administration with land and police powers will have grave repercussions, Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said, opposing the holding of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) election here.In his warnin
Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid hopes that investigators “get to the bottom of the mess and reveal the truth” about spot fixing. “I believe truth sets you free. I sincerely hope that we get to the bottom of this mess and reveal whatever the truth
In dramatic airport arrest, police foil escape by key link in bookie-fixer nexus Mohammad Yahya, a middle-aged man who has worked in Bollywood movies as a spot boy with legendary actors such as Dilip Kumar, was arrested in Hyderabad by the Delhi Police
B. Gurunath Meiyappan of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) managed to avoid the waiting media contingent at the Madurai airport on Friday evening by changing his car on his way to the airport from Kodaikanal. He flew out of the temple town to Mumbai by a chartere
The idea that a tongue spoken by a large number of people across a territory is ‘pure’ and therefore must not be changed is wrong Our perception of language, formulation of language policies and their implementation, and our attitudes to other languages
Cricket in India stands on the edge of a precipice and if it is to be saved, the men who have allowed the game to be placed in mortal danger must take responsibility for their acts of omission and commission. What began as a betting and spot-fixing scanda
Real estate developers see more value in turning commercial properties into residential ones Though the opening of the Indian retail sector to foreign direct investments may have brought cheers to the commercial real estate sector in the country, it is e
Reserve Bank of India Governor D. Subbarao, on Friday, briefed a Parliamentary panel on regulatory issues concerning the recent chit-fund scam in West Bengal and discussed steps that could be taken to prevent recurrence of such frauds. According to sour
Documentation for booking of forward contracts up to $200,000 is also being simplified Amid the rupee touching nearly 9-month low against the U.S. dollar, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Friday said it would continue to take steps to check excessive
Gangotri Textiles, an integrated textile company, informed the BSE on Friday that due reference will be made to the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) in terms of Section 23 of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act,
528 schools in district have no compound walls, putting students at risk Teachers of Government Higher Primary School in Kasaba-Bengre have an onerous task: to ensure that its 500 students are safe. Onerous because the school has no boundary wall, and a
Buses undergo fitness tests at RTOs The Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) will make an urgent effort to enforce the rules strictly and check speeding of vehicles carrying schoolchildren.With another academic year to begin in a week, the State Transport Com
When Government Lower Primary and Nursery School, Mettukada, will reopen next month, the students can look forward to having some fun time at a brand new children’s park.The Rs.3-lakh garden project is one among the many initiatives taken up by the authori
A ban on gutka is supposed to be in place in Delhi, but it is found all over the place disguised as paan masala or cigarettes Over three of the last four weeks this column has been carrying excerpts from a text about Delhi that was written in the early ...
Highlights of the week in pictures — the odd images you might have missed and some lasting moments our editors think you should see.
Rajasthan Royals lose to MI by four wickets in the second qualifier in Kolkata on Friday. Photos: K.R. Deepak
