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CSK owner Gurunath Meiyappan has been asked to appear before Mumbai Crime Branch between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. tomorrow Even as Gurunath Meiyappan, the principal of Chennai Super Kings has sought more time to appear before the Mumbai Crime Branch, the poli
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As initial fears that Wednesday’s gruesome beheading of a serving soldier in a south-east London suburb might be part of a wider terror plot were discounted, one of the two men behind the attack was identified as Michael Adebolajo, a 28-year-old British M
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The District Police and Special Operations Group killed a militant, Hilal Maulvi, belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), during an early morning raid on his hideout in the congested Fatehkadal area on Thursday. The militant from Palhalan, Pattan, was one
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The BSE benchmark Sensex on Thursday lost 388 points to fall below 20,000 level on disappointing March quarter earnings from state-run lender State Bank of India, amid weak global trend after US Federal Reserve hinted at scaling down monetary stimulus.
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has taken a lot of flak over the past two weeks. The spot-fixing scandal has trained the spotlight on the Board’s methods of governance and its willingness to punish erring players. In this exclusive interv
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N. Srinivasan has a reputation for being ruthless. Popularly known as “NS,” he is known to be a “good friend” and a “bad enemy.” Some consider him decisive; others see him as a divisive figure. These are probing days for the 68-year-old president of the
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How long does it take to conduct police verification? This simple question haunts and frustrates twenty-nine-year-old Sudhakar every week, whenever he walks into the Chilkalguda police station. With little luck, Sudhakar along with his mother Andalu hav
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Former promoters of Ranbaxy, on Thursday, rebutted the current Japanese owner’s allegations of hiding information on U.S. probe into drug adulteration, saying they did not misrepresent any facts or falsify any data. Malvinder Mohan Singh, the former pro
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Tata Steel reported a consolidated loss of Rs.6,529 crore in the fourth quarter of 2012-13 against a profit of Rs.433 crore in the same period last year as the company took a one-time impairment charge of Rs.8,355.9 crore on its non-current assets related
Sport
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Rajasthan and Mumbai to compete for a spot in Sunday’s final In the absence of purple, the Eden Gardens will be taken over by blue on Friday. Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals will square up in the second qualifier that will identify the worthy rival
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The women’s teams from Haryana and Jharkhand strolled into the semifinals of the sub-junior National hockey championships on Thursday.Haryana registered its third consecutive win of the tournament, defeating Jharkhand 5-1 in a Pool B encounter at the SAI
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India’s Manika Batra entered the girls’ semifinals after scoring a hard-fought win over Yui Hamamoto of Japan in the ITTF Polish Junior Open in Wladyslawowo, Poland on Thursday. The 18-year-old Indian paddler overcame stiff resistance from the higher-ra
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Mumbai Indians opening batsman Dwayne Smith said his team would look to put behind the loss against Chennai Super Kings in the Qualifier-I and try to make the most of a second opportunity in the qualifier-II against Rajasthan Royals.“Cricket, more so Twen
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Since the spot-fixing controversy broke out last week, Rajasthan Royals has played a couple of games — both against Sunrisers Hyderabad. The first match was less than 48 hours after the arrest of S. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, but, as RR h
Opinion
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The BRICS states can emerge as a mediator for a political process only if they view the crisis from the perspective of those fleeing the conflict Syrian refugees stalk Beirut’s commercial districts such as Hamra and Achrafieh. Shoeshine boys walk up and
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The Bharatiya Janata Party has done the expected in presenting a trenchant charge sheet coinciding with the commencement of the United Progressive Alliance’s final year in office. Like any Opposition worth its salt, the BJP loves a good fight and the Manm
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Awareness about genetic testing to know if a woman with a family history of breast cancer and ovarian cancer carries certain deleterious mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes has surely increased following Angelina Jolie’s recent revelation of her bilate
Business
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The rupee breaches the psychological level of 56 to a dollar intra-day Equities fell sharply on the bourses following crash in shares globally as investors rushed to grab safer assets dumping equities as manufacturing survey of China and remarks of Ben
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Nissan expects to significantly improve its performance in India this year, and is aiming to almost treble sales in 2013-14. The company sold 37,000 vehicles in 2012-13, and is targeting sales of 100,000 vehicles this year. It exported 130,000 units in 20
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Textile machinery manufacturer Lakshmi Machine Works (LMW) plans to expand the range of products manufactured at its subsidiary LMW Textile Machinery (Suzhou) in China. Director (Finance) R. Rajendran told The Hindu here on Thursday that the China subsid
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German truck maker Daimler AG took the wraps off its ‘Asia business model’, a far-reaching strategy that will see its FUSO range of trucks, which rolled out from the company’s plant near here on Thursday, exported to nearly 15 countries across Asia and Af
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Mahindra’s shareholding in Ssangyong Motor will increase from 69.63 per cent to 72.85 per cent Ssangyong Motor of South Korea said it had received full payment of 80 billion Korean won (Rs.400 crore) from its majority shareholder Mahindra & Mahindra
Features
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V.K. Rao chases kites with an obsession that started in his childhood. Today, he teaches youngsters to fly kites and organises kite festivals to keep his spirits soaring. As it soars, darts, dives and dips, a colourful kite in the sky buffeting the wind
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The locally available golden star fruit makes for a great summer cooler Childhood memories for most Bangaloreans would include the luscious star fruit (Averrhoa) from a cart outside school. We would bite into the juicy fruit, which was sliced and sprink
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Subir Malik of Parikrama and Shiv Ahuja of progressive rock band Five8 along with zillion fans were very close to watching Ray Manzarek live this year in Delhi. The gig was cancelled and with the keyboardist and founder of The Doors passing, there will ne
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“Much Ado About Knotting” is a light hearted look at the complicated business of getting married If marriages are made in heaven, it must have a formidable supply of matrimonial supplements, websites and agents. Such is the clout of this perennially boo
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As he finds a new turf with “Aurangzeb”, Prithviraj Sukumaran talks about his struggle with Hindi and why he took the road to Bollywood “I don’t want anybody’s charity. I am hoping that the people won’t go and watch ‘Aurangzeb’ thinking that a South Indi
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A pistol-toting, invective-spewing businessman was the main character in a high drama that played out on Ponnamallee High Road on Wednesday. Petlee Peter followed the story as it played out. The Hindu photographers captured the scenes. It all began arou
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Sunrisers Hyderabad lost to Royals in a thrilling low scoring match of the Pepsi Indian Premier League in New Delhi on Wednesday. Photos: S. Subramanium
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