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Mumbai Police will on Thursday question BCCI president N. Srinivasan’s son-in-law and CEO of Chennai Super Kings Gurunath Meiyappan in connection with the Indian Premier League (IPL) betting scandal. A two-member team from Mumbai arrived in Chennai on T
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Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday sought to assuage the stock market, after it declined by over 350 points, by asserting that there was no need for any “nervousness” and the participants should read the situation correctly rather than be influen
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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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‘To say that the company was floated for betting is unfair’ While business partners of S. Sreesanth, the pacer who was arrested in the betting scam, defend their company’s objective to run a betting house as legitimate, they hasten to add that they did
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Several churches across Goa are heading for a massive restoration, a job undertaken once in 50-60 years.The lifespan of interiors and antiquities in these churches built during Portuguese colonial rule in Goa, has entered a phase where they require huge u
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British police have confirmed that the man killed in an apparent terror attack was a serving soldier. Police said on Thursday morning that they believe they know the man’s identity but will not be releasing it at his family’s request. Police say a pos
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BSP supremo Mayawati’s dream projects, including memorials and parks in the name of Dalit icons in the state capital, would now witness marriages and cultural events with the Akhilesh government deciding to use the space for public purposes.“Yes...the dec
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Shashi Kant Sharma was on Thursday sworn in as CAG by President Pranab Mukherjee in the Rashtrapati Bhavan here.The 61-year-old 1976 Bihar cadre IAS officer replaced Vinod Rai, who superannuated on Wednesday after a five-and-a-half year eventful tenure as
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Gunmen kidnapped the father of Afghanistan’s national cricket team captain near his home in an eastern city, officials said on Thursday. There has been no ransom demand since Mohammad Nabi’s 60-year-old father Khobi Khan was abducted from his car in the c
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In a blatant breach of IOA’s Constitution, the National Rifle Association of India allowed members from an ad hoc committee in Jharkhand — which is neither affiliated to the state Olympic body nor recognised by the government — to cast votes in NRAI’s las
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The Union Law Ministry is mulling a new anti-fixing legislation after the latest scandal in the Indian Premier League with three Rajasthan Royals cricketers arrested for spot-fixing and other under the scanner, Sports Minister Jitendra SIngh said in Delhi
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Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways.”“I would not lie it was a very tou
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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
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Country’s largest bank SBI on Thursday reported a 18.54 per cent decline in net profit at Rs. 3,299 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2013 on account of lower interest income, causing its shares to plummet over 7 per cent on the bourses.It had
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Sacked iGate Corp Chief Executive Phaneesh Murthy will be sued for sexually harassing the firm’s investor relations head and allegedly making her pregnant, the law firm representing the victim said on Thursday. The California-based law firm, Aiman-Smith
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Shares of Ranbaxy Laboratories on Thursday slumped by over 9 per cent in the morning trade, after its Japanese promoters blamed the company’s former Indian owners for concealing and misrepresenting critical information about U.S. investigation into sale o
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The rupee on Thursday declined by a hefty 37 paise to trade at a fresh six-month low of 55.83 in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on sustained dollar demand and strengthening of the U.S. currency overseas.Forex dealers said besides dol
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The BSE benchmark Sensex on Thursday fell for the fourth consecutive day by losing nearly 85 points in early trade due to sustained selling by funds amid a weak trend in other Asian markets.The 30-share barometer, which had lost nearly 224 points in the p
Features
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Innovation toolkit? Yes that is what Rekha Shetty comes up with in her latest book that deconstructs corporate governance and success. Divya Kumar speaks to the author Rekha Shetty’s seventh book, Innovation Secrets of Indian CEOs will be launched in th
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For many students of medicine and dentistry, what was once their dream course soon turns into a nightmare because of one aspect of the system — the compulsory ‘break’.Under the ‘break system’, students who fail in the first year of MBBS and BDS, cannot att
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Has the recent spot-fixing scandal diminished our enthusiasm for the tournament? NXg asks a few of its readers… No, I don’t think such scandals will stop people from watching IPL. Every event has positives and negatives and it is up to us to take the po
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Seat-sharing talks inconclusive, new dates yet to be announced Counselling for postgraduate medical and dental seats for candidates who qualified in the Postgraduate Entrance Test (PGET) conducted by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS
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Higher Education Minister R.V. Deshpande on Wednesday said that he would strive to get one world-class university and Indian Institute of Technology at Raichur and Dharwad with help from the Union government but remained noncommittal on what stand the Con
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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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Vinod Rai demits office after changing the face of the office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India forever.
May 22, 2013
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