He faces charges of betting, conspiracy and cheating Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI president N. Srinivasan, was arrested late on Friday night on charges of betting, conspiracy and cheating after he was questioned by the Mumbai Crime Branch. Mei
"Mr. Meiyappan is neither the owner, nor the CEO/Team Principal of the Chennai Super Kings." With the swirling storm set off by police investigations into the spot-fixing of Indian Premier League cricket fixtures now reaching their front door, Chennai S
I'm pleased, says Obama Srikanth “Sri” Srinivasan (46), the Chandigarh-born, Harvard-educated Obama nominee to the Federal Appeals Court DC Circuit, received bipartisan confirmation in a 97-0 vote by the Senate and set off speculation that he may go on
Dayamani Barla was presented with the first ever Ellen L. Lutz Indigenous Rights Award by Cultural Survival, an indigenous peoples’ rights organisation The Big Apple is renowned as the home of investment banks, glitzy fashion shows and other 21st-centur
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 public that considers cricket a religion has been betrayed by this scandal” The Board of Control for Cricket in India must take responsibility for its role in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting scandal, the Bharatiya Janata Party sai
Rajasthan Royals lose to MI by four wickets in the second qualifier in Kolkata on Friday. Photos: K.R. Deepak
‘IPL has demolished its prestige and the whole exercise is totally commercial’ The Former BCCI president, A.C. Muthiah, believes the spot-fixing scandal is just the “tip of the iceberg.” He was at the helm in 2000 when the BCCI took strong action agains
Allowing Srinivasan to take over as BCCI president in 2011, a Bench made it clear that this would be subject to final orders on A.C. Muthiah’s appeal As demand grows for the resignation of BCCI president N. Srinivasan, the issue of ‘conflict of interest
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
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,
‘The most important challenge before the country is to revive investment cycle’ India Inc should stop looking abroad and focus on tapping huge investment opportunities within the country, especially in the infrastructure sector, which offers long-term b
From this year, students of all arts, science colleges must use only English: education council From this June, students at all arts and sciences colleges across the State will have to write their assignments and tests only in English. As per a change i
The ninth edition of The Hindu Education Plus Career Fair attracted more than 2,000 students on the inaugural day at the Chennai Trade Centre, Nandambakkam here on Friday.The two-day fair will have 11 sessions in all. On the first day, sessions on medicine
Moksha, mukti or liberation is freedom from Samsara, say the scriptures. This freedom is gained when one realises the nature of Atma (Self) is of the essence of Sat (eternal Truth), Chit (infinite consciousness) and Ananda (bliss).Since the desire to seek
It has been three years since Kiran Nadar Museum of Art opened in New Delhi. Chairperson-art collector Kiran Nadar tells Shailaja Tripathi that she and her project are on track Her wide smile electrifies the surroundings transforming a regular meeting r
