Mumbai police say they have found Meiyappan's involvement in the betting offence The Mumbai Crime Branch on late Friday night arrested Gurunath Meiyappan under the charges of betting in cricket matches. "We have interrogated him and based on the infor
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
In dramatic scenes, two male passengers of a Pakistan International Airlines flight from Lahore were on Friday arrested for endangering the safety of the aircraft after reportedly trying to enter the cockpit and making threats. The plane, which was car
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has been a big supporter of the UIDAI project. And, as if to strengthen his belief in the UIDAI, at a function on Friday when he said in the course of his speech that he had lost his Aadhaar card,
‘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
Riding boats across Narmada, dam evictees join stir ‘for future generations” Gond tribals and anti-nuclear activists took out a celebratory rally here after a public hearing, scheduled for Friday, on the Chutka Nuclear Power Project was indefinitely pos
Rajasthan Royals lose to MI by four wickets in the second qualifier in Kolkata on Friday. Photos: K.R. Deepak
The Footballers Players Association of India (FPAI) is taking the initiative to arm its member-footballers with information beyond the game, for example, money management, understanding contract conditions etc. Current FPAI president Baichung Bhutia exp
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has sanctioned a grant of about Rs. three crore towards the construction of a Gymnasium Hall and the procurement of related equipment, for the Mary Kom Regional Boxing Foundation, being set up in Imphal.The Manipur
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has set July 15 as the deadline for holding the extraordinary meeting of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to review its constitution and ensure that all standards of good governance and ethics are effectively
The parliamentary committees on the howitzer scam and the stock market scandal protected the powerful and failed to fix accountability. The same is true in the spectrum case The current political situation brings back memories of 1989. The Prime Minister
By ordering the prosecution of two witnesses who turned hostile in the sensational Jessica Lal murder case, the Delhi High Court seems to have paved the way for a much needed corrective in India’s criminal justice delivery system. Too often, during the co
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
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
Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman brings his symbol of unfettered joys to Hong Kong On the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, a yellow carpet is spread out to welcome a symbol of hope. No, we are not talking about a Hollywood celebrity or a politica
“Nobody Can Love You More”, a recent book on Delhi’s red light area, explores well the destitution of the sex workers Life in Delhi’s red light area hardly arouses general interest as those who live in it are just left to their miserable fate. But a boo
