Mumbai Police on Friday indicated it would not extend the deadline for Chennai Super Kings CEO Gurunath Meiyappan to appear before it for questioning in the IPL betting scandal, saying “he has been asked to present himself by 5 pm today“. “Mr. Meiyappan
Three Army personnel were killed on Friday in an encounter with militants in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An Army spokesman said the troops had launched an anti-insurgency operation in Buchoo village in Tral area of Pulwama, 40 kms fro
The major highway bridge linking Seattle with Canada and the rest of the Pacific Northwest region collapsed on Thursday evening, dumping a handful of vehicles and people into a river, the Washington State Patrol said. Authorities said there were no deaths
He did not go into the details of it but Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said he has a “long-term plan” to curb corruption in cricket after the game was thrown into disarray by the IPL spot-fixing scandal. Speaking at the conference of Minister
Rattled by the spot-fixing scandal that has shaken Indian cricket, IPL Chairman Rajiv Shukla and BCCI vice-President Arun Jaitley on Friday met Law Minister Kapil Sibal, demanding that a strong anti-fixing legislation be “enacted as soon as possible“. “
A powerful earthquake has hit Russia’s Far East with slight tremors spreading westwards as far as Moscow. Marina Kolomiyets, spokeswoman for Obninsk’s seismic station of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said on Friday the epicenter was in the Sea of Okh
A special team of Delhi police had picked up a cricket bookie Mohammed, accused of involvement in the recently busted sensational IPL spot fixing case, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad on Thursday midnight. Police sources said the a
Describing the IPL spot-fixing scandal as unfortunate, former India football captain Baichung Bhutia said betting should be legalised in the country to stop corruption in cricket. “In Europe betting is legalised and you don’t come across such scams ever
India should legalise betting to stamp out corruption in cricket, says former England captain Geoffrey Boycott who feels the menace of fixing, which has currently dented the IPL’s reputation, emerges more frequently in the Asian countries. “The way to s
Police have not ruled out complicity among players from other franchises Shocking revelations have emerged, during the ongoing probe into the spot-fixing scandal, from bookies who stayed in the hotels where suspended IPL players were putting up ahead of
The police investigation into spot-fixing and betting charges has evoked much curiosity about B. Gurunath Meiyappan, team principal of Chennai Super Kings. The mild-mannered Mr. Gurunath, well known in the city’s social circles, is a man of few words and
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
The rupee on Friday weakened further by 10 paise to 55.69 against the dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange due to appreciation of the US currency overseas.Dealers attributed the rupee’s fall to dollar gains against other currencies overs
Snapping its four-day long losing streak, the BSE benchmark Sensex on Friday recovered by over 139 points in early trade on emergence of buying by funds, tracking a firming trend in the Asian region. The 30-share index, which had lost 612 points in the
Attrition of women as they move forward in the organisation a major challenge Even though she expressed concern over the “leaky pipeline” phenomenon afflicting women’s participation in the workforce as they move up the corporate ladder, U.S. Deputy Assis
The Union Cabinet will consider the impact of the proposed increase in natural gas prices on power tariff and fertilizer subsidy before deciding on increasing the rates, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Thursday. Commenting on CPI leader Gurudas
SPAV students showcase their theses for external evaluation The subject of architecture is not about just designing buildings and model townships, it is about life and the way that you design and plan your life. This was the expression given out by Anirb
“School Chale Hum” is scribbled on the outer walls of every house in Badbeli village of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh, but Sheela Soundhiya’s hopes of continuing her education were dashed when she was taken off school in Class IV. Last year, she was
The move assumes significance as State-board students often face challenges in competitive exams The syllabi for classes XI and XII have been revised and put up online for suggestions and feedback from those interested. The modified syllabi are expect
That Standard XII students of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) lose out on admissions in good courses, in arts and science colleges, because they start the race from much behind their counterparts from the State Board, has become a norm now. Wi
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
