Three Rajasthan Royal players, S. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankit Chavan, arrested for alleged spot fixing in the IPL will be questioned for the second time by the Delhi Police on Saturday. The trio will be confronted with each other for the first ti
Reopen all ancient trade routes, former BJP MP urges Prime Minister On the eve of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to India, a former BJP MP from Arunachal Pradesh has said that the Indian government should allow people from the State to visit China o
Yielding to pressure by civil society groups, the Congress on Saturday expanded the Siddaramaiah ministry by adding 28 ministers, keeping away senior MLAs who were allegedly facing charges of corruption. While 20 of them were sworn in as cabinet ministe
CPI(M), on Saturday, demanded an expeditious appeal by the CBI against the Patna High Court order acquitting former RJD MP Pappu Yadav in the murder case of party leader Ajit Sarkar in 1998. Terming the acquittal of Mr. Yadav and others as “travesty of
A Junior Commissioned Officer was killed while a soldier was injured as Army, on Saturday, foiled an infiltration bid by militants in Macchil sector along the Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Troops of 56 Rashtriya Rifles noticed som
Delhi Police has sent investigators to four cities in the country to trace the money trail in the IPL spot-fixing case. According to sources, teams have been sent to Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Mumabi and Hyderabad in this connection. Sreesanth and the other
When David Beckham broke a bone in his left foot before the 2002 World Cup, Tony Blair, then the British prime minister, interrupted a cabinet meeting to express his concern about England’s suddenly uncertain chances. Tabloid newspapers ran photos of Beckh
Despite being one of the world’s best 800m runners, Tintu Luka came across some surprise hurdles at home a few days ago as she got ready for a new season. Though she was invited to run in the recent Asian Grand Prix meets in Thailand and Sri Lanka, she
Neither the men’s nor women’s Indian teams made a firm impact in the league stage of the Asia Pacific under-21 beach volleyball championship, which commenced on the sands of Marina here on Friday. The No.1 Indian women’s duo of R. Deepika and S. Eshwari
With no long-term planning and policy reforms, the country’s burgeoning waste management problem is set to become a health and environmental crisis In 2012, for the first time in its history, India saw nationwide public protests from the northernmost Ja
Suspicions and apprehensions cannot be the basis on which a government can take decisions or make appointments. But with the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, and the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, submi
Sun TV Network has reported a rise in its standalone revenues at Rs. 1,817.62 crore for the year ended March 31, 2013, against Rs. 1,757.37 crore in the previous financial year. The net profit after tax stood at Rs. 683.34 crore against Rs. 694.65 crore.
NIIT Technologies posted a 22 per cent rise in its net profit at Rs.56.6 crore for the January-March 2013 quarter against Rs.46.2 crore in the year-ago period.“We experienced sequential growth in each quarter of the year, driven by all round expansion in
‘The company is operating a culture of corporate irresponsibility’ British MPs have branded Google ‘devious, calculating and unethical’, accusing the search giant of deliberately subverting its motto, ‘don’t be evil’, in order to pay less tax. Infuriate
‘Suitable environment should be created for nurturing this nascent and yet highly potential fuel source’ Land is one of the major challenges that would have to be handled strategically before India could tap its resources of shale gas, Chairman and Mana
Rehearsals were on at the Lenin Balavadi, two days ahead of the theatrical rendition of novelist C.V. Raman Pillai’s classic work of historical fiction, ‘Marthanda Varma’. Actors sauntered on the makeshift stage, trying to recollect the complex lines scri
Why we need to revamp our education system. “Why is Std XII so imperative in determining my future?,” asks a perplexed student who has just completed the Herculean task of giving her Std XII board exams: me! This is the time when the private coaching ins
Neyveli Santhanagopalan’s music has a continuing appeal, as was seen at his recent concert for Hamsavinodhini. The audience had filled up the hall in spite of the IPL matches. And, as is his wont, Santhanagoplan had applied thought in planning his cutcher
We need multi-use public spaces in our cities, spaces that borrow the idea of the village banyan tree In early April, just around the time when the summer heat begins to get oppressive, a close group of college friends from architecture school and I cam
Highlights of the week in pictures — the odd images you might have missed and some lasting moments our editors think you should see.
Sunrisers Hyderabad brightened their chances of entering the semifinals of Indian Premier League by beating Rajasthan Royals by 23 runs in a crucial tie at Rajiv Gandhi international stadium in Hyderabad.
