He used to place "huge bets" on IPL matches and was even divulging team’s strategy to bookies, Mumbai Police tells court Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI president N. Srinivasan, not only placed heavy bets on T-20 matches in the Indian Premiere Le
Top leaders of Chhattisgarh were killed, another leader V.C. Shukla injured in the attack; State Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel and his son kidnapped, police say A number of top Congress leaders of Chhattisgarh have been killed or injured in an unprece
The desperate attempt by Chennai Super Kings to distance itself from Gurunath Meiyappan may not save the franchise from potential termination if one takes a close look at the agreement between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and individua
Wikimedia’s annual conference will see participation from four of 11 contributors from India It sounds like a motley group — a septuagenarian from Chennai, a mother-daughter team from Salem, a computer engineer from Pune and a medical student from Kozhi
The Bharatiya Janata Party leadership on Saturday approved the name of four-time MLA Jai Ram Thakur as the party’s candidate for the Lok Sabha by-election from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. The seat fell vacant after Virbhadra Singh resigned to contest the A
Why don’t you go to Aligarh? What are you doing here? Such questions are posed almost every day, he says A student of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has alleged that university officials are pressing him to withdraw a complaint he recently lodged with t
State asked to make expenditure data entries within a month Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has released this year’s outlay under the job guarantee scheme to Jammu and Kashmir with an ultimatum: expenditure data entries will have to be ma
After the betting scandal broke, Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf left India in such haste that he did not even collect two bags of gifts sent to him by bookies.The gifts, which include jeans worth Rs. 25,000, watches and shirts, were supposed to have been deli
Dr. Nevill R. Devlaliwalla & Mr. Paawan R. Seksaria’s An Acquired Taste (Christopher up) won the K.N. Guruswamy Memorial Cup, the main event of the races held here on Saturday (May 25). The winner is trained by Altamash Ahmed. 1. UDHAGAMANDALAM PLATE
Nico Rosberg set the fastest qualifying time at the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday to secure his third consecutive pole position and a fourth straight for Mercedes. The German driver finished ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton and, with Monaco’s track the ha
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
Oil India has posted a marginal rise (1.56 per cent) in its gross income at Rs. 11,456.32 crore in the year ended March 31, 2013, against Rs.11,279.90 crore in the previous financial year. The net profit rose by 4.13 per cent to Rs. 3,589.34 crore from Rs.
Handset manufacturers offer finance, exchange and discount schemes Buying a high-end smartphone has never been so easy. With handset manufacturers offering finance, exchange and discount schemes to make phones affordable, the sale of high-end smartphones
Japanese car giant Nissan will recall 22,188 units of its small car Micra and sedan Sunny in India due to faulty braking system, as part of a global exercise to rectify the problem.The company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Nissan Motor India will recall the v
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday exuded confidence that the sagging economic growth will soon revive and economy this fiscal will grow by at least one per cent more than last fiscal. The final FY13 GDP numbers are expected early next week and th
Veteran playback singer T.M. Soundararajan passed away in Chennai on Saturday. The nonagenarian ruled the hearts of his fans with his mellifluous singing for decades. A pictorial tribute to the legend ... Compiled by Saraswathy Srinivasan
The distinctly modern struggle for gender identity finds expression in the hoary traditions of Aravan’s temple in Koovagam, Tamil Nadu. My gender identity is fabricated and instinctive, illusionary and real, pivotal and irrelevant to the person I am. Ho
Sarnath Banerjee studied Biochemistry and still harbours a faint desire to produce a graphic version of Darwin’s The Origin of Species. He is the author of the graphic novels Corridor, The Barn Owl’s Wondrous Capers and The Harappa Files. About 10 years
Neha Khator narrates the story of an NGO that transformed a backward village into a bustling city, with funds, of course, but also by fostering a sense of duty in its residents. Vimla Kanwar, a 70-year-old widow, had a problem. After her husband, a hand
The distinctly modern struggle for gender identity finds expression in the hoary traditions of Aravan’s temple in Koovagam, Tamil Nadu.
Highlights of the week in pictures — the odd images you might have missed and some lasting moments our editors think you should see.
Rajasthan Royals lose to MI by four wickets in the second qualifier in Kolkata on Friday. Photos: K.R. Deepak
