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In fresh trouble for pacer S. Sreesanth, Mumbai Police’s crime branch may book him in a spot-fixing case registered by it and seek his custodial interrogation, Joint Commissioner (Crime) Himanshu Roy said on Saturday. Mr. Roy said permission of a compet
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CBI SP Vivek Dutt, Inspector Rajesh Chandra Karnatak, 2 others are accused of taking bribe to favour a businessman in a land dispute Senior CBI officer Vivek Dutt, who headed the coalgate scam probe team, and three others were on Friday sent to three da
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Pyarimohan Mohapatra accuses State government officials of acting as company’s agents. Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha Pyarimohan Mohapatra on Saturday strongly opposed SEZ status and raw material commitment to the South Korean steel major Posco by the State
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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
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The dependence on imported coal for meeting energy requirements is likely to continue in the coming years, going by the Planning Commission’s estimates. The Plan panel is of the view that the country would face shortfall of 200 million tonne coal by the en
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Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has sought from Japan more market access for Indian exporters in sectors such as agriculture, marine and pharmaceutical products. He has also expressed concern over the mounting trade deficit. Mr. Sharma raised
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Tata Motors, on Saturday, said it had raised Singapore $350 million (about Rs.1,525 crore) through the issue of securities in Singapore, mainly for redemption of preference shares. “Tata Motors announces that TML Holdings Pte Ltd., a wholly-owned subsid
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State Bank of India, on Saturday, suggested that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should be the regulator for all home loans provided by banks or housing finance companies (HFCs). “I see no justification for having a separate regulator for home loans. Perh
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DoE has conditionally authorised Freeport Terminal to export LNG to non-FTA countries Opening up the prospects of export of shale gas to energy-starved India, the U.S. has granted conditional authorisation to export domestically-produced liquefied natur
Sport
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The day S. Sreesanth was arrested in Mumbai, a young receptionist of a private company in this north Kerala city, called up her husband and said: “So it is to watch these fixed matches that you stay up late into the night and disturb my sleep?”The husband
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The script followed a familiar line as the Indian teams fought hard and lost, similar to the league matches on Friday. The quarterfinals of the Thanthi TV Asia-Pacific under-21 beach volleyball championship on the sands of Marina saw six teams — three f
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Indian women’s compound team, comprising Trisha Deb, Gagandeep Kaur and P. Lily Chanu, won the country’s first-ever World Cup medal. The trio, playing Italy (Katia D'Agostino, Laura Longo and Marcella Tonioli) in the bronze medal play-off in the World Cup
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India’s Vikas Gowda finished sixth in men’s discus with a throw of 61.97m which came in his last effort at the Shanghai Diamond League meet on Saturday. The 29-year-old Indianhas a season best of 65.82m which came at Mesa in the US in early April. Piotr
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A few months ago if I had started my column with the declaration that “the return of Kevin Pietersen will bring nothing but embarrassment to the England selectors” you might have, quite reasonably, laughed in my face. He has said this week that he will
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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
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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
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The world’s longest-running ethnic conflict took a new turn on May 8, when about 2,000 guerrillas belonging to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) started to cross the south-eastern Turkish border into Qandil in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Region. The move
Business
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What was supposed to be a bumper crop with a record target for wheat procurement has turned out to be a dampener with much lower quantities of wheat arriving in grain markets across Punjab and Haryana — the country’s breadbasket. Punjab has barely manag
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SBI says Jago Grahak Jago-like campaign needed to prevent duping of investors by shadow banking system. In the backdrop of the Saradha chit fund scam, the State Bank of India on Saturday said the Reserve Bank of India or Securities and Exchange Board of
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Gold prices fell by Rs. 110 to Rs. 26,700 per ten grams in the national capital on Saturday due to reduced off take against stockists selling sparked by a weak global trend.Silver, however, held steady at Rs. 43,700 per kg in restricted buying.Traders said
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A committee appointed by the Government to look into U.S. giant Walmart’s lobbying activities to enter the Indian market is ready with its report and it is likely to be submitted in a day or two. The committee, headed by former Chief Justice of Punjab and
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Younger users may be leaving for apps such as Instagram or WhatsApp but data shows Facebook is still very strong The memory of Facebook’s painful stock market debut a year ago on 18 May, is at last beginning to fade. Not for investors who bought at the
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STR opens up to udhav naig on his upcoming films Vaalu and Vettai Mannan, his Love Anthem and being comfortable with his image In this day and age when celebrities hire PR firms to carefully carve out their image in the media, Silambarasan’s ‘headline-wo
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Actor Ramki, who’s making a comeback to tinseltown with three films, says he wants to play important roles Ramki is getting ready for a strong second innings in Tamil cinema. After a hiatus, Ramki will be seen reprising important roles in three movies. “
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Thanks to a music video she featured in, actor Nazriya Nazim today has films with big banners and actors in her kitty Nazriya Nazim signed for plum film projects with big banners and established heroes, including Arya (Raja Rani) and Dhanush (Naiyyaandi)
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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
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Vishakha Singh gets the best of both worlds With a host of exciting new-age projects, Vishakha Singh, best known for her debut in Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se (KHJJS) a few years ago and more recently for Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya (KLTA) in Tamil, has a bus
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Kings XI Punjab ended their IPL campaign on a winning note with a 50-run thrashing of Mumbai Indians.
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Tribal dances, martial arts and the Madras Regiment band added colour to the inaugaration of the Ooty flower show. Photos: M. Sathyamoorthy
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Highlights of the week in pictures — the odd images you might have missed and some lasting moments our editors think you should see.
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A humorous take on the news this week.
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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.
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