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The CSK Team Principal and his father-in-law BCCI chief N. Srinivasan, who were spotted in Kodaikanal earlier in the day, would leave by a chartered flight from Madurai. With Mumbai Police declining his request to extend the deadline to appear before th
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In a major step forward towards the implementation of the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT), 2007, the Centre on Friday notified a temporary Cauvery Water (Implementation of the Order of 2007) Scheme, 2013. Under the Scheme, the
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Police on Friday said they would probe the call details of two bookies held late last night for alleged betting in the ongoing IPL matches to ascertain possible connections with six of those already arrested from Chennai.Analysis of phone call details and
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India will issue at least 27,000 more Emergency Certificates to enable its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia for home after a new labour policy came into force in the Gulf Kingdom. The Indian Embassy in Riyadh has released a second list of verification and
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The Syrian Government has agreed to participate in a peace conference initiated by the United States and Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. “We received confirmation from Damascus that the Syrian Government is, in principle, ready to tak
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The next manager of Manchester City will not be sacked if the club does not win silverware in his first season, but will be expected to pick up five trophies in five years. Those were the words of the club’s chief executive, Ferran Soriano, speaking to Br
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The winners of football’s Europa League will automatically qualify from 2015 for a Champions League place in the following season, UEFA decided on Friday. The new ruling, designed to make the Europa League more attractive to clubs, was ratified by the UEF
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Terming unauthorised raising of funds by various entities from the public as a critical area of concern, SEBI Chairman U K Sinha on Friday promised strict action against such schemes and sought continuing support from the government for the benefit of the
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UEFA President Michel Platini wants to establish a European sports police force to tackle betting, corruption, match-fixing, doping and hooliganism. Addressing the UEFA Congress in London on Friday, Platini said that his previous calls have been ignored
Sport
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Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal could face top-seeded Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinals a year after they met to decide the title. Friday’s draw for the clay-court Grand Slam tournament placed Nadal and Djokovic on the same half of the field,
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India’s top-ranked female player Dipika Pallikal put up a spirited display before going down 1-3 to second seed Laura Massaro of England in the pre-quarters of the Allam British Open Squash Championships. With the ouster of the Chennai girl, the Indian cha
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PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf on Friday said they have no clue why Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf was under investigation in the IPL spot-fixing scandal and why he has been withdrawn from the Champions Trophy. Rauf is under police scanner for involvement in the sp
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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
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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“. “
Opinion
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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
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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
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision last week to impose a state of emergency in the three north-eastern states of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa, followed by air attacks, shelling and the deployment of troops, marks a dramatic new turning point for
Business
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World stocks stabilized on Friday, a day after global markets dropped sharply on concerns global growth is slowing and the Federal Reserve could start scaling back its monetary stimulus. Japan’s Nikkei, which had led the previous day’s losses with a plung
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Rising for the first time this week, the BSE benchmark Sensex on Friday rose by 30 points, boosted by a 5 per cent jump in Tata Steel and gains in fundamentally strong stocks led by consumer durables and metals.The 30-share index commenced the day on a st
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In the wake of the IPL spot-fixing scandal, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) has called for legalising sports betting in the country.“Despite several attempts to ban it, betting is continuing albeit in an underground way an
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Shares in Indian pharmaceutical giant Wockhardt Ltd plunged on Friday after the United States’ food and drugs regulator banned imports from one of its plants in India. The US Food and Drug Administration issued an import alert on Wednesday, saying it had
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FMCG major Nestle India on Friday said Etienne Benet would take over as the Managing Director of company with effect from October 1, 2013, replacing Antonio Helio Waszyk from the post.Mr Benet is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Nestle Central and
Features
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The success and failure of strategies adopted by Indian organisations to compete in the global market would be the focus of discussions at the 16 annual convention of the Strategic Management Forum (SMF) which began at the Indian Institute of Management K
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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