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Chennai Super Kings owner has been asked to appear before Mumbai Crime Branch between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. tomorrow CEO of Chennai Super Kings Gurunath Meiyappan has been asked to appear on Friday in Mumbai before Crime Branch police there in connection w
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British government’s emergency committee meets to discuss the Woolwich attack; police say a property in eastern England was being searched The British government’s emergency committee met on Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a
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The District Police and Special Operations Group killed a militant, Hilal Maulvi, belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), during an early morning raid on his hideout in the congested Fatehkadal area on Thursday. The militant from Palhalan, Pattan, was one
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The BSE benchmark Sensex on Thursday lost 388 points to fall below 20,000 level on disappointing March quarter earnings from state-run lender State Bank of India, amid weak global trend after US Federal Reserve hinted at scaling down monetary stimulus.
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The Sports Authority of India’s timely intervention has paved the way for the country’s participation in the Deaflympics at Sofia, Bulgaria, after the athletes were left to fend for themselves following bitter infighting between two rival factions.Another
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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has ordered an inquiry into the accounts and regulatory filings of about 100 companies alleged to be linked to family members of former Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. Mr. Bansal had to resign earlier this month as Union Rai
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A Lebanese security official says five people have been killed in overnight gun battles between opponents and supporters of the Syrian regime in the Lebanese city of Tripoli. The death toll is now 16 in Tripoli fighting since clashes erupted there Sunday.
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The defects and errors that led to the world’s deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to “extremely poor quality” construction materials, to the massive, vibrating equipment operating when the
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A new global study published recently in The Lancet has confirmed rotavirus as a leading cause of diarrhoeal disease in children in India and across the world. With more than one lakh children dying of rotavirus every year in India, this research must cata
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In a blatant breach of IOA’s Constitution, the National Rifle Association of India allowed members from an ad hoc committee in Jharkhand — which is neither affiliated to the state Olympic body nor recognised by the government — to cast votes in NRAI’s las
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The Union Law Ministry is mulling a new anti-fixing legislation after the latest scandal in the Indian Premier League with three Rajasthan Royals cricketers arrested for spot-fixing and other under the scanner, Sports Minister Jitendra SIngh said in Delhi
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Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways.”“I would not lie it was a very tou
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The BRICS states can emerge as a mediator for a political process only if they view the crisis from the perspective of those fleeing the conflict Syrian refugees stalk Beirut’s commercial districts such as Hamra and Achrafieh. Shoeshine boys walk up and
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The Bharatiya Janata Party has done the expected in presenting a trenchant charge sheet coinciding with the commencement of the United Progressive Alliance’s final year in office. Like any Opposition worth its salt, the BJP loves a good fight and the Manm
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Awareness about genetic testing to know if a woman with a family history of breast cancer and ovarian cancer carries certain deleterious mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes has surely increased following Angelina Jolie’s recent revelation of her bilate
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Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday sought to assuage the stock market, after it declined by over 350 points, by asserting that there was no need for any “nervousness” and the participants should read the situation correctly rather than be influen
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Country’s largest bank SBI on Thursday reported a 18.54 per cent decline in net profit at Rs. 3,299 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2013 on account of lower interest income, causing its shares to plummet over 7 per cent on the bourses.It had
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Sacked iGate Corp Chief Executive Phaneesh Murthy will be sued for sexually harassing the firm’s investor relations head and allegedly making her pregnant, the law firm representing the victim said on Thursday. The California-based law firm, Aiman-Smith
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Shares of Ranbaxy Laboratories on Thursday slumped by over 9 per cent in the morning trade, after its Japanese promoters blamed the company’s former Indian owners for concealing and misrepresenting critical information about U.S. investigation into sale o
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The rupee on Thursday declined by a hefty 37 paise to trade at a fresh six-month low of 55.83 in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on sustained dollar demand and strengthening of the U.S. currency overseas.Forex dealers said besides dol
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Dinesh Mohan chose some well-known kritis. Dinesh Mohan presented a vocal concert under the auspices of the Saraswathi Vidyalayam School of Fine Arts located at the BHEL Township in Tiruchi. He was accompanied by Subramoni on the violin, Hariprasad on t
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Several churches across Goa are heading for a massive restoration, a job undertaken once in 50-60 years.The lifespan of interiors and antiquities in these churches built during Portuguese colonial rule in Goa, has entered a phase where they require huge u
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Both Shubhada Paradkar and Budhaditya Mukherjee gave memorable performances at the Sapthak festival The music festival Sangeet Sambhrama held in celebration of the Sapthak’s 7th anniversary’ featured two memorable Hindustani classical vocal and instrume
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But artists should not miss the nuances in Annamayya’s sahitya (This is the first of a two-part article to coincide with Annamacharya Jayanti, which falls on May 26.) Annamacharya (1408-1503) is known as Padakavita Pitamaha, the grand-sire of the Telu
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Auckland-based Sujatha Selwyn loves music and Tamil. And uses both to make soothing and soulful music Sujatha Selwyn is a rare songbird. The Auckland-based musician composes, writes and sings Tamil Christian songs. She has four albums to her credit, wit
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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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Sunrisers Hyderabad lost to Royals in a thrilling low scoring match of the Pepsi Indian Premier League in New Delhi on Wednesday. Photos: S. Subramanium
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Vinod Rai demits office after changing the face of the office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India forever.
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