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Distancing itself from Gurunath Meiyappan after his name cropped up in IPL spot-fixing probe, Chennai Super Kings owner India Cements on Friday said he is neither owner, nor CEO or Team Principal of CSK and promised strict action against anyone found guil
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Britain on Friday scrambled its fighter jets to escort a Pakistan International Airlines flight bound for Manchester following a mid-air “security alert.” Fighter jets have escorted the PIA aircraft from Manchester Airport to Stansted Airport, Sky News
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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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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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Falling for the sixth day in a row, the rupee on Friday ended 4 paise lower at a fresh six-month low of 55.63 against dollar on sustained demand of US currency from exporters and some banks, amid capital outflows in stocks. On a weekly basis, the rupee
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A Mumbai court on Friday extended the police custody of actor Vindoo Dara Singh, arrested for alleged links with IPL betting syndicates, till May 28.Mumbai police’s Crime Branch told the court that it planned to “confront” Vindoo with N. Srinivasan’s son-
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Leading bourse National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday said it will scale down securities transaction tax (STT) in the capital market segments from June 1. The revision is as per the Finance Act 2013, which received Presidential assent on May 10. Intr
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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Friday launched three Aadhaar-Enabled services to help citizens authenticate their identity online and announced opening of 300 more permanent enrolment centres. The services that were launched are
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The price of oil was knocked below $94 a barrel on Friday by a combination of ample supplies and lukewarm demand. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for July delivery was down 70 cents to $93.55 a barrel in electronic trading, on the New York Merc
Sport
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An Acquired Taste, who has been well prepared, is expected to score in the K.N. Guruswamy Memorial Cup (1,600m), the main event of the races to be held here on Saturday (May 25).False rails (width about 2m from 1,600m to the winning post) will be in posit
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Autumn Pearl may score in the Dolphine’s Nose Plate (1,300m), the main event of the races to be held here on Saturday (May 25). S. J. K. IRANI MEMORIAL CUP (Div. I), (1,200m), 3-y-o only (Terms), 10.30 a.m.: 1. Excalibur (7) Rajendra Singh 60.5, 2. Trans
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Isn’t She Special, Miracle Memories, Marrinsky, Fastest Finger and Kallu Mama excelled when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning (May 24).Inner sand:1000m: Sun Divine (Chary) 1-6.5, 600/39. Pleased. 1200m: Amelia (Zervan) 1-23.5, 1,000/1-11, 6
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Sharad Pawar’s NCP on Friday demanded resignation of BCCI chief N. Srinivasan after his son-in-law’s name figured in the investigations into the IPL spot fixing scandal.“If Mr. Srinivasan has any iota of morality and public accountability then he should i
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Lewis Hamilton says he is enjoying himself in Formula One for the first time this year and wants to help Mercedes begin a new winning era in the sport. In an interview with DPA ahead of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, the 28-year-old Briton says he is c
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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
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To implement a decision first signalled in Budget 2013, the Finance Ministry has announced a major tax concession to investors in India’s debt market. The withholding tax on interest earned on investments by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and Qual
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Gas price hike was being done "strictly in line with the formula proposed by Prime Minister appointed panel headed by his economic adviser C. Rangarajan" Strongly refuting allegations of favouring Reliance Industries, Oil Minister M. Veerappa Moily on F
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Air India spent over 85% of its Rs 6,000 crore equity infusion last year on clearing pending staff salaries, paying off aircraft loans and interest and its debt to oil companies and airport operators. Of the Rs 6,000 crore received in 2012-13, the airli
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Finance Minister P Chidambaram, concerned over erosion of confidence among small investors, asked SEBI to regulate the market fearlessly, to protect their interests, and not to “bow” or “bend” before anyone.“Win confidence of small investors. It is when a
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In a major relief to industrialist Vijay Mallya, the Karnataka High Court on Friday granted conditional permission to permitted the UB (Holdings) Ltd to sell 13, 612,591 shares of United Spirits Limited (USL) to the Diageo Plc as part of the USL-Diageo de
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Recently, I auditioned to be a presenter for a wildlife television series. More than an audition, Jonathan Scott, the well-known presenter of The Big Cat Diaries, gave me a master class. At the end of the first day of trials, he advised, “Don’t look so
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Art director Santhosh Raman blends creativity and practicality to give an apt backdrop to Malayalam cinema He built a village. Temples bear the stain of time and whimpering mud houses snuggle with burly concrete ones to make the landscape in Santhosh Ra
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Like Chennai’s ‘Kathiri’ heat, the huffing and puffing, panting and ranting on the social media have been at an all time high, in the fortnight gone by. A surge of insensitivity and intolerance have left networking platforms with a chequered image and rei
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When a widow’s petition triggered angry letters and explanations (A weekly column on the region’s past culled from historical documents.) A flippant comment and its aftermath — a tale over 200 years old, from 1803, has many layers. On one hand, a wido
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Has there ever been a pure “guys’ night out” movie made in our country, or do we like our action only if mixed with lots and lots of sentiment? I heard an interesting phrase a few weeks ago, in connection with the film Shootout at Wadala. While I’d looke
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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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