He faces charges of betting, conspiracy and cheating Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI president N. Srinivasan, was arrested late on Friday night on charges of betting, conspiracy and cheating after he was questioned by the Mumbai Crime Branch. Mei
From this year, students of all arts, science colleges must use only English: education council From this June, students at all arts and sciences colleges across the State will have to write their assignments and tests only in English. As per a change i
At least 17 children were burned to death in eastern Pakistan on Saturday when a faulty gas cylinder exploded on the bus taking them to school, police said. Police officer Mohammed Rasheed said seven children were also injured in the explosion on the ou
After battling for his life since Friday afternoon following the stabbing incident, Thiyagarajan succumbed to his injury at Apollo Hospitals on Saturday The police head constable who was undergoing treatment after being stabbed in the neck on Friday aft
Dayamani Barla was presented with the first ever Ellen L. Lutz Indigenous Rights Award by Cultural Survival, an indigenous peoples’ rights organisation The Big Apple is renowned as the home of investment banks, glitzy fashion shows and other 21st-centur
In dramatic airport arrest, police foil escape by key link in bookie-fixer nexus Mohammad Yahya, a middle-aged man who has worked in Bollywood movies as a spot boy with legendary actors such as Dilip Kumar, was arrested in Hyderabad by the Delhi Police
B. Gurunath Meiyappan of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) managed to avoid the waiting media contingent at the Madurai airport on Friday evening by changing his car on his way to the airport from Kodaikanal. He flew out of the temple town to Mumbai by a chartere
Rajasthan Royals lose to MI by four wickets in the second qualifier in Kolkata on Friday. Photos: K.R. Deepak
‘IPL has demolished its prestige and the whole exercise is totally commercial’ The Former BCCI president, A.C. Muthiah, believes the spot-fixing scandal is just the “tip of the iceberg.” He was at the helm in 2000 when the BCCI took strong action agains
Allowing Srinivasan to take over as BCCI president in 2011, a Bench made it clear that this would be subject to final orders on A.C. Muthiah’s appeal As demand grows for the resignation of BCCI president N. Srinivasan, the issue of ‘conflict of interest
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
Real estate developers see more value in turning commercial properties into residential ones Though the opening of the Indian retail sector to foreign direct investments may have brought cheers to the commercial real estate sector in the country, it is e
Reserve Bank of India Governor D. Subbarao, on Friday, briefed a Parliamentary panel on regulatory issues concerning the recent chit-fund scam in West Bengal and discussed steps that could be taken to prevent recurrence of such frauds. According to sour
Documentation for booking of forward contracts up to $200,000 is also being simplified Amid the rupee touching nearly 9-month low against the U.S. dollar, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Friday said it would continue to take steps to check excessive
Gangotri Textiles, an integrated textile company, informed the BSE on Friday that due reference will be made to the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) in terms of Section 23 of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act,
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
Sridhar rushes to the side of the abandoned, alive or dead Reading the third volume of ‘Deivathin Kural,’ S. Sridhar (9840744400) was moved by Paramacharya’s appeal to people to provide a decent burial for unclaimed bodies. “Don’t dump them in burial gr
Ashok Shah, who has been selling litti chokha at Income Tax office in Patna, will be showcasing the lip-smacking Bihari dish somewhere near Merlion in Singapore in the coming few days. In a first-of-its-kind for any street food vendor from India, Shah, as
Even as Delhi University prepares to begin admissions to all its undergraduate programmes under its new four-year structure, the Sociology and History syllabus is yet to be completely finalised, with the departments submitting the rough structure of the s
