Mumbai: BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan has been sent to police custody till May 29 in the Indian Premier League betting and spot-fixing case. Meiyappan tried to defend himself in court on Friday. Meiyappan's lawyer told the court that the police were not justified in seeking Meiyappan's custody only to recover his mobile phones.
Sources say the Mumbai Police told court that Meiyappan placed bets during the Indian Premier League through actor Vindoo Dara Singh and bookie Jupiter. Sources say calls were made while the match was on.
Police sources also say that Meiyappan discussed match strategy with bookies. The police say they have got call details of four phones of Meiyappan, but are yet to seize the phones.
Sources say the Mumbai Police is probing Meiyappan for betting as well as spot-fixing. Sources say Meiyappan placed huge bets going as high as Rs 1 crore....
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03:56 PM, May 25, 2013
London: British fighter jets escorted a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane to Stansted Airport near London on Friday, where police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft. Passengers were leaving the plane and no one was hurt in the incident, a spokesman for the airport said. Flight PK709 from Lahore in Pakistan had been due to land at Manchester in northern England with 297...
09:13 PM, May 24, 2013
London: Britain launched fighter jets on Friday to escort a Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying 297 passengers from Lahore after it was diverted from Manchester, a spokesman for the Defence Ministry said. Flight PK709 from the city of Lahore in Pakistan was due to land at Manchester Airport in north west England at 1230 GMT. The plane was diverted to Stansted airport, east of central London, according to a Manchester...
06:58 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The much-awaited Sony Xperia Tablet Z is now available for pre-order on online shopping sites Flipkart.com and Infibeam.com for Rs 44,990. While Flipkart has listed the first week of June as the estimated release date, Infibeam, on tht other hand, mentions, the Xperia Tablet Z will be released on June 3. The tablet was unveiled in India, alongside the Indian launch of the Xperia Z amd Xperia ZL...
04:20 PM, May 24, 2013
Mumbai: Benchmark indices closed firm, riding a late surge, but finished roughly 3 per cent lower week-on-week. Brokers say the mood is cautious after the global sell-off on Thursday, and back home, a mixed bag of quarterly earnings. The Sensex closed at 19704, up 30 points over the previous close, after touching a low of 19568.49 earlier in the day. The Nifty ended 16.50 points higher at 5983.55. Tata Power,...
09:37 AM, May 24, 2013
Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Duvvuri Subbarao went against the suggestion of a majority of external members of the central bank's monetary policy committee that recommended no change in the policy repo rate at a May 3 policy meeting, according to minutes of the meeting seen by Reuters. The RBI cut the key policy repo rate for a third straight time in 2013 to 7.25 per cent, pulling...
02:26 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: 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 influenced by external developments. "There is no need for any kind of nervousness. I am looking forward to June and the second quarter with much greater confidence. I...
08:41 PM, May 23, 2013
The rupee is at its lowest level in 8 months, falling below 56 to the dollar. This is its fifth consecutive day of falling. The fall came due to a rally in the dollar as the US Federal Reserve said it might scale back its stimulus programme. ...
05:03 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: Micromax is following up on the success of the Canvas 2 with the Micromax A110Q Canvas 2 Plus. The Canvas 2 Plus is a 1.2 GHz quad-core phone and is available on Micromax's website for Rs 12,100. The Micromax A110Q Canvas 2 Plus runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and has a 5-inch (12.7 cm) IPS screen with 480x854 resolution. The A110Q has an 8.0 megapixel rear camera with...
04:25 PM, May 23, 2013
Mumbai: 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. Extending losses for the fourth straight day, the 30-share index nosedived by 387.91 points, or 1.93 per cent, to close at 19,674.33, with all the sectoral indices, led by...
09:40 AM, May 23, 2013
Mumbai: Infrastructure conglomerate Larsen & Toubro on Wednesday reported 6.90 per cent decline in standalone net profit at Rs 1,787.94 crore for the fourth quarter ended March, 2013, due to a sharp rise in interest outgo. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 1,920.41 crore for the corresponding quarter of 2011-12. The Infrastructure major did not publish the consolidated financial results for the quarter. Reacting to numbers, shares...
03:20 PM, May 22, 2013
Tokyo: Japan's Sony Corp lowered its sales target for digital cameras to 1.3 trillion yen ($12.7 billion) for the fiscal year to end-March 2015, from a previous estimate of 1.5 trillion yen. Sony also cut its sales target for smartphones and tablets to 1.5 trillion yen in its 2014 fiscal year from an earlier outlook of 1.8 trillion yen. Sony, which expects smartphone sales to rise by more than a...
12:49 PM, May 22, 2013
Mumbai: The rupee weakened to a near six-month low on Tuesday, largely driven by weakness in the euro and import-related dollar demand that traders attributed to a private refining company. At 04:45 pm IST, the rupee was at 55.37/38 versus its Monday close of 55.10/11. It fell to 55.41 during the session, a level last seen on November 29, 2012. ...
05:52 PM, May 21, 2013
Mumbai: Benchmark indices fell for the second successive session on Tuesday, as the market is trying to digest the heady gains of the past few weeks. Brokers said share sales by promoters trying to meet the 25 per cent minimum public shareholding rule, and the US Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday, made buyers cautious. The 30-share Sensex fell 112.37 points to close at 20111.61, and the 50-share Nifty ended at...
09:29 AM, May 21, 2013
At CJ we asked our viewers if they face any street harassment. Here are some of the comments from viewers about harassment they face on the roads. ...
05:55 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: Kobian has unveiled its new tablet, dubbed the Mercury mTab7G. The tablet has a thickness of 10.8 mm, weighs in at 300 g and supports both 2G and 3G connectivity. Much like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, the mTAB7G allows voice calling through the SIM cards. The tablet comes with a handsfree headset with an inbuilt mic, thus allowing users to use the tablet as their primary mobile...
03:37 PM, May 20, 2013
CJs spread across the country sent us pictures and videos about the condition of their streets. ...
12:06 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: China's all-weather fighter base in Tibet is now widening its range of options in the event of a conflict with India. Intelligence intercepts and satellite monitoring has confirmed that China may have to some extent overcome Tibet's extreme altitude and temperatures to operationalise an all-weather airfield near the Tibetan capital Lhasa. The airfield is Gonkar, where China has deployed Su-27 fighters. Sources told CNN-IBN that the Gonkar airfield...
11:52 AM, May 20, 2013
Mumbai: Indian shares took a breather on Monday and closed marginally in red on profit booking after hitting fresh 2.5 year highs. Pharma companies dragged key equity benchmarks lower while major auto stocks ended in green. The Sensex closed at 20223.98, down 62 points or 0.31 per cent and the Nifty ended at 6156.90 down 30 points or 0.49 percent. About 1107 shares advanced, 1298 shares declined, and 141 shares...
09:30 AM, May 20, 2013
Hyderabad: The two Congress Cabinet ministers, accused in Jagan Reddy disproportionate assets case, submitted their resignations to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday night. Dharmana Prasad Rao and Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy met Kiran Kumar on Sunday night, who briefed them about his meet with Sonia Gandhi and other leaders regarding the opposition's demand for their resignations. Both the ministers, who had served in the...
11:59 PM, May 19, 2013
