
Chennai Super Kings Skipper MS Dhoni's wife Sakshi was spotted during the IPL-6 match at MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday. Actor Kamal Haasan's daughter and actress Shruti Haasan and Sunrisers Hyderabad owner Kalanidhi Maran's wife Kavery Kalanidhi and daughter were also seen cheering for their teams. PTI Photo.
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11:05 AM, Apr 26, 2013

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered two money laundering cases against former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanidhi on Wednesday in the multi-crore 2G licence scam. An illegal gratification of Rs 550 crore was reportedly accepted through Dayanidhi's brother Kalanidhi in the garb of share premium invested in M/S Sun Direct TV by Maxis Communication, owned by Malaysian tycoon T Anantha Krishnan. The case, registered under the...

10:44 AM, Feb 08, 2012

New Delhi: A day after CBI raided the Maran brothers in the 2G case, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday pledged full support to the duo, calling CBI raids on them a 'conspiracy'. "News reports about me not supporting Dayanidhi and Kalanidhi Maran are wrong and disturbing, the DMK patriarch in a statement issued on Tuesday. "I have already said it's a conspiracy against DMK. Murosoli Maran has given them...

02:25 PM, Oct 11, 2011

New Delhi: One of the most powerful faces in the media industry and now the prime suspect in the 2G license scam, former union minister Dayanidhi Maran and his elder brother Kalanidhi, the head of Sun Network, have been named by the CBI as the prime accused in the controversial Aircel-Maxis deal. After a 9-month-long preliminary enquiry, the CBI has made out a prima facie case of misuse of office,...

11:55 PM, Oct 10, 2011

Mumbai: Maran family-owned broadcasting firm Sun TV on Monday bounced back from its sharp intraday lows and settled with gains of over 10 per cent from its last close, adding Rs 1,052 crore to its market valuation. Shares of Sun TV settled at Rs 288.15, higher by 10.21 per cent on the BSE, thereby, adding Rs 1,052 crore from its market capitalisation, which stood at Rs 11,355 crore at close...

07:34 PM, Oct 10, 2011

New Delhi: The noose is tightening around former Union minister and DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran in the Aircel-Maxis deal. Even as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided the residence and offices of Maran and his brother Kalanidhi Maran across Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi on Monday, the DMK is unlikely to jeopardise ties with the Congress because of action against them. The CBI has been claiming that it has found...

03:03 PM, Oct 10, 2011

Mumbai: Maran family-owned broadcasting firm Sun TV tumbled by as much as 16 per cent in early trade on the bourses on Monday after CBI conducted raids on the premises of owner Kalanithi Maran and his brother, former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran. CBI conducted raids on the premises of the Maran brothers in Delhi and Chennai after registering a case against the former Telecom Minister in connection with the controversial...

10:27 AM, Oct 10, 2011
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Chennai: The Madaras High Court has rejected a plea from Kal Cables Private Limited (owned by Kalanidhi Maran) of Mylapore to restrain the TN Arasu Cable TV Corporation Limited in Nungambakkam from interfering with its peaceful running of cable TV service business. Advocate-General A Navaneethakrishnan was justified in contending that the petitioner was not operating in accordance with the rules of the TN Municipalities TV Cable Installation and Regulation Rules,...

08:57 AM, Sep 30, 2011

New Delhi: The Chennai police on Wednesday summoned the Sun Network chief Kalanidhi Maran after film distributors filed a complaint against the Sun Network. The distributors have accused him of cheating and criminal intimidation. Kalanidhi Maran is former textiles minister Dayanidhi's Maran's elder brother. Earlier DMK leader M K Azhagiri, elder son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, had filed a defamation case against the Sun TV network for...

09:41 AM, Jul 13, 2011

Karunanidhi has ruled out any rapproachment within the family. ...

11:14 PM, Nov 21, 2008

London: England's Stuart Broad has insisted he'd no role in a parody Twitter account for Kevin Pietersen as the fall out from the batsman's axing for the third Test against South Africa continued on Tuesday. The account - KP Genius - was set up by a friend of Broad, Richard Bailey, and had been thought to have contributed to the strained relations Pietersen felt within the England dressing room amid...

01:13 PM, Jun 16, 2008

London: Eoin Morgan's rapid 89 not out laid the platform for England's 15-run win over arch-rivals Australia in the first one-day international at Lord's here on Friday. Victory kept alive England's hopes of replacing their oldest foes as the world's top-ranked one-day side and topping the standings in all three formats, although they need to sweep this campaign 5-0 to knock Australia off their 50-over perch. England were struggling when...

09:42 AM, Jun 04, 2008

Karachi: The opposition to Ijaz Butt's continuing as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman is mounting with former players and officials demanding his removal. While the PCB chief is hoping to get an extension, thanks to his proximity to President Asif Ali Zardari, who is the board's patron-in-chief, former players and past chiefs want him out. Zardari appointed Butt, a former Test cricketer, as chairman in place of Nasim Ashraf...

08:28 PM, Mar 01, 2008

Karachi: After maintaining innocence for more than a year, banned Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir on Friday confessed his involvement in a match-fixing scandal that rocked the cricket world last year. According to sources, the young fast bowler submitted his written confession during a hearing at the Southwark Crown Court in London. Amir, 19, was one of the three leading Pakistani cricketers who were banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC)...

10:56 AM, Feb 29, 2008

Mumbai: India's seemingly never-ending tour of England is about to end and some of the exhausted players like Praveen Kumar can expect a bit of relief. However, skipper MS Dhoni - the one player who needs it the most - isn't that lucky. He will lead Chennai Super Kings in the Champions League Twenty20 next Saturday. All through the tour of UK, observers have opined that Dhoni was struggling with...

03:28 PM, Feb 28, 2008

It's a crucial day for the DMK in Tamil Nadu, which is likely to decide the political future of Dayanidhi Maran. ...

04:03 PM, May 13, 2007

The DMK supremo has got his way around a number of issues just by making his opinions heard, loud and clear. ...

02:17 AM, May 11, 2007

DMK leader M K Azhagiri, elder son of Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, has sued the Sun TV network for defamation. ...

09:20 PM, May 10, 2007