
Pune: The Income Tax Department is conducting an enquiry at the office of Indian Premier League (IPL) team Pune Warriors India. The enquiry follows a sting operation where some Pune Warriors India players allegedly took money for spot-fixing during the IPL matches. The money is alleged to have been paid in cash and Income Tax officials say that players shown in the sting operation could also be questioned. The sting...

12:20 PM, May 23, 2012

Former IPL chief Lalit Modi insisted that there was no conflict of interest till he was there in the IPL. ...

11:16 PM, May 16, 2012

The BCCI on Tuesday provisionally suspended the five uncapped Indian players allegedly involved in illegal betting activities. ...

11:55 PM, May 15, 2012

A TV channel on Monday claimed to have blown the lid off "murky deals" in the Indian Premier League among players, organisers and owners. ...

10:32 PM, May 15, 2012

New Delhi: The alleged spot-fixing scandal in the IPL had its echo in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday with members seeking a high-level probe into match fixing charges and the way in which black money was coming into play in it. The matter was raised during Zero Hour by Samajwadi Party member Shailendra Kumar and supported by former cricketer Kirti Azad of the BJP. Kumar said when there was a...

02:46 PM, May 15, 2012

New Delhi: A journalist, who took part in a sting operation conducted by 'Tehelka' to expose wrongdoings in arms deal, on Monday refused to testify as a witness in a court in Delhi against two former officials of the defence ministry facing trial for graft. Journalist Mathew Samuel said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had not reimbursed his travel and other allowances. He added that he would not...

10:37 AM, May 15, 2012

New Delhi: The Board of Control of cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that it will examine the footage of a sting operation done by a Hindi news channel on spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The sting claims to have uncovered the lid on spot-fixing, and also black money deals in the IPL. In its official press release, the BCCI announced that the entire footage of the 'sting...

08:25 AM, May 15, 2012

New Delhi: Most of us know Mark Zuckerberg as the CEO of Facebook, but there are a lot of interesting facts about this young billionaire that you all must know. Celebrating his 28th birthday, here we bring you 28 little-known, interesting facts about him. 1. Type @[4:0] in a Facebook comment, and Mark Zuckerberg's name will appear. 2. As a teenager Mark was an aethist. 3. Mark's father Edward Zuckerberg...

04:01 PM, May 14, 2012

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, during her recent visit, urged India to do more to reduce its oil imports from Iran, as part of Washington's continuing efforts to curb Tehran's nuclear programme. ...

12:07 PM, May 12, 2012

Suhasini Haidar: Hello and welcome to Worldview with me Suahsini Haider. Tonight, we're looking at two big issues of global importance that have left a big impact on India, as Hillary Clinton visited, the pressure building on India-Iran ties. We'll have an exclusive CNN interview with Hillary Clinton on that issue. Also diplomat and former Ambassador to Iran Rajendra Singh Rathore will tell us if India has bowed to that ...

11:42 AM, May 11, 2012

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has called for the trial court records on former BJP president Bangaru Laxman in the fake arms deal case. The argument of expediting the case on the basis of Laxman's old age and medical condition has been rejected by the court. Laxman will now have to spend two months in jail. The next date of hearing in the case is July 5. Bangaru Laxman...

11:16 AM, May 11, 2012

New Delhi: Former BJP President Bangaru Laxman has moved the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and the punishment awarded to him by a special CBI court in New Delhi for taking Rs one lakh as bribe in a fictitious defence deal case. Eleven years after having been caught in a sting operation by a news portal, Laxman was convicted and sent to four years in jail on April 28...

01:03 AM, May 10, 2012

New Delhi: Newspaper advertisements of the film 'Jannat 2' showing actor Emraan Hashmi smoking a cigarette violated anti-tobacco laws, an NGO said Thursday pointing to the violation. In a letter to the health ministry and the information and broadcasting ministry, HRIDAY (Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth) pointed to 'blatant violations of the rules' in the print advertisements. "These ads, showing Hashmi smoking, have been published in supplements of leading...

04:17 PM, May 04, 2012

Mugello: Sahara Force India had a busy day on the track, checking out aero balance and tyre compounds, on the third and final day of the Formula One mid-season testing at Mugello on Thursday. Paul Di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg shared the VJM05 for the final day of running. While Di Resta completed 34 laps, Hulkenburg was on the track for 55 laps. "It was a much better day and...

10:55 AM, May 04, 2012

Scarperia, Italy: Romain Grosjean of Lotus was again fastest on the third and final day of Formula One testing at the Mugello circuit. The Frenchman clocked 1 minute, 21.035 seconds on Thursday, 0.232 seconds ahead of two-time defending world champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, with Fernando Alonso of Ferrari third. Grosjean was also fastest on Wednesday, and two weeks ago he and Lotus teammate Kimi Raikkonen each finished on...

10:05 AM, May 04, 2012