The day that started with the assumption whether Gurunath Meiyappan would present himself before the Mumbai Police, ended with his arrest. Gurunath Meiyappan arrested by Mumbai Police after questioning Mumbai Police arrested Gurunath Meiyappan over allegations of involvement in IPL betting case on late Friday night after three hours of questioning. Meiyappan will be produced before a metropolitan court within 24 hours. Mumbai Police had earlier said that he was...
01:17 AM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: In spite of the arrest of his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings official Gurunath Meiyappan for his alleged involvement in the betting scam, N Srinivasan has declined to step down from his post as BCCI chief. Srinivasan, told CNN-IBN that he was not resigning and would complete his tenure. Earlier in the day there were reports that Srinivisan would resign as BCCI boss if Meiyappan got arrested. Meiyappan...
01:17 AM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai Police Joint Commissioner (crime) Himanshu Roy said that there is evidence of Gurnath Meiyappan's involvement in IPL betting. ...
01:16 AM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: Hours after its spokesperson demanded resignation of Indian cricket board chief N Srinivasan over his son-in-law's name figuring in the investigations into the IPL spot fixing scandal, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Friday sought to distance itself from the demand. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson DP Tripathi on Friday told reporters that Srinivasan should resign as chief of the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India. Tripathi...
01:15 AM, May 25, 2013
Bhadohi: In a bid to plug possible note of dissent within the party over choice of candidates for the next General Elections, Samajwadi Party leader Ram Asrey Kushwaha on Friday said "unhappy" workers can approach party supremo to put forward their views. "If workers are unhappy they can put their views through the party forum, after which SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav will take a decision," the party national general...
01:01 AM, May 25, 2013
Rajahmundry: Some prominent US educational institutions are imparting industrial training to students in India under the Centre's Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP), Human Resource Development Minister M Pallam Raju on Friday said. Under the initiative, training is provided to students who have passed polytechnic and engineering courses, based on their understanding of the subject and as per the needs of industry. The first phase of the World Bank-sponsored TEQIP,...
12:27 AM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: 1.28 am: BCCI chief N Srinivasan denies reports, saying, "Who has said I am resigning?" 1.02 am: Sources say that BCCI chief N Srinivasan is likely to resign on Saturday afternoon. Arun Jaitley will most likely be asked to take over as interim president of BCCI, the sources add. 12.50 am: Joint CP Himanshu Roy refuses to mention the sections under which Meiyappan has been arrested. He, however,...
12:12 AM, May 25, 2013
Islamabad: Former President Pervez Musharraf on Friday approached the Islamabad High Court to challenge the rejection of his bail by an anti-terrorism court in a case related to detention of judges during the 2007 emergency in Pakistan. In a petition filed through his counsel Ilyas Siddiqui, Musharraf said that, being a former president, he could not be tried under the Anti-Terrorism Act and the charges levelled against him were bailable....
12:12 AM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai Police arrested Gurunath Meiyappan over allegations of involvement in IPL betting case on late Friday night after three hours of questioning. Meiyappan will be produced before a metropolitan court within 24 hours. Mumbai Police had earlier said that he was being evasive during questioning. Meiyappan is BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law. Mumbai Police Joint CP Himanshu Roy said, "We find his involvement in the offence. He will now...
12:04 AM, May 25, 2013
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11:54 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Despite the cesspool of a scam, the routine on the grounds of IPL 6 match venues hasn't changed in the least. The presenters have been just as bombastic, the cheergirls have been performing with just as much gusto, the song and dance routine remains just as much cheerful. However, the most striking aspect has been the silence among India's premier commentators. None of them has been allowed to...
11:45 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: A Brigadier and two jawans were injured on Friday night when Pakistani troops opened fire on Indian positions violating the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Tutmari Gali sector in Jammu and Kashmir. Brigadier Sanjeev Langar suffered minor injuries in the firing along with the two jawans, Army sources said. "The Pakistan Army started firing at our positions in Tutmarigali in Kashmir along the Line of Control...
11:35 PM, May 24, 2013
Gurunath Meiyappan is being questioned by the Mumbai Police on the IPL betting and the IPL spot-fixing scandals. ...
11:26 PM, May 24, 2013
However, in a new twist of events, franchise owners India Cements have denied that Gurunath Meiyappan is CEO or team principal of CSK. ...
11:20 PM, May 24, 2013
Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Ludacris Director: Justin Lin Like a well-oiled engine, the Fast & Furious series can be counted on to deliver what it promises on the box: gleaming cars, thrilling chases, and buff stars who look like they've stepped out of the pages of a fitness magazine. The new installment, 'Fast & Furious 6' is just as dumb as the previous...
11:06 PM, May 24, 2013
Paris: Making his comeback after missing the last two grand slams, Rafa Nadal probably expects a warm reception next week when he returns to Roland Garros - an event which is supposed to be one of the summer highlights of the French sporting calendar. Yet the Spaniard, in pursuit of a record-extending eighth title, is likely to be greeted by cold, grey and damp weather and few would blame him...
11:05 PM, May 24, 2013
Cast: Preity Zinta, Isabelle Adjani, Rhehan Malliek Director: Prem Soni 'Ishkq in Paris' is the sort of film that inspires its director and its leading man to assume aliases so they might escape responsibility for subjecting us to this travesty they've committed to the screen. Leading lady Preity Zinta, unfortunately, is too well known to hide behind a fake name. Preity, playing Ishkq, a permanently perky Parisian photographer, is the...
10:53 PM, May 24, 2013
Paris: India's Somdev Devvarman qualified for the main draw of the men's singles event at the French Open here on Friday. Somdev defeated eight seed Wayne Odesnik of the United States 6-3 6-4 in the third and final qualifying round at the Rolland Garros. Somdev will now take on Spaniard Daniel Munoz-De La Nava in the first round of the main draw. Somdev had earlier defeated Italian Matteo Viola 6-4...
10:46 PM, May 24, 2013
BCCI chief N Srinivasan is under tremendous pressure to step down as his son-in-law is being probed in the IPL betting scam. ...
10:42 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: A Naval Board of Inquiry on Friday started probe into the charges made by the wife of a senior Navy officer that she was being forced by her husband into getting "sexually involved" with his colleagues. The BoI venue was shifted from Karwar in Karnataka to Delhi and during the day-long proceedings, the two sides, the woman and her husband, who is a Navy officer, questioned each other,...
10:24 PM, May 24, 2013
