Chennai: Soundarya Ashwin, who is busy giving final touches to the most anticipated Tamil period-drama 'Kochadaiyaan' featuring her superstar father Rajinikanth, requests fan not to believe rumours about the film's trailer-release date and wait for the official announcement. There were rumours that the trailer of 'Kochadaiyaan' was scheduled to release June 10, but she clarified through a tweet: "Hey guys. I (will) connect with you directly. Any updates about movie...
02:15 PM, Jun 09, 2013
New Delhi: Crisis-ridden IPL team Rajasthan Royals and its under-fire co-owner Raj Kundra's future hangs in the balance as the BCCI's Emergent Working Committee meets here on Monday to deliberate on the IPL spot-fixing and betting scam and take action, if required. The Board's head of the interim arrangement, Jagmohan Dalimya, was forced to call the meeting after the Delhi Police claimed that Kundra, a minority shareholder in Rajasthan Royal,...
12:47 PM, Jun 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi Police have asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to find the money trail, which the cell suspects originate from Dubai and Pakistan, in the IPL 6. In a letter sent to the Director ED, Ministry of Finance, the special cell said that the spot-fixing racket was being run by Dubai based underworld operatives. The letter said that 26 people have been arrested so far in connection with...
12:08 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Ahmedabad: Concerned over the rise in the number of suicides, Gandhinagar police have launched a helpline to offer counselling to people and dissuade them from taking the extreme step, a senior police official said in Ahmedabad on Saturday. The helpline named 'Jindagi' was launched by the state capital police on Friday. Its landline number is 1091, while the cellphone number is 9426671096, police said. The tagline of the helpline in...
02:41 AM, Jun 09, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi seems to have split the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) down the middle over his proposed role in the 2014 elections with his angry supporters coming out on the streets and protesting outside party stalwart LK Advani's house even as the main opposition's chief Rajnath Singh offered a compromise formula to bridge the divide by suggesting Modi's name as the Lok Sabha elections' poll campaign convenor. ...
11:18 PM, Jun 08, 2013
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11:12 PM, Jun 08, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi seems to have split the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) down the middle over his proposed role in the 2014 elections with his angry supporters coming out on the streets and protesting outside party stalwart LK Advani's house even as the main opposition's chief Rajnath Singh offered a compromise formula to bridge the divide by suggesting Modi's name as the Lok Sabha elections' poll...
08:18 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Phagwara: With the raging IPL spot-fixing scandal denting the credibility of cricket in India, cricketer Harbhajan Singh said that every effort should be made to clean up the game and adequate steps should be taken in this regard. "I am a small person. Bigwigs are busy cleaning the mess. I want that everything that needs to be done should be done to clean the game in wake of present IPL...
05:23 PM, Jun 08, 2013
New Delhi: Bookie Ramesh Vyas, who was arrested from Mumbai, was sent to 10-day police custody by a Delhi court on Saturday in connection with the IPL spot-fixing case. He was brought to Delhi from Mumbai earlier in the day. Mumbai Police had seized 92 mobile phones and 18 SIM cards from Vyas. Delhi Police had earlier claimed that there is no "straight link" between the bookie and actor Vindoo...
03:40 PM, Jun 08, 2013
New Delhi: Under-fire Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra on Saturday wished his Bollywood actress wife Shilpa Shetty a happy birthday and apologised for the disturbing developments in the past few days that saw the two being dragged into the IPL spot-fixing scandal. Businessman Kundra, who is a British national, was caught in the betting net when Police claimed that he has confessed to have placed bets in IPL matches. Writing...
12:45 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan has broken his silence on the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal. While speaking to national daily Hindustan times, Shah Rukh said that it is undignified for owners to misuse rules. "I think as a team owner one should not indulge in all these practices even if you are a betting person by nature. If you're an owner, you're aware of all the...
11:16 AM, Jun 08, 2013
New Delhi: Bookie Ramesh Vyas, who was arrested from Mumbai, has been brought to Delhi. Ramesh will be produced in court post 2 pm on Saturday. Delhi Police will seek his custody in court. Mumbai Police had seized 92 mobile phones and 18 sim cards from Ramesh. Delhi Police had earlier claimed that there is no "straight link" between bookie Ramesh and actor Vindoo Dara Singh who was also arrested...
10:56 AM, Jun 08, 2013
Mumbai: Majority of shareholders removed former CEO Phaneesh Murthy for 'cause' from the iGATE Corp board by written consent in lieu of a meeting. Murthy's removal will be effective from June 7, 2013. Murthy was sacked after a company sexual harassment investigation revealed that he had not disclosed a relationship with a subordinate. Murthy, one of the industry's best-known executives, was forced to quit India's second-biggest software services exporter Infosys...
09:40 AM, Jun 08, 2013
Columbus: A man accused of holding three women captive in his run-down home in Cleveland for a decade and fathering a child with one of them has been indicted on 329 charges including murder, kidnapping and rape, prosecutors said. A Cuyahoga County grand jury returned the indictment on Friday against Ariel Castro, a former school bus driver fired last fall. Castro, 52, is accused of kidnapping Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus...
07:02 AM, Jun 08, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Friday moved an application before a city court seeking open non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel in connection with the IPL spot fixing case. "It has come to our notice that the main bookies and fixers were in touch with Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel... They gave directions to bookies and fixers in India...," the special cell of Delhi Police...
03:24 AM, Jun 08, 2013
Mumbai: An embattled Raj Kundra, co-owner of Rajasthan Royals team, who is facing accusations of betting on IPL matches, on Friday claimed innocence and said he would be willing to forfeit his shares in the franchise if found guilty. "I was called by Delhi Police since I am a minority shareholder of Rajasthan Royals and a few questions were put to me to which I have satisfactorily answered," Kundra, husband...
11:29 PM, Jun 07, 2013
If the IPL is to retain its credibility, the team owners within it simply cannot be placing bets on the outcomes of games within the league. ...
08:38 PM, Jun 07, 2013
New Delhi: Actress Shilpa Shetty placed bets of Rs one lakh for an IPL match, Delhi Police claimed on Friday even as investigators said they do not believe her husband and co-owner of Rajasthan Royals Raj Kundra's statement that he lost Rs one crore in betting. Kundra and Shilpa have denied allegations against them. Police sources said they may quizz Kundra again and call Shilpa for questioning if there is...
08:36 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Bangalore: Tallam Venkatesh, whose name is doing the rounds for the BCCI treasurer's post, on Friday backed N Srinivasan, saying it would be "unfair" to put the Board President in firing line just because his relative is allegedly involved in betting. "If his son-in-law does something, can we claim he (Srinivasan) is also involved (in the IPL spot-fixing mess)?. Let us be fair to him. He has brought cricket to...
07:25 PM, Jun 07, 2013
