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A file photo of Gurunath Meiyappan.
PTI A file photo of Gurunath Meiyappan.

Mumbai Police summon Gurunath Meiyappan

Chennai Super Kings owner has been asked to appear before Mumbai Crime Branch between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. tomorrow »      2 comments
A armed soldier stands guard at the gate of Royal Artillery Barracks near the scene of a terror attack in Woolwich, southeast London on Thursday.

Terror victim was serving soldier: UK police

British government’s emergency committee meets to discuss the Woolwich attack; police say a property in eastern England was being searched »      1 comment

Opinion

Security personnel are seen near the encounter site in the congested Fatehkadal area of old Srinagar city on Thursday. Photo: Nissar Ahmad

Top LeT militant killed in Srinagar encounter

The District Police and Special Operations Group killed a militant, Hilal Maulvi, belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), during an early morning raid on his hideout in the congested Fatehkadal area on Thursday. »      6 comments
A man watches a display screen on the facade of the the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai. A file photo.

Sensex falls below 20K, down 388 points

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. »

Delhi

Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar

I have stopped watching IPL: Neeraj Kumar

Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar is a distinguished officer, having cracked some high profile cases in his long career, including the 2000 match fixing scandal. A cricket lover, he spoke to Vijay Lokapally of The Hindu on Delhi Police’s success in exposing the spot-fixing scam in the Indian Premier League. »      3 comments
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Bangalore

Garbage piled up at Harris Road, Benson Town, Bangalore. Photo: Nithish P. Byndoor

‘No man’s land’ turns into a garbage dump

Mounds of garbage have been piling up at the junction of Bore Bank Road and Harris Road in Benson Town over the last few days, causing concern among residents. Residents blame the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) garbage contractors for the mess. »      1 comment
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IPL spot-fixing scam

Sports Minister Jitendra Singh refused to comment on the links emerging between bookies and IPL team owners such as Chennai Super Kings’ Gurunath Meiyappan. File Photo: V.V. Krishnan
IPL spot-fixing

Sports Minister hints at deterrent law

"We are in touch with the Home Ministry and the Law Ministry to work out the law. We will consult the Attorney General before moving forward," the Sports Minister said. »
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Sci-Tech

A LED-based signal installed on Anna salai in Chennai... Photo: M. Moorthy

LEDs disrupt sleep

In the frenetic, coffee-fuelled lives of today, too many people are not getting enough sleep. Modern light-emitting diodes (LEDs) used in energy-efficient lighting as well as television and compute... »      1 comment
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Metroplus

Ali Hassan and Irfan Malik.

Funny neighbours

Pakistan comedy artistes Ali Hassan and Irfan Malik talk about the state of satire and the boundaries of humour »
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Books

Jana Gana Mana

Thriller-like tale

It is, indeed, a bitter fact that values once held high and noble seem to be either redundant or irrelevant with the passage of time. Mahatma Gandhi’s life and his contribution to India is rare an... »
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