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Pillorying govt for corruption might be an escapist option

The cricket establishment is a disgrace; the cricket boss is a businessman Pillorying the government of the day for pervasive corruption is the easy thing to do, whereas it might just be an......

The man who weathered coup, Agusta, Tatra controversies

Newly appointed Comptroller and Auditor General Shashi Kant Sharma is is approachable and friendly, not forbidding, say his former colleagues. When Defence Minister A K Antony was chief......

The 3 idiots of Indian cricket or the 3 scapegoats?

This mess is not limited to Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, but has spread to include other, more famous and better connected names, both cricketers and non-cricketers. If so, we may......

SC agrees to hear PIL challenging appointment of new CAG

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a PIL challenging appointment of Shashi Kant Sharma as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Dipak Misra,......

'We regret opposition's obstructionist approach'

We present verbatim the full speech given by Congress president Sonia Gandhi at the release of UPA II’s report card in New Delhi on Wednesday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,UPA allies,......

Shashi Kant Sharma takes over as CAG

Shashi Kant Sharma, a 1976 IAS batch IAS officer, on Thursday took charge as the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India after being sworn in by President Pranab Mukherjee.He replaced Vinod......

FM for plugging regulatory gaps in financial sector

Amid outcry over Ponzi schemes causing huge losses to common people, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday there are regulatory gaps and efforts are being made to frame a new law to......

Subir Gokarn on what ails India's economy

Subir Gokarn, 53, is not a typical economist. He is both an economist and a thinker. At the young age of 49 he was appointed the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India and supervised the......

Markets end lower amid weak global cues

Markets ended lower on Tuesday, amid weak European cues, after profit taking in late trades was seen in autos and select bank shares.The 30-share Sensex ended down 112 points at 20,112 and the......

Goldman exits China's ICBC, 7 years, billions later

Goldman Sachs Group Inc raised $1.1 billion by selling its remaining shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, ending a seven-year old investment and handing the Wall Street firm a return......

Meet Preity Zinta's love in Paris

Gaurav Chanana became a household name as Dr Rahul Mehra in the popular soap Sanjivani. Then, he suddenly disappeared.Seven years later, Gaurav is back, this time as Rhehan Malliek playing......

Raj Kundra: IPL teams CAN'T be fixed, individual players can

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting. Bollywood stars expressed shock over the alleged involvement of three cricket players, including S Sreesanth, in spot-fixing in the......

'I got my first film within five months of landing in Mumbai'

Twenty-four-year old Taaha Shah’s first film was Yash Raj production’s Luv Ka The End in 2011. He plays the role of the happy-go-lucky Arjun in Karan Johar's teen film, Gippy, that......

Kannada KBC gets its first Crorepati

Kannadada Kotyadhipathi has got its first winner.Hussain Basha, a college student from a village in Gangavathi taluk, Koppal district, Karnataka, won the Rs 1 crore prize money on the popular show......

'IPL is nothing but a den of gambling'

Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Thursday said that the controversy-ridden Indian Premier League is nothing but a den for gambling where a lot of black money is involved. Sinha said that a......

Tradition meets modernism in German Wembley showdown

The all-German Champions League final on Saturday pits traditional powerhouses Bayern Munich against modernists Borussia Dortmund at London's Wembley Stadium with more at stake than Europe's......

Sahara accuses BCCI of "betrayal of trust"

The Sahara Group on Wednesday accused the BCCI of "betrayal of trust" while rejecting claims of the Board that the IPL team is to be blamed for the controversy surrounding the franchise fee,......

BCCI rejects Sahara's claim on arbitration impasse

The Board of Control for Cricket in India rejected the Sahara Group's claim that it failed to expedite the arbitration process to reduce franchisee fee, saying it acted as per rules and is not......

Why Sahara pulled out of IPL: Full statement

The Sahara Group-owned Pune Warriors India withdrew from the Indian Premier League on Tuesday following the Board of Control for Cricket in India's decision to encash the team's bank guarantee......

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