While acknowledging Shivaji's naval contributions, questions are being raised about the inadequate acknowledgement of Chola sea-power in southern Tamil Nadu, which dates back by a few centuries, explains N Sathiya Moorthy.
Earlier this year, Mallya's UB Group had acquired 26 per cent stake in low-cost carrier Deccan Aviation for Rs 550 crore (Rs 5.5 billion). The Group has now scaled up its stake in the budget airline to 46 per cent by buying shares in an open offer.
If India is to urbanise successfully, it has to focus on Tier 2 cities with a population of one-five million, observes T N Ninan.
Rajneesh Gupta presents Rajasthan Royals's IPL record over the years.
In a minor relief to the beleaguered Deccan Chargers, the Bombay High Court on Monday directed the BCCI to maintain status quo regarding the termination of the IPL franchise, owned by Deccan Chronicles Holdings Ltd.
Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav and Kieron Pollard are likely to be retained.
Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Deccan Chargers and Pune Warriors in Pune.
# Chennai Super Kings have won six and lost four out of 10 games contested against Deccan Chargers in the IPL.
In last year's inaugural season of the Indian Premier League, the Delhi Daredevils had managed to win a mere seven league games out of 14 to scrape into the fourth semi-final spot by a single point. But this time around in IPL season two in South Africa, Delhi seems to be on fire having collected seven victories in their first nine matches to top the league table at the start of the fourth week.
Rajneesh Gupta presents statistical summary of Rajasthan Royals and much more.
Pricey jet fuel, an over-ambitious expansion plan and a flawed partnership strategy have grounded the Captain's latest venture.
The exposure, which is for the period ended September 2019, is across various platforms such as life funds, pension funds, and unit-linked funds.
A copious amount of blood, beating, crying, saving, sacrificing, nationalism fills up its staggering three hours running time. Emotions run sky high, but you feel nothing, sighs Sukanya Verma.
Rajneesh Gupta presents Mumbai Indians's record in the IPL over the years:
With the BCCI-Deccan Chargers stand-off now becoming a legal battle, the Board Of Control For Cricket In India on Saturday decided to add a new team for the coming IPL season while leaving it to the court to rule on the beleaguered franchise's participation.
We live in hope that India and its airlines might finally grow up, notes Anuli Bhargava.
# The second team to have lost nine games after Pune Warriors in the present edition of the IPL is Deccan Chargers.
# With just five points in 11 matches, Deccan Chargers are placed at the bottom of the points table.
Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers in Mumbai.
Deccan Chargers captain Kumar Sangakkara has been fined $20,000 for his teams slow over rate during last night's IPL match against Pune Warriors.
Jayanth Pooviah, director and chief executive officer of Deccan Charters, confirmed the development.
'Our focus is not going to be metro to metro routes.' 'We will begin by focusing on metro to non-metro (routes).' 'Metro to tier-2 cities or tier-3 cities is where there is a lot of space for affordable, efficient carriers.'
IPL Season 11 begins on April 7. Rajneesh Gupta has all the numbers.
'He was keen to win the IPL with the team he had, he had no desire to have big names in his team.' 'He just wanted good players, who he knew he could mould into match-winners.'
Designer Gaurang Shah brought traditional India alive on the ramp in the most stunning manner.
Air Deccan, India's first low-cost airline that made flying affordable for the middle class, is relaunching its operations from December 23.
The sultry Malavika Mohanan turned showstopper for designers Vineet Kataria and Rahul Arya.
The 33-year-old last played for India in 2013 during Sachin Tendulkar's farewell Test against the West Indies in Mumbai. He played 24 Tests between 2009 and 2013 during which he took 113 wickets.
Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Kings XI Punjab and Deccan Chargers in Dharamsala on Saturday.
Suresh Raina unexpectedly pulled out of the tournament after travelling to Dubai with the CSK contingent. The former India cricketer, who announced his international retirement alongside Mahendra Singh Dhoni on August 15, later revealed he pulled out to be with his family.
He captained Deccan Chargers for three seasons, guiding them to the IPL trophy once before being bought by Kings XI Punjab and Adam Gilchrist says someone in his former franchise has been making "bad" comments about him ever since he left.
Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers.
Rediff readers share their experience of eating on the Indian Railways.
Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Pune Warriors and Deccan Chargers.
Earlier on Saturday, former India spinner Murali Kartik expressed anger over Manoj's fate at IPL Players Auction.
Doug Bollinger claimed four wickets to help Chennai Super Kings crush Deccan Chargers by 38 runs in the second semi-final of the Indian Premier League in Mumbai, on Thursday. Bollinger registered splendid figures of four for 13 in four overs to skittle out the defending champions for a paltry 104 in 19.2 overs and set up a meeting with Mumbai Indians in Sunday's final.
A superb spell of bowling by Doug Bollinger helped Chennai Super Kings crush Deccan Chargers and romp into the final of the Indian Premier League. Australia's left-arm pacer came with up a remarkable spell of four for 13 to bowl out Deccan for 104 in 19.2 overs for a comprehensive 38-run victory.
A new generation is being groomed to take over some of the top companies in India. They are savvy, well-educated, and their induction reflects the new complexities of business.
Dale Steyn has claimed that cricket takes a back seat at the Indian Premier League
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