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India fighting new Covid wave with 'great success': PM in Mann ki Baat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said corruption hollows the country 'like a termite' and all have to work together to rid the nation of it as soon as possible. IMAGE: Sadhus arrive at Magh......

PHOTOS: The week that was!

Catch up on all the big news of the week gone by, in images. Muslim pilgrims gather on Mount Mercy on the plains of Arafat during the annual haj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Mecca,......

Aircel-Maxis deal: CBI issues judicial requests to 4 countries

Acting on a Central Bureau of Investigation's plea, a special CBI court has issued judicial requests to four countries seeking details of the money trail in the Aircel-Maxis deal, in which former......

2G: CBI to file FIR against Maran soon, SC told

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it has got evidence against Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Dayanidhi Maran in 2G spectrum scam and will file an FIR......

Log onto god, courtesy two friends

Mahesh Mohanan and Mervyn Jose, friends and schoolmates from Don Bosco, Chennai, had a lot in common. After schooling, both did their engineering courses, and both worked in a few companies, till......

Aircel-Maxis cases: Court discharges Maran brothers, others

They were chargesheeted for alleged offences punishable under section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC and under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. A special court in New......

CBI claims Dayanidhi pressured promoter to sell Aircel stakes

He was chargesheeted for the offences punishable under section 120-B Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran had "pressurised" Chennai-based telecom promoter C Sivasankaran to sell his stakes in......

Aircel-Maxis case: ED chargesheets Maran brothers

The court has fixed the charge sheet for consideration on January 18 and asked the agency to place before it the entire set of documents relating to the case. Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi......

Govt action against Sun Group is legally untenable'

Image: Dayanidhi Maran with his brother Kalanithi. Photograph: Rediff Archives Pressure is mounting on media tycoon Kalanithi Maran’s Sun Group. Following media reports that the security......

CBI examines Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis case

Chidambaram had said in September that the file regarding the case was put up before him by officials and he approved it ‘in the normal course’. Central Bureau of Investigation has......

Stalking Shah Rukh, Abhishek, Rani

Bombay Jen and her friend Paul Meidinger were insistent. I had to go with them to the lobby bar of a hotel in midtown Manhattan to watch the stars of Karan Johar's Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna.They had......

Can India end long wait for Hockey World Cup title?

IMAGE: India's only gold in the World Cup came at 1975 Kuala Lumpur edition of the tournament under Ajit Pal Singh's captaincy. Photograph: Hockey India Former captain Zafar Iqbal believes it......

How FIFA ban will hit Indian football

IMAGE: Indian men's team's two friendly internationals against Vietnam (September 24) and Singapore (September 27) will stand cancelled if the ban is not revoked at the earliest. Photograph:......

If India wants to win Gold in Paris...

'If we want to ensure this isn't a once-in-four-decade phenomenon, then we have to produce 1,800 players all the time, create infrastructure, so that we are constantly challenging at the top of the......

Will India feature in the 2022 World Cup?

'Many of us hope that India will soon play well enough to be part of truly global sporting tournaments like the football World Cup and the Olympics,' says Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Never before seen......

IPL and the great Indian sporting revival

And no, the commercial sporting leagues didn't cause the drought, says Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: The opening game of IPL 9 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, April 9, 2016: Ishant Sharma celebrates......

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