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Time to go, Mr Srinivasan

N Srinivasan's ultimate genius lies in turning the Indian Board, a conglomerate of powerful businessmen, politicians, and bureaucrats, into a mute spectator of his brazen actions. As the police circle his cricket empire, surely it's time to show him the door, writes Pradeep Magazine.

Bollywood is in mood for love again

Much bashed for the fact, but mushy love was Bollywood’s identity for a long time. Movies such as Maine Pyar Kiya and Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge have outlined the definition of love in the country.

Travel deals galore

This is the best time to book your holiday. Intense competition and the economic slowdown have combined with normal discounts to throw up great deals for tourists. Mahua Venkatesh and Anupama Airy report. Why its raining discounts

Phaneesh case: woman is pregnant, sues him and iGate

The iGate employee who was in a relationship with sacked CEO Phaneesh Murthy is suing him for sexual harassment, her lawyers said Wednesday, adding she is pregnant with his child. HT reports.

Nasa satellite captures world's largest panorama

A Nasa satellite has captured a 9,000-km swath of nearly unbroken land from Russia to South Africa, thus photographing arguably the world’s largest continuous panorama. Capturing the strip of continuous landmass was a challenge.

Portion of Malayalam film acted by Sreesanth to be removed

Noted Malayalam poet and musician Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, who roped in S Sreesanth to do a guest role in debut directorial 'Mazhavillinattam vare', has decided to remove the portion acted by the cricketer in the film.

Vindoo spills the beans on Bollywood

The Mumbai crime branch claims to have stumbled upon a bollywood-bookie-cricketer nexus following the disclosures made by Vindoo Dara Singh, son of the late Dara Singh, while investigating the betting racket busted by them. HT reports.
How the Bollywood-bookie-player nexus works 

At 80, Japanese man becomes oldest to scale Mt Everest

Five years after he last scaled Mount Everest, 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura did it again on Thursday morning - becoming the oldest to achieve the feat. Utpal Parashar reports.

Shashi Kant Sharma sworn in as CAG

The 61-year old 1976 Bihar cadre IAS officer Shashi Kant Sharma replaced Vinod Rai, who superannuated yesterday after a five-and-a-half year eventful tenure as the head of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

US lawmakers demand Srinivasan confirmation as top court judge

A group of 21 influential US lawmakers has demanded confirmation of Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan's nomination to the country's second highest court.

A T20 match both teams fiercely fought to lose

Fixing is so rife in the domestic T20 league that players on opposing sides in one match were on different bookies’ payrolls, a high-level police source said. Pradeep Magazine reports.
Police stay tuned as no respite to betting

Aish, Akhilesh… now Nirbhaya mango by Padam Shri Khan

Suck pulpy Aish, sweet Sonia, yummy Akhilesh and now enjoy a quickly fructifying mango variety which Uttar Pradesh’s ‘Dr Mango’ P Kaleemullah Khan has named after the 23-year-old gang rape victim ‘Nirbhaya’.

Sanjay Dutt whisked off to Yerawada, entered as prisoner no 16656

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was secretly shifted from a Mumbai prison to a Pune jail in the wee hours of Wednesday, sources said. There were three police vans that took him to the Pune jail, he added. HT reports.

Aishwarya to join Madonna, Beyonce for London concert

After a dazzling show at Cannes Film Festival, Bollywood star Aishwarya, along with her husband Abhishek, will join international singing stars Madonna and Beyonce at a charity concert in London as the celebrity presenter next month.

Bollywood's tryst with betting

Even as the spot-fixing controversy at the ongoing T20 tournament finds its first connection with the Hindi film industry, we take a look at movies that have dealt with betting in sports.
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