Thursday, September 12, 2013

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Narrow escape for Indigo passengers as plane veers off runway in Bangalore

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 03:14 PM PDT

Passengers onboard an Airbus A 320 had a miraculous escape when the aircraft veered off the runway while landing, hitting the edge lights, before stopping at the Bangalore International Airport on...

InPlay from Briefing.com

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 03:11 PM PDT

InPlay from Briefing.com

IPL spot-fixing: BCCI disciplinary committee to meet tomorrow

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 03:10 PM PDT

New Delhi, Sep 12 (PTI) The fate of the cricketers implicated in the IPL spot-fixing scandal would be up for discussion when the BCCI's disciplinary committee meets here tomorrow to deliberate on Anti-Corruption Unit chief Ravi Sawani's report on the scam that shamed the Twenty20 league.

BSE revises scrips in key indices

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 03:10 PM PDT

Mumbai, Sep 12 (PTI) Scrips of Wockhardt Ltd, Reliance Capital, Hindustan Petroleum and National Aluminium will be included in the S&P BSE Midcap Index from September 23.

Thailands Prime Minister Visits Pontiff

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 03:02 PM PDT

The prime minister of Thailand went on to meet with the Pope's secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who was accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States. The Vatican reported that the prime minister and the Pontiff discussed the "good relations between Thailand and the Holy See, as well as the mutual understanding and co-operation between ...

Pope meets with Thai prime minister

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 03:02 PM PDT

Pope Francis met on September 12 with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of Thailand, for a conversation that centered on cooperation between Church and state in the Asian country. The Pope also spoke with the Thai leader about the current political situation in Asia, concentrating on the promotion of human rights and religious ...

Five police officers killed in ambush in troubled southern Thailand

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 03:02 PM PDT

Five police officers died Wednesday in an ambush in southern Thailand, a military spokesman says. The officers were on patrol in Yala province when their vehicle was overtaken by a pickup carrying the gunman, the Thai news agency MCOT reported Wednesday. Col. Pramote Prom-in, a spokesman for the 4th Region of the Internal Security Operations Command, said the gunmen opened fire, killing all the ...

Low-level areas in Chennai suffer

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 02:26 PM PDT

The rains may have receded on Thursday, but waters from Tuesday night's torrential downpour and Wednesday's night mild shower continued to impact traffic, and low-level areas of the city remained...

6 more tonnes of gutka seized in Chennai

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 02:08 PM PDT

This is the 2nd such seizure in a month; load might have been on its way to Andamans: police

Prepaid autos back at Chennai Central

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 01:59 PM PDT

Drivers to charge as per revised tariffs; railway police to oversee operations

Narrow escape for Indigo passengers as plane veers off runway in Bangalore - The Hindu

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 02:38 PM PDT


The Hindu

Narrow escape for Indigo passengers as plane veers off runway in Bangalore
The Hindu
Sixteen flights that had to arrive at Bangalore from Delhi, Kolkata, Coimbatore, Kochi and Hyderabad were diverted to Chennai late on Thursday as the runway had been closed, said officials of Airports Authority of India (AAI). As of 11.45 p.m. on Thursday, ...

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Low-level areas in Chennai suffer - The Hindu

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 02:08 PM PDT


The Hindu

Low-level areas in Chennai suffer
The Hindu
The rains may have receded on Thursday, but waters from Tuesday night's torrential downpour and Wednesday's night mild shower continued to impact traffic, and low-level areas of the city remained inundated. On Thursday, Nungambakkam and ...

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6 more tonnes of gutka seized in Chennai - The Hindu

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 02:00 PM PDT


The Hindu

6 more tonnes of gutka seized in Chennai
The Hindu
A routine vehicle check during a traffic jam led to the seizure of nearly 6 tonnes of banned chewable tobacco products from a lorry near Vaidiyanathan bridge on Ennore High Road in Tondiarpet on Thursday. The seizure was the second such instance in less ...

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Prepaid autos back at Chennai Central - The Hindu

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 01:51 PM PDT


The Hindu

Prepaid autos back at Chennai Central
The Hindu
Last month, when Deepa Narayanan of Delhi arrived at Chennai Central, she headed to the prepaid autorickshaw counter only to find it closed. "I was forced to hail an autorickshaw from outside the station and ended up paying Rs. 300 to get to Adyar," she ...

eBay launches 2nd data centre in Bangalore - Business Standard

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 01:04 PM PDT


eBay launches 2nd data centre in Bangalore
Business Standard
As is the case with the Chennai centre, the Bangalore facility would house eBay employees, as well as those of its wholly-owned subsidiary PayPal. Through the next three years, the company plans to hire 700 employees for its Bangalore facility. This would ...

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Metro Rail prototype coach by month-end - The Hindu

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 12:42 PM PDT


Metro Rail prototype coach by month-end
The Hindu
The prototype coach has already started its journey from South Korea through the high seas and is expected to reach Chennai at the earliest before being brought to Hyderabad by the end of this month. On Thursday, during a visit to the Uppal depot by ...

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Setback for Srini ahead of AGM - Deccan Herald

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 12:42 PM PDT


Setback for Srini ahead of AGM
Deccan Herald
Narayanaswami Srinivasan's hopes of chairing the Indian cricket board's September 29 Annual General Meeting in Chennai suffered another setback as the Supreme Court on Thursday postponed the hearing of the case between the Board of Control for ...

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Another set-back for BCCI chief Srinivasan - Firstpost

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 11:11 AM PDT


Another set-back for BCCI chief Srinivasan
Firstpost
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Narayanaswami Srinivasan's hopes of chairing the Indian cricket board's Sep 29 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Chennai suffered another set-back as the Supreme Court Thursday postponed the hearing of the case between the ...

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SC Defers Hearing on BCCI Probe Panel for 2 Weeks - Outlook

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 11:01 AM PDT


SC Defers Hearing on BCCI Probe Panel for 2 Weeks
Outlook
It had issued notices to the BCCI, N Srinivasan, his company India Cements which owns the IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and Rajasthan Royals on his plea. The CAB's petition was clubbed with the petition of BCCI which had challenged the judgement ...

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Setback for Srinivasan after court puts off Indian Premier League scandal case - NDTV

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 10:57 AM PDT


NDTV

Setback for Srinivasan after court puts off Indian Premier League scandal case
NDTV
While no date has been set, every delay is a setback for the BCCI's lawyers who are under pressure to resolve the Indian Premier League scandal case and ensure that embattled N. Srinivasan return from exile to chair BCCI AGM in Chennai on September 29 ...

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