Wednesday, September 25, 2013

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SC reserves verdict on CM’s plea

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:52 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on petitions filed by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and three other accused in the disproportionate assets case challenging the removal of the Spe...

Central govt. lifts moratorium on new projects in Manali

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:38 PM PDT

Nine more clusters across the country allowed to have new projects

BCCI bans Lalit Modi for life

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:04 PM PDT

Disgraced Indian Premier League founder Lalit Modi has been banned for life from holding any cricket post.        

BGR Energy forms new management team

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:00 PM PDT

Power company BGR Energy has named A Swaminathan the joint managing director and CEO of the company and V R Mahadevan as the joint managing director of the company. Sasikala Raghupathy, wife of the late founder B G Raghupathy will be the Chairman of the board.

Stuart Broad has the best bowling figures in 2013 - The Topspin

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 01:29 PM PDT

Cricketers usually pretend they don't know their stats: numbers are for saddos. So when Stuart Broad name-dropped one of his own recently, the effect was disarming – as if he had just admitted to ball-tampering. Or, God forbid, not walking.

In unanimous vote, BCCI expels Lalit Modi

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 12:52 PM PDT

For "serious misconduct and indiscipline"

Joshna rues lost chance for squash

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 12:38 PM PDT

The sport missed out on a chance to be in the Olympics, losing to wrestling

CLT20 Day 10: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 12:16 PM PDT

What:  Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Where:   JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi When : Thursday, September 26, 2013, 3:30 p.m. BST Live Stream / TV info :  British Eurosport 2 10th Match, Group B Weather: Accuweather says that thunderstorms are possible throughout the day, but it should be a clear and mild 25 degrees Celsius in the evening.  Pitch: The Ranchi pitch has ...

Kamini Kaushal receives Kalpana Chawla Excellence Award

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 12:02 PM PDT

Veteran actress Kamini Kaushal received the Kalpana Chawla Excellence Awards for Women at its 10th annual function here Wednesday for her contribution to Indian cinema.

Taking the road not taken

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 11:52 AM PDT

Newer technologies such as white-topping are being actively considered by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in its quest to remedy bad roads. Since 2011-12, the Municipal...

President's helicopter develops technical snag at Chennai airport - Times of India

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:06 PM PDT


President's helicopter develops technical snag at Chennai airport
Times of India
CHENNAI: An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter, which was to fly President Pranab Mukherjee to the Union territory of Puducherry, developed a snag soon after he boarded it at the Chennai airport on Wednesday morning. Sources said a technical snag was ...

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Airports on Tata radar - Calcutta Telegraph

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:03 PM PDT


Calcutta Telegraph

Airports on Tata radar
Calcutta Telegraph
After forming separate joint ventures to launch airlines with AirAsia and Singapore International Airlines (SIA), Tata Sons is getting ready to take part in the city side developments of Chennai and Calcutta airports. The government recently said it was open to ...

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Believe it or not... - Calcutta Telegraph

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:03 PM PDT


Believe it or not...
Calcutta Telegraph
It's another matter that the unity is hardly likely to extend beyond the 30 minutes it took for Wednesday afternoon's SGM in Chennai. Still, 'credit' to Modi, who has parked himself in London after IPL III, for having brought president Narayanswamy Srinivasan ...

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Endgame: In league of BCCI outcasts - New York Daily News

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:54 PM PDT


Endgame: In league of BCCI outcasts
New York Daily News
The day began in Chennai with Haryana Cricket Association secretary, Anirudh Chaudhary, proposing the ban after recommendations of the disciplinary committee were read out. Orissa Cricket Association president, Ranjib Biswal, seconded the proposal, ...

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BCCI bans 'guilty' Lalit Modi for life with 29-0 vote - Times of India

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:52 PM PDT


Times of India

BCCI bans 'guilty' Lalit Modi for life with 29-0 vote
Times of India
RELATED. CHENNAI: The decision to ban Lalit Modi from BCCI for life was taken much ahead of the board's special general meeting (SGM), which started at 2:05 pm on Wednesday and was over by 2:20 pm. Also read: Modi timeline | Charges against Modi

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Modi's ouster shows Indian cricket board's double standards - Gulf Times

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:47 PM PDT


Gulf Times

Modi's ouster shows Indian cricket board's double standards
Gulf Times
... (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi, who not so long ago was perhaps the most powerful man in world cricket, was served an expulsion order by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) yesterday at its special general meeting in the south Indian city of Chennai ...

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SGM is Indian cricket board's internal matter: Supreme Court - Indian Express

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:34 PM PDT


SGM is Indian cricket board's internal matter: Supreme Court
Indian Express
Minutes after the court's refusal to give any indulgence to him, Modi was slapped with a life ban by BCCI in its SGM, that was held in Chennai on Wednesday, on the basis of disciplinary committee report holding him guilty under eight charges of "indiscipline ...

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Central govt. lifts moratorium on new projects in Manali - The Hindu

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:33 PM PDT


The Hindu

Central govt. lifts moratorium on new projects in Manali
The Hindu
Three years and nine months after it imposed a moratorium on new projects, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has lifted the ban in Manali, a major petroleum and petrochemical hub near Chennai, and nine more clusters elsewhere in the country.

Mr IPL gets maximum - Indian Express

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:24 PM PDT


Mr IPL gets maximum
Indian Express
Lalit Modi, who conceived the Indian Premier League (IPL) and was its former chairman and commissioner, was banned for life from the BCCI, its affiliates and associates during the cricket board's Special General Meeting (SGM) in Chennai on Wednesday.

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BCCI bans Lalit Modi for life - Saudi Gazette

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:20 PM PDT


Saudi Gazette

BCCI bans Lalit Modi for life
Saudi Gazette
The general body of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which met in Chennai, accepted the verdict of its disciplinary panel that found Modi guilty of "serious" acts of indiscipline and misconduct. "The BCCI resolved that Mr. Lalit Modi is guilty of ...

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