Team India: 1, 2, 3... we all fall down
Team India in Galle played the part of exemplary in-laws to Muttiah Muralitharan to the hilt. They ensured that the spin legend’s last Test would be his most memorable and seemed to go out of their way to see that Chennai’s jamai raja (son-in-law) reached the magic figure of 800 Test wickets.
Chennai realtor held for Big Bay fraud
The police has arrested a politically powerful realtor who made hundreds of crores of rupees by literally selling the “Bay of Bengal” as “land” to many companies, including Indian Oil Corporation.
TN police catches realtor who sold Bay of Bengal
The police has arrested a politically powerful realtor who made hundreds of crores of rupees by literally selling the “Bay of Bengal” as “land” to many companies, including Indian Oil Corporation.
With mega-deal, Dhoni and Sachin gap widens
With Rs 70 crores a year minimum guarantee promised in a record endorsement deal recently signed for the next three years, Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is set to increase the earnings gap between himself and Sachin Tendulkar.
No ban on fishermen before rocket launch
The Madras high court has restrained authorities from banning fishing in and around Pulicat and Ennore for 15 to 20 days when rockets are launched from Sriharikota.
A division bench comprising Justice Elipe Dharma Rao and Justice K.K. Sasidharan granted the interim injunction on a petition filed by the South Indian Fishermen Federation (SIFF).
TN Cong legislator Sudarsanam dead
Congress legislator D. Sudarsanam died following cardiac arrest on Saturday night in Coimbatore, where he was attending the World Classical Tamil Conference, hospital authorities said on Sunday.
‘LTTE cells still active in TN’
Senior officials said LTTE “sleeper cells” could still be active in Tamil Nadu, hoping to resuscitate the defeated and dismantled Sri Lankan militant outfit, after the police busted a network that sup
Post-10 pm TV can affect foetus
Pregnant moms who prefer being glued to the idiot box late nights better watch out. A recently-concluded study by the department of community medicine at Madras Medical College, that surveyed 1.5 million pregnant women from seven districts, found that the newborns of moms who were glued to television soaps post 10 pm cried irritably even after being fed.
Saina rallies to claim title
Saina Nehwal of India survived a scare from Malaysian Wong Mew Choo to clinch the women’s title of the Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open Grand Prix Gold 2010 badminton championship at the Nehru indoor stadium on Sunday. The top seed rallied from a game down to post a memorable 20-22, 21-14, 21-12 victory over the second seeded Choo.
Time to experiment: Dhoni
A chance to redeem. The ensuing Asia Cup could more be a test of India’s mental strength than their skill sets.