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IPL spot-fixing: More transcripts reveal Chavan’s involvement
New Delhi: Even as their understated and meek manner has them being placed third in line for this year's Fair Play Award, the Delhi Police are buffing up their files with more evidence and transcripts against the tainted Rajasthan Royals' players – S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila. In #Ajit Chandila #Ankeet Chavan #IPL 6 #IPL spot-fixing #S Sreesanth
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Man kidnapped 23 years ago meets parents, thanks to Google maps
Beijing: A 28-year-old Chinese man who was kidnapped 23 years ago and sold to a family 1,500 km from his home, has met up with his biological parents again thanks to Google Maps, Hunan TV said Friday. Hazy childhood memories plus the popular search engine Google allowed Luo Gang to find #China #Google Maps #kidnapping #NewsTracker #Sichuan
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India foray: China’s ZTE ties up with Pune co Calyx to sell smartphones
Pune: Aiming to become one of India's top three handset vendors, Chinese telecom major ZTE has announced a tie-up with city-based firm Calyx to launch its smartphones in the domestic market. ZTE, which supplies handsets to Indian handset-makers such as Micromax and Karbonn and telecom operators Reliance Communications and Idea Cellular, #Calyx #ProductLaunch #smartphones #ZTE
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5.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, no tsunami warnings
Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warnings have been issued. The United States Geological Survey recorded the quake at 6.1, with a depth of 20.5 miles. The epicentre of the quake was off the coast of Fukushima #5.9 earthquake #Fukushima #Japan #NewsTracker #Tsunami
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No place in the game for fixers, says Gilchrist
Australian cricket great Adam Gilchrist has called for life bans if the players arrested for their alleged role in spot-fixing in the ongoing IPL are found guilty. "For my mind, any player found involved in any implications where they are proven that they have handled illegal bookmakers' bets or whatever, there #Adam Gilchrist #Cricket #Indian Premier League #IPL 6 #Sports #Spot fixing #Sreesanth
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Karnataka: Siddaramaiah expands Cabinet, 28 ministers sworn in
Bangalore: Largely keeping away 'tainted MLAs, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday expanded his Ministry with the induction of 28 Ministers. But the exercise -- five days after he was sworn-in alone -- has set off dissatisfaction among a section of Congress legislators who failed to get the berth. Significantly, none #HR Bhardwaj #India #Karnataka #Karnataka Elections 2013 #NewsTracker #Politics #Siddaramaiah
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Once upon a time, there was a dabbawalla scam
There's a film doing the rounds on social media. In today's times, when we are bombarded with negative news from the moment we open our eyes, good news is more than welcome. It is embraced, liked, shared, forwarded, commented upon - as it should be. As is the case with most #Dabbawalla Association #HowThisWorks #India #Malnutrition #Mumbai #Share My Dabba
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Army foils infiltration bid along LoC, officer killed
Srinagar: A Junior Commissioned Officer was killed while a soldier was injured as Army today foiled an infiltration bid by militants in Macchil sector along the Line of Control in north Kashmir's Kupwara district. Troops of 56 Rashtriya Rifles noticed some suspicious movement of two to four persons along the LoC #Indian Army #Kupwara District #LoC #NewsTracker #officer killed
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Advani, Swaraj can’t wash their hands of BJP’s Karnataka defeat
By Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Patrick SL Ghose It was noon on Friday, 17 May, when a terse letter arrived at the Bengaluru residence of businessman-politician Lehar Singh Siroya. The letter was from Prahlad Joshi, president of the Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, informing the recipient, a member of #Advani #BJP #Lehar Singh Siroya #PoliticalPlay #sushma swaraj
