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Why Preity Zinta stands for all that is wrong with the IPL

May 23, 2013

Preity Zinta embodies a lot of what is wrong with the IPL - irresponsibility and compromising the dignity of cricket as a sport. #Sports #Bollywood #ConnectTheDots #Preity Zinta #Spot-fixing scandal #Punjab Kings XI #IPL 6 #India Premier League
IPL spot-fixing: What has Sakshi Dhoni got to do with it?

May 23, 2013

Sakshi Dhoni, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's wife, is in the news for being photographed with Vindoo Dara Singh at an IPL game. #Mahendra Singh Dhoni #ConnectTheDots #Sreesanth #Sakshi Dhoni #IPL spot-fixing scandal #Vindoo Dara Singh #IPL-spot fixing links
Araceli Roiz pregnant, will sue Phaneesh Murthy, iGate, says lawyer

May 23, 2013

Murthy told the iGate board of his relationship with Roiz only after she informed him that she will be taking legal action against him, says Roiz�s lawyer #ConnectTheDots #Phaneesh Murthy #iGate #Araceli Roiz #Phaneesh Murthy sex scandal

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Worli demolition: What about the three builders, the civic body?

Apr 30, 2013

By notifying the residents, after the nominal fines etc. we see that the builder is nowhere in the picture. #ConnectTheDots #Mumbai #Worli #Real estate #Campa Cola
Judiciary in India Victim or Culprit?

Mar 26, 2013

The Indian judiciary is plagued by many ills and unfortunately the solutions aren't coming any time soon. #Supreme Court #CBI #ConnectTheDots #Courts #Indian judiciary #lawyers
Why India can't have a uniform street vending law

Feb 27, 2013

The several stipulations under the law, which the Supreme Court had wanted enacted by 2009 itself, would be hard to implement because of the sheer numbers involved. It is easier to take a bribe and then turn a blind eye than to methodically monitor. #Supreme Court #ConnectTheDots #Ajay Maken #Street Vendors #Street hawking

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Patheos Blogs
can you connect the dots?

2013-05-19 19:18:00

David Hayward runs the blog nakedpastor as a graffiti artist on the walls of religion where he critiques religion… specifically Christianity and the church. He also runs the online community The Lasting Supper where people can help themselves discover, e #
The How-To Geek
‘Dots: A Game About Connecting’ is the Perfect Choice for Quick Gaming Fun

2013-05-13 20:04:00

While playing games with serious story lines, goals, and a need to save your progress can be fun, sometimes you just want something a bit simpler. That is where ‘Dots: A Game About Connecting’ comes in. This easy to master game is elegant in its simplici #
Kansas City Business Journal
Sprint: Handmark, Clearwire acquisitions are mutually exclusive

2013-05-20 19:42:00

A digest of important news from sources selected by our local editors. Delivered weekday mornings. Sprint Nextel Corp. has clocked yet another acquisition, as if the wireless carrier doesn't have enough merger activity going on this year. Other variables #Dish Network #NYSE #Verizon Wireless

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Money, sleaze take the sheen off imperious Chennai Super Kings

Given the huge legal, moral and ethical stakes, Srinvasan and Meiyappan should have voluntarily clarified their position and should have offered to face an investigation.
How the Woolwich terror attack will harm Britiain's Muslim community more

For Muslims in Britain, there comes one thing after another to get defensive about, and at quite short intervals. The Muslim community will be cornered into paying a price for the brutality of these two killers.
Explainer: Why Sensex has fallen over 300 points today

Chidambaram ‘s soothsaying may not work when the markets are driven largely by foreign institutional investors (FIIs)
PM carrying out responsibility with great dignity, says Sonia

Rejecting the talk about two power centres and differences between them, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today said there is “collective leadership” between her and Manmohan Singh and “we all stand by” the Prime Minister who will complete his term.

Why India is concerned about supplying arms to Afghanistan

From across the Hindu Kush, a plea for Indian help. Hamid Karzai wants New Delhi to provide artillery and military transport aircraft. It won’t cost India much—but New Delhi is worried about upsetting Pakistan, and wary of making commitments before it becomes clear which way the political wind is blowing in Kabul.
Sreesanth and IPL spot fixing: Why history makes it so hard to believe the police

With the glut of information regarding the IPL spot fixing scandal and the three cricketers how much of it can we really trust?
Phaneesh Murthy admits to relationship with employee

This is the second time the IT industry veteran has been involved in a sex scandal.
Despite BJP edge over Cong, both NDA and UPA are conjectures

Opinion polls show the BJP and the NDA ahead of the Congress and UPA. But it is the regional parties that are likely to make the biggest gains. NDA and UPA are post-poll creatures

Not just niceties, China and India need to focus on thorny issues

India’s discourse with China has traditionally been trapped in the Mao-ist maze that defines how “friends” ought to conduct themselves. But Chinese statecraft has evolved, and India too must up its diplomatic game.
Why the Indian media gives a damn about poverty

In that sense the poverty line of India is cruel. It is merciless and doesn’t allow the majority of Indians any money for shelter or access to education or healthcare or sanitation or anything else that civilised nations would consider as essential as food.
Goa meet: Will the BJP finally find a way out of its troubles?

Can the party resolve internal discord and take a call on Modi’s PM candidature?
Why Dhoni, Tendulkar can't distance themselves from spot fixing

Try following a game on twitter or with friends or at the ground. At every step of the way, the spot-fixing question raises itself.

Movie Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' leaves you dissatisfied

If you forget the politics and just look at the film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist doesn’t fare much better. It’s a thriller that lacks tension and suspense.
Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

After monitoring a phone call, the investigation had virtually turned pan-India with some of the bookies based in Gujarat and Mumbai.
Ex-Citi CEO Vikram Pandit, JM Financial join hands for banking foray in India

JM Financial will nominate Pandit as the non-executive chairman of the proposed bank. Pandit and Aiyar will have the right to purchase shares up to the amount prescribed by the RBI in this entity.
Movie Review: The Great Gatsby is the most Bollywood of Baz Luhrmann's films

The great American dream is an integral part of America. It’s ‘great’ in that it symbolises not truth, but hope when the truth is disillusioning; it symbolises not facts, but ideals when facts are unnerving; it symbolises not likelihood, but promise when likelihood is all but bleak.

Google I/O 2013 keynote: New Maps, Search, Plus, and S4 with 'pure' Android

We’re tracking the Google I/O conference 2013 live – what will be unveiled?
Hero worshipped in Kerala, Sreesanth still innocent in his state

The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
Why return of Dreamliners won't change Air India's fortunes

The original promise of the Dreamliner has failed to materiallise due to limitations in its flying range. Will Air India continue to pay a price for this?
Did Indira abolish bonded labour or Sonia? NREGA's tall claims

The UPA ads eulogising MGNREGA as a a huge success needs to be taken with bags of salt. The scheme did make a difference, but not as is claimed.

Angelina’s breast surgery possible in India, but there's a catch

So can we test in India and gain from the same treatment privilege that Jolie had? Yes, but there is a catch.
IPL 2013 KKR vs PWI Live: Yusuf kicks KKR out of the IPL

Live detailed updates as KKR take on Pune in a must-win game at Ranchi.
Wrong on Ghaziabad: The Kiran Bedi argument for moral policing

Bedi’s argument that we should focus on the legal wrong committed by the girl slapped by cops is technical, disingenuous and enabling.
Cloak but no dagger: The awfully mundane world of spies

There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.