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The AITA is making the BCCI look good

Jun 22, 2012

The last date for submissions has come and gone but Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi continue to fight -- through their dads, through silence, through ignorance. #India #Cricket #Leander Paes #Mahesh Bhupathi #Sport in India #SportsTalk #Ayaz Memon
Will Zuckerberg follow Wall Street rules when Facebook goes public ?

Feb 01, 2012

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg often turns up at business conventions in a hoodie. "Cocky" is the word used to describe him. So when he takes Facebook public, why would he follow the Wall Street rules? #Sports #Sachin Tendulkar #Leander Paes #Mahesh Bhupathi #Rahul Dravid #Sport in India #the World Cup #BestOf2011 #NotJobsButPassion
BCCI under investigation by tax authorities

Nov 29, 2011

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is under investigation for violating the country's foreign exchange laws, sports minister Ajay Maken said on Tuesday. #BCCI #Ajay Maken #Sports in India

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The hits and misses of 2011: A recap of Indian sport

Dec 27, 2011

#Sports #Sachin Tendulkar #Leander Paes #Mahesh Bhupathi #Rahul Dravid #Sport in India #the World Cup #BestOf2011 #NotJobsButPassion
Happy with a bronze? Coaches leave a lot to be desired

Jul 11, 2011

The resounding success of Saina Nehwal is inspiring players to be world-beaters. But sports authorities seem to be not giving a good account of themselves. #ToTheContrary #Badminton #Saina Nehwal #Sport in India #U. Vimal Kumar
Gopi Chand: A victim of politics?

Jun 20, 2011

#Sports #India #WhyNow #Pullela Gopichand #Sport in India

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India's addiction to just one sport — cricket — is a real puzzle: Allen Sanderson

2013-05-19 18:41:00

The IPL's spot-fixing scandal has kicked off a larger discussion about India's sporting culture. Allen Sanderson of the University of Chicago, renowned for its economists, is an authority on the economics of sports. Speaking with Ronojoy Sen, Sanderson d #India #University of Chicago #New Delhi
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India Supreme Court rejects bid to halt IPL

2013-05-21 10:51:00

Fans protest against the players allegedly involved in spot fixing. -Photo by AFP NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court dismissed a petition on Tuesday seeking to scrap the remaining matches of the country's lucrative Twenty20 cricket competition amid growing #India #New Delhi #Pakistan
TVNZ
India mulls spot-fixing law after arrests

2013-05-21 03:27:00

Police escort bookies and cricket players after they were produced in a court in New Delhi. - Source: Reuters India is mulling a law to deal with the issue of spot-fixing in sport following last week's arrest of cricketers and bookmakers, government offi #India #New Delhi #Kapil Sibal

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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.

From here on, Sonia-Manmohan dyarchy is a slow train wreck

The “two heads” power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams.
Lessons from Karnataka: Cong must stop backing corrupt leaders in Andhra

The fact that it has allowed individuals named in chargesheets to continue as ministers is evidence that the Congress runs Andhra Pradesh as if it is its fiefdom, without a care for ethics in public life.
IPL 2013: How Isa Guha is changing perceptions about cricket presenters

Isa Guha is not your usual female cricket presenter. Apart from being an ex-player, she’s highly educated and injects a breath of fresh air on Indian screens.
Android and Chrome aren't merging for now, says Google's Sundar Pichai

Pichai has emphasised that Google is embracing both Chrome and Android is investing in both at least for now.