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And the yellow brigade marches on

Suresh Raina and Mike Hussey played pivotal roles in Chennai Super Kings’ 48-run win over Mumbai Indians in Qualifier-1 of the IPL in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: S. SUBRAMANIUM
Suresh Raina and Mike Hussey played pivotal roles in Chennai Super Kings’ 48-run win over Mumbai Indians in Qualifier-1 of the IPL in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: S. SUBRAMANIUM
The Supreme Court of India. Photo: V. Sudershan

You took your eye off the ball, Supreme Court tells BCCI

Bench rules out ban on IPL, blames the whole problem on the governing body’s lackadaisical attitude »      32 comments
(From Left to RIght) BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh, L.K. Advani, Arun Jaitley and Narendra Modi at Bharatiya Janata Party's parliamentary board meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt

In Delhi, Modi moves ahead with one-on-one meetings

Mr. Modi, who intends to play a ‘larger role’ at the national level, has been working behind the scenes in the last few weeks to position his favourites in crucial posts in the revamped organisation. »      3 comments

Opinion

US Senate panel approves immigration Bill

Under the compromise, the number of highly skilled workers admitted to the country would rise from 65,000 annually to 110,000, with the possibility of a further rise to 180,000, depending in part on unemployment levels. »
Pune Warriors players will feel let down after Sahara India announced its decision to exit the IPL.

Pune Warriors withdraw from IPL

The Sahara-owned team blames BCCI’s decision to encash its bank guarantee »

Kochi

TIMELESS GRANDEUR: (clockwise from top left) The ancestral house of the Cheranallore Karthas; Sarada Kunjamma, the eldest surviving female member of the family, with her husband, Ramachandran Kartha; the building adjacent to the Akathoottu Matham where the men of the family lived; and the main courtyard of the house. — PHOTO: H. VIBHU

Steeped in history, unscathed by time

Trucks whiz along the Vallarpadam Container Terminal Road day and night, carrying goods that arrive at Kochi’s shores every day. On the roadside, at Marapparambu in Cheranallore, is a house that ha... »
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Hyderabad

Trio held for cheating HSBC Bank of Rs. 9 lakh

Gang accesses details of credit cardholders through an aide working with the bank’s call centre; dupes customers from Punjab, Karnataka, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu of Rs. 9 lakh »
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Chennai

The increasing demand combined with a shortage of packaged water due to the recent strike has led to the price hike of Rs. 5-15. Photo: M. Srinath

Bubbletop cans back, but more expensive

City residents’ relief at having packaged drinking water supply resumed on Monday was short-lived, as they soon found they had to shell out at least Rs. 5 more for a 20-litre bubbletop can. »
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Tamil Nadu

A slender loris found electrocuted on a high tension electrical wire near a farm in Kulathur village near Dindigul. Photo courtesy: Arulagam Trust

Electrical wires new threat to endangered wildlife

Endangered wildlife faces a new threat – high-tension electrical wires that pass through core forest areas in the State.In the last couple of days, two elephants were electrocuted in Krishn... »
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Karnataka

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H. K. Patil. Photo: K. Bhagya Prakash

Water supply units in villages with 2,000 population

The State government has reviewed the shortage of drinking water across the State, especially in regions hit by drought, and has decided to set up drinking water supply units in all villages with a population of more than 2,000 and provide water to children in all the 30,000 anganwadis. »
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Andhra Pradesh

Anxiety runs high among four other AP Ministers

With the AICC diktat finally sending the two CBI chargesheeted Ministers -- Dharmana Prasada Rao and P. Sabitha Indra Reddy -- home, anxiety is rising among the remaining four Ministers in the doc... »
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Young World

Gift for grandma

Zorro had made a request and Isak felt he could not refuse. So, he set off all dressed up in Zorro’s uniform. »
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Metroplus

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Survivors of time

A synonym for success

A pioneer in publishing low-cost books and dictionaries that were sold for Rs. 2, Lifco has been a part of most Chennai homes. Anusha Parthasrathy on its journey that began in 1929 »      3 comments
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