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Pranab Mukherjee set ED after me when he was FM, claims Lalit Modi

The IPL founder had earlier blamed then home minister P Chidambaram for persecuting him for the same reason, a charge the latter has trashed.

Dhoni shoves Bangla bowler who blocked him

The wiry left-arm pacer, who was guilty of coming in Dhoni’s way, was injured by the powerful shove and had to go off the field for treatment following the incident that took place on the second ball of the 25th over.

Rahul turns 45; no foreign b’day bash this time

June 19 is an important date in the Congress calendar that witnesses public celebrations from workers despite requests in recent years to desist from the practice.

CITIES

Doctor pays Rs 47L for son's MBBS seat, cheated

A city-based radiologist, who runs an ultrasound and diagnostic centre, has allegedly been swindled of nearly Rs 47 lakh by touts who promised to get his son admitted to a medical college in Mumbai.

Trio robs I-T man of Rs 1.7 lakh in Andheri

A joint commissioner of income-tax was robbed of valuables worth Rs1.7 lakh when three persons, including two women, aged 25 to 30, entered his fifth floor flat at Adelphi building, claiming to be representatives of a telecom company at 10.20pm on Wednesday.

Chennai metro death shows holes in safety

The apparently random horror of Wednesday's accident at a metro rail site on GST Road, with which work on the transit system claimed a fifth life and the first of a member of the public, was in fact not a matter of simple, indiscriminate misfortune.

TECH

9 highest-paying tech companies in the US

Online jobs and and careers site Glassdoor recently released a report which identifies the 15 companies with the highest median total compensation as reported by US-based employees on the Glassdoor website over the past year.

Why Infosys, Wipro, other IT firms are revamping culture

It is hard for large IT companies, with an army of thousands of employees, to change overnight.

H1-B visa row: Disney cancels tech worker layoffs

In late May, about 35 technology employees at DisneyABC Television in New York and Burbank, California, received jarring news. Managers told them that they would all be laid off.

SPORTS

1st ODI: All-round Bangladesh stun India by 79 runs

Mustafizur Rahman surprised with five-wicket haul on his ODI debut and helped the hosts register an emphatic 79-run victory over India in the first ODI.

Madhya Pradesh HC admits PIL against Sachin's Bharat Ratna

Madhya Pradesh High court has Thursday admitted a PIL alleging misuse of 'Bharat Ratna' in commercial advertisements by Sachin Tendulkar and directed assistant solicitor general to find out if there are any Supreme Court guidelines on use of award of promotion of commercial products by awardees of country's highest honour.

Virat Kohli keeps wickets to give MS Dhoni a one-over break

In what seemed like a surprising change behind the stumps, Virat Kohli donned the wicketkeeper's gloves for an over as captain MS Dhoni took an over's break.

BUSINESS

Hydel power pushes NTPC into global big league

State-run NTPC has switched on an 800 MW hydel plant to join a select group of global peers who span the entire fuel chain — coal, gas, hydro power and renewables — for generating greener electricity.

Fixed maturity plans see Rs 50k cr outflows in one year

Fixed maturity plans (FMPs), which offered high returns attracting investors in hordes in a high-interest rate regime, have lost their sheen.

HC allows two YES Bank directors to assume office

The Bombay high court on Thursday allowed Diwan Arun Nanda and M R Srinivasan, chairman, YES Bank, to assume office as non-executive directors on the board of the new generation private bank.

ENTERTAINMENT

Shah Rukh Khan’s son AbRam on vacation

On a popular microblogging site, he posted a few adorable pictures of AbRam.

Nikhil Advani can never refuse Salman Khan

Filmmaker Nikhil Advani, who is helming the remake of Subhash Ghai’s 1983 film Hero for Salman Khan’s banner has ensured that his is a fresh take on the story.