Former players to get richer
The BCCI working committee took a few important decisions Saturday including that of allowing a team from Pakistan to participate in the Champions League T20 scheduled to be held in India in October.
Arts course aspirants double
Even as more students aspire to study engineering, the craze for B.Com and B.Sc. (Mathematics) still continues. Arts and science college administrators say the number of aspirants for these courses do
Santosh trophy: Size doesn’t matter for TN
Tamil Nadu reached the Santosh Trophy semi-finals twice in the last three years. Prior to their disastrous campaign in Assam last year (where they failed to cross the quarterfinal league stage), Tamil
HC blow to cops on compensation
The Madras high court has dismissed a petition from three police constables challenging the order of the state government to recover from them the compensation amount awarded to the family of a person
BCCI invites Pak Stallions to CL-T20
If a thaw is predicted in India-Pakistan relations amidst tensions over Siachen and other border issues, cricket may have played a big part again.
Intelligence seizes heroin worth Rs10 crore at railway station
In a major haul, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 6.6 kg of heroin valued at Rs10 crore in the international market and arrested five people — four “carriers”, including two wo
Labour court order on CPCL set aside
The Madras high court has set aside an order of the labour court that directed the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), previously known as Madras Refineries Limited (MRL), to absorb the memb
Railway Board norm on promotion struck down
The Madras high court has struck down as unconstitutional the condition stipulated by the Railway Board that pay will not be stepped up if the employee has been promoted to the post of head clerk agai
Woman held for sending bomb threats
A woman who had sent an email about bomb threats at the residence of chief minister J. Jayalalithaa and a few religious places has been arrested by Srivilliputtur police on Friday night.
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Customs officer nabbed for taking bribe
Customs officer Thenmozhi was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) at Sanco Container Freight Station (CFS) here Friday night on charges of taking bribe.
Thenmozhi, a central govern