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Mumbai Police vs CSK former owner, Gurunath Meiyappan, was far more interesting than any of the IPL matches so far. With the cops taking a strategic time out before they resumed their interrogation, the focus shifted to the other match: Srini vs Sharad Pawar. We bring you highlights of both the matches:

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The shadow of spot-fixing now looms large not only over the gentleman’s game but also over commentary associated with it. Former Test cricketer turned ace commentator, Ravi Shastri, is under the scanner of the Mumbai police for saying ‘he flashed and flashed hard’ to describe an orthodox, copybook Rahul Dravid cover drive during the RR [...]

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Badgered by the Mumbai police into explaining the 130 phone calls with Vindoo over a span of 2 months, Gurunath Meiyappan reportedly told his interrogators at the Mumbai Crime Branch headquarters that he was ‘in a relationship with Vindoo’. According to police insiders, the revelation happened during a particularly intense period of questioning when interrogators [...]

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After CSK owner, Gurunath Meiyappan’s arrest for links with bookies, it is the turn of another IPL owner, Preity Zinta, to face the heat of the Mumbai police. The dimpled Bollywood star and Kings XI boss has been summoned by the crime branch in Mumbai for producing in and starring in the ultra corny chick-flick, [...]

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With the off-field antics of IPL owners, cricket administrators, umpires and players in IPL proving to be far more entertaining and riveting than the on-field action, a far bigger betting market has emerged around their shenanigans. “Betting on cricket outcomes is passé now, man,” disclosed a prominent Mumbai based bookie, Rookie Shakeel, “All the speculation [...]

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With Vinod Rai demitting office as head of CAG, a highly tempestuous tenure that ensured that there was no smooth sailing for the UPA II ship, it was but natural that his inbox would be flooded with messages from well-wishers and detractors alike. Realizing the value of these messages for students of political history, the [...]

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All hell broke loose in the headquarters of world cricket, the N Srinivasan household in Chennai, after news leaked into the public domain that bookie and small fish in the spotfixing scandal, Vindoo Dara Singh, had made several calls to a really big fish, Srini’s son-in-law and CSK co-owner, Gurunath Meiyappan. Fortunately, all the action [...]

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With all the drama and action happening off-field, tuning into the match seemed rather difficult. It is a testament to our passion for cricket and relentless commitment towards reporting events as they take place that we sacrificed NewsHour, flushed every bit of doubt, cynicism and analytical thinking from our minds and hearts, and sat down to watch [...]

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After the coal block allocation scam, the Prime Minister finds himself embroiled in yet another scandal – the stationery scam. A clerk in the accounts division of the Prime Minister’s Office, Ram Lal, is alleged to have embezzled pens, erasers, A4 sheets, file holders and other valuable stationery amounting to thousands of rupees right under [...]

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It’s the Budget session. Parliament tables the Reservation in Promotions bill. I’m excited. My MPs are vociferous. We make a strong case for the bill. Just when it looks like things are going our way, Maaniniya Mulayam Singh Yadav snatches the bill and runs out of the House. Even as everyone watches the spectacle, some [...]

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