PTI Sushma Swaraj: "This divided leadership is leading to uncertainty in the country. This is political failure."

BJP says split leadership biggest failure of UPA

Noting that coalition politics was the order of the day, Sushma Swaraj said such governments require "special leadership qualities". » 1 comment

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. »

The appointment of Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma as the next CAG creates a conflict of interest as he will sit in judgment on his accountability in military procurements made during his tenure » 15 comments

An India Story gone wrong

As the UPA marks nine years in power, an embattled government attempts to recreate the 2004 magic but the aam aadmi is looking elsewhere » 10 comments

Four walls and the cry for help

Every hour 25 women fall victim to crimes; 11 suffer cruelty by husbands and other relatives; three are raped; and there is one do... » 3 comments

BREAKING NEWS

BrahMos supersonic cruise missile successfully test-fired 26 min. ago

Govt for plugging regulatory gaps in financial sector 1 hr. 5 min. ago

IPL betting not money spinning: bookie 2 hr. 21 min. ago

Imran Khan discharged from hospital

Microsoft unveils Xbox One with live TV

Rupee up 6 paise against dollar

Injured Murray withdraws from French Open

Sensex up 91 points in early trade

Former minister seeks transfer of investigation

Sanjay Dutt shifted to Pune jail

Gadgets

Microsoft unveils Xbox One with live TV

The console will be an all-in-one entertainment system, with Skype, internet, on-demand TV and movies in addition to live television. »

Slideshow

Day in pictures
Images from India and around the world

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Ipl

I am innocent: Sreesanth

"I have done no wrong. I have always played cricket in the spirit of the game. " » 14 comments
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World

Nurturing Tamil, Tashkent way

Lola Maktuba, a student at the Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies has translated one of Chinnappa Bharati’s novels into Uzbek. »

National

Arunima is first woman amputee to scale Everest

Arunima completed her expedition in 52 days. » 12 comments

Ipl

Rahul Dravid — as upstanding as ever

“It’s been a tough couple of days for everyone who loves the game,” were the pained utterances of a man scalded by the recent spot-fixing controversy. Rahul Dravid, the captain of Rajasthan Royals... » 2 comments
Madurai

Passion for preserving history

In a nondescript place at Melaoorani Vaikkal Street in Karaikudi, S.N. Lekshmanan has a private library containing nearly 70,000 old books, historic photos and rare manuscripts. »

National

Pattanam antiquity authenticated by radiocarbon dating

It validates timeline proposed by archaeologists and Muziris links with Roman trade » 2 comments

Music

The other plan

Riccha Paul has put her foot through every door and made it work. She narrates her story »

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

iGate sacks CEO Phaneesh Murthy after sexual harassment claim

Pune Warriors withdraw from the IPL

We were in a relationship: Phaneesh Murthy

Sreesanth sought photos of models for ads: police

I am innocent: Sreesanth

CSK make it to fourth consecutive IPL final

Dara Singh’s son among three arrested

Rahul Dravid — as upstanding as ever

Businessman murders family, commits suicide

The conceit of the anti-democrat

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

BJP suspends Lehar Singh after he confronts Advani on corruption

Watching the watchmen

I am innocent: Sreesanth

45th Azhagiyasingar of Ahobila Mutt passes away

Nine long years

Your data, going on sale soon

Arunima is first woman amputee to scale Everest

Special Representatives to ensure Depsang-type incidents don’t reoccur

(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. » 6 comments

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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 » 51 comments

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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... »

Two decades of friendship and 100 years of cinema

Focus on steps to check piracy

Tankers reflect comatose urban governance

Kochi master plan in cold storage

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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 »

Hyderabad, Delhi airports floor London Mayor Boris

May sees might of the sun

Hyderabad’s Nehru Zoo Park awaits new guests on Golden Jubilee year

Biryani, beer and car-lift-ing in tow

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Chennai

Standoff inside an apartment on Poonamalee High Road after a man threatens to shoot himself with what is suspected to be a pistol. Photo: Petlee Peter

Man threatens to shoot himself in his flat on P.H. Road

Kilpauk police have reached the apartment complex and are negotiating with Mr. Vijaykar »

Type in your marks, get a list of potential courses, colleges

Got a fancy number plate on your vehicle? Change it, quick

Airport’s a mess: ACI survey

2-day career fair from Friday

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Business

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram at a seminar on the ‘Indian Financial Code’ in New Delhi on Wednesday. Photo: Ramesh Sharma

Govt for plugging regulatory gaps in financial sector

Amid outcry over Ponzi schemes causing huge losses to common people, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday said there are regulatory gaps and efforts are being made to frame a new law to ove... »

Mistry hosts Chinese Premier at TCS

Vodafone India revenue up 10 % in 2012-13

Rupee up 6 paise against dollar

Sensex up 91 points in early trade

More reforms are needed to raise growth, says U.S. envoy

India to explore possibility of getting uranium from Uzbekistan

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Sport

Injured Murray withdraws from French Open

Andy Murray has bowed to the inevitable and withdrawn from the French Open, with the world number two unable to play due to the recent aggravation of a longstanding back injury. The late Tu... »

CSK make it to fourth consecutive IPL final

No room for passengers on ‘Coach’ train

IPL betting not money spinning: bookie

I am innocent: Sreesanth

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IPL spot-fixing scam

Sreesanth in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo:AP

I am innocent: Sreesanth

"I have done no wrong. I have always played cricket in the spirit of the game. " » 14 comments

Police custody of Sreesanth, 10 others extended for five more days

BPCL gives Sreesanth the boot

Sreesanth sought photos of models for ads: police

Anti-corruption officers to monitor IPL play-off teams

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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... » 3 comments

Home Secretary shifted

Comfortable in DMK’s company: Thirumavalavan

Villagers divided over paper board factory

IPL betting not money spinning: bookie

Tiger census operation begins

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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. »