Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Chinese Premier Li Kequiang

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talks with his Chinese counterpart Li Kequiang

A Delhi police special cell team investigates at the residence of IPL spot-fixing accused Ajit Chandila in Faridabad—PTI

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Hema Malini along with daughters Esha and Ahana performs in a dance drama ‘Meera’ during ‘Sironj Mahotsav’ at Sironj in MP-PTI

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International

‘India, China can reduce mistrust with faith in each other’

May 18, 2013 - PTI

Ahead of Premier Li Keqiang's visit to India on Sunday, Chinese media in Beijing on Saturday said it is difficult for the two nations to restore mutual trust without resolving border dispute though mistrust could gradually be reduced with good faith in each other's strategic intentions.

Business

S&P warns India could face junk status

May 18, 2013 - AFP

India faces at least “a one-in-three” chance of losing its prized sovereign grade rating, global ratings agency Standard and Poor's has warned, amid new threats to economic growth and reforms.

India

Tewari dares CAG to 2G loss debate

May 21, 2013 - Age Correspondent

Stating that CAG Vinod Rai had done the greatest disservice to the nation, Union information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari on Monday asked him why `1.78 lakh crore was not generated in the 2

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Metros

MPs, MLAs meet Hooda

May 19, 2013 - Age Correspondent

As water crisis continued to rile residents of East, South and Southwest Delhi on Saturday, three Congress MPs and some senior party MLAs met Haryana chief minister Bhupender Singh Hooda at his New Delhi residence and requested him to increase the water supply to Delhi from the Munak Canal.

Newsmakers

Man fined for plan to hurl manure at royals

May 21, 2013 - AFP

An elderly New Zealand anti-royalist was fined on Monday over a plan to hurl manure at Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla during their visit to Auckland last year, reports said.

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Sports

Sahara Group pulls out of IPL, Team India sponsorship

May 21, 2013 - PTI

The scandal-hit IPL on Tuesday suffered yet another blow with the Sahara Group-owned Pune Warriors India withdrawing from the cash-rich event due to Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) decision to encash the team's bank guarantee following a prolonged financial dispute. Sahara, which bought the franchise for Rs 1,700 crore in 2010, said it was "disgusted" by the BCCI's attitude towards it and will not rejoin the league even if the entire franchise fee was waved off, giving a new twist to the already troubled league which has seen a spate of controversies since its inception.

Editorial

Anti-fixing law: A welcome initiative

May 21, 2013

Law minister Kapil Sibal is smartly off the blocks once again in trying to find a solution to the evils of spot-fixing and match-fixing, which has had cricket in its grip for a while now.

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