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

Urs at Ajmer

Big B at Cannes

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

Police inspect the spot after 25 bikes were charred in a fire incident following short circuit in Hyderabad-PTI

Youth Congress activists try to break police barricades during a protest outside BJP headquarters in New Delhi-PTI

The first view of the ice-Shivalingam at the holy cave shrine of Amarnath-PTI

International

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

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

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

Sidda inducts 28 ministers

The five-day-old Congress government in Karnataka got a full fledged council of ministers with the induction of 20 Cabinet and 8 ministers of state on Saturday. In a colourful function held at Raj Bhavan, governor H.R. Bharadwaj administered the oath of office to these ministers.

Metros

MPs, MLAs meet Hooda

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

Meteor strike causes bright flash on moon

An automated telescope monitoring the Moon has captured images of an 40 kg rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, Nasa scientists said on Friday.

Sports

Pune, Delhi fight for pride

The contest between Pune Warriors India and Delhi Daredevils may be inconsequential with regard to the outcome of the Indian Premier League but the two eliminated sides have everything to play for at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium here on Sunday.

Editorial

Prices of 348 drugs could be even lower

The National List of Essential Medicines will, under the new pricing policy, ostensibly make 348 essential medicines cheaper from between two per cent and 43 per cent. The value erosion, according to IMS Health, which provides information on the healthcare industry, would be a meagre Rs 1,600 crore for a total pharmaceutical market of around Rs 60,000 crore.

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Ajay Devgn has had a lot to deal with in the recent past.

Ever since the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal broke on Thursday morning (May 16), there have been two equally tiresome responses. On Thursday itself, a succession of former cricketers, Indian or otherwise, turned up in television studios and spoke about the “romance of the game” being violated.

Counting on continuity