Sindhu Manjesh

• LK Advani pits Shivraj Chouhan against Modi; BJP says no rift

  The BJP claimed today that remarks made by senior leader LK Advani on Saturday have been misinterpreted as a sharp criticism of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

• High stakes for the Congress in Gujarat by-polls

  It's a big day for the Congress in Gujarat -- four assembly and two Lok Sabha seats, so far held by the party, voted for their new representatives.

• Bihar by-poll: Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav in battle for prestige

  Today's bypoll to the Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat in Bihar has generated much political heat between old rivals Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav.

• BCCI president N Srinivasan calls for emergency meeting of board in Chennai tomorrow

  Under increasing pressure to resign, N Srinivasan, the powerful head of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, has called an emergency meeting tomorrow in Chennai to confront the crisis that has engulfed Indian cricket with allegations of spot-fixing and betting in this year's IPL tournament, which ended six days ago.

• 'You go or we go,' BCCI vice-presidents tell president N Srinivasan: sources

  Board of Control for Cricket in India president N Srinivasan has advanced the emergency meeting of the board's working committee -- from June 8 to tomorrow. This comes hours after he was reportedly served an ultimatum by the five vice-presidents of the BCCI - "You go or we go". Sources say that Mr Srinivasan has said he will resign if the board has...

• IPL spot-fixing: Rajasthan Royals bowler Siddharth Trivedi deposes as prosecution witness

  Siddharth Trivedi, a Rajasthan Royals bowler, has deposed as a prosecution witness in the IPL spot-fixing case being probed by the Delhi Police, sources have said. He recorded his statements in a Delhi court today.

• Who is Vikram Aggarwal?

  Little is publicly known about Vikram Aggarwal, the Chennai hotelier police want to question over his suspected involvement in the Indian Premier League or IPL betting scam. What's known is that Mr Aggarwal runs a hotel business. He heads VVA Hotels Private Limited, which owns two franchise properties in Chennai - the swank 129-room business hotel ...

• IPL CEO files police complaint against Rajasthan Royals, India Cements and Gurunath Meiyappan

  Indian Premier League CEO Sundar Raman has today filed a police complaint against the Rajasthan Royals franchise, Chennai Super Kings owner India Cements and Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N Srinivasan.

• Now, female cop beats up women in Uttar Pradesh

  Bharati Singh, a woman cop in uniform says she was asked by her superior officer to slap several women at an Aligarh police station in Uttar Pradesh. On camera, Ms Singh is seen raining blows on the women, who had gathered to demand the release of their children detained in a case of theft.

• Calling Naxals 'terrorists' will not solve problems: Tribal Affairs Minister KC Deo

  A day after his Cabinet colleague and Rural Affairs Minister Jairam Ramesh called Naxals 'terrorists', Tribal Affairs Minister KC Deo has said labeling them so will not help address the Maoist issue.

• Aarushi murder case: Court reserves orders on whether trial can proceed against her parents

  In a crucial hearing in the Aarushi Talwar-Hemraj double murder case today, a Ghaziabad court has reserved its orders on whether the trial against Aarushi's parents, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, can proceed further.

• IPL spot-fixing scandal: Police seize Rs 5.5 lakh allegedly paid to Sreesanth by bookies

  The Delhi Police claim to have recovered Rs 5.5 lakh that they allege was paid to cricketer S Sreesanth by bookies for spot-fixing in Indian Premier League matches.

• IPL betting: Chennai hotelier Vikram Aggarwal misses deadline to surrender

  Chennai-based hotelier Vikram Aggarwal alias Victor has not surrendered before the Tamil Nadu Police like he was meant to today. Mr Aggarwal, the police say, has been active in betting circles and was the person who introduced small-time actor Vindoo Dara Singh to Gurunath Meiyappan.

• Congress boycotts all-party meet on Naxals in Chhattisgarh

  The Congress today boycotted an all-party meeting called by Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh to discuss strategy on dealing with Naxalites. The meeting was convened in the wake of an attack on a Congress convoy on Saturday by suspected Maoists that left 24 people dead.

• Calls for BCCI president N Srinivasan to quit grow louder

  Calls for BCCI president N Srinivasan's resignation are growing louder with each passing day but the man at the helm of cricket management in India is in no mood to listen.