Mahela to lead Daredevils in T20 Champions League
September 14th, 2012 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Virender Sehwag Friday stepped down from captaincy of the Delhi Daredevils and Mahela Jayawardene will now lead the team in the Champions League Twenty20 ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu ex-minister, kin raided for graft (Lead)
May 17th, 2012 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 17 (IANS) The houses of former Tamil Nadu minister Veerapandi S. Arumugam, his relatives and his two personal assistants and premises of an educational institution were Thursday raided ... Read more...
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Jayawardene, Pietersen join Delhi Daredevils
April 8th, 2012 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Mahela Jayawardene and explosive batsman Kevin Pietersen arrived here Sunday, a day after completing their national duty for Sri Lanka and England respectively."I am looking ... Read more...
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Foreign players also benefit from IPL: Sekar
March 25th, 2012 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Delhi Daredevils mentor T.A. Sekar Sunday said it is not just Indian youngsters but also international players who benefit from the experience of playing ... Read more...
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Maxwell, Bodi join Daredevils as replacements for Ingram, Birt
March 19th, 2012 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Delhi Daredevils Monday announced Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell and the experienced South African Gulam Bodi as replacements for Colin Ingram and Travis Birt in their ... Read more...
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Daredevils come out in support of Sehwag
February 27th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) At a time when a majority of the sports fraternity is gunning for Virender Sehwag's head, his Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Daredevils have ... Read more...
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Delhi Daredevils appoint Jayawardene vice-captain
February 22nd, 2012 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Daredevils have appointed Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene as the side's deputy for the 2012 edition.Jayawardene led Sri Lanka ... Read more...
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Daredevils delighted with new acquisitions
February 4th, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 4 (IANS) Delhi Daredevils are happy with their new acquisitions - Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene and young all-rounders Andre Russell (West Indies) and Doug Bracewell (New ... Read more...
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Simmons promoted as head coach of Delhi Daredevils (Lead)
December 22nd, 2011 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) India's bowling coach Eric Simmons will take over as the head coach of Delhi Daredevils ahead of the fifth season of the Indian Premier ... Read more...
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Chennai boy’s killing: Retired army officer held (Second Lead)
July 10th, 2011 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 10 (IANS) A week after a teenager was killed in a military residential campus here, a retired army officer was arrested Sunday after he confessed to the crime ... Read more...
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Chennai boy’s murder cracked: Retired army officer held (Lead)
July 10th, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 10 (IANS) A week after a 13-year-old boy was killed in a military residential campus here, a 50-year-old retired army officer was arrested Sunday for the crime after ... Read more...
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Retired army officer held for Chennai boy’s killing
July 10th, 2011 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 10 (IANS) A 50-year-old retired army officer has been arrested for shooting dead 13-year-old K. Dilshan, who strayed into a military residential campus here, police said.Lt. Col. (retd) ... Read more...
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One detained for Chennai boy’s killing (Lead)
July 10th, 2011 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 9 (IANS) Seven days after the shooting of 13-year-old K. Dilshan inside an army residential campus here, one man suspected of the killing has been detained, police said ... Read more...
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Breakthrough in Chennai boy killing case likely
July 10th, 2011 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 9 (IANS) Seven days after the killing of 13-year-old K. Dilshan inside army residential campus here, Tamil Nadu Police seem to be on the verge of cracking the ... Read more...
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Closing in on suspect in Chennai boy’s killing: Police
July 8th, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 8 (IANS) Six days after the shocking killing of 13-year-old K.Dilshan inside army residential campus here, Tamil Nadu Police said they are closing in on the suspect and ... Read more...
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Three more to be questioned over Chennai boy’s killing (Lead)
July 7th, 2011 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Chennai/New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Police will question three more people Thursday in connection with the killing of a 13-year-old boy inside the army residential campus in Chennai ... Read more...
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Police listing suspects in Chennai boy’s killing
July 5th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 5 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Police said Tuesday that they are making a list of people who could have shot dead a 13-year-old boy inside the army campus here ... Read more...
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Neyveli Lignite blames BHEL for production hitch
May 28th, 2011 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 27 (IANS) Integrated mining-cum-power generation company Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) is facing production problem because of the hitch in the boiler provided by power equipment major Bharat Heavy ... Read more...
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Neyveli Lignite plans to enter power transmission sector
May 27th, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 27 (IANS) Integrated mining-cum-power producer Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (NLC) is looking at further forward and backward integration with plans to get into power transmission and acquiring coal ... Read more...
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DMK supports Raja, says arrest doesn’t make him guilty (Lead)
February 3rd, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 3 (IANS) Maintaining that a person was innocent until proven otherwise, Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK Thursday came out in support of its leader and former union communications minister A. Raja ... Read more...
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Another AIADMK legislator joins DMK
January 29th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 29 (IANS) With elections for the Tamil Nadu assembly around the corner, AIADMK's sitting member P.K. Sekar Babu, along with his supporters, joined the DMK Saturday in the presence of ... Read more...
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Jyothi Krishna’s Ooh La La La Songs On Air
July 26th, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
July 26, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Ooh La La La marks the on-screen debut of filmmaker Jyothi Krishna and the film's music was released yesterday here in Chennai. The film is ... Read more...
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Porn turning Malaysian teens into sex addicts
July 25th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, July 25 (ANI): As many as 202 complaints have been received by The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) for obscene content on Malaysian websites and personal blogs as of ... Read more...
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Sweet sounds of chai, kitap and sekar in Turkish (IANS Travel)
June 14th, 2010 - 10:12 am ICT by IANS
By Ranjana Narayan
Istanbul, June 14 (IANS) You can browse though books at the numerous 'kitap' shops in Turkey, choose to pay for your purchase in 'sikkas', and after you have finished your ... Read more...
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Krishna Hopeful About Kattradhu Kalavu
May 24th, 2010 - 9:35 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
May 24, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): When one is competing with Suriya, all he can do is hope for a little success for himself too. Krishna, whose second movie Kattradhu Kalavu is ... Read more...
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Devotees walk on embers to appease deity in Tamil Nadu
April 10th, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by ANI
By JaikumarChennai, April 10 (ANI): As part of an age-old ritual, hundreds of religious-minded walked over embers in a pit and pierced their body parts with iron rods here as part of ... Read more...
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A lifestyle resort hospital for diabetes opened in Coimbatore
March 19th, 2010 - 10:44 pm ICT by ANI
Coimbatore, Mar 19(ANI): Coimbatore Diabetes Foundation has opened a Diabetes Village, a lifestyle resort hospital at Marudamalai near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.While hospitals normally dealt with acute care and management of ... Read more...
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Shoddy script spoils ‘Maathi Yosi’ (Tamil Movie Review)
March 14th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Aravindan D.I.
Film: "Maathi Yosi"; Cast: Harish, Alex, Gopal, Visak, Shammu; Director: Nandha Periyasamy; Producer: P.S. Sekar Reddy; Music Director: Guru Kalyan; Rating: Ratings: **"Maathi Yosi" means "think differently". Hence, one expects ... Read more...
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New India Assurance Co. is headless for over two months
December 20th, 2009 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 20 (IANS) Mumbai-based Rs.5,516-crore premium New India Assurance Company Ltd - one of the four government-owned general insurance companies - has remained headless for the past two and a half ... Read more...
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Actress Gauthami’s debut on small screen
November 25th, 2009 - 2:36 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
Yesteryear actress Gauthami is all set to make her debut on small screen with the mega-serial "Abirami'. Abirami Ramanathan, owner of Abirami Theatres and one of the leading distributors in Tamil film ... Read more...
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Sasikumar and Mysskin in ‘Maathiyosi’
November 21st, 2009 - 6:34 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Director Nanda Periyasamy has completed shooting for 'Maathiyosi' and is involved in post-production works now. P.S. Sekar Reddy produces the film under the banner of PSRR Films and 4-software engineers -Alex, ... Read more...
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Akram happy with budding Indian fast bowlers
August 3rd, 2009 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Pakistan's legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram was impressed with the nine young fast bowlers who attended the 19-day camp that concluded here Monday.
The camp was conducted by ... Read more...
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Akram will teach Indian youngsters how to appeal and bowl
July 27th, 2009 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Former fast bowler Wasim Akram, who made appealing a fine art during his playing days to win marginal decisions, now wants to teach how to appeal convincingly ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu lawmaker threatens protest outside minister’s house
July 3rd, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 3 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Assembly Friday saw a heated debate when Congress Legislature Party leader D. Sudharsanam threatened to protest outside the house of Minister Suba Thangavelan over the ... Read more...
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Daredevils are the most balanced team in IPL: Sekar
April 2nd, 2009 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Delhi Dearedevils manager T.A. Sekar is upbeat about the team's chances in the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and feels it is the most ... Read more...
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