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Gurunath Meiyappan: A king-size Chennai super doosra

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:56:55 GMT

He is a prominent face in the Chennai Super Kings camp. Many in the CSK camp even see him as a good luck charm. Thirty-eight-year-old Gurunath Meiyappan has virtually been the face of the former India...

Gurunath Meiyappan: A king-size Chennai super doosra

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:56:55 GMT

Who is the new Comptroller and Auditor General Shashi Kant Sharma?

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:12:26 GMT

The government has named Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. He will replace Vinod Rai whose term comes to an end on Thursday, May 23.

Who is Phaneesh Murthy?

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:50:04 GMT

Phaneesh Murthy has had his share of both fame and controversy in a long and often glittering career as a global IT executive. However, his sacking as the chief executive officer of California-based i...

Baburao Yadav, the story of a Test prospect who lost his way

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:45:57 GMT

Baburao Yadav, a right-arm medium fast bowler, is a former Vidarbha and Railways player. On Monday, the 30-year-old was detained for questioning by the Delhi police in the ongoing IPL spot-fixing case...

Who is Vikram Pandit?

Fri, 17 May 2013 03:49:06 GMT

Vikram Pandit abruptly stepped down as CEO of Citigroup in October 2012, surprising Wall Street, after steering the bank through the 2008 financial crisis and the choppy years that followed. Mr Pandit...

Who is S Sreesanth?

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:02:42 GMT

Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila shocked the Indian cricket fraternity with the latest spot-fixing scandal on May 16, 2013, during the ongoing Indian Premier League season. Ar...

Sanjay Dutt aka 'Munnabhai' goes to jail

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:21:06 GMT

Sanjay Dutt goes to jail: It is now endgame for Sanjay Dutt in the 20-year-long saga that saw him charged with illegal arms possession in the 1993 Bombay blasts. The actor surrendered in a TADA court ...

Nawaz Sharif: The Lion of Punjab roars in Pakistan

Sun, 12 May 2013 08:07:13 GMT

Nawaz Sharif, known as the 'Lion of Punjab' who has promised to restart peace process with India and is set to be elected for a third innings as Pakistan Prime Minister, is seen as someone who can fix...

Who is Pawan Kumar Bansal?

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:36:41 GMT

Pawan Kumar Bansal, who has quit as Union Railways Minister today following allegations about his involvement in a bribery scam, is a Congress veteran who won his first Lok Sabha election from Chandig...

Who is Siddaramaiah?

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:10:32 GMT

K Siddaramaiah is not known to mince words or hide his ambitions. Whenever BJP members in the last government taunted him about being ambitious, Mr Siddaramaiah, then Leader of the Opposition, would a...

Imran Khan: cricketer, playboy and now a political spoiler

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:46:44 GMT

When Imran Khan tumbled spectacularly off a mechanical lift at an election rally this week, a frenzy of media coverage erupted, the last thing Pakistan's mainstream parties needed as they fend off a s...

Five facts about Pak prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay

Thu, 09 May 2013 06:04:43 GMT

Sanaullah Ranjay, the Pakistani prisoner who was hit on the head with a hammer by another inmate in a Jammu jail, died in a Chandigarh hospital today. India has assured Pakistan that it would make all...

Who is Alex Ferguson?

Thu, 09 May 2013 05:31:34 GMT

Manchester United has produced several stellar players through the course of its illustrious history of 138 years. One man - a coach - has however been the most iconic for the club and has taken it th...

Who is Ashwani Kumar?

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:31:22 GMT

Eminent lawyer Ashwani Kumar's career as Law Minister ironically came undone following a legal tangle of elephantine proportions, which put him in trouble at his place of work. Mr Kumar lists as his p...

Meet Sanju Samson, Rajasthan Royals' teenage dynamite

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:44:45 GMT

The latest star on the cricket horizon is Kerala's teenage sensation Sanju Samson and his middle name - Viswanath - is not known to many. For the 18-year-old Sanju, after his dream debut for Rajasthan...

Shamshad Begum: A song in her heart

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:10:53 GMT

Shamshad Begum, a pioneer of Bollywood's music fraternity and the voice behind some of it's most memorable hits, died in Mumbai after a long illness.

Sudipta Sen: The man with 'three wives and five houses'

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:43:50 GMT

On his company's website, there is no photograph of Sudipto Sen. The message-from-the-CMD page is dominated by a big picture of a chair with a speech bubble pointing to it. The chair is empty; this ma...

Justice Verma: An exceptional career

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:09:10 GMT

Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma was the architect of a report that became instrumental in shaping a new, stronger anti-rape law in the country.

Pran, Bollywood's black gold

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:22:05 GMT

Pran Kishan Sikand, perhaps the only Bollywood actor to have shattered stereotype by playing villains and good guys with equal ease and success, was famous for his style and sophistication.

Margaret Thatcher: The 'Iron Lady' who changed Britain

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:23:22 GMT

Margaret Thatcher dies: Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, who died on Monday aged 87, will be remembered as "The Iron Lady" who helped end the Cold War and whose economic refor...

Who is Vijender Singh?

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:55:34 GMT

India's first boxer to win an Olympic medal, Vijender Singh has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Here are 10-point highlights that define the star pugilist.

Who is Uma Bharti?

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 03:31:15 GMT

She often uses her status of a monk to political advantage. Yet she is not the calm monk. Uma Bharti is fiery, she is unpredictable - she can be overtly coy, moody and playful in quick succession.

Who is Narendra Modi?

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:03:57 GMT

Will Narendra Modi be the BJP's candidate for Prime Minister in the Lok Sabha elections 2014? The party is still not telling, but it has handed to the Gujarat Chief Minister a bigger role at the natio...

Who is Jesse Ryder?

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:14:09 GMT

On Wednesday night, in a small suburb of Christchurch, burly Kiwi batsman Jesse Ryder was brutally assaulted by at least two men as he was leaving a bar. When reports last came in, Ryder is in the int...