(L) Gurunath Meiyappan and Vindoo Randhawa (R)

A Mumbai court today extended the police custody of Bollywood actor Vindoo Randhawa, arrested for alleged links with IPL betting syndicates, till May 28. Mumbai police’s Crime Branch tol... »

BCCI units could seek Manohar’s opinion on CSK issue

The latest scandal in the IPL has hit the BCCI top brass so hard that the state units have now started questioning N Srinivasan’s authority and in all likelihood will seek opinion of former BCCI p... »

Sensex ends flat; Consumer durables, metal stocks shine

Indian markets ended the session on Friday with a gain of about 0.15 per cent led by consumer durables, capital goods and metal stocks amid weak European cues. The 30-share BSE index Sen... »

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Narendra Modi launches Business Line's Ahmedabad edition

Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, with Kris Gopalakrishnan, Executive Co-Chairman, Infosys, Arun Anant, CEO, Kasturi & Sons Ltd, D. Sampath Kumar, Editor, The Hindu Business Line, and Mukund Padmanabhan, Editor-designate, at the launch of Business Line's Gujarat edition in Ahmedabad on May 24, 2013. Photo: Paul Noronha

Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, on Friday described as a “healthy trend’ the media following popular aspirations but regretted that those who protested against censorship during the Emergen... »

Opinion

Columns

J. V. Ramamurthy

It’s not over for MTNL, BSNL

BSNL can play a key role in the next wave of rural telecom penetration.

If British Telecom could be turned around by hiving off its operations into separate entities, the same can be achieved with BSNL and MTNL. »

S. MURLIDHARAN

Judges need to be provocative

Digvijay Singh clearly betrayed ignorance over conduct of court proceedings when he said that the judges should hold their tongue and say whatever they want to in their written order ... »

Editorial

Cabinet plan

A compromise settlement with Vodafone could turn out to be the ‘real' capital gain for Indian economy. »

Opinion

Renewable energy, a land guzzler

No coal is all very well, but solar power should not take away productive land.

Unfortunately, renewable energy is being promoted on prime farmland rather than wasteland. A policy solution is needed. »

Bring Railways back on track

Where shall we go from here? — V.V. Krishnan

It should be restructured and run as a corporate entity rather than the fiefdom of politicians. »

Commodities

Gold could pause for direction; currency movements hold key
Gold prices on spot and futures market are likely to be range-bound on Friday caught between various factors. Speculation that the US Fed will continue its stimulus package kept interest... »

Logistics

Air India spent Rs 1,803 cr on pending staff salaries last year
Air India spent over 85 per cent of its Rs 6,000 crore equity infusion last year on clearing pending staff salaries, paying off aircraft loans and interest and its debt to oil companies and airpor... »

Markets

Be fearless regulator, protect small investors: FM tells SEBI
Concerned over erosion of confidence among small investors, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today asked SEBI to regulate the market fearlessly to protect their interests, and not to “bow” or “bend”... »
News

Who is Gurunath Meiyappan?
Gurunath Meiyappan, CEO of the Chennai Super Kings, who has been issued summons by the Mumbai police in connection with possible links to the IPL betting scandal, is the son-in-law of N. Srinivasa... »

Sports

It will take a lot out of Indian govt to make betting legal: Boycott
India should legalise betting to stamp out corruption in cricket, says former England captain Geoffrey Boycott who feels the menace of fixing, which has currently dented the IPL’s reputation, emer... »

Info-tech

Samsung launches cheapest Galaxy phone at Rs 5,240
Intensifying the price war in the fast-growing smartphone category in India, South Korean mobile handset maker Samsung Electronics today launched its cheapest Galaxy series phone `Star’ at a price... »