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The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Rajasthan Gulab Chand Kataria and three others for murder charges in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter killing case. Kataria is the second high profile politician to be named in the alleged fake encounter case after former Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah, considered close to Chief Minister Narendra Modi.   Besides Kataria, the CBI also charged Andhra Pradesh Inspector General of police (Intelligence) N ...

David Miller's sensational 38-ball 101 innings helped him rewrite a few IPL records. Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab in Mohali on Monday. # David Miller (101 not out off 38 balls) registered his highest score in Twenty20. # The 23-year-old South African's knock is the fifth hundred for Kings XI Punjab at the IPL; he joins Paul Valthaty, Shaun Marsh, Mahela Jayawardene and Adam Gilchrist in the list. # Miller ...

Ciol Samsung Galaxy S4, which is slated for official release in April, is up for pre-order booking on Rediff Shopping and with other online sellers. However, Galaxy S4's price is quoted at Rs 59,990 . As per the listing, the phone ...

'There will always be one player who is prepared to corrupt the game because of greed,' Ed Hawkins tells Rediff.com's Harish Kotian. Ed Hawkins is no stranger to match-fixing. The British journalist, in his book Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy: A journey to the corrupt heart of cricket's underworld, released last year, alleged that the India-Pakistan semi-final in the 2011 World Cup was fixed. The curse of spot-fixing returned to haunt the game on Thursday when India pace bowler Shanthakumaran ...

His love for the language, his grit to fight the odds, helped ad man Subramani Ramachandran realise his dream of publishing his book on Urdu poems. He recounts the valuable lessons he learnt that made this book possible. When Subramani Ramachandran, aka Subbu, as he is known in the advertising industry, was introduced to an audience from Mumbai's Muslim-dominated Bhendi Bazaar area as the next shayar (poet) who would recite Urdu shayri (poetry) there was a stunned silence. The moment he stood ...

Enforcement Directorate has a tough task on hand as the source of betting money is diverse, reports Vicky Nanjappa The task ahead for the Enforcement Directorate probing the money angle to the IPL spot-fixing case appears to be Herculean in nature, as there is over Rs 30,000 crore that  the betting syndicate has landed into India from more than one country. The betting syndicate is under the control of operatives not just from Dubai and Karachi; there is a great amount of influence from ...

Why have Indian authorities woken up to the Ranbaxy case only now? The matter had been simmering for several years, notes Bhupesh Bhandari The Ranbaxy affair is one of the darkest chapters of India's business history. The company has admitted it fudged data so that it could launch its products in the United States. It has now paid $500 million as a penalty to settle the case. It is worse than Ramalinga Raju cooking up the books of Satyam (bigger size=higher stature in the industry, ...

They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier in Kolkata on Friday to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Indian Premier League. On paper, Mumbai Indians appear stronger but Rajasthan will be high on confidence after their four-wicket win against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday. The match will determine the Chennai Super Kings' opponents in ...

The National Investigation Agency has contradicted findings of the Anti Terrorism Squad and the Central Bureau of Investigation in its chargesheet filed Wednesday in the Malegoan blast case of 2006. "The earlier investigation by ATS and CBI focused on a fake bomb recovered on September 13, 2006," read the chargesheet filed by the NIA Wednesday. A "fake" bomb was found on the staircase of the Mohammedia Mosque on September 13, which did not explode and was defused by bomb detection officials.