TEXT: President Patil's last address to Parliament

President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......

IPL 2020: Disney-Star may earn Rs 20 billion

95 per cent of advertising inventory has been sold on television and 18 on-air sponsors have been signed up so far, the highest for any season.Viveat Susan Pinto reports. IMAGE: Chennai Super......

Unlisted Shares Market Is Buzzing

The dealers operating in the space have jumped nearly three times over the past two years. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   On May 10, after a typical workday, three young colleagues......

Birth of a new super king

Chennai Super Kings, one of the most charismatic teams in the Indian Premier League, is also its most controversial. N Sundaresha Subramanian & Urvi Malvania examine how it is reinventing......

IPL-III on a sticky wicket

The Indian Premier League is facing a rough pitch. With a little over six months to go for the third leg of the most successful cricket properties of recent times, with a brand value of $2 billion,......

BCCI set to pay Rs 800 crore compensation to Kochi Tuskers

'We have to pay Kochi compensation. All legal options have been exhausted.' The Board of Control for Cricket in India is set to pay compensation of more than Rs 800 crore to disbanded Indian......

CSK Chairman L Sabaretnam dead

L Sabaretnam, director and chairman of Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited, and a cement industry veteran, died here on Sunday following a brief illness, family sources said. He was 80. Sabaretnam......

Angry Dhoni offers to quit as CSK skipper, India Cements VP

Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has offered to step down as Chennai Super Kings captain and vice-president of India Cements Limited. Dhoni believes that his name being dragged into the......

Selectors in a dilemma after Rayudu fails YoYo Test

IMAGE: Ambati Rayudu celebrates his century for Chennai Super Kings during IPL-11. Photograph: BCCI The Indian selection committee has its task cut out when it zeroes in on the replacement for......

IPL Players' draft to be held in Mumbai on Dec 15

IMAGE: Chennai Super Kings Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Dwayne Smith, Ravindra Jadeja and Brendon McCullum with a fan. Photograph: BCCI The IPL Players' draft to allow two new......