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SC turns down plea to ban IPL
Pulls up BCCI for ‘callousness’
New Delhi, May 21
The Supreme Court dismissed a petition on Tuesday seeking to scrap the remaining matches of the lucrative Twenty20 cricket competition amid growing concerns about corruption in the sport.

Bollywood angle: Vindoo held for links with bookies
Mumbai, May 21
Actor Vindoo Randhawa, son of late wrestler-actor Dara Singh, was today arrested by the police in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal. Vindoo was taken for questioning by the police from his residence at Juhu on Monday evening. He was arrested on Tuesday morning and was produced before a magistrate who sent him to police custody till May 24.

Nation page: IPL spot-fixing: 11 get 5-day police remand

Vindoo being produced in a Mumbai court on Tuesday.

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Patients from 35 Countries Dr Sharma’s Clinic Treating patients from all over the world with Homeopathy

Akalis set to sweep panchayat polls
Chandigarh, May 21
The Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP ruling combine is heading for a clean sweep in the Zila Parishad and Block Samiti polls as per available results and trends on Tuesday evening. Not only has it drubbed the combined Opposition, it has handed the first political defeat to new Congress state president Partap Singh Bajwa.

SAD ex-MLA Sarabjit Singh Makkar leads a victory rally in Kapurthala on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh

China pitches for regional trade pact with India
New Delhi, May 21
Assuring India of Beijing’s commitment to address the issue of trade imbalance, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang today pitched for a regional trade accord between the two countries.
Nation page: Li greets Indian audience with ‘namaste’
Business page: Chinese PM visits TCS global R&D centre
Editorial: Gains from Li’s visit
President Pranab Mukherjee with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in New Delhi.

Sirsa gets top facility to boost fruit yield
Centre of Excellence inaugurated; Israel to train Haryana farmers
Mangiana (Sirsa), May 21
Israel will run two training courses every year for progressive farmers from Haryana. In these courses, the farmers will learn modern techniques for increasing their income from farming.

CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda with Israeli Ambassador Alon Ushpiz at Mangiana in Sirsa. A Tribune photograph

Delhi HC grants bail to Chautala for pacemaker implant
New Delhi, May 21
Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala was today granted interim bail for six weeks by the Delhi High Court for undergoing pacemaker implant surgery at a hospital here.