Quicktakes — Who’s lying, Mr Wadekar?

On Sunday night in an interview with STAR News, former Indian skipper and cricket manager Ajit Wadekar denied his comments to The Indian Ex...

On Sunday night in an interview with STAR News, former Indian skipper and cricket manager Ajit Wadekar denied his comments to The Indian Express that he had tapped the phones of the players which was published after the match-fixing allegations made by Manoj Prabhakar in the newsmagazine Outlook. We produce the signed fax statement from Wadekar which should put away all doubts regarding the report.

Landslide kills 50

GANGTOK: At least 50 persons were killed and 60 others seriously injured as landslides, triggered by heavy rains, swept through a 20 km radius in and around the state capital last night. The death toll is expected to rise as more bodies are feared trapped under the rubble.Insat-2D

BANGALORE: Deployment of two solar arrays and two antennae on board Insat-2D satellite was successfully completed as part of a series of critical operations carried out from the master control facility (MCF) at Hassan on Monday. Insat-2D, launched on June 4 by Ariane vehicle, has two solar arrays, on the south and north side, each with an area of 11.5 sq m, and generate a total power of about 1650 W.