Thursday, October 25, 2012

Naveen Jindal refutes allegations made in TV sting

Naveen Jindal refutes allegations made in TV sting


Naveen Jindal refutes allegations made in TV sting

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 03:22 AM PDT

Congress leader and steel tycoon Naveen Jindal today held a press conference where he shared details of why his company has accused Zee News of attempted extortion. Mr Jindal says the TV channel told...


Bihar sounds dengue alert

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 02:55 AM PDT

Bihar has sounded a high alert after two people died of dengue and the number of those infected rose to about 200 in various parts of the state, the Health Minister said on Thursday.


Income tax department begins investigation into Nitin Gadkari's business

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:49 AM PDT

Income Tax (IT) officials have started an investigation into BJP president Nitin Gadkari's Purti Power and Sugar Ltd (PPSL). This is in addition to the initial inquiry or what is being called a "discr...


Delhi court convicts passenger for hijack drama in 2009

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:28 AM PDT

Jaspal Bhatti was a pioneer of comedy content on television: Ambika Soni

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:26 AM PDT

Describing him as a pioneer of comedy content on television, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni on Thursday condoled the death of comedian Jaspal Bhatti.


Australia should focus on India: John Howard

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 12:50 AM PDT

Same rules should apply for probe against all politicians: Sachin Pilot

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 12:39 AM PDT

Robert Vadra ran away even from Facebook; Nitin Gadkari is open to inquiry, says BJP

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 11:45 PM PDT

The BJP is standing by its man. Cautiously. Party president Nitin Gadkari's business dealings are being investigated. And his colleagues are offering carefully-worded statements in his defence.


Government, not court, has to find solution to mining crisis, says Goa Chief Minister

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 11:31 PM PDT

Maoist shutdown hits road traffic in Odisha

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 11:31 PM PDT

Commercial vehicles in the interiors of Odisha stayed off the roads on Thursday due to a statewide shutdown called by the Maoists against the central government's economic policy, particularly hiking ...


Development of tribal area government's priority: Vijay Bahuguna

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 10:42 PM PDT

Rahul Gandhi to kick off Congress' poll campaign in Himachal Pradesh today

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 09:52 PM PDT

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will be in Lahaul Valley in Himachal Pradesh today to address election meetings for the forthcoming assembly polls in the state.


Corporate Affairs Ministry begins probe of Gadkari investor firms: Sources

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 09:34 PM PDT

Nitin Gadkari has cancelled a trip to Delhi, even as sources said in the capital that the Corporate Affairs Ministry has begun an initial inquiry or what is being called a "discreet probe" into compan...


Rajat Gupta gets two years in prison for insider trading

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 08:17 PM PDT

Rajat Gupta sentenced to two years in prison: Rajat Gupta was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday, a much lighter sentence than US prosecutors had demanded, by a judge who called his insider...


$30,000 reward offered for information on missing Indian baby Saanvi Venna

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 07:51 PM PDT

Authorities searched on Tuesday for 10-month-old Saanvi Venna who was declared missing after her grandmother, who was baby-sitting her, was found slain inside the family's apartment in King of Prussia...


Narayana Murthy gets 2012 Hoover Medal for his humanitarian efforts

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 07:49 PM PDT

N.R. Narayana Murthy, co-founder of IT giant Infosys who has used his business success to "give back" to his native India, has been named recipient of the prestigious 2012 Hoover Medal.


Minor earthquake in Arunachal Pradesh

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 07:04 PM PDT

Rajat Gupta: The rise and fall

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 01:34 PM PDT

Rajat Gupat joined McKinsey & Company, the elite and secretive management-consulting firm as an earnest, under-stated young man, fresh out of Harvard Business School, and IIT Delhi before that. He ros...


Rajat Gupta gets two years in jail for insider trading; fined $5 million

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Rajat Gupta, the former Goldman Sachs director, has been sentenced to two years in jail for insider trading by a US court. He has also been fined $5 million.


Astrologer, driver are directors of investor firms for Nitin Gadkari's company

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 11:11 AM PDT

Through a partly opened door Manisha Sharma said, "My husband Vishnu Sharma is an astrologer. He works from home looking at people's horoscopes. He does not work anywhere else." Mrs Sharma was respond...


Tiger's roar missing at Shiv Sena's Dussehra rally in Mumbai

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 10:44 AM PDT

The Tiger's roar was missing at Shiv Sena's Dussehra rally in Mumbai on Wednesday evening. Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray is showing clear signs of ageing. Not in his otherwise aggressive style...


Justice Katju slams politicians for intolerance towards media

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 10:05 AM PDT

Slamming the "ugly display of temper" by Virbhadra Singh after he threatened to break cameras of mediapersons, Press Council chief Markandey Katju today said such increasingly intolerant behaviour by ...


Narendra Modi's fan-following on Twitter touches one million mark

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 09:57 AM PDT

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi now has one million 'followers' on Twitter. About a year ago, in November 2011, Mr Modi had four lakh followers. He added six lakh followers since then, to touch t...

Dussehra celebrated across India

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 06:45 AM PDT

Towering effigies of 10-headed demon king Ravana, his son Meghnad and brother Kumbhakaran crackled in fiery splendour marking the triumph of good over evil as gusto and fervour marked Dussehra festivi...


Rajat Gupta, former Goldman Sachs director, to be sentenced in insider trading case today

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 05:46 AM PDT

Today's sentencing of fallen Wall Street titan Rajat Gupta for insider trading could come down to whether a judge agrees that his lifetime of charity counts against sending him to prison.


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