YES Bank can’t be Kapur ki hatti: Rana Kapoor By Sidhartha, TNN
Rana Kapoor says that the bank he cofounded with his brother-in-law Ashok Kapur can’t be run as a family business and his children will stay awayYES Bank chairman and co-founder Rana Kapoor recently...
View ArticleRajya Sabha seat goes for Rs 100 crore: Congress MP By TNN
NEW DELHI: Congress MP from Haryana Birender Singh said big money was buying seats in Rajya Sabha, training focus on the malaise gripping politics but not without the opposition accusing the ruling...
View ArticleSri Lanka FDI flows reach $430mn in first half 2013
Sri Lanka FDI flows reach $430mn in first half 2013 29 Jul, 201319:49:12July 29, 2013 (LBO) - Foreign direct investment flows to Sri Lanka in the first half of 2013 reached 430 million US dollars and...
View ArticleSri Lanka studying fresh locations for super-critical coal plant
July 30, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is studying locations to site a high tech coal plant for which funding is expected from Japan, after concerns over the initial location, a top official said. The...
View ArticleMyanmar monasteries offer bootcamp for the spirit
29 Jul, 201311:43:03YANGON, July 29, 2013 (AFP) - Pre-dawn wake-up calls, days of silence and hunger may not be everyone's idea of a holiday, but for tourists seeking spiritual...
View ArticleCongress looking at splitting Andhra Pradesh evenly as Telengana decision...
NEW DELHI: The Congress is looking at an even split of Andhra Pradesh while conceding the long-pending demand of statehood for Telangana region, by adding two districts of Rayalseema to the new state...
View ArticleMaking umbrellas to packaging: How Vimal Kedia made Manjushree Technopack a...
From making umbrellas in Guwahati to packaging in Bangalore, Vimal Kedia has made more than one successful transition. Today, Manjushree Technopack is a Rs 360 crore listed company.It wasn't the...
View ArticleThe era of the sexually charged office
Post-war offices were often sexually charged realms, but they were also places where harassment was rife, recounts Lucy Kellaway.Anyone who has ever watched Mad Men knows that the 1950s and 1960s were...
View ArticleMamnoon Hussain elected as new Pakistani president
Mamnoon Hussain's victory was seen as inevitable because of his party's command of the National Assembly and the assembly of PunjabPakistani lawmakers have elected Mamnoon Hussain as the president to...
View ArticleBarclays forced into $8.9 billion issue, shares plunge
PHOTO: Associated PressBarclays has set out to raise 5.8 billion pounds by offering shares at a massive discount to shareholders so as to fall into line with demands from regulators.The issue, worth...
View ArticleTelangana will be India's 29th state, Congress says Hyderabad to be common...
, 2013 | UPDATED 20:36 IST The United Progressive Alliance on Tuesday okayed the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh giving in to the demand for a separate Telangana. A decision on when the state will come...
View ArticleFormer Glasgow MP Mohammad Sarwar 'to be Punjab governor'
Mr Sarwar stood down at the last general election in 2010Former Glasgow Govan Labour MP Mohammad Sarwar is to be appointed governor of Punjab, the largest state in Pakistan, the BBC has been...
View ArticleBradley Manning guilty of espionage in Wikileaks case
Bradley Manning, the US Army private who leaked thousands of classified documents, has been convicted of espionage but not of aiding the enemy.Pte Manning, 25, has been convicted of 20 charges in...
View ArticleZimbabwe's Robert Mugabe vows to step down if defeated
The BBC's Nomsa Maseko was the journalist who asked Mr Mugabe if he would step down if he loses the electionZimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has said he will quit after 33 years in power if he...
View ArticlePakistan jailbreak: Taliban free 248 in Dera Ismail Khan
The militants used a loud hailer to call prisoners out by name, as Orla Guerin reports Taliban militants have freed 248 prisoners in an assault on a prison in north-west Pakistan, officials...
View ArticleIndia bowler Sreesanth charged over cricket spot-fixing
Fast bowler S Sreesanth has represented India in many international matchesIndian cricketer S Sreesanth has been charged with 38 other people over a spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the Indian...
View ArticleRoyal baby footman returns to India after visa expires
Badar Azim had been working at Buckingham Palace since last yearA Buckingham Palace footman who played a key role in announcing the birth of Prince George has left his job after his visa expired.Badar...
View ArticleSri Lanka’s boatpeople face return to island or transfer to PNG: Australia
30 Jul, 201319:59:29July 30, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s boatpeople face return to island or transfer to Papua New Guinea, an island off the Australian coast as 68 Lankans are...
View ArticleSri Lanka studying fresh locations for super-critical coal plant
30 Jul, 201307:20:43July 30, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is studying locations to site a high tech coal plant for which funding is expected from Japan, after concerns over the initial...
View ArticleSpiceJet to launch thrice a week flight Ahmedabad-Muscat flght
New Delhi, July 30: Expanding its international network, no-frills carrier SpiceJet will launch its thrice a week flight between Ahmedabad and Muscat from next month. The commercial flights between...
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