Gurunath strayed away from values of legendary AVM
In reel life a discipline was maintained but in real life it went for a toss.Gurunath Meiyappan of AVM group, who has been arrested in connection with betting allegations, is named after his legendary...
View ArticleSri Lanka to build US$200mn military hospital
25 May, 201308:03:21May 25, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will build military hospital at a cost of over 200 million US dollars (26 billion rupees) with state bank finance as part of an...
View ArticleMonk succumbs to burn injuries
Saturday, 25 May 2013 20:01 The Buddhist monk who set himself on fire in front of the Dalada Maligawa, Kandy in protest of cattle slaughter succumbed to his injuries at the...
View ArticleLanka ranks high in informal cash transfers
Sri Lanka has ranked high among informal money transfers in the south Asian region last year, a new Gallup study revealed. Nearly 800 million South Asians and Indonesians, which equals to 60% of the...
View ArticleFUTURE OF RAJIV GANDHI’S political legacy in Sri Lanka
Saturday, 25 May 2013 00:00 By D.B.S. JEYARAJ Last week saw the 22nd death anniversary of former Indian Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi being commemorated. He was killed on...
View ArticleMeiyappan placed heavy bets on IPL matches, say Mumbai Police Alok Deshpande
TROUBLED TIMES: BCCI president N. Srinivasan arrives at the Mumbai airport on SaturdayHe used to place "huge bets" on IPL matches and was even divulging team’s strategy to bookies, Mumbai Police tells...
View ArticleAn impressive empress Nur Jahan - AROON RAMAN
Illustration: P. Manivannan May 31 marks Nur Jahan’s 436th birth anniversary. Aroon Raman explains why the queen was...
View ArticleThe IPL spot-fixing case turns into a betting probe, Delhi police vs Mumbai...
T20 to 420: How IPL-6 Got Caught In The Crosshairs Of The Delhi And Bombay PoliceThursday, May 16 Delhi police arrests three players on charges of spot-fixing from Mumbai. They also arrest seven...
View ArticleDinesh Thakur, who dug up Ranbaxy’s many duds Arindam Mukherjee
ranbaxy: dinesh Thakur In the murky tale of Indian pharma giant Ranbaxy’s unfair business practices and its eventual culmination into a massive $500 million settlement in the US, one name stands out...
View ArticleThe Phaneesh Murthy Saga: How the Cookie Crumbled by Mitu Jayashankar, N.S....
Image: Mallikarjun Katakol for Forbes IndiaiGate employees claim Phaneesh's relationship with Araceli started souring some months back. According to her lawyers, Araceli found out that she was...
View ArticlePhaneesh Murthy: The two chairmen came to my office and told me I have to...
Image: Mallikarjun Katakol for Forbes IndiaQ. When did you inform the Chairman about your relationship?A. Relationship ended a few months ago, I informed the Chairman a few weeks ago, letter was...
View ArticleUnder Whose Watch Did The Ranbaxy Fraud Happen?
Japanese companies are not known for washing their dirty linen in public, but I suppose pleading guilty to civil and criminal charges in the world’s largest and most lucrative pharmaceuticals market,...
View ArticleMega and the Revenge of Kim Dotcom by Andy Greenberg
EmailPrintImage: Brendon O’hagan for ForbesKIM DOTCOM The internet’s most controversial man has given up his Rolls, Harley and Sea-Doo, but he hasn’t lost his defiance of authorityKim Dotcom, aka Kim...
View ArticleA Forbes Makeover for Coca-Cola Chief Muhtar Kent
JOSEPH ABBOUD: The award-winning designer and entrepreneur got his start at Louis Boston before serving as director of menswear design for Ralph Lauren. He launched his eponymous brand in 1987 and is...
View ArticleGoogle Fiber Can Change the Dynamics of Web Surfing by Parmy Olson
Image: Keith Myers / Kansas City Star / NewscomGoogle Fiber’s ‘bunny’ trucks rolling out in Kansas CityIn the dry, northern district of downtown Omaha, scores of technology entrepreneurs and creatives...
View ArticleHezbollah leader Nasrallah vows victory in Syria
Funerals like this one in Beirut have been taking place for Hezbollah fighters said to have been killed in QusairThe leader of the Lebanese Shia militant Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, has...
View ArticleFaltering Facebook phone's Europe launch delayed
The Facebook Home software integrates the social network into smartphonesThe European launch of the "Facebook phone" has been delayed following disappointing US sales and negative feedback.The HTC...
View ArticleUSFDA scrutiny: Will pharma majors like Ranbaxy, Wockhardt be affected in...
Japanese companies do not mind erring on the side of caution. They are known to think longer and harder than their counterparts in other countries about big decisions, especially when it comes to...
View ArticleI stand by safety of every Ranbaxy pill: Arun Sawhney, CEO
I stand by safety of every Ranbaxy pill: Arun Sawhney, CEORanbaxy Labs CEO Arun Sawhney says he stands by every pill that the company markets across the world, days after the company pleaded guilty on...
View ArticlePalakkad: A quiet Kerala town where elephants symbolize social status By PK...
The 14 elephants of Angadiyil House have become household names in north & central Kerala. More than profit, it is the sheer passion for these animals that has driven Haridas and Parameswaran to...
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