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Chaos among academics of Sri Lanka's Colombo University over appointment of VC
Wed, May 29, 2013, 11:47 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. May 29, Colombo: The Executive Committee of the Colombo University Federation of Teachers Unions wrote to the members of the...
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Sri Lanka's main opposition releases draft Constitution, promises to abolish...
Wed, May 29, 2013, 07:45 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. May 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) today released its draft Constitution for the country,...
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Controversial Sri Lanka Buddhist organization ordered to vacate premises it...
Wed, May 29, 2013, 10:29 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. May 29, Galle: A Sri Lankan court today ordered the controversial Buddhist organization Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) in Sri Lanka to...
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UN judge rules in long-running refugee agency investigator’s case of...
John Heilprin/Associated Press - Former U.N. refugee agency investigator Caroline Hunt-Matthes poses Wednesday, May 29, 2013, in front of her former employer’s headquarters in Geneva. A U.N. judge...
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CWC seeks special status
May 28, 2013, 10:01 pmThe Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC), which is the single largest organisation of Tamils of Indian Origin (TIO) in Sri Lanka, has sought a meeting with Indian Prime Minister...
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China steals new Australia spy agency blueprints: Report
May 28, 2013, 10:02 pmCANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australian officials on Tuesday refused to confirm or deny whether Chinese hackers had stolen the blueprints of a new spy agency headquarters as a news...
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CHOGM:Canada boycott to increase Tamil votes – Ex- Canadian HC
May 28, 2013, 9:51 pmThe fact that Canada alone chose not to send its foreign minister to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo, however, may be more the result of domestic Canadian...
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In the last ten year India Cements stock price has underperformed all its...
India Cements shareholders, it seems, have paid a heavy price for the cricketing exploits of the firm’s vice-chairman & managing director, Narayanaswami Srinivasan. His rise to the top of the Board...
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TCS forays into US govt space Bibhu Ranjan Mishra | Bangalore BS
After tasting fair amount of success in India and a few other emerging countries, Tata Consulting Services (TCS), India’s leading information technology (IT) services company, is foraying into the...
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Nasdaq to pay $10 mn to settle SEC charges from Facebook snafu BS
Nasdaq OMX on Wednesday agreed to pay $10 million, the largest penalty ever levied against a stock exchange, to settle civil charges stemming from mistakes made during Facebook's initial public...
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A Berkshire Hathaway Inc unit will pay $5.6 billion for NV Energy Inc , the electric utility serving Las Vegas and its power-hungry casinos, in yet another large energy deal for Warren Buffett in the...
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Ranbaxy seeks to convince Jaslok, Medicity on quality of its medicines Sushmi...
Faced with the prospect of losing major hospital clients, Ranbaxy Laboratories will hold ‘goodwill meetings’ with some leading chains, sources said. The trouble-stricken company has sought appointment...
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Derby regulars and riding enthusiasts are a worried lot as municipal...
In 1984, renowned jockey Pesi Shroff was still in the early years of his career. The 19-year-old Shroff rode fastest to the finish in the Indian Derby, marking his first win at the prestigious race. It...
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Why the S&P rating upgrade matters to Reliance Industries Ajay Modi BT
Ajay ModiInternational rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) on May 29 upgraded the long-term corporate credit rating of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) following 'greater...
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Japanese air conditioner maker Daikin eyes stronger foothold in Indian market BT
A Daikin air conditioner on display at an electronics shop. PHOTO: ReutersSunny SenNeemrana, some 120 kilometres from Delhi, is perhaps best known for its for its fifteenth-century fort-palace, a...
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Japan to sell bullet train technology to India: Reports BT Online Bureau
Photo: ReutersMedia reports on Wednesday said that Japan is expected sell bullet train technology to India for a high-speed connection between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.The agency reports said that Japan's...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook finds Google Glass 'difficult' ANI London
Apple CEO Tim Cook. PHOTO: APGoogle's wearable technology Google Glass, which has been gaining a lot of uncertainty about its usage and subsequent abuse related to privacy concerns, has not found a...
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More and more companies are making wealth from waste and, in the process,...
Rupinder Singh Arora, Chairman, Arora Fibres, sitting at his office in Silvassa Photo: Rachit Goswami/www.indiatodayimages.comMore and more companies are making wealth from waste and, in the process,...
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Spot-fixing in the IPL is not an exceptional case: Lalit Modi Ajita...
Lalit Modi Photo: Adnan Abidi/ReutersLalit Modi, the man who launched the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament in 2008 and made it a stupendous success, but two years later was suspended as...
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Social tools at work: Indians among top users, says study Nandagopal Rajan BT
A new Microsoft global survey shows Indian workers tend to use more social tools at work than workers in most other countries. The study, which had close to 10,000 respondents across 32 countries...
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