Finnish handset maker Nokia became the centre of a tax scandal as a team of Indian Income-Tax officials on Tuesday raided its factory near Chennai on charges of alleged tax evasion worth Rs 3,000 crore (30 billion).
The department on March 21 asked the firm to submit the amount of Rs 2,000 crore in about a week's time, I-T department sources said on Thursday.
Nokia launched two mobile phones based on Windows 8 operating system, including one priced at Rs 10,500.
Corporate ministry documents show that the Siva's firm kept taking loans from public sector banks like State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank which gradually turned to bad loans.
Stating the volume of trade between India and Finland is "not big enough", Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb today said it would increase only after signing of the much-talked about free trade agreement between India and European Union.
'As she was dragged off the yacht, the princess cried, "I won't go back to the UAE, just kill me now!"' 'She hasn't been heard of since then.' 'Perhaps she is dead.' 'If so, Modi's government has blood on its hands,' notes Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
New Asha 310 to come with a full-touch 3-inch display, 2 MP camera and Wi-Fi.
Ossian Agro Automation Private Limited, a Pune-based manufacturer of rural wireless automation systems, is in dialogue with Nokia to offer 'Nano Ganesh', a product which allows farmers to use mobile phones to remotely monitor and switch on or off their irrigation pumps, bundled with the Finnish company's handsets.
The 10th seeds and French Open champions lost 7-6(4), 4-6, 5-7 to the unseeded Finnish-British combo in exactly two hours on centre court.
Although the company did not divulge the exact price but said it will be priced below Rs 11,000.
Nokia's Sriperumbudur factory is its largest in the world.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films, most of them shown at international film festivals held virtually (Berlinale and Rotterdam), hybrid (Toronto) or physical (Cannes and Venice).
Aiming a larger share in the country's smartphone market, Finnish handset maker Nokia today launched its Windows-based phone 'Lumia 610' at Rs 12,999, the cheapest device in the series.
Lewis Hamilton emphasised his loyalty to Mercedes while leaving open the possibility that he might one day be tempted to race for Formula One glamour team Ferrari.
Currently, most smartphones available in the country offer cameras with 5-12 MP quality.
Five volleyball players from the Cuban national team were found guilty on Tuesday of aggravated rape of a woman while they were in Finland in July for a World League tournament prior to the Rio Olympics.
The royalty payment obligations will be subject to arbitration.
The Finnish handset maker is out of the top spot globally, but is still going strong in India, courtesy 'Asha'.
The company moved the income-tax appellate tribunal and its appeal is pending there.
Aseem Chhabra lists 10 of his favourite films that played in various sections at the 74th Cannes Film Festival.
If you want a reminder of just how gorgeous our universe is, then take some time to browse the winners of the 2020 Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. French photographer Nicolas Lefaudeux took the top prize with a tilt-shift perspective on the Andromeda Galaxy. The winning images are part of an exhibition opening on October 23 at the National Maritime Museum in London and have been collected into a book. Cue some truly innovative an unexpected captures of galaxies, nebulae, planets, the Moon and even SpaceX satellites.
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton took pole for Mercedes at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
Bringing affordable web access and applications to the masses is the crux of Nokia's new strategy.
In the year-ago period, the company had posted a net profit of 344 million euros, the Finnish company said in a statement.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen went fastest in Styrian Grand Prix practice, on Friday, while Australian Daniel Ricciardo crashed his Renault
Angry Birds will migrate from cellphone screens to the Formula One racetrack this weekend in Singapore, as the firm behind the mobile gaming sensation rolls out a crowd game to be played by live audiences.
Hamilton is seven points clear of Finnish team mate Valtteri Bottas after five of the 21 races.
Kimi Raikkonen's possible Formula One comeback would liven up the post-race party scene as well as adding a sixth world champion to the starting grid, rivals agree.
The move comes from the Finnish mobile phone maker days after the US International Trade Commission made the initial determination that Apple did not violate some other patents held by Nokia.
In these times of high losses, airlines are looking at multiple options to earn cash.
Facing competition from increasing number of mobile phone producers, Finnish-handset manufacturer Nokia today widened its portfolio with the launch of dual SIM phones Nokia Asha 200 and Asha 300.
Lewis Hamilton won the French Grand Prix on Sunday as Formula One champions Mercedes put on another show of dominance with their 10th victory in a row and 50th one-two finish.
The Finn's lap of one minute 17.221 seconds around Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya was the second fastest of the eight days of winter testing and slower only than team mate Sebastian Vettel's best on Thursday.
"Our partnership with Nokia is an important step forward ... The key there is not only to innovate on software, which we will work together over time, but also work on next- generation hardware innovations with them," Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said.
It emerged then that former F1 racer Karun Chandhok's post-race video analysis for Sky Sports television formed part of what Ferrari had billed as "quite overwhelming" new and relevant evidence.
Praising the 'frank and business-like atmosphere' of the summit, the Russian leader said he considered the talks 'very successful and useful'.
Get Ahead reader Ismail A Muhsin analyses why Nokia is losing out to other rivals in the smartphone market. However, he believes that the Finnish giant has the potential to outsmart competition.
Makkonen never received any money from the invention of text messaging, never applied for a patent
The new feature helps customers to identify a place or a shopping mall or a food joint from their mobile phones, Nokia India director -- operator Channel V Ramnath said.
Finnair has said that flying from Helsinki to Bangalore and Chennai, where Finnish companies have a large business presence, is part of its expansion plans, besides leveraging from an alliance with Kingfisher Airlines in India.
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