Top officials of the Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia, which is planning to set up a manufacturing facility in India, met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday.
Alonso, who will make his McLaren debut after winning the Formula One championship for the past two years with Renault, had to make do with second place on the starting grid.
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The court observed that the Sales Tax Department ought to have given an opportunity to Nokia and heard its objections over the Rs 2,400-crore tax dispute.
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Nokia, the Finnish mobile handset major, is planning to locate its Network Operations Centre, for Asia operations, in Chennai, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Dayanidhi Maran, said on Monday.\n\n
Nokia-Microsoft transfer deal transaction is now subject only to certain customary closing conditions.
Rafael Nadal will skip the Miami Open that begins later this month in a bid to recover from a back injury in time for the clay court swing
Matthew Wilson, the only Briton competing full-time in this year's world rally championship, will never forget his first driving lesson.
India will attract $800 million in the manufacturing of telecom products and equipment during the current fiscal, Union IT and Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran said on Monday.
Finnish telecom giant Nokia has entered into a joint venture with China Putian Corp to develop and market third-generation (3G) mobile telecommunication technology.
Defending champion James Blake beat Swede Robin Soderling while Finnish fifth seed Nieminen got the better of Joachim Johansson in another semi-final.
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A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
Close on the heels of Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia announcing its manufacturing plans for India, a Taiwanese rival is in talks with the government to set up shop in the country.
Jaswinder Singh Sekhon, 27, now a Finnish national, used 200 stolen credit card numbers to defraud Wells Fargo Bank of $ 500,000.
Outlandish Finnish band Lordi won the Eurovision song contest.
The government has approved a Rs 675 crore (Rs 6.75 Special Economic Zone by Finnish telecom major Nokia near Chennai.
He will replace Add Jacobs, who will retire after less than one year in the post at Shell.\n
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup, credited with expanding foreign ministry's social media outreach and handling sensitive issues deftly, was on Thursday appointed India's High Commissioner to Canada.
Narain Karthikeyan finished 17th in the first qualifying round at the San Marino Grand Prix
Finnish mobile handsets and electronic equipment maker Elcoteq on Monday opened its factory in Bangalore and said it will invest up to $100 million and hire 1,000 people by 2006 for the unit.
The sport's oldest and most successful team are hoping the car, with more red and less white in the livery following the departure of sponsor Santander, will take them to a first championship in a decade.
Last Friday, the apex court had ordered Nokia to give a Rs 3,500-crore (Rs 35-billion) guarantee before it transferred its Sriperumbudur facility, one of its biggest plants globally.
Russia's AFK Sistema financial corporation is to invest $1 billion in the Indian cellular telecommunication sector over a period of five years.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen took pole position for the showcase Monaco Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday with world championship leading German team mate Sebastian Vettel alongside him on the front row.
Ferrari's new team principal Mattia Binotto said earlier in the year that Vettel, as the team's "champion", would be given priority over Leclerc in certain racing situations, though he later clarified the drivers would be "free to fight".
Renault's championship leader Fernando Alonso finished second ahead of Italian Jarno Trulli in a Toyota.
Linus Torvalds, the creator of the free Linux operating system, will join a computer-industry-backed group to work fulltime at speeding the adoption of Linux at corporations.\n\n\n\n
