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Rajapaksa: The man with a Midas touch

Mahinda Rajapaksa, a populist leader who trounced his former ally-turned-foe Sarath Fonseka in the Sri Lankan presidential elections, is proving to be a man with a Midas touch and has enjoyed good......

After Nath, Gehlot rebuff, this strategist guided Congress to Telangana win

Poll strategist Sunil Kanugolu has yet again proven to be the man with the Midas touch, plotting the Congress' amazing turnaround in Telangana months after being the architect of the grand old......

ED probing website named by NYT for Rs 86 cr foreign funding

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing alleged fraudulent foreign funds infusion of more than Rs 86 crore into a company that runs the NewsClick portal even as it is expected to soon file a......

ED arrests Maltese man who helped Kamal Nath's nephew in Rs 354-cr bank fraud

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has made a fresh arrest in an alleged Rs 354 crore bank fraud linked money laundering case involving Ratul Puri, the businessman nephew of senior......

The desi who returned a $1 million lottery ticket

'I don't know what touched me, but the next day I felt like, I should just give it back.' IMAGE: Abhi Shah. Photograph: Kind courtesy Abhi Shah Abhi Shah, a Federal Insurance employee and......

Nine Indian Americans in Forbes 'Midas 100'

Nine Indian Americans have made it to the list of 100 dealmakers with "Midas Touch" compiled by the Forbes Magazine. The Forbes list comprises of venture capitalists who had made investments in......

Satyam: Midas to move SC on compensation

Midas Touch Investors Associations will move the Supreme Court against the decision of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, which rejected its plea for compensation of Rs 4,987.5......

Chennai IT firm shows Midas touch

From a Rs 65-crore (Rs 650 million)turnover this year to a Rs 3,100 crore (Rs 31 billion) turnover next year! Sounds amazing and more so as the company in question is a home-grown Indian telecom......

12 Indian-origin persons in Forbes' Midas 100 list

As many as 12 Indian-origin persons have made it to a list of 100 dealmakers with 'Midas-touch' prepared by the renowned business magazine, based on the value of the companies these people have......

Google's Sriram ranked 6th in Forbes Midas list

Google board member Ram Shriram is among three Indian investors who have made it to the top 10 in the Forbes Midas 100 list of venture capitalists.It is for the first time that three Indians have......

'Stars Don't Make A Movie But Vice-Versa'

'Stars have made stacks of wealth at the cost of the rest of the film industry.' IMAGE: Producer Vashu Bhagnani with Akshay Kumar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Vashu Bhagnani/Instagram News reports......

Hollywood stars lose their Midas touch

Sometimes even the biggest names lose their drawing power. We looked at Bollywood stars who aren't as big as they used to be, and the same is true for the big names in Hollywood. So with Knight......

Bollywood's High Points of 2022

Boycott trends, box office bombs, besharam trolls. It was a turbulent year for Bollywood as naysayers and haters got busy writing off the Hindi film industry. But if one chooses to see the glass......

Pushpa Effect Makes Allu Arjun Brand Star

A little bird in the know of things tells me that Allu Arjun will most likely become the face of a global cola brand very soon.And he has jacked his brand endorsement price to an unheard of Rs 7.5......

'Ram Gopal Varma has not lost the Midas touch'

The women of Ram Gopal Varma's Department are quite the sexy lot. We've seen the gorgeous Nathalia Kaur in the item number. Now, we take a look at the film's leading lady Madhu......

'Chandrakant Pandit Has Got The Midas Touch'

'The IPL is like a corporate world, the owners expect results and on top of that you don't get that much time.''Coaching is not that important at that level, it is more about man management and......

Has Dhoni lost his midas touch?

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, regarded as the man with the midas touch, is feeling the heat for the first time in his otherwise fabled spell as captain of the Indian team. Dhoni, under whose captaincy......

CL PREVIEW: Chelsea threaten Guardiola's Midas touch

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola is in danger of tarnishing his reputation as the man with the Midas touch when the holders seek to overturn a 1-0 deficit against Chelsea in Tuesday's Champions......

Dhoni, the man with the Midas touch

He is one of the most charismatic captains in contemporary cricket. Mahendra Singh Dhoni started off as a stop-gap captain, leading India for the first time in a Test against South......

Warne's Midas touch won underdogs Rajasthan inaugural IPL title

'Warne made you believe in miracles. He wrote the Rajasthan Royals fairytale. RIP legend' IMAGE: Shane Warne was brand ambassador and team mentor of the Rajasthan Royals. Photograph: BCCI/IPL......