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In a setback to dentist Nupur Talwar, facing trial in the murder of her teenaged daughter Aarushi, the Allahabad high court on Monday suspended its last month order asking a CBI court at Ghaziabad to "expeditiously" decide any bail application moved by her.
They have sought quashing of the July 25 order of disqualification by K R Ramesh Kumar, who resigned on Monday as speaker of the House.
In the last three years, photographer Zakia Shakir has zigzagged across the world to train her camera on some of India's most famous men.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday filed a chargesheet in a special court in the illegal mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company owned by former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy.
Jaganmohan Reddy will be sworn in as chief minister on May 30.
Refusing to be drawn into the debate over presidential candidature, Infosys mentor N R Narayana Murthy on Monday said the decision of choosing the best candidate should be left to leaders of political parities.
Apart from Sundays, the first day of each month will be a dry day and holidays like Gandhi Jayanti and Sree Narayana Guru Jayanti are also termed as dry days.
Biskett is likely to release in October.
"Speaker is yet to fix another date for them to appear before him," the sources added.
The legendary singer has complained of respiratory and renal problems.
Supporting a strong Lokpal, Infosys Technologies Chairman Emeritus N R Narayan Murthy said reduction in corruption leads to faster economic growth of a country and this could have been the case in India also if graft had been curbed.
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The Allahabad high court on Tuesday issued notice to dentist Rajesh Talwar, facing trial in the murder of his daughter Aarushi, on an application filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging the trial court's decision to extend the bail granted to the accused.
The MLAs who were seen at the Speaker's office include, Ramesh Jarkiholi (Gokak), Pratap Gowda Patil (Maski), Shivram Hebbar (Yellapur), Mahesh Kumathalli (Athani), B C Patil (Hirekerur), Byratibasavaraj (K R Puram), S T Soma Shekar (Yashwanthpur) and Ramalinga reddy (BTM Layout) of the Congress. The JD-S MLAs are A H Vishwanath (Hunsur), who recently resigned as party's state chief, Narayana Gowda (K R Pet), and Gopalaiah (Mahalakshmi Layout).
The death toll in Wednesday's explosion at a steel plant here rose to 15 on Saturday with three more employees succumbing to burn injuries.
Murthy added that global economic scenario is not in good shape as developed economies are not performing well.
The case may drag for a few years, experts say, as CAIT and DVM have said they will appeal against the interim relief granted to Amazon.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating the cases related to YSR Congress Chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and Emaar Properties land deal on Tuesday sought certain files from the Andhra Pradesh government.
The new chairman assumes his role at perhaps one of the most challenging times for both the company and the industry.
Infosys Science Foundation announced 2011 prize winners across five categories.
India's premier software services company, Infosys Limited, has reached out to its banker, the non-executive chairman of ICICI Bank, K V Kamath, to step into the shoes of its founder N R Narayana Murthy.
Industry is of the view that rising interest rates is increasing the input cost as loans are getting costlier.
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The Gujarat government has given consent for setting up an international centre of excellence to nurture youth into entrepreneurs, which will be guided by chairman and founder mentor of Infosys, N R Narayana Murthy.
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As per the award, Infosys is required to pay Bansal the outstanding severance amount of Rs 12.17 crore, with interest
Infosys founder said that apart from the top 20 per cent of students who crack the tough IIT entrance examination and can 'stand among the best anywhere in the world,' quality of the remaining 80 per cent of students leave much to be desired.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, probing "illegal" mining and irregularities in the allotment of mining leases to Obulapuram Mining Company, will submit a status report before the Supreme Court on September 30, a senior official said.
True, Infosys is on course to starting its first overseas campus in China, but only four years ago the Indian IT major's co-founder and ex-chairman, N R Narayana Murthy, was apprehensive about its expansion in the East Asian nation, according to WikiLeaks.
The who's who of the Telugu film industry made sure to attend his prayer service on Sunday.
The Karnataka high court on Friday reserved its order on the anticipatory bail application of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, who will appear before Lokayuta on Saturday to face allegations of denotification of government land for "personal gains".
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Murthy will also present the inaugural Richard Larkins Oration on the occasion.
In a major top-level management restructuring, India's second largest software firm Infosys on Saturday named veteran banker K V Kamath as the new chairman to succeed founder N R Narayana Murthy, who retires in August.
Asks India Inc for a list of concerns in 4 weeks, to coordinate policy response within 60 days; FM says prevailing cynicism based on perception, not facts.
Education is merely seen as a means to further one's career. A bunch of entrepreneurs are trying to change this.
The richest member of the Lok Sabha and YSR Congress president YS Jaganmohan Reddy may be looking at tough days ahead. The Central Bureau of Investigations on Tuesday submitted its report to the Andhra Pradesh high court after a preliminary inquiry into growing assets of the young member of Parliament from Kadapa.
The year 2011 could end up being the mother of all years as far as corporate succession is concerned.
