A CBI court in Bangalore has sentenced Abdul Karim Telgi and two associates to five years' rigorous imprisonment for floating three fictitious firms trading in stamp paper and duping the Karnataka government, a PSU and four private firms of several lakh rupees.
Once the deal is inked, the two companies will also jointly bid for exploration blocks under the ninth round of auctions in Brazil.
Middle order batsman Yusuf Pathan struck a strokeful century to guide India 'A' to an emphatic 81-run win over New Zealand 'A' in the Tri-Nation ODI series in Chennai on Sunday.
PGR Scindia, a veteran who had spent over 10 years in the JD-S follows senior leader MP Prakash and quits the party.
Moves are being made by senior leaders of Janata Dal (Secular) for his expulsion from the party.
The bypoll was necessitated following the death of DMK minister P G R Palanivelrajan.
AOL has launched its next-generation of E-mail services in India, which include unlimited storage, effective safety and spam-blocking systems and mobile services ahead of its launch in the US and Europe.
He was accompanied by senior leaders.
The Karnataka government plans to develop new airports at Gulbarga and Hassan.
BPL Group patriarch T P G Nambiar's equity stake in his son-in-law Rajeev Chandrasekhar-run telecom and communications division, BPL Innovation, is only 7 per cent and he has "no economic interests" in this division of the Group, Counsel for Chandras
The government will decide on the new head of the Bangalore International Airport Authority Ltd in January, Karnataka Finance and Industries Minister P G R Sindhia said on Friday.
He said the cabinet secretary had brought to Rajiv Gandhi's notice the deterioration in situation in the capital and asked him whether they could invoke his authority to call the army.
The Company Law Board on Monday adjourned for July 30 the hearings of the main petition filed by BPL Group patriarch T P G Nambiar against the alleged sidelining by his son-in-law and CEO of BPL Communications Rajeev Chandrasekhar in the telecom busi
The Los Angeles-based club has bestowed 'Honorary Life Membership' to the former Indian captain.
Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list of 382 doctors who died due to the viral disease and demanded that they be treated as "martyrs".
According to organisers, though conversions are carried out every year on Vijaya Dashmi, this year the numbers were high on account of the Una Dalit flogging incident.
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde led the nation in paying tributes to the twenty bravehearts, who died in Tuesday's chopper crash while rescuing stranded people in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand.
Director Sarkunam's Chandi Veeran is worth a watch, says S Saraswathi.
The court had on November 25 convicted five SIMI activists and acquitted 11 others in the case relating to a 'secret' meeting of the banned outfit at Pannayikulam near Aluva in 2006.
The OPS camp believes Sasikala's family still calls the shot in the EPS camp.
The FT stock took a beating, losing 80 per cent in two sessions before recovering. Though in an exchange announcement following the government's missive on July 12, FT identified NSEL as a material subsidiary, rumour mills contemplated two possible transactions: a sale between May 30 and June 30 which had led to the subsidiary becoming an associate and another transaction between June 30 and July 15 when the associate again became a subsidiary.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, which submitted its first charge sheet in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, has not named ten police officers who might have spilled the beans about the offence and are likely to be let off.
'I feel more like a chess player, thinking for long hours how to make the next move," Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan tells Surajeet Das Gupta.
'Hitchens asked which State Israel had most in common with -- and then answered his own question, saying "Pakistan".' 'They were both, he explained "confessional States": Founded to succour the followers of a particular faith,' remembers Mihir S Sharma.
Oru Oorla Rendu Raja is a tedious comedy drama that attempts to highlight the inhumane working conditions of factory workers in our country.
He played James Bond seven times. But the role Roger Moore most cherished was a different one.
In its first public protest, the O Panneerselvam-led All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam faction on Wednesday observed a day-long fast across Tamil Nadu demanding a probe into the death of J Jayalalithaa.
'The passing away of his mother just days before the premiere of his first film, his controversy with terrorism, his relationship with his father, his best friend, the women in his life... everything was shocking for me.'
'Can a Wodehouse, an R K Narayan, a Scott Fitzgerald and yes, a Le Carre, with the sensibilities of a bygone era still captivate a modern reader's attention?' 'Le Carre is making a brave and hitherto successful effort,' says B S Prakash.
The Cyrus Mistry camp is confident that independent directors will take their cue from their counterparts in Indian Hotels.
Peter told Judge Jagdale that there was only jewellery in the locker -- some of it that he had "gifted to my wife" and some that "she had received" at the time of their marriage, that the CBI had already inspected the locker in his presence and were aware of what was there.
Five big Telugu films are up for release during the festive season.
'One of his most famous scenes is set in a prison in Delhi where the British try to subvert Karla, the legendary Soviet spy who is being transferred back to Moscow and is being temporarily detained by the Indian agencies.' Ambassador B S Prakash salutes John le Carre.
Amit Bansal discusses the emerging trends in the engineering sector.
Australian photographer Warren Richardson has won the Photo of the Year 2015 award at the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest, results of which were announced on Thursday.
It's easier to claim a slice of Gandhi memorabilia in the West than in India, says Kishore Singh
Director Mohanakrishna Indraganti talks about his first comedy film Bandipotu.
'There were tears in my eyes when I parted with my medals. I thought was it for this moment did I become a soldier?' In 2008, Captain H Balakrishnan (retd) of the Indian Navy returned all his medals to the President of India to protest the government's failure to implement the One Rank One Pension scheme.
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