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Satyam verdict: Ramalinga Raju challenges 7-year jail term
13 Apr 2015
Raju had pleaded for leniency in the special court saying that his family was depended on him and also wanted the court to consider his service to society
Hilary Clinton’s stature seen as both asset and liability
13 Apr 2015
Hilary Clinton’s prominence, and lack of serious rivals in the Democratic Party, may help her presidential bid; but at the same time her well-publicised past will provide fodder for the Republicans
Flipkart makes Google's Peeyush Ranjan senior VP
10 Apr 2015
Flipkart makes Google's Peeyush Ranjan senior VP
10 Apr 2015
Nasscom elects BVR Mohan Reddy as chairman
08 Apr 2015
BVR Mohan Reddy succeeds R Chandrasekaran, who served as Nasscom chairman for 2014-15
Key management changes at Isuzu Motors India
01 Apr 2015
Stephen Hawking to soon become a trademarked brand
01 Apr 2015
British physicist Stephen Hawking is getting his name trademarked, joining the ranks of celebrities like children’s writer J K Rowling and football player David Beckha
Anti-tobacco activist Tomar writes to PM from death-bed
01 Apr 2015
“You have started to take people along in your `Mann Ki Baat’ where you recently talked about de-addiction. I hope you will also take up the cause of tobacco,” She wrote
SC asks Advani, others to explain Babri demolition
31 Mar 2015
The CBI had charged Advani and 20 others under sections 153A (promoting enmity between classes), 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration) and 505 (false statements, rumours etc. circulated with the intent to cause mutiny or disturb public peace) of the IPC
Unseasonal rains wash out Modi’s rural appeal
30 Mar 2015
Saina Nehwal becomes World No 1 in women's badminton rankings
28 Mar 2015
Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal created history today, becoming the first Indian woman to attain the number one world ranking, after her closest challenger, Spain's Carolina Marin, lost in the India Open Super Series semifinal
Apple’s Cook to give almost entire fortune to charity
27 Mar 2015
Apart from leaving aside enough for his nephew’s education, Apple chief Tim Cook said the rest of his $800 mn would go to carefully selected charities
Apple’s Cook to give almost entire fortune to charity
27 Mar 2015
Apart from leaving aside enough for his nephew’s education, Apple chief Tim Cook said the rest of his $800 mn would go to carefully selected charities
Spain’s BBVA denies offering any credit line to Sahara
26 Mar 2015
A rescue plan for Indian conglomerate Sahara was again scuppered on Wednesday after Spanish bank BBVA denied offering a credit line to the group, as Sahara had claimed.
Haryana’s Hooda government facilitated Vadra-DLF land deals: CAG
25 Mar 2015
The speed at which change of land use and other permissions were granted by the Hooda government was specifically intended to help the Vadra firm obtain a higher price for the piece of land, CAG has found
Singapore in mourning as founding father Lee Kuan Yew dies
23 Mar 2015
Singaporeans wept and world leaders paid tributes on Monday as the country mourned the death of Lee Kuan Yew, considered the architect who transformed the city-state into a financial powerhouse