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Subramanian Swamy moves EC, seeks derecognition of Congress
03 Nov 2012
Congress lending Rs90 crore is a violation of the mandatory guidelines and rules for registration and recognition of political parties, Swamy said in his letter to the Election Commission
Former army chief V K Singh to join Parliament gherao in support of canegrowers' demands
03 Nov 2012
Fight me in court, Subramanian Swamy tells Rahul Gandhi
02 Nov 2012
Both Rahul Gandhi and the Congress Party have refused to take the bait and instead asked Subramanian Swamy to go to court to prove his case
Subramanian Swamy alleges Rs1,600-cr fraud by Sonia, Rahul
01 Nov 2012
He said two floors of the Herald House, now owned by `Young Indian’, a company controlled 76 per cent by Sonia and Rahul, have been rented out to passport office that pays the company Rs30 lakh a month as rent
Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll resigns under shareholders pressure
27 Oct 2012
The CEO of Anglo American, Cynthia Carroll, the first woman to head a global mining major, yesterday resigned after nearly six years with the London-based company
Vikram Pandit’s ouster from Citi a ‘boardroom coup’
26 Oct 2012
Citigroup chairman Michael O'Neill had worked for months on his ouster, despite the fact that Pandit had successfully steered the group out of the financial crisis and back to profitability, a New York Times report said
Branson interested in railways, not Indian aviation
26 Oct 2012
Virgin Group chairman Sir Richard Branson, in India for launching new flights connecting India with the UK and the US, says the time is not right for investing in Indian aviation, despite the recent liberalisation
I-T dept probing Gadkari’s ‘shell’ firms: report
25 Oct 2012
Satirist Jaspal Bhatti dies in road accident
25 Oct 2012
Rajat Gupta gets 2-year sentence for insider trading
25 Oct 2012
Rajat Gupta, the former Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble Co board member accused of insider trading, was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison and a $5 million fine
Digvijay Singh sharpens attack against Kejriwal
20 Oct 2012
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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