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Rajat Gupta challenges his conviction
16 Nov 2012
Gupta, however, failed to secure bail pending the appeal, as the district Judge Jed Rakoff declined to free him
Anna is IAC, clarifies Kejriwal
12 Nov 2012
Anna Hazare forms new team; plans nationwide tour
10 Nov 2012
Hazare said his team would tour the entire nation over the next year and a half to push the movement for an effective Jan Lokpal before the 2014 elections
UOB appoints new Country Head for India
08 Nov 2012
Germany honours Baba Kalyani with highest individual award
08 Nov 2012
Germany has conferred the ‘Cross of Order of Merit’, the highest honour awarded to individuals for their services to the country, to Indian industrialist and Bharat Forge’s chairman and managing director Babasaheb N. Kalyani
It's Obama again as Romney concedes defeat
07 Nov 2012
President Barack Obama has been re-elected for a second term with 300 plus electoral college votes despite uncertainty over the economy, which weighed uppermost in the minds of the electorate.
India hails Obama win – but with some reservations
07 Nov 2012
Most Indians including business leaders agree President Obama’s re-election is a good thing, but some niggles remain, says Jagdeep Worah
Obama re-elected
07 Nov 2012
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
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