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14 Nov 2016

By By Jagdeep Worah | 14 Nov 2016

Professor Allan Lichtman claims to have called every US election right since 1984 based on his system of ‘keys’, and he got it right again – but it’s just his “gut” that tells him Trump will be impeached because his party can’t control him. By Jagdeep Worah

12 Nov 2016

In what it acknowledged was a ‘terrible error’, Facebook posted a message meant for ‘memorialised profiles’ to other accounts, declaring its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and many other users ‘dead’

12 Nov 2016

These seizures will be over and above the two earlier attachments worth around 8,000 crore under anti-money laundering laws

12 Nov 2016

10 Nov 2016

Tata Sons called a special shareholders meeting to seek approval for removing Mistry from chairmanship of its hospitality firm Indian Hotels Ltd where Tata Sons holds 28.01 per cent

09 Nov 2016

09 Nov 2016

Donald Trump, who trumped the favoured Democrat rival Hillary Clinton to win the election, will be sworn in as the 45th US president

07 Nov 2016

The FBI has determined that the Democratic presidential candidate should face no criminal charges for her email practices, putting a lid on the controversy that has dogged the Clinton campaign almost from the start

07 Nov 2016

05 Nov 2016

A Delhi court on Friday issued a fresh non-bailable warrant (NBW), the second one in a day, against beleaguered liquor baron and chairman of grounded Kingfisher Airlines, Vijay Mallya, over refusal to present himself in a 2012 cheque bounce case

02 Nov 2016

Tata veteran S Ramadorai is reported to have resigned from the government’s skill development bodies amidst Ratan Tata’s promise of an early revamp of the group’s board

02 Nov 2016

Tata veteran S Ramadorai is reported to have resigned from the government’s skill development bodies amidst Ratan Tata’s promise of an early revamp of the group’s board

02 Nov 2016

The battle for Mosul, where the self-declared caliph of IS is believed to be hiding, is likely to end in a decisive defeat for the terrorist group, as there is no viable successor with the authority and prestige of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

02 Nov 2016

Jaitly, who helped popularise Twitter in India, would seem to be a casualty of the micro-blogging site’s global restructuring programme, as the company has failed to get new users and fallen behind Facebook, Google and Snapchat

31 Oct 2016

Hillary Clinton’s victory in the 8 November election is far from certain, with her lead over Trump down to a mere one point, according to a poll

29 Oct 2016

29 Oct 2016

29 Oct 2016

Media reports say Tata has increased its stake in AirAsia India over time to 49 per cent from 30 per cent for an undisclosed sum while approving infusion of $37 million in Vistara, its joint venture with Singapore Airlines

28 Oct 2016

27 Oct 2016

The Chinese Communist Party today declared President Xi Jinping as "core" leader, placing him on par with China’s all-time greats like Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping

27 Oct 2016

Sebi and the stock exchanges are examining possible breach of governance norms in various listed companies of the group Tata Group

26 Oct 2016

While Ratan Tata bought businesses like JLR, Britain's Tetley Tea and Anglo-Dutch steel firm Corus, Cyrus Mistry focused on reducing the group's $30 billion debt level by selling assets and refinancing loans, say reports

26 Oct 2016

The court also acquitted Yeddyurappa's two sons B Y Raghavendra and B Y Vijayendra, son-in-law Sohan Kumar and nine other accused in the kickback case

26 Oct 2016

Mallya did not explain where the $40 million he received in February this year as part of $75 million settlement agreed with Diageo has gone