India and the US plan to exchange a series of high level visits ahead of the April round of their strategic dialogue in New Delhi to keep up the momentum built during President Barack Obama’s India visit. The dialogue headed by Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [...]
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India, US plan several high-level visits ahead of April dialogue
February 2nd, 2011 |
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BJP to go ahead with yatra, Nitish expresses disapproval
January 25th, 2011 |
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In a day of high drama, three top BJP leaders were prevented from leaving Jammu airport and later arrested to thwart the party’s controversial flag-hoisting in Srinagar on Jan 26. Even as the BJP dug in its heels, its top ally, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed open disapproval of the move. The stand-off between [...]
Better set a precedent than follow, Yeddyurappa learns the hard way
January 24th, 2011 |
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The word precedent and its various forms will resonate across India in the coming days as Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj’s nod to prosecute Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa over corruption charges is hotly contested or defended. The legality or otherwise of Bhardwaj’s decision may also be decided by courts with unprecedented speed as compared to the [...]
Karnataka shuts down over Yeddyurappa’s prosecution
January 22nd, 2011 |
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Many educational institutions in Karnataka did not open, state-run buses went off roads, and a few vehicles were stoned Saturday as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organised a daylong shutdown to protest Governor H.R. Bhardwaj’s move to allow Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s prosecution over corruption charges. “We have withdrawn bus services at most of [...]
Yeddyurappa accuses Bhardwaj of bias over plea for prosecution
January 21st, 2011 |
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Karnataka Chief Minister B.S.Yeddyurappa Thursday accused Governor H.R. Bhardwaj of being biased against him over the plea to sanction prosecution of the chief minister over alleged land scams. Strongly protesting against Bhardwaj’s remark of ‘ulta chor kotwal ko dante (it is like a thief reprimanding police) earlier Thursday, Yeddyurappa said by such statements the governor [...]
Obama’s ‘embrace’ of India led to leap in economic ties : US
January 15th, 2011 |
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Describing US President Barack Obama’s November trip to India as a full “embrace” of India as a great power and partner, US officials say the trip resulted in a great leap in their economic ties. It “…was an extraordinary trip, to India, where we fully embraced India’s rise as a great power and a great [...]
The Indian Premier League: Go fetch that
January 13th, 2011 |
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One of the world’s most controversial sporting events is back on track
THE lobby of the Royal Gardenia, an “eco-friendly” five-star hotel, was crowded with television crews and photographers on January 8th and 9th. Bollywood stars and business tycoons were also on display, including Bangalore’s “King of Good Times”, Vijay Mallya, a flamboyant brewer and airline owner. They were shopping for cricketers to play for their respective teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL), a three-year-old contest that has transformed India’s favourite game and transfixed the country. In a two-day player auction watched live on television by around 19m people, 127 cricketers were sold for $62m.
For the owners and the IPL’s organisers, this was cause for relief. Since the conclusion of its third six-week season, last April, the league has been beset by feuding and scandal on an all-India scale. A high-profile minister, Shashi Tharoor, lost his job in a row over the finances of a new IPL team for which he had lobbied. The league’s charismatic creator and boss, Lalit Modi, was charged by India’s cricket board with taking multi-million-dollar kickbacks and other misdemeanours. (Both men deny wrongdoing.) Two of the IPL’s ten teams, based in Rajasthan and Punjab, were accused of irregularities in their ownership and expelled. They were reinstated last month, at least temporarily, on the courts’ say-so. On the eve of the auction, there were rumours it would be cancelled and the next season, due in April, postponed. But the brouhaha now seems overdone. The IPL, which is estimated to be worth over $4 billion, is probably too big to fail. …
Cricketers auction for IPL 4 begins in Bangalore
January 8th, 2011 |
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Seated eight to a table at the over 7,000 sq ft pillar-less Mysore Hall of ITC Royal Gardenia Hotel here, business leaders and film stars Saturday began picking up cricketers for the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) fourth season. The IPL-4 beginning April 8 will see 10 teams and 74 matches in the shortest version of [...]
Gambhir sold to Knight Riders for record $2.4 mn
January 8th, 2011 |
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India’s opening batsman Gautam Gambhir was the first player to be sold in the players’ auction for Indian Premier League (IPL) season four, fetching a record $2.4 million by Kolkata Knight Riders. Gambhir, who was part of the Delhi Daredevils for the last three years, had a base price of $200,000. The bidding for him [...]
Tanay Chheda chosen for best child entertainer award
January 4th, 2011 |
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Child actor Tanay Chheda, known for his performances in films like “My Name Is Khan”, “Taare Zameen Par” and “Slumdog Millionaire”, has been chosen to recieve the best entertainer award at the seventh edition of the POGO Amazing Kids Awards (PAKA). The 14-year-old is one among seven children across seven different categories to be awarded [...]
RGV shocked at gangster-politician Suri’s killing
January 4th, 2011 |
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Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is shocked at the killing of gangster-politician Gangula Suryanarayana Reddy alias Maddelachervu Suri, who was a key inspiration for his film “Rakta Charitra”. Suri was shot dead by a close aide in Hyderabad Monday. “By the time I finished ‘Rakta Charitra’, the reality became a film for me and now this [...]
BJP takes early lead in Karnataka district polls
January 4th, 2011 |
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Karnataka’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday took early leads in polls to the local governing councils, the winning of which is crucial for Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to stay in office. Of the 30 zila (district) panchayats, the BJP was leading in 14, the Congress in seven and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) in four [...]
Kumble hangs up his boots, withdraws from IPL auction
January 4th, 2011 |
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Legendary leg spinner and former India Test captain Anil Kumble has withdrawn from the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Bangalore later this week, it announced here Tuesday. Kumble, who turned around the fortunes of IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), “cited business commitments, including his association with cricket and wildlife in various capacities, as [...]
Edible vaccine for malaria on way
December 31st, 2010 |
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A spoonful of genetically modified starch could be a new malaria vaccine if a new strategy that seems to work in mice also performs well in humans. At present there is no efficient vaccine against malaria, which is caused by the plasmodium parasite. Now researchers from two laboratories in France have successfully vaccinated and protected [...]
CRM Training Bangalore | XI Training Bangalore | SD Training Bangalore Posted By : geisindia
December 27th, 2010 |
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GEIS is gearing up for substantial growth in the coming months to handle work from overseas to support our personnel busy with offshore development and R&D assignments.
Varanasi blast: Two detained in Mumbai for terror email
December 8th, 2010 |
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A day after the Varanasi bomb blast which left an infant girl dead and over 30 others injured, Mumbai Police on Wednesday arrested two people in connection with the terror email allegedly sent by the Indian Mujahideen that claimed responsibility for the attack. A father-son duo were picked up for questioning in Mumbai in connection [...]
French President Sarkozy arrives in India
December 4th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is on a four-day state visit to India from December 5-8, reached Bangalore on Saturday morning. In his four-day visit to India, Sarkozy will be accompanied by his wife Carla Bruni, seven of his key ministers and a business delegation. Defence, nuclear power and sustainable development will dominate the agenda [...]
Infosys mentor calls for IT sector professionalism, ethics in Bangalore
November 27th, 2010 |
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Information Technology (IT) giant Infosys chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy on Friday reiterated his call for promoting professionalism and ethics in the competitive and complex IT sector. He was speaking at a round table conference organized by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Murthy, termed the need of professionalism and work ethics in the IT sector [...]
Karnataka Lokayukta questions Yeddyurappa on parallel probe into land scam
November 27th, 2010 |
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Karnataka’s Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde has questioned the state government and particularly Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa over the issue of a parallel investigation into land scam allegations, and said that he will complete the inquiry pending before him on the issue. Interacting with reporters in Hassan on Friday, Hegde referred to a statement [...]