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Vodafone to get tough response from govt on tax battle

May 10, 2012

CNBC TV-18 reported that there is virtually no ground in the Vodafone case to invoke Dutch BIPA (Bilateral investment promotion and protection agreements). #Pranab Mukherjee #Vodafone #Gordon Brown #CNBCTV18Exclusive
Rupert Murdoch: Your doting granddad or evil mad genius?

Apr 27, 2012

Murdoch Sr, in two days, was a gatling gun of headlines that sent the media in so many directions they lost focus on the witness himself. #Rupert Murdoch #TheLongView #News of the World #James Murdoch #Gordon Brown
Vodafone case: Is there no sanctity of a PM's promise?

Mar 30, 2012

A controversial amendment proposal to allow retrospective taxation of cross-border deals appears to contradict assurances given by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to his British counterpart over Vodafone's purchase of Hutchison Essar in 2010. #Manmohan Singh #Pranab Mukherjee #NewsTracker #Supreme Court #Vodafone Group Plc #Government of India #Gordon Brown #Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited

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Baby B or not, stop censoring the media

Nov 09, 2011

It is surely the first sign of censorship when you prevent the media talking about the astrology of celebrity babies. The 10 rules released this week for the impending birth of baby Bachchan are funny, sensible and restrictive, all at the same time. #MediaCrit #Abhishek Bachchan #Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan #Michael Jackson #Journalism #Gordon Brown #Justice Markandey Katju #Media ethics

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Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown urges Nationalists to put Scotland's people first

2013-05-14 07:09:00

GORDON Brown has warned Scots that voting for independence to get rid of the Tory Government would be a huge mistake. The former Prime Minister says the issues at stake in the referendum debate will outlast David Cameron and the Con-Dems. In an exclusive #Gordon Brown #Scotland #David Cameron
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Zak Brown will not be coming to Izod IndyCar Series

2013-05-14 18:31:00

LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC - Just Marketing International founder Zak Brown was rumored to being considered for a top leadership role with the Izod IndyCar Series. Zak Brown won't be leading IndyCar. He confirmed to Autoweek on Tuesday that he will keep his job wi #Zak Brown #IndyCar Series #Jeff Gordon
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Evan Gordon Transferring out of the Arizona State Sun Devils

2013-05-09 14:56:00

Blaine Gabbert is going to be the Jacksonville Jaguars starting quarterback in 2013 as new general manager Dave Caldwell is giving him his final and certainly his best chance at proving he is capable of being a franchise quarterback. Gabbert’s third chan #Jacksonville Jaguars #Pittsburgh Panthers (football) #Jamie Dixon

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Movie Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' leaves you dissatisfied

If you forget the politics and just look at the film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist doesn’t fare much better. It’s a thriller that lacks tension and suspense.
Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

After monitoring a phone call, the investigation had virtually turned pan-India with some of the bookies based in Gujarat and Mumbai.
Ex-Citi CEO Vikram Pandit, JM Financial join hands for banking foray in India

JM Financial will nominate Pandit as the non-executive chairman of the proposed bank. Pandit and Aiyar will have the right to purchase shares up to the amount prescribed by the RBI in this entity.
Movie Review: The Great Gatsby is the most Bollywood of Baz Luhrmann's films

The great American dream is an integral part of America. It’s ‘great’ in that it symbolises not truth, but hope when the truth is disillusioning; it symbolises not facts, but ideals when facts are unnerving; it symbolises not likelihood, but promise when likelihood is all but bleak.

Google I/O 2013 keynote: New Maps, Search, Plus, and S4 with 'pure' Android

We’re tracking the Google I/O conference 2013 live – what will be unveiled?
Hero worshipped in Kerala, Sreesanth still innocent in his state

The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
Why return of Dreamliners won't change Air India's fortunes

The original promise of the Dreamliner has failed to materiallise due to limitations in its flying range. Will Air India continue to pay a price for this?
Did Indira abolish bonded labour or Sonia? NREGA's tall claims

The UPA ads eulogising MGNREGA as a a huge success needs to be taken with bags of salt. The scheme did make a difference, but not as is claimed.

Angelina’s breast surgery possible in India, but there's a catch

So can we test in India and gain from the same treatment privilege that Jolie had? Yes, but there is a catch.
IPL 2013 KKR vs PWI Live: Yusuf kicks KKR out of the IPL

Live detailed updates as KKR take on Pune in a must-win game at Ranchi.
Wrong on Ghaziabad: The Kiran Bedi argument for moral policing

Bedi’s argument that we should focus on the legal wrong committed by the girl slapped by cops is technical, disingenuous and enabling.
Cloak but no dagger: The awfully mundane world of spies

There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.

From here on, Sonia-Manmohan dyarchy is a slow train wreck

The “two heads” power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams.
Lessons from Karnataka: Cong must stop backing corrupt leaders in Andhra

The fact that it has allowed individuals named in chargesheets to continue as ministers is evidence that the Congress runs Andhra Pradesh as if it is its fiefdom, without a care for ethics in public life.
IPL 2013: How Isa Guha is changing perceptions about cricket presenters

Isa Guha is not your usual female cricket presenter. Apart from being an ex-player, she’s highly educated and injects a breath of fresh air on Indian screens.
Android and Chrome aren't merging for now, says Google's Sundar Pichai

Pichai has emphasised that Google is embracing both Chrome and Android is investing in both at least for now.

Ashwani to be shifted, Bansal to be booted? PM will decide

The fate of the two ministers is reportedly in the hands of the Prime Minister who has been told to take a final call.
How the Sarabjit-Sanaullah episode diminishes India

The Sarabjit-Sanaullah episode shows that for all of India’s attempts to project itself as an emerging global power, with a footprint larger than just the South Asian peninsula, it is unable to break out of its hyphenated relationship with Pakistan.
Changing dynamics: Is low-cost flying becoming really high cost?

Consumers may have to pay a high price for both the lower price and increased choice.
Star Trek Into Darkness is a perfectly adequate popcorn film

Star Trek Into Darkness is a perfectly adequate summer blockbuster film. It is impeccably tailored to please both the Trekkies and the non-geeks, genre lovers as well as the average moviegoer.

Coalgate scam: Careful, Mr PM, the fig leaves are falling off...

If there was no wrongdoing in the allocation of coal blocks, why did the Law Minister and officials from the Prime Minister’s Office go to such elaborate lengths to doctor the CBI’s draft report – and get top law officers to lie in court?
Who was Pak prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay? All you need to know

Some information about Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq who died this morning after being attacked by an Indian inmate in a Jammu prison.
Over 900 victims; Dhaka disaster world's worst in garments industry

The death toll from the collapse of a building housing five garment factories has climbed to nearly 900, officials said on Thursday, as authorities continue to search for more bodies two weeks after the worst garment manufacturing disaster in the world.
Sir Alex Ferguson: The greatest manager football will ever have

Ferguson showed that world-class man-management skills were more important than picking the perfect formation. It took something approaching genius qualities to get Eric Cantona, Roy Keane and Peter Schmeichel – all volatile personalities with exceptionally big egos – to pull together for the common cause.