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The staff will get paid salary for March within the next 24 hours and salary for April before the end of the month. Salary for May will be paid before Diwali.

Govt launches two-way attack on Gadkari, Corporate Affairs Ministry, I-T Department probe his firms' dealings

Nitin Gadkari

The IT departments of Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur have started investigation on all those companies, which have invested in Purti Power and Sugar Limited,

Actor and comedian Jaspal Bhatti dies in road accident in Punjab

Jaspal Bhatti

Bhatti, 57, died after his car hit a trolley while he was travelling for the promotion of his upcoming film 'Power Cut' at Shahkot in Punjab's Faridkot district. Watch video

Mukesh Ambani richest Indian for 5th year with $21 billion fortune: Forbes

Mukesh Ambani

Ambani is followed by steel-baron Lakshmi Mittal (USD 16 billion) and IT czar Azim Premji (USD 12.2 billion) on second and third spot, respectively.

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Sun TV wins contract for Hyderabad IPL team for Rs 85 crore a year

Kalanidhi Maran, owner of the Sun TV Network.

Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Ranchi, Greater Noida were other cities in the fray.

I lost my reputation built over a lifetime, says apologetic Rajat Gupta

Rajat Gupta

The former Goldman Sachs director was sentenced to two years in prison and fined USD 5 million for leaking boardroom secrets to hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, his friend and former business associate.

Bigwigs safe in PM's Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, Manmohan expected to induct some fresh faces but no big surprises

Manmohan Singh

Though Union Ministers P Chidambaram, Sushikumar Shinde, AK Antony, SM Krishna and Anand Sharma are unlikely to be replaced, more than half-a-dozen ministers may either be dropped or their portfolios changed.

Govt, not court, has to find solution to mining crisis: Goa CM Manohar Parrikar

Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar

The apex court recently halted mining activity in the state pending inquiry report from the CEC, which will probe into the illegalities pointed out by Justice M B Shah Commission.

$30,000 reward offered for information on missing Indian baby in US

Saanvi Venna

Saanvi Venna has been missing since her 61-year-old grandmother, Satyavathi Venna, was killed inside the King of Prussia apartment while baby-sitting

Eyewitness claims seeing model-actor Bidushi Dash Barde's killer

Bidushi Dash-Barde

The Mumbai police are on a look-out of the "man in a white shirt" whom a domestic help saw walking out of the model's apartment around 9 am on Monday.

Kejriwal is too small...pathetically small to be in confrontation with Congress: Salman Khurshid

Salman Khurshid

Khurshid strongly refuted charges that he threatened Kejriwal on his proposed visit to Farrukhabad. Full coverage: Operation Dhritrashtra | Khurshid threatens Kejriwal after expose

Misappropriation of funds detected in an NGO run by Salman Khurshid and his wife Louise

The CAG report points out that despite knowing about the alleged malpractices, the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment did not hesitate in giving funds to Khurshid's NGO in 2011.

India Today Group stands by the story

Salman Khurshid

In response to Salman Khurshid's charges, the India Today Group has issued a press release asserting the Group backs its investigative report on the Dr. Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust.

First letter from India Today Group to Salman Khurshid on September 8, 2012

Salman Khurshid

First letter from India Today Group to Law Minister Salman Khurshid on September 8, 2012.

Second letter from the India Today Group to Salman Khurshid on October 8, 2012

Salman Khurshid

Indian Today Group's second letter, sent to Salman Khurshid on October 8, 2012.

Disabled villagers claim Khurshid's trust lied about giving them aid

Salman Khurshid

Salman Khurshid's trust distributed the medical equipment to beneficiaries on October 14, 2012 but the date was backdated to August 16, 2011, laying bare his duplicity. Read: Beni Prasad's bizarre defence of Khurshid | Watch

Khurshid threatens Kejriwal after expose

Salman Khurshid says Arvind Kejriwal is welcome to visit his constituency Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh, but he will not make it out of the place. Story

In pics: Salman Khurshid loses his cool at press meet

Salman Khurshid and Louise Khurshid

Law Minister Salman Khurshid admitted the need for probing "forgery" of signatures of an Uttar Pradesh government official but denied allegations of embezzlement by his NGO on Sunday, October 14, 2012.

B-town's holy gig: SRK, Big B and other stars go pandal hopping

Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan at Durga Puja pandal

 Bollywood celebrities indulged in pandal hopping to seek the divine blessings during the four day festivities of Durga Puja.

Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy receives 2012 Hoover Medal

N.R. Narayana Murthy

The Hoover Medal was established in 1930 to recognise great, unselfish, non-technical services by engineers to humanity.

Billionaire's row: It's the abode of the super-rich in the heart of the Capital

The sprawling property of the Jindals at 6, Prithviraj Road.

The super-rich fight it out to buy house in Aurangzeb Road, Amrita Shergill Marg and Prithviraj Road where a 3,500 sqyd property opens bid with a reserve price of Rs 140 crore.

TCS pips RIL in Business Today's top 500 companies listings

N. Chandrasekaran, managing director, Tata Consultancy Services.

Business Today ranked the top 500 companies in India by average market capitalisation between April and September of financial year 2012-13 to arrive at this year's listing of the country's most valuable companies.

Oil firms planning to block distribution of subsidised LPG cylinders under different name same address

Subsidised cylinders

Officials say consumers with multiple connections at the same address under different names will not be able to avail the facility of subsidised cylinders after October 31.

Exclusive: How India lost chance to grab 'legal' victory over China after 1962 Sino-India war?

Indian troops at their posts in Ladakh border region during the war between India and China in 1962

In December 1962, the MEA instructed its envoys to present legal arguments against China on the lines of the judgment in the Thailand-Cambodia land dispute case.

Oldies of DRDO cling on to their jobs post retirement

P.S. Krishnan and Avinash Chander

The DRDO justifies job extensions, saying only valued experts whose replacements are not easy to find are given the privilege.

Tamil Nadu power crisis: Jayalalithaa seeks PM's intervention

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa

The Tamil Nadu chief minsiter asked the Centre to reallocate to her state over 1700 MW proposed to be surrendered by the Delhi government.

Narendra Modi's fan-following on Twitter touches 1 million mark

Narendra Modi twitter account

Thanking his followers, the Internet-savvy Gujarat chief minister tweeted on Wednesday: "A million followers! These are not mere numbers but it signifies your love and affection.

Curfew imposed in Dhubri in Assam after police, protesters clash

Dhubri town of Assam

The curfew was imposed after protesters and police clashed following the stabbing of a Durga Puja pandal decorator by unidentified persons.

History's biggest rouge or scapegoat: Prison, $7 billion fine for French trader

Jerome Kerviel

The 35-year-old Jerome Kerviel, who never profited personally from his unauthorized trades, says he was a scapegoat for the bank and a victim of a financial system that runs on greed and profits.

Defence Ministry audit reveals Army chiefs and top generals wasted crores

VK Singh (left) and Bikram Singh

The internal audit report detected a loss of over Rs 100 crore in 55 transactions by six army commanders, including present Chief General Bikram Singh, between 2009 and 2011.

After Cong apology, Virbhadra Singh says sorry for threatening mediapersons

Virbhadra Singh

Singh had threatened to break cameras of mediapersons on Tuesday evening when some of them had sought his reaction to the fresh charges levelled against him by BJP.

Lance Armstrong: Career timeline

Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by cycling's governing body on Monday, October 22 following a report from the US Anti-Doping Agency that accused him of leading a massive doping program on his teams.

Taliban attacked Malala Yousafzai to assert that the gun is more powerful than the book, will Pakistan's political class wake up now?

Malala Yousafzai (left), activits express solidarity with Malala.

But even as the attack on Malala and the sustained public grieving in its aftermath seemed like they could generate a clear shift in public opinion, the religious right was desperately trying to turn the narrative around.

17 years on, ISRO spy case comes back to haunt AK Antony

AK Antony

This follows former Chief Minister K Karunakaran's family raising a demand for a probe into the "political conspiracy" behind the case and action against the three officers in Kerala Police whom the CBI found in 1996 to have fabricated the espionage scandal.

Exclusive: Kejriwal calls me to ask about my health, we do not discuss politics, says Hazare

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare said he and Arvind Kejriwal still talk to each other, contrary to popular beliefs that the two share a strained relationship.

No mercy for Kasab, says home ministry

Ajmal Kasab

The MHA has now forwarded its recommendation to President Pranab Mukherjee who will take the final call on Kasab's petition.

What do Maradona and Kerala's communists have in common? They both love Che Guevara

Diego Maradona

Though Maradona's visit was primarily for a capitalist mission, the state's Marxists turned up in full measure at their red bastion of Kannur to cheer the legend who they claimed was a "fellow traveller" and a great admirer of Che Guevara.

For the Brahmins, by the Brahmins: Hotel with upper caste tag raises hackles in Jaya's constituency

Periyar with Karunanidhi

Puritanical Dravidian political outfits and fringe groups still wedded to the anti-brahmin ideology of rationalist leader 'Periyar' E.V. Ramasamy are up in arms over the nomenclature of the Sri Krishna Iyyer Bramanal Cafe in Sri Rangam.

The curious case of MS Chohan: Did missing Arunachal IPS officer fake his own kidnapping?

M.S. Chohan and his locked Mehram Nagar home.

Chohan was traced to his residence in Mehram Nagar in Delhi, which he reached by road, taking lifts from trucks and buses, his neighbours said.

Syria agrees to a four day ceasefire with rebels with Id approaching: UN envoy

Syria

The Syrian government, however, did not confirm Wednesday's announcement by Lakhdar Brahimi, saying only that it was still studying the envoy's proposal.

Former Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa says he is not with BJP anymore, to launch party on Dec 10

B.S. Yeddyurappa

Yeddyurappa finally parted ways with the saffron party, which he brought to power for the first time in any southern state in 2008.

Indian GP: Organisers warn against fake tickets, website continues to sell cheap

The Indian GP will be held on October 28.

Indian-American body seeks UNSC seat for India

United Nations

The call was made in a resolution adopted at National Federation of Indian American Associations' October 12-14 17th biennial convention in Chicago inaugurated by the Consul General of India, Mukta Dutta Tomar.

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Meet the Kejriwals: The family behind the man, who has taken the country by storm, reveal their pride and fear

Arvind Kejriwal and his family members

Arvind's father attaches a larger purpose to his son's life but his mother spends sleepless nights fearing that her son, who has dared question the high and mighty, may come to harm.

Following Rahul baba's example, Congress to use RTI to monitor flagship schemes in UP

Rahul Gandhi

A state Congress leader said "Central government is giving funds to the state for various schemes but at the ground level people are not getting benefitted. So we have to point out the apathy of state governments towards centrally funded schemes".

Poll diary: Muslim brand ambassadors

Maulana Vastanvi

Politics is the strange, the mundane, the profane and the sacrosant, all rolled into a theatre of the absurd. With Gujarat and Himachal pradesh going to polls in less than two months, we bring you quixotic tales from the two states.

After Malala, another Pakistani teen activist Hina Khan is on Taliban's hit list

Malala Yousufzai

Hina Khan, who was a pioneer in raising her voice publicly against Taliban atrocities in the Malakand Valley, is now claiming threat from the terror outfit.

Lalu Prasad extremely popular in Pakistan, but Nitish Kumar will become too, says Veena Malik

Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad

Controversial Pakistani starlet, Veena Malik, who was in Patna, said that Lalu was extremely popular in Pakistan since he visited there nine years ago. Meanwhile, Nitish is scheduled to visit the neighbouring country next month.

Anna aide Annie Kohli confronts Kejriwal, accuses IAC members of mishandling her

Arvind Kejriwal

Annie Kohli started arguing in a fit of rage asking Kejriwal how the people associated with the IAC branded her as an "agent of political parties".

2G scam: Yashwant Sinha hopes JPC will summon PM, FM as witness

BJP leader Yashwant Sinha

Sinha said Chacko had also said at several places that the calling of witnesses is dependent on a majority of votes of the members of the committee.

Air India 'hijack': Sounded alert after passengers threatened me with physical assault, says woman pilot

AI flight 4422

"One of the passengers looked at me and said 'we are coming and that we are going to do the wrong thing to you'," recounted Rupali Waghmare.

The print edition of iconic US magazine Newsweek to go all digital

Newsweek goes all-digital

Newsweek, the venerable US weekly current affairs magazine, will publish its final print edition on December 31 and move to an all-digital format in 2013.

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One of the first things that strike a chord are the posters of Malala, who faced the ire of the Taliban for her free views, put up on roadsides and behind auto rickshaws.

 
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