| US taking Musharraf's revelations on aid diversion seriously | 15-SEP-09 |
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| US has said it is taking "very seriously" the allegations by former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf that aid provided by it for the 'war against terror' was diverted during his tenure to strengthen defences against India, but refused to say whether any probe has been ordered. |
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| Money makes the derby run | 12-APR-09 |
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| If it wasn’t for prize money, horse racing would be dead. It is the winnings that help in training and grooming the fabulous horses that compete in races. |
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| Where it goes | 01-MAR-09 |
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| The revelation by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) that the government has been overstating the spending on its flagship programmes and other schemes meant for the welfare of the aam aadmi (common man) is distressing, but not a surprise. The report, released two weeks ago, said that funds worth over Rs 51,000 crore allocated for these programmes in 2007-08 were actually transferred to the bank accounts of non-government organisations (NGOs), autonomous bodies and district authorities. |
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| Kanika Datta: The perils of bail-outs | 22-JAN-09 |
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| Ramalinga Raju’s January 7 revelations had Indian public opinion ricocheting back to an old orthodoxy: a government bail-out. The government has so far wisely desisted, appointing instead a board of industry stalwarts to do some damage control and find a buyer for what was once the country’s fourth largest software services provider. |
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| For staff, reality yet to sink in | 09-JAN-09 |
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| Though it's over 24 hours since the founder-chairman of Satyam Computer Services, B Ramlinga Raju, resigned after making shocking revelations, its employees (known as associates) are yet to come to |
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| Editorial: In the gun-sights: leopards | 28-SEP-08 |
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| The rampant poaching of leopards in the wilds of Uttarakhand is as alarming as the earlier revelation about vanishing tigers in protected areas, a development that forced the government to set up a |
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| Yahoo delays crucial meet after revelations on MS | 04-JUN-08 |
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As details of how Yahoo had drawn plans to complicate Microsoft's acquisition bid months before the latter made its offer public were revealed, the internet giant postponed a crucial sharholders meeting which will decide the fate of its co-founder CEO Jerry Yang.
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| The Samit revelations | 13-JAN-08 |
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| Samit Basu, popularly known as the Boy Wonder in literary circles, was barely 23 when he completed The Simoqin Prophecies, a cheeky, wonderfully imaginative book that was billed as |
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| CPI(M) takes on CBI over Nandigram | 21-DEC-07 |
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| Perturbed by the Nandigram firing revelations, the CPI(M) has decided to petition the prime minister with a complaint against the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
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| Ajit Balakrishnan: A Revelation in Florence | 26-OCT-07 |
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| Florence can overwhelm a visitor. Very few cities in Europe or even the world match it for its atmosphere. The buildings are striking, the churches are historic, its galleries stuffed with priceless |
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| Scorpion`s sting | 22-FEB-06 |
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| The ministry of defence presumably has its version of events in the Rs 16,000 crore Scorpene submarine deal signed last year, but the recent disclosures in Outlook magazine are too serious to be |
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| Mathrani revelations spell trouble for Natwar | 03-DEC-05 |
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| K Natwar Singh's stock dipped to dangerously low levels today after Indian Ambassador to Croatia Aniel Mathrani's claims involving him in the Iraqi oil-for-food programme were published by a |
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| `FDI in politics` | 01-NOV-05 |
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| The external affairs minister, Kunwar Natwar Singh, can be forgiven for feeling like the Wodehousian character, Roderick Spode, who while out for a walk in the garden stepped on the sharp end of a hoe |
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