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Bharti dials up UK telecom play with $4 billion stake in BT Group

With 24.5% stake, it'll be biggest shareholder in Britain's 2nd-largest telco

Bharti dials up UK telecom play with $4 billion stake in BT Group
Updated On : 12 Aug 2024 | 11:00 PM IST

Harry wins phone hacking lawsuit against UK tabloid; gets 140,000 pounds

Prince Harry won his phone hacking lawsuit Friday against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds ($180,000) in the first of his several lawsuits against the tabloids to go to trial. Justice Timothy Fancourt in the High Court found that phone hacking was widespread and habitual at Mirror Group Newspapers over many years and private investigators were an integral part of the system to gather information unlawfully. He said executives at the papers were aware of the practice and covered it up. Fancourt found that 15 of the 33 newspaper articles in question at trial had been compiled with the help of unlawful means. The Duke of Sussex had sought 440,000 pounds ($560,000) as part of his crusade against the British media as he bucked his family's longstanding aversion to litigation by becoming the first senior member of the royal family to testify in court in over a century. The appearance of Harry, the estranged younger son of King Charles III, in the witn

Harry wins phone hacking lawsuit against UK tabloid; gets 140,000 pounds
Updated On : 15 Dec 2023 | 4:54 PM IST

RIL 'categorically' denies any intent to bid for the UK telecoms group BT

Reliance might make an unsolicited offer to buy into BT or try to get a controlling share, a news report said earlier on Monday

RIL 'categorically' denies any intent to bid for the UK telecoms group BT
Updated On : 29 Nov 2021 | 3:41 PM IST

British telecom group BT stock jumps 9% after reported interest from RIL

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance might make an unsolicited offer to buy into BT or try to get a controlling share, a media report said

British telecom group BT stock jumps 9% after reported interest from RIL
Updated On : 29 Nov 2021 | 2:50 PM IST

BT Group 'overcharged' customers, faces $815-million lawsuit: Report

Each of 2.3 million customers could be compensated £500

BT Group 'overcharged' customers, faces $815-million lawsuit: Report
Updated On : 19 Jan 2021 | 12:54 AM IST

BT Plc fined record £42 million for business-line installation errors

It misused terms of its contracts to reduce compensation payments to other providers

BT Plc fined record £42 million for business-line installation errors
Updated On : 27 Mar 2017 | 7:23 PM IST