China Mobile’s ex-vice president gets life sentence
Beijing – The former vice president of China Mobile, the country’s largest telecom operator, was sentenced to life imprisonment for taking bribes, a court in China’s Jilin province confirmed Friday. Lu Xiangdong, 53, stood trial and received the sentence at the Intermediate... read more »
Starbucks taking Indian coffee to its outlets across globe
Opening its first store in south India here, American coffee giant Starbucks on Friday said it is taking the Indian grown coffee to its 19,000 stores across the world. “In India, the coffee (that) farmers grow…we not only sell the coffee in our stores here in India, but also take that... read more »
Jayalalithaa places priority on higher education
Placing priority on higher education, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Friday said her government will take all possible measures to augment the much “required and treasured human resources”. In her address at the 34th Convocation of Anna University, a premier technical institution,... read more »
Cases are baseless, Cong pursuing political vendetta: Ramdev
Hitting back at Uttarakhand government, yoga guru Ramdev on Friday said that all 81 cases lodged against him by it were “baseless” and part of “political vendetta” by Congress. “Congress is treating Baba Ramdev like a criminal and a terrorist. There are doing this because because I have... read more »
EC notice to AAP: Kejriwal terms it a BJP-Congress joint strategy
New Delhi – A day after the Election Commission (EC) issued a notice to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal for distributing a pamphlet that reportedly contained an appeal... read more »
Israel ‘doomed to extinction’, says Iranian religious leader Ayatollah
Washington – Iran’s religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that Israel was “doomed to extinction .” Ayatollah said Iran wanted to have a friendly working... read more »
US-Iran nuke dispute might end in six months, says Obama
Islamabad – President Barack Obama has said that the United States could diplomatically resolve its nuclear dispute with Iran in the next six months. Obama also made a personal appeal... read more »
Competitive procurement markets can help save valuable fiscal resources: PM
New Delhi – Asserting that public procurement forms a substantial slice of state spending, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said competitive procurement markets can help save... read more »
‘Tehelka editor’s sexual misconduct shocking, respons...
New Delhi – Tehelka magazine editor Tarun Tejpal’s decision to recuse himself from his reponsibilities for six months after admitting to a charge of sexual misconduct against a woman... read more »
