CVC fiasco: Kerala govt reverts blame to Centre

The blame game over the Central Vigilance Commissioner appointment fiasco refused to die down with the surfacing of a letter on Thursday that the Kerala government wrote to the Centre in 2006......

Kerala court to hear Palmolein case on January 25

A vigilance court in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday posted to January 25 the trial in the Palmolein import graft case, in which former chief minister and Congress stalwart late K Karunakaran and......

Canada: Indo-Canadian arrested for fraud

An Indo-Canadian has been charged with cheating over 6,000 investors claiming that he had discovered a teeth whitening formula, which he wasgoing to sell to Colgate Palmolive. Salim Damji, who five......

British Chevening Scholarships 2004

The British Chevening Scholarship Programme offers up to 120scholarshipsfor Indians to study in the United Kingdom in 2004. The scholarships will be awarded under the following three schemes:Scheme......

Is Zia Mody planning to retire?

'I'm an unbalanced human,' the founding partner of AZB, India's top law firm, tells Pavan Lall.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "So, who have you signed on recently?" I ask of Zia Mody,......

Bankruptcy will influence M&A trend in 2018

Banks have Rs 10 trillion in stressed assets - Rs 7.8 trillion of bad loans and Rs 2.2 trillion of restructured ones. On the first day of the year when most are on holiday, Sourav Mallik, joint......

Eligible for settling market trading violatons? Details soon

  Sebi to consider ‘market-wide impact’ to boost settlements for small offenders under consent mechanism The Securities and Exchange Board of India is planning to change......

Cairn asks govt to walk the talk on retro tax

Firm to continue to press ahead with arbitration challenging new law on the tax, will seek $1 bn in damages Weeks after being slapped with a Rs 29,000 crore (Rs 290 billion) 'retrospective tax......

Race for Green jacket hots up at Augusta Masters

Tiger Woods appears to be unmatchable in appeal, even when he does not play well as at this year's Masters.Siddharth Shriram reports from the Augusta National Golf Club IMAGE: Tiger Woods on the......

Jiji Thomson quits as SAI DG, slams government for injustice

Sports Authority of India boss Jiji Thomson has quit with immediate effect citing injustice by the Government over his promotion and the IAS officer says his departure comes at an inopportune time......

Olympics: Londoners looking to make money out of homes

Harriet Howse is one of many Londoners looking to make a profit out of their property during this summer's Olympics, leaving the city and their homes to strangers to avoid the anticipated mayhem of......