Bangalore: The Government on Friday said an amnesty scheme for bringing back black money is not on the cards though it is working on regulatory mechanisms to eliminate its root cause in the face of "lots of legal impediments" to target those funds stashed abroad. Asked if there is a move for an amnesty scheme to bring back black money, Union Corporate Affairs Minister M Veerappa Moily said, "Whether the...
09:28 PM, Feb 10, 2012
London: Chelsea spent 28 million Pounds on firing manager Carlo Ancelotti and hiring Andre Villas-Boas, an outlay that does not appear to be paying off with the team performing worse in the English Premier League this season. Ancelotti was ditched in May after failing to win a trophy in his second season at Stamford Bridge, prompting owner Roman Abramovich to take a costly gamble on luring the inexperienced Villas-Boas from...
02:46 PM, Feb 09, 2012
London: Real Madrid and Barcelona are soccer's biggest moneymakers for the third straight year and look set to top their rivals for the foreseeable future. The annual review of soccer finance by Deloitte shows Madrid topping the list for the seventh straight year with revenue of $636.5 million for the year ending June 30, an increase of 9 percent from the previous 12 months. English champions Manchester United were again...
02:39 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Los Angeles: Actor Brad Pitt says he is delighted Angelina Jolie is still a 'bad girl'. The 'Moneyball' actor insists his partner, with whom he raises six children, has not totally curbed her formerly wild ways, but he said she now likes to keep private, Showbizspy online reported. "She's still a bad girl. Delightfully so. It's not for public consumption," he said. The couple have always take their children Maddox,...
01:06 PM, Feb 08, 2012
London: Brad Pitt says he doesn't think he will have another year of professional success like the last 12 months have been. Pitt, 48, whose last two outings 'Moneyball' and 'The Tree of Life' have been nominated for a string of awards - including six and three Oscars respectively, said he has enjoyed a particularly fruitful period of work, Contactmusic reported. "We're so defined by the last success or the...
12:45 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Varanasi: The scrapping of 122 2G spectrum licenses by the apex court has proved that the Congress-led UPA government is the "most corrupt" dispensation in the world, yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday said. Ramdev called for a "political ostracism" of the Congress by not voting for it. "With the cancellation of licenses, granted by the UPA government, it is again proved that this is the most corrupt government in the...
06:33 PM, Feb 05, 2012
London: Actor Brad Pitt says his recent injury to his knee has made him 'lopsided'. The 'Moneyball' star was forced to walk with a cane for a few weeks after sustaining ligament damage when he slipped whilst carrying his daughter Vivienne, Femalefirst reported. "I was getting all lopsided. So, I'm trying to balance out now," he said. The couple stepped out together at the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) Awards at...
12:47 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Friday that money earned from trafficking of drugs and arms is being used to finance terrorist activities in the country. "I have strong indicators and data that terrorists have a role in drug trafficking and other illegal activities to generate quick money," Malik said at a ceremony where the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)...
11:40 PM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: Taking another step towards combating black money, India has signed a multi-lateral agreement with economic powers like France and Germany to check both tax evasion and avoidance. The agreement, convention on mutual administrative assistance in tax matters, is a multilateral agreement of 31 other nations which "promotes international co-operation while respecting the rights of taxpayers." The agreement has been signed under the aegis of the Organisation for Economic...
07:15 PM, Jan 26, 2012
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