The BBC has gone bananas - and banned the humble fruit at its new 1 billion pound headquarters after a staffer warned the fruit could kill her. Posters have been put up warning colleagues not to eat them at work. ...
01:50 AM, Jan 07, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress has come out with a weak defence of Robert Vadra's statement about 'mango people in a banana republic'. Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary has said that the remark was meant to be taken lightly. Talking to CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose on Face The Nation, Chowdhary also said that Arvind Kejriwal has not yet substantiated his allegations against Vadra. "This is an era of communication where you...
10:10 AM, Oct 12, 2012
Rober Vadra, in a Facebook post, wrote 'Mango people in a banana republic'. Tonight at 10, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts whether the elite should be much more careful about how they speak. You can ask a question to our panelists here or tweet us @face_the_nation.
11:14 AM, Oct 11, 2012
On The Last Word, Karan Thapar asks a panel of experts - How should we judge between Kejriwal's allegations and DLF, Vadra's rebuttal? ...
09:34 PM, Oct 08, 2012
After facing allegations of financial irregularities for the last three days, Robert Vadra on Monday decided to close his Facebook account. ...
07:04 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the government ruled out a probe into business dealings between Robert Vadra and realty major DLF, the war of words between activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal and Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law on the social media over the corruption charges continued to evoke sharp political reactions across the country on Monday. While Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the government cannot look into private transactions unless there are specific allegations of...
06:30 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: Social activist Arvind Kejriwal on Monday took a dig at the son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Robert Vadra over his Facebook status that read, 'Mango men in a banana republic', in an apparent jibe at Kejriwal and senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan who have accused Vadra of financial impropriety. Hitting back at Vadra over his status and taking the term 'aam aadmi' quite literally, Kejriwal tweeted,...
03:42 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra on Monday deleted his Facebook account after a furore over his new status message that read, "Mango people in a banana republic," in an apparent dig at India Against Corruption (IAC) member Arvind Kejriwal and senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan, who on Friday, levelled allegations of corruption against him. Before deleting his account, Vadra reportedly wrote on his page, "Obviously...
02:02 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: After reports that Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra posted a new Facebook status that read, 'Mango people in banana republic', India Against Corruption (IAC) asked him to apologise. IAC member Arvind Kejriwal's associate Kumar Vishwas demanded that Vadra apologise for insulting India by calling it a banana republic. "Today Robert Vadra has written 'mango people in banana republic' on his Facebook page. He insulted our country...
10:51 AM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: After reports that Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra posted a new Facebook status that read, 'Mango people in banana republic', India Against Corruption (IAC) asked him to apologise. IAC member Arvind Kejriwal's associate Kumar Vishwas demanded that Vadra apologise for insulting India by calling it a banana republic. "Today Robert Vadra has written 'mango people in banana republic' on his Facebook page. He insulted our country...
08:36 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Chennai: Banana farmers are confident that they have an edge over big multi-brand retailers. With their cooperative model, they are not worried by FDI in multi-brand retail. CNN-IBN travelled to Tamil Nadu to see how farmers there responded to FDI. The banana farmers of Theni district in Tamil Nadu are not wary of FDI in multi-brand retail. They have formed a banana co-operative that deals with city traders, giving them...
09:21 AM, Oct 05, 2012
Bangalore: Bowing to public resentment against "Made Snana", or the ritual of rolling over used plantain leaves, which is being practised in various temples, the state government has decided to ban the ritual within two months. Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda made a suo-motu statement on the ban in Kukke Subrahmanya Temple in response to a query raised by BJP member Thontadarya during Question Hour in the Legislative Council. The...
08:48 AM, Mar 30, 2012
New York: Rock group The Velvet Underground filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to stop its iconic Andy Warhol-designed banana being used on covers for iPads, iPhones or other items. The 1960s rock band formed by Lou Reed and John Cale accused the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts of trademark infringement, claiming in a lawsuit that the banana design is synonymous with The Velvet Underground. The band said...
02:14 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Park City, Utah: At age 83, his days of singing calypso tunes to thousands of fans are behind him, but Harry Belafonte says he still has one song to sing for people around the world - his song of justice. Belafonte is at the Sundance Film Festival this week with a new documentary, 'Sing Your Song,' that tells of his life from being born in Harlem and raised in Jamaica...
12:41 PM, Jan 23, 2011
We've all heard of silk, cotton, chiffon and polyester sarees - but ever heard of sarees made out of banana fibre? ...
11:12 AM, Mar 03, 2007
Karnataka govt could slip on the proverbial bannana peel on a new issue that has cropped up in the state. ...
08:02 PM, Jan 19, 2007
