Former India skipper Nari Contractor on Tuesday said the shorter formats of the game have led to more results in Test matches. ...
09:50 PM, Dec 04, 2012
Maldives on Tuesday asserted that it would go ahead with the takeover of the Male International Airport from GMR later this week and said they along with the Indian firm had "worked out" a plan to hand over the running of the airport "without any hiccups". "Yes, we will go ahead with the takeover of the Airport as planned and on schedule," President Mohamed Waheed's press secretary Masood Imad said....
05:50 PM, Dec 04, 2012
In a move to put pressure on Male, India has frozen aid to the Maldives as its government on Monday decided to take control of the international airport despite a Singapore court staying the suspension of the contract given to India's GMR-led consortium. ...
11:25 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Unapologetic, even proud of having slapped a 65-year-old, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) corporator Nitin Nikam called the brutal assault on the helpless municipal corporation employee 'justice MNS style'. And it took the police more than 24 hours after the shocking pictures were aired to arrest Nikam. He was later released on bail. ...
08:41 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Nari Contractor disapproved Dhoni's continued insistence on a rank turner from Day 1. ...
05:38 PM, Dec 03, 2012
A Singapore court on Monday stayed the cancellation of airport contract by Maldives with GMR Group. This has come as a relief for GMR, which will now continue its operations at Male airport in Maldives. The option of legal action in Singapore is provided in the contract GMR had signed with the Maldivian government. ...
11:34 AM, Dec 03, 2012
A civil court in Mexico entered a preliminary $2.7 billion judgment against Yahoo Inc for breach of contract involving a yellow pages listings service, Yahoo said on Friday. ...
03:19 PM, Dec 02, 2012
The felicitation will be a commemoration of 80 years of India as a Test playing nation and India-England cricket. ...
10:13 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Upset with Maldives for unilaterally deciding to terminate the $500 million GMR airport project in New Delhi, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said it was a major setback in the bilateral relations of the two countries. ...
08:01 AM, Nov 30, 2012
The exact nature of Vettel's contract with Red Bull is unclear, but the German driver said he was tied to the constructor until the end of 2014. ...
07:28 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Hyderabad: L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited has awarded the signalling and train control and communication system contracts to Thales, a global technology leader in the defence, aerospace and transportation markets. The signalling and train control contract has been given to Thales Canada and Thales India, while the communication system contract has been awarded to Thales Portugal and Thales India. Siemens, Invensys and Bombardier were among the other bidders for these...
04:00 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Hyderabad: Police have arrested three people including a bridegroom and a Muslim cleric who used to solemnise marriages following a sting operation on contract marriages by IBN7. The Muslim cleric has been suspended by the Minority Commission and the police are also investigating the role of some others in the case. The cleric and his associates used to target girls from poor families and get them married for a few...
12:14 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Tendulkar, Dhoni, Sehwag and Gambhir are among those to get retainers of Rs. 1 crore for 2012-13. ...
01:55 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Rajkot: Congress on Monday promised to abolish contract recruitment system in government jobs if it came to power in Gujarat after the December Assembly polls. The Opposition party accused the Narendra Modi government of "exploiting" its employees recruited on contractual basis and assured to make such staffers permanent if it formed the next government. "Congress will abolish contract system in state government offices and nearly 40,000 employees recruited on contract...
01:18 AM, Oct 23, 2012
Mumbai: Already under investigation by the states anti-corruption bureau in the multi-crore Maharshtra sadan scam, PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal now faces fresh charges. The opposition now alleges that Bhujbal received kickbacks from realty firms for favourably awarding PWD contracts. These kickbacks were routed through companies owned by Bhujbal's family to buy land. Documents from the registrar of companies and bank accounts details reveal a partnership firm Blue Circle Infratech was...
06:31 AM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: Unfazed by the Congress attack over the letter row involving him, BJP President Nitin Gadkari said he will quit politics if there is any proof of his business links with Ajay Sancheti in the irrigation scam. He said he had asked the Centre to release funds for the Gosikhurd project to help the farmers and not for the benefit of any contractor close to him. Gadkari also said...
08:02 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari has said that he will quit politics if anybody could prove his alleged business links with close aide and party MP Ajay Sancheti, currently in the midst of an irrigation scam in Maharashtra. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Gadkari said that Sancheti did not get a single contract during his tenure as the Public Works Department (PWD) minister of Maharashtra. Below is...
02:04 PM, Oct 07, 2012
New Delhi: Keeping with its promise that "reforms are here to stay", the UPA government is planning to introduce more reforms in the country. The latest being the 26 per cent FDI in pension and 46 per cent in insurance, which the Cabinet is expected to clear on Thursday. But as the government is preparing for the second round of reforms, the Opposition is getting ready to stymie the move....
05:18 PM, Oct 04, 2012
Chief Engineer Water Resources Vijay Pandhare, who blew the lid off the Maharashtra irrigation scam, has said that the nexus between contractors and politicians exists in all states. In an interview to CNN-IBN, he said that while most were aware of the corruption levels within the state governments, most chose to overlook it out of fear. Below is an edited transcript of the interview. CNN-IBN: In response to the letter...
07:30 AM, Sep 28, 2012
Madrid: FC Barcelona president Sandro Rosell said it would be an error not to start work on renewing the contract of star striker Lionel Messi. Messi has already renewed his contract six times in his Barcelona career and his current deal expires in June 2016. But with the best player in the world at the club, Rosell knows that there are no shortage of teams willing to offer massive wages...
12:46 PM, Sep 22, 2012
