
The controversy generated over the invite extended to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to address the India Economic Forum at The Wharton School of the ...

06:57 PM, Mar 05, 2013

The Adani Group on Monday evening decided to withdraw its sponsorship of the Wharton forum following strong reactions over the US institution's decision to cancel Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's keynote address. A statement issued by event organising team of Wharton said that the Adani Group would no longer be a "platinum sponsor of the programme. There are five other sponsors sharing the costs". ...

09:35 PM, Mar 04, 2013

Shiv Sena leader Suresh Prabhu cancelled his visit to Wharton University to protest against cancellation of Narendra Modi's address at the university. "To deny an entry and to insult a person like this, I think is something which is an extremely odd behaviour and that is why I thought I will also not go there," Prabhu said. ...

04:20 PM, Mar 04, 2013

Gujarat-based billionaire entrepreneur Gautam Adani followed Shiv Sena leader Suresh Prabhu's footsteps and cancelled his scheduled visit to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania after the institute cancelled its invitation to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP leader was scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Wharton India Economic Forum via video conference later in February. ...

01:59 PM, Mar 04, 2013

Shiv Sena leader Suresh Prabhu has decided to cancel his visit to Wharton as a mark of protest against the cancellation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's keynote address at the Wharton Indian Economic Forum. Prabhu, a former NDA power minister, is a member of the India Economic Forum at Wharton. Prabhu said he regards the university's volte-face on Modi an insult to the country. ...

12:15 PM, Mar 04, 2013

New Delhi: The Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam has become a big headache for the Congress. Now in another major revelation it has been found that it was Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam's TR Baalu and not Shiv Sena's Suresh Prabhu who gave environmental clearance at the Centre in 2003 to Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society. The Congress had been accusing Prabhu of giving clearance to the society. But Prabhu broke his silence...

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