Akhilesh Das offered Rs 100 crore for Rajya Sabha ticket: Mayawati
LUCKNOW: BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday alleged former Union minister Akhilesh Das, who quit the party a day earlier, had offered her Rs 100 crore for renominating him to the Rajya Sabha. Das’s term in the Upper House ends on November 25. Addressing the media at the party headquarters in... read more »
Frustrated Airtel snaps Loop deal
NEW DELHI: Disappointed at the lack of clearance to its bid to acquire the assets of Mumbai-based telecom operator Loop Telecom, Bharti Airtel pulled out of the deal, just weeks before the ailing company’s licence ends. The development comes as a dampener for the highly fragmented Indian... read more »
Finance minister signals lower rate, cheaper funds
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday told industry captains that he expects the cost of capital to come down, a statement which CEOs read as a signal to a rate cut in the coming months. The issue of high cost of capital, mounting bad debt in public sector banks and infrastructure... read more »
Air Astana signs code-share agreement with Air India
NEW DELHI: Kazakhstan’s largest airline Air Astana has signed a free flow code-share agreement with state-run airline and Star Alliance member Air India. “As a state-run airline and Star Alliance member carrier, Air India feels honoured to enter into this code-share agreement with Air... read more »
Serena Williams wins WTA Finals
SINGAPORE: Serena Williams beat Simona Halep 6-3, 6-0 Sunday to win her third-successive title at the WTA Finals – and her fifth overall. Halep easily beat Williams just four days... read more »
PM Modi congratulates Sania for WTA Finals triumph
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated tennis ace Sania Mirza for winning the season-ending WTA Finals women’s doubles title, calling it a “proud... read more »
ISL: Trezeguet fires as FC Pune beat FC Goa 2-0 to record maiden win
PUNE: A striker always remains a striker is what David Trezeguet showed when he rolled back all those years with an opportunistic strike to help FC Pune City register their maiden win... read more »
Federer targets number one spot as race for London heats up
PARIS: Roger Federer is taking his battle with Novak Djokovic for the world number one spot down to the wire as he arrives at the Paris Masters, which begins on Monday as the hottest player... read more »
3 years after Arab Spring, Tunisia holds first poll
TUNIS : Tunisians expressed tentative hope for the future as they lined up on Sunday to choose their first five-year parliament since they overthrew their dictator in the 2011 revolution that kicked... read more »
