The Inquisitors Arrive
For the first time, Goans in the north saw jeeploads of proto-Shiv Sainiks, armed with tridents and orange flags, spoiling for a fight; or knew that allegiance to the MGP was now being sought at village temples in accompaniment to the tinkling of bells.
CCI Imposes Rs 2545 Cr Penalty on 14 Car Makers
The 14 car companies were found to be indulging in practices resulting in denial of market access to independent repairers as the latter were not provided access to branded spare parts and diagnostic tools which hampered their ability to provide.
RP Goenka, an industrialist with an appetite for risk, dies at 83
Though he regretted later, he gave up Bombay Dyeing at that time to protect the goodwill of the Goenka family. Because it was the inherited goodwill that he leveraged to swing deals, often even without adequate preparation to pay for an acquisition.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 28.06.11
HINDUSTAN TIMES. CRYING WOLF TOO OFTEN. The yoga instructor returned to Delhi and this time he came back as the aggrieved victim. But as aggrieved victims are wont, Ramdev may have exaggerated his threat perception a wee bit... from the 3G/BWA auctions in 2010-11���against the Budget estimate of R49,799 crore from all telecom services including licence/ spectrum fee, it got R1,28,806 crore finally���but the Budget had several other hidden surprises.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 02.08.10
Mr Modi has won two consecutive elections and has made his State the most forward-looking and fastest rising economic power among all 28 States and seven Union Territories of the country. The so-called.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. GAMES PEOPLE PLAY. ASHOK MALIK. As New Delhi prepares for the Commonwealth Games, the legacy question is looming large. This refers to the civic infrastructure and sporting facilities the Games will leave behind. Typical of India��.
Bal Thackeray and Bombay
They were charged under laws that go way beyond constitutional restrictions on free speech. It was a clear. Once in 1989, Murli Deora, then member of Parliament from my constituency���South Bombay���had invited the citys business leaders and.
Oil Firms Supply Fuel to SpiceJet on Cash Payment
SpiceJet used to buy about Rs 5.5 crore worth of fuel daily from Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) but six months back it shifted some purchases to Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) and Reliance Industries. The daily offtake had since then fallen due.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 29.10.09
HINDUSTAN TIMES. EDITORIAL. NO COMMON GROUND HERE. Today it seems almost comical to remember that when the first India-China-Russia trilateral summit was announced nearly a decade ago, commentators... Moreover, several telecom operators have been accused of passing off local loop revenues as long distance revenues, as well as off passing off value added services as internet operations, in order to save hundreds of crores in licence fees.
Oil Firms Supply Fuel to SpiceJet on Cash Payment
SpiceJet used to buy about Rs 5.5 crore worth of fuel daily from Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) but six months back it shifted some purchases to Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) and Reliance Industries. The daily offtake had since then fallen due.
RP Goenka, an industrialist with an appetite for risk, dies at 83
Though he regretted later, he gave up Bombay Dyeing at that time to protect the goodwill of the Goenka family. Because it was the inherited goodwill that he leveraged to swing deals, often even without adequate preparation to pay for an acquisition.
HR News: January 9, 2015 - human rights news bulletin
She also attacked the Centre for adopting the ���ordinance route��� on key issues terming it ���anti-farmer and made with an intention to give undue benefit to the business community���.. Muslims should see how they can enter lower judicial services and police,��� he said. (Times.. Nikhil Sharma, Hindustan Times Chandigarh, January 07, 2015 A national-level survey has revealed that illiteracy of parents is one of the main reasons behind school dropouts in Chandigarh.
Excerpt | Meena Kumari
In consultation with Mr Patel it was decided that Meena use her sisters house as temporary residence, till such time something more suitable could be found. Mr Patel also offered the services of his assistant, Mr Kishore Sharma (later to marry Madhu), .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 26.05.11
There was no such happy point to be made this time around, because the Chief Minister would have won with a more emphatic margin after winning over the rebels.. In Mumbai, terrorists, recruited, trained, and equipped by the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba in collusion with the powerful intelligence-gathering and covert operations arm of Pakistans Army, the Directorate-General of Inter-Services Intelligence, attacked soft targets like luxury hotels, a busy railway station and a��.
Berlin fest unveils Iran director Panahis cry for freedom
Jafar Panahi, who was detained for a documentary he tried to make on the unrest in Iran following the 2009 election and banned from making more films for 20 years, was given a six-year jail term and is currently under house arrest.. Partovi, who.
CCI Imposes Rs 2545 Cr Penalty on 14 Car Makers
The 14 car companies were found to be indulging in practices resulting in denial of market access to independent repairers as the latter were not provided access to branded spare parts and diagnostic tools which hampered their ability to provide.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 10.01.11
Mr Kapil Sibal was made the Telecom Minister to clean up the mess that his predecessor, Mr A Raja, had created with the 2G Spectrum scam, but he has astounded everyone by declaring there was no scam at all and that the loss to.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. SPEAK TO SURVIVE. MEHMAL SARFRAZ. Covered in the righteous cloak of religion and even a puny dwarf imagines himself a monster. Important to face. And call their bluff, is what the late Punjab governor,��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 24.05.11
The grounds that Mr Bhardwaj made for the dismissal of Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappas regime were so specious that even the UPA, otherwise itching to foment trouble in BJP-ruled States, could not accept the recommendation... HINDUSTAN TIMES. GIVE US A SIGN. Tell any Indian politician that only non-performers resort to superstitions, and they will probably bring before you an array of believers who are performers too. So theres probably no inverse link��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 19.11.10
It had added, Obviously, there are the several political issues that have over a stretch of time clouded the prospects of cooperation in the region, but with such deals as the one on India-Bangladesh open border trade, it is quite... HINDUSTAN TIMES. OUR TAKE. ALL DECIBELS, NO DEBATE. If we had hoped for any clarity on the alleged telecom scam, it looks like we will have a long wait given the bedlam that has forced Parliament to adjourn five days in a row.
Muslim clerics remarks on Navratri an attempt to malign.
Solanki has reportedly asked police to arrest Hasan for allegedly creating enmity between two communities by making such remarks about Hindu gods and festivals.. How did love jihad come? with 1-2 incident if at all happened - how could u try n ban a community? how come religions and festivals show restrictions and bans? if so why are christmas stars being used to generate sales in. Even Hindus who eat meat (some of them) dont eat meat during Garba time.
The Inquisitors Arrive
For the first time, Goans in the north saw jeeploads of proto-Shiv Sainiks, armed with tridents and orange flags, spoiling for a fight; or knew that allegiance to the MGP was now being sought at village temples in accompaniment to the tinkling of bells.
Bal Thackeray and Bombay
They were charged under laws that go way beyond constitutional restrictions on free speech. It was a clear. Once in 1989, Murli Deora, then member of Parliament from my constituency���South Bombay���had invited the citys business leaders and.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 25.09.09
MEAT OF THE MATTER-SUMIT S PAUL. HINDUSTAN TIMES. 1. A NEEDLESS CONTROVERSY. 2. TENTING HIS SPLEEN. 3. A DOCTORED SERVICE-ABHIJIT BANERJEE. 4. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH-SITARAM YECHURY. 5. COVER TO.. Since then China has been able to complete the development of the aircraft, conduct successful trials and induct several squadrons of J-10 fighters in two variants ��� single-seat and double-seat ��� into its Air Force.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 09.07.11
A concerted effort has also been made to attract investment from Chinese settler communities in Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United States and elsewhere.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. ITS BEEN QUIET A WHILE. BARKHA DUTT. For those of us who still believe in the political process and the Idea of India, these are lonely times. On the one hand, sundry and smarmy interlopers have hijacked the political discourse and trivialised it with their hyperventilation.
Nagaland mob lynching: Several arrests made, telecom services restricted
The Nagaland government restricted telecom services as tension prevailed in the state after a mob comprising hundreds lynched a rape accused in Dimapur town earlier this week. According to TV reports, police made several arrests on Sunday in connection .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 11.05.10
He has failed to act against his hugely corrupt Telecom Minister A Raja; he has not been able to rein in sniping colleagues in the Cabinet; and, he has failed to punish Mr Jairam Ramesh... Yet no insider has been arrested and charged.. In fact,on the basis of the allegations made by the Washington Times in 2007, the United States Committee on Foreign Investment made a review of the security implications of business deals between Huawei and some American��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 15.06.11
Which is why post offices were made to double up as banks in the first place: they happened to be in the neck of the woods that banks had never visited and were made. to accept deposits that regular banks.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. LETS HAVE A FAIR DEAL. HARSH MANDER. Land acquisition and involuntary displacement have been the fountainhead of enormous destitution of millions of invisible people since Independence. Generations of those sacrificed for��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 08.06.11
HINDUSTAN TIMES. OUR TAKE. THE NUMBER YOUVE DIALLED. Allegations of graft are lapping at the feet of yet another former telecommunications minister, this one too from the beleaguered Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). Dayanidhi.. Since she was obliged to leave the party in 2005 after questioning L.K. Advanis endorsement of Muhammad Ali Jinnah as a secular politician, the saffron-robed Ms Bharti made several unsuccessful attempts. to return��.
Berlin fest unveils Iran director Panahis cry for freedom
Jafar Panahi, who was detained for a documentary he tried to make on the unrest in Iran following the 2009 election and banned from making more films for 20 years, was given a six-year jail term and is currently under house arrest.. Partovi, who.
Nagaland mob lynching: Several arrests made, telecom services restricted
The Nagaland government restricted telecom services as tension prevailed in the state after a mob comprising hundreds lynched a rape accused in Dimapur town earlier this week. According to TV reports, police made several arrests on Sunday in connection .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 07.07.11
The pent up fury of three-and-a-half decades is now bursting forth, which has only made the task of putting West Bengal back on track that much more difficult for Ms Banerjee and the Government she heads... HINDUSTAN TIMES. EVERYBODY, HANDS UP! More interesting than the cluster of villages that is Bhatta-Parsaul is the town of Kasganj. Both in gods own Uttar Pradesh, the former has visitors dropping by for a meal of dal, chapatis and buttermilk to turn it��.
Excerpt | Meena Kumari
In consultation with Mr Patel it was decided that Meena use her sisters house as temporary residence, till such time something more suitable could be found. Mr Patel also offered the services of his assistant, Mr Kishore Sharma (later to marry Madhu), .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 02.06.11
. has not yet made much progress. However, the arrests of some suspects in Karachi and Lahore, including an ex-naval commando of the Special Services Group, who was allegedly sacked 10 years ago on disciplinary grounds, have been reported.. For instance, they would, as per the latest recommendations, have to pay peons and drivers up to Rs 45,000 a month - several times what a jawan risking his life on our borders gets! Why doesnt the government pay��.