Mark Zuckerberg may need to pay $2 billion in taxes
February 8th, 2012 - 8:17 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Feb 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may pay up to $2 billion in taxes after his successful social network goes public this year. Tax experts are looking into ... Read more...
Posted in Technology Industry News |
Central procurement agency for health goods proposed
November 10th, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The government is considering a proposal for setting up a central agency for procuring, storing and distributing health sector goods for various national programmes, Health Minister Ghulam ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Oprah Winfrey to pay taxes for proposed trip Down Under
September 17th, 2010 - 6:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 17 (ANI): Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is making sure that the 300 audience members that she has invited on a trip to Australia will not be paying a ... Read more...
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Courtney Love planning to make New York permanent home
August 5th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
New York, August 05 (ANI): Courtney Love has expressed her desire to permanently settle down in West Village.At Russell Simmons' Argyleculture fashion line launch at Ampersand Studios on W. 36th St., she ... Read more...
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Dennis Hopper’s bitter divorce taking a toll on his health and bank account
March 25th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar 25 (ANI): Dennis Hopper's divorce from wife Victoria has not only left him cash-strapped, but it's also taking a toll on his health.According to new court documents obtained by ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
UK Christian police group’s fury over ‘disproportionate ‘ funding to Muslim counterparts
March 13th, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar. 13 (ANI): British Home Office chiefs had to face a furious backlash after it emerged that they doled out a whopping 15 times more funding to a Muslim police support ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Nepal Maoists reject demand to review Peace Accord
October 12th, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Oct 12 (ANI): Maoist Vice Chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai has slammed Defense Minister Bidhya Bhandari's recent statement at the parliament's State Affairs Committee that provisions in the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Three years on, Nepal remains conflict zone and a killing field after peace agreement
September 22nd, 2009 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Sep.22 (ANI): Almost three years after the signing of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), Nepal continues to remain a conflict zone with no respite in killings, abductions and serious rights violations.The ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Anglo-Oz miner becomes first to hire Indian lawyers to trim legal bill by 20 pc
June 18th, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 18 (ANI): Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto has become the first foreign business group to hire a team of Indian lawyers to try to reduce its annual 60 million pound legal ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Sri Lankan cricketers likely to get a pay hike
April 12th, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, April 12 (IANS) Sri Lankan cricketers are all set to receive a substantial salary increment when their annual contracts are renewed later this month.
According to a media report, the Cricket ... Read more...
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British law firms outsourcing services to India to cut costs
October 31st, 2008 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 31 (ANI): Several law firms in Britain are outsourcing legal services like conveyancing, accident claims and due diligence investigations to India in order to cut costs for the duration ... Read more...
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Malaysian Minister elected Commonwealth Parliamentary body chief
August 9th, 2008 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 9 (ANI): Malaysian Unity and Culture Minister Mohamad Shafie Apdal was elected Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association here today.
Apdal backed by India and others won a total ... Read more...
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Somnath to inaugurate North East Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference today
May 27th, 2008 - 10:49 am ICT by admin
Aizwal, May 27 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee is arriving here today to inaugurate the 11th North East Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (NERCP).Chatterjee will inaugurate the Conference at the ... Read more...
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