Indian touch to Olympic arts in London (With Image)
July 19th, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) A handful of illustrious Indians have lent their creative touch to give the London Olympics some Indian touches.When the 2012 Olympics unveils July 27, ... Read more...
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PM to inaugurate Bathinda refinery
April 19th, 2012 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 19 (IANS) The Rs.21,500 crore Guru Gobind Singh Refinery near Bathinda town - the largest investment in Punjab since independence - will be formally inaugurated by Prime ... Read more...
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Bathinda refinery to be inaugurated in April
March 29th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 29 (IANS) The Rs.21,500 crore Guru Gobind Singh Refinery near Bathinda town in southwest Punjab will be formally inaugurated next month, a senior official said here Thursday.The project, ... Read more...
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Karnataka may prove scandals don’t deter investors
November 29th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 29 (IANS) Karnataka, which has been in the news more for corruption scandals than the robust show by its iconic IT firms in the face of global ... Read more...
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Switzerland to return frozen assets of former Egyptian President Mubarak
May 13th, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by BNO News
CAIRO, EGYPT (BNO NEWS) -- The Swiss government on Friday announced that it will return all the frozen assets of former Egyptian President Mubarak and other officials if they are proven illegal, ... Read more...
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50 Indian billionaires in global richest club
March 10th, 2011 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 10 (IANS) Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani were counted among the world's ten richest persons as 50 Indians made it to the Forbes list ... Read more...
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Lakshmi Mittal replaces Mukesh Ambani as world’s richest Indian
March 10th, 2011 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): Steel Tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has clinched the title of the world's richest Indian from Reliance Industries' chief Mukesh Ambani.With a net worth of 31.1 billion dollars, ... Read more...
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Investigators freeze millions belonging to Mubarak or associates in Swiss bank
February 19th, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by ANI
Berne, Feb 19 (ANI): Investigators in Switzerland have said that they have discovered millions of dollars in Swiss bank accounts belonging either to the ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, his family or ... Read more...
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Three ex-Egyptian ministers arrested over corruption allegations
February 18th, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Feb 18(ANI): Egyptian security forces have arrested former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly and two other ex-ministers as part of an investigation into corruption.El-Adly had served as Interior Minister for 12 years, ... Read more...
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Ex-premier, senior officials barred from leaving Egypt
February 13th, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, Feb 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egypt's chief prosecutor has barred former prime minister Ahmed Nazif and other senior officials from leaving the country to prevent them from escaping corruption charges, soon after ... Read more...
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Two Indian-origin MPs face suspension from Lords
October 17th, 2010 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 17 (IANS) Three British lawmakers, including two Indian-origin MPs, probed over the expenses they claimed face suspension from the House of Lords, a media report said Sunday.The trio ... Read more...
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Man City owner overtakes steel tycoon Mittal again in football rich owners list
October 7th, 2010 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct. 7 (ANI): Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nayan has reclaimed the top spot in the FourFourTwo.com Football Rich List, overtaking Queens Park Rangers stakeholder Lakshmi Mittal.The ... Read more...
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Mukesh Ambani again tops list of richest Indians
September 30th, 2010 - 11:44 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 30 (ANI): Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped the latest Forbes' India Rich List with a net worth of 27 billion dollars for the third consecutive time.Steel tycoon ... Read more...
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Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal in top 10 of world’s rich list (Lead)
March 11th, 2010 - 8:00 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 11 (DPA) Oil magnate Mukesh Ambani and steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal made it to the top 10 on the 2010 Forbes list of world's billionaires.
Ambani ranked fourth with $29 ... Read more...
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Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal in top 10 of world’s rich list
March 11th, 2010 - 7:32 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 11 (IANS) Oil magnate Mukesh Ambani and steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal made it to the top 10 of the Forbes magazine list of world's richest billionaires.
Ambani ranked fourth with ... Read more...
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Mexican Carlos Slim tops world’s rich list
March 11th, 2010 - 6:43 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 11 (DPA) Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu has topped the Forbes magazine list of the world's richest billionaires.
The list, released Wednesday, valued Slim's fortune at $53.5 billion, $500 ... Read more...
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Recession notwithstanding, Abramovich worth nearly 11 billion pounds
February 16th, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.16 (ANI): Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has reportedly increased his fortune to 11billion pounds.According to The Sun, the Russian oligarch's wealth rose 22 per cent last year after a revival ... Read more...
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ArcelorMittal’s third steel plant will be in Karnataka
January 7th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Global steel giant ArcelorMittal will set up its third steel plant in India in Karnataka, even as the company's chairman expressed disappointment over the slow response ... Read more...
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Karnataka clears big-ticket investments worth $27.5 bn
January 7th, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Karnataka has cleared 38 big-ticket projects worth Rs.138,000 crore ($27.5 billion), and hopes soon to finalise the mega investment proposals from global steel makers ... Read more...
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Probe launched into Swraj Paul’s expenses at his request
October 13th, 2009 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 13 (IANS) Indian-born steel tycoon Swraj Paul is to step down as Deputy Speaker of Britain's House of Lords for the duration of an expenses inquiry launched at his ... Read more...
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Swraj Paul, Brown’s eye poked in Britain’s race for power
October 11th, 2009 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, Oct 11 (IANS) The warmup to next year's British election just got hotter Sunday as newspapers aligned to the two major parties traded charges over parliamentary expenses, ... Read more...
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Swraj Paul defends claiming 110,000 pounds in parliamentary expenses
October 4th, 2009 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 4 (IANS) Indian-origin industrialist Swraj Paul said Sunday he had done "nothing wrong" after a newspaper disclosed he had claimed 110,000 pounds in expenses as a member of Britain's upper ... Read more...
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Mittal may buy out Briatore from QPR after F-1 match fixing controversy
September 20th, 2009 - 12:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 20 (ANI): Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal is now considering buying out Falvio Briatore stake at Queens Park Rangers after he was engulfed in controversy as manager of Renault's Formula One ... Read more...
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Donor or not, I remain a Labour man: Swraj Paul
July 20th, 2009 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, July 20 (IANS) Steel magnate Lord Swraj Paul Monday clarified that he will continue to support Britain's ruling Labour party despite government-backed legislation that would stop him ... Read more...
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NRI donor revolt deals ‘crushing blow’ to British ruling party (Second Lead)
July 19th, 2009 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, July 19 (IANS) Steel tycoon Lord Swraj Paul and Curry King Sir Ghulam Noon, two high-profile Indian-born supporters of Labour, say they will stop bankrolling Britain's ruling ... Read more...
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If new tax law comes, I won’t give money, Swraj Paul tells Labour (Lead)
July 19th, 2009 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, July 19 (IANS) Indian-born steel tycoon Lord Swraj Paul, a high-profile supporter of Labour, says he will stopbankrolling Britain's ruling party if he is forced to ... Read more...
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Major blow to Labour as key NRI donors revolt over tax proposal
July 19th, 2009 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, July 19 (IANS) Indian-born steel tycoon Lord Swraj Paul, a high-profile supporter of Labour, says he will stop bankrolling Britain's ruling party if he is forced ... Read more...
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Government constitutes Global Advisory Council
July 8th, 2009 - 7:40 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has constituted a high level global advisory committee consisting of Noble laureate Amartya Sen, steel tycoon L. N. Mittal and Pepsico CEO ... Read more...
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With development plank, Hooda retains firm grip on Haryana
May 17th, 2009 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, May 17 (IANS) Repeating a nine out of 10 seats performance for the second time in five years may not have been a situation that the ruling Congress ... Read more...
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Congress repeats 2004 sweep in Haryana
May 16th, 2009 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 16 (IANS) The Congress Saturday repeated its 2004 Lok Sabha sweep of Haryana, winning nine of the 10 seats. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's son, Deepinder Singh Hooda, led ... Read more...
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UK’s richest man Mittal lost 1.9 million pounds per hour last year
April 26th, 2009 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 26 (ANI): Indian origin steel magnate Lakshmi Niwas Mittal lost as much as 23.5 billion pounds in the last one year due to the ongoing financial crisis world over. ... Read more...
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Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal among world’s top ten rich
March 12th, 2009 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, March 12 (IANS) Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has overtaken the London-based steel tycoon Lakshmi N. Mittal to emerge as Asia's richest person, as per the Forbes' list of ... Read more...
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Steel baron Mittal, Ambani brothers among Forbes top-ten super-rich
March 11th, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 10 (ANI): Twenty-four Indians have made it into the Forbes magazines list of Worlds Richest with Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal in fourth place.Four Indians made it to the top ... Read more...
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Mittal second in Britain’s richest football club owners list
January 7th, 2009 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 7 (IANS) An Arab Sheikh and India-born steel tycoon Laxmi Mittal have emerged as the two wealthiest British football club owners in 2009, relegating Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich to third ... Read more...
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Amar Singh, Lakshmi Mittal, CII, Reliance among major donors to Clinton Foundation (Second Lead)
December 19th, 2008 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Dec 19 (IANS) Several Indian bigwigs, including industrialist Lakshmi Mittal, politician Amar Singh, corporate houses Reliance and Ranbaxy and the Confederation of Indian Industry figure in the list of prominent ... Read more...
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