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Former telecom minister Arun Shourie today appeared before the CBI in connection with the 2G case and said that the real issue involved kickbacks and not the policy pursued for spectrum allocation. Calling for A Raja to turn “approver,” Shourie said that the first-come first-served argument being used by the government was... 

The International Energy Agency said today that increased oil supplies from Saudi Arabia are heading for the Mediterranean Sea after the conflict in Libya shut in more than half of the country’s production. Violent clashes between opponents of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi and forces loyal to him have reduced the nation’s... 

Mumbai, Feb. 25: MphasiS Ltd, the independent software subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard (HP), plunged 28 per cent on the bourses today after reporting a dismal set of quarterly numbers and grave accusations of poor corporate governance standards. On the BSE, the scrip crashed Rs 178.10, or 28.43 per cent, to Rs 448.40 as investors... 

NEW DELHI: Chairman-cum-managing director of National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco), A K Srivastava, his wife Chandni and two others were arrested by the CBI on Friday. Srivastava was accused of accepting bribes running into several lakh rupees. The CBI recovered 10 kg of gold, and about Rs 30 lakh from the Srivastavas. The... 

While the whole world loves Fridays, which is followed by weekends, those from the film fraternity dread it. Not because they don’t love fun filled weekends, but because it’s the day that decides the fate of their films – where they have invested time, money and a lot of hard work. And with actor R Madhavan,... 

Everyone from SRK, Salman, Aamir, Hrithik and Ajay Devgn are doing action films in 2011. Shah Rukh Khan who has always been popular as the eternal romantic in Bollywood will be seen as an action hero or rather superhero in 2011. Both his releases in this year – Ra.One and Don 2 are action-packed entertainers. Aamir Khan might... 

Rohan Sippy’s film ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ has made Deepika Padukone such a hot newsmaker. News of her enticing moves and sexy avatar in the item song are done to death. Even the film poster spots her looking sizzling. We learn that Deepika had 50-60 big red ants crawling all over her back while shooting the movie. This definitely... 

If today’s Rail Budget was an opportunity for Mamata Banerjee, poll-bound in West Bengal, to sign out of Rail Bhavan on a note of reform and change, she was in no mood to take it. Banerjee played safe and predictable in a largely populist budget which contained few fresh ideas. As had been anticipated, and for the third time... 

Virender Sehwag doesn’t believe in setting targets or even making basic plans; so it was interesting to see him come out with a semblance of a strategy for this World Cup. “I want to bat 50 overs,” he said grandly, a couple of days before the opener against Bangladesh. After a dazzling opening display... 

DHAKA: Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni may find it difficult to recollect when he had last taken a rickshaw ride, but he is scheduled to take one on Thursday when captains of all the 14 participating countries are taken around the new-look Bangabandhu Stadium on tri-cycles during a glitzy opening ceremony of the 2011...