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iGate fires CEO Phaneesh Murthy

May 22nd, 2013

New Delhi: Outsourcing company iGate Corp on Tuesday sacked its Chief Executive Phaneesh Murthy for not disclosing a relationship with a subordinate and alleged sexual harassment. Murthy, who was replaced with immediate effect by interim CEO Gerhard Watzinger, was forced to quit India’s second biggest software exporter Infosys Ltd in 2002 following a sexual harassment [...]

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India, China have wisdom to address boundary issue: Li

May 22nd, 2013

NEW DELHI: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday said India and China have the “wisdom” to find mutually acceptable solution to the boundary problem and the two countries have not shied away from addressing the vexed issue. Li also said China will support its enterprises to increase investments in India and help Indian products have [...]

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PM to present UPA’s 4th report card today

May 22nd, 2013

New Delhi: Under attack from the opposition over corruption and lack of governance, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will present the fourth and last report card of the UPA-II government on May 22, sources said on Tuesday. The report will list the achievements of the government on its fourth anniversary May 22. Later Wednesday, the [...]

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UPA releases TV spot on communal amity

May 22nd, 2013

New Delhi: Amar, Akbar and Anthony are the buzzwords in the latest United Progressive Alliance (UPA) television commercial Sadbhav (good faith), which seeks to showcase communal harmony and unity among people in various parts of the country. The TV spot shows common people like students, housewives and office-goers going about their everyday activities with the [...]

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83 pc Indians consider China a security threat

May 21st, 2013

New Delhi: Eighty three per cent Indians consider China a security threat while 63 per cent of them want relations with China to strengthen. An opinion poll — India Poll 2013: Facing the future, Indian views of the world ahead — by the Lowy Institute for International Policy and Australia India Institute (AII), revealed multiple [...]

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India, China agree to end border dispute

May 21st, 2013

NEW DELHI: The Indian and Chinese premiers pledged on Monday to finally resolve a border dispute that has soured ties for decades, saying good relations between the two Asian giants were key to world peace. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, making his first foreign visit since taking office, said that Beijing was determined to build up [...]

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Pawar slams Narendra Modi

May 21st, 2013

Thane: Targeting Narendra Modi over the alleged fake encounter of Mumbra resident Ishrat Jahan in 2004, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said here that the chief minister and Gujarat police had killed an innocent college girl by branding her as a terrorist. “Modi had then announced that he was proud of his police force for [...]

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