Sambhar Mafia - Cooked To Kill!

English in name, Infrastructure is a shame

2009-03-25T10:39:00.003+08:00

My earlier post on the topic of real estate evoked some response from the aggrieved group via email and it showed more insight into the murky world of real estate. This post is also on a similar...

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DLF Faces An Acid Test In Chennai

2009-03-08T10:43:00.002+08:00

DLF is a recent entrant to the Chennai property scene and is facing quite a few headwinds. Sometime ago, there was news that DLF collected about Rs. 5 lakhs Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) from...

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Election Overdrive

2009-03-05T22:34:00.004+08:00

Home Minister P Chidambaram seems to be working overtime to retain his Sivagangai Parliamentary seat. Almost every other week, we do see him participating in some function in his constituency. If you...

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All In The Family

2009-02-06T17:06:00.002+08:00

(Courtesy: Dinamani)

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Azhagiri's Fancy Dress

2009-01-30T16:09:00.006+08:00

30th Jan happens to be MK Azhagiri's birthday and it would have hit you in the eye if you had opened any Tamil newspaper today. Even Dinamalar (Madurai Edition), which is not viewed as close to the...

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Mama, Mamool & Blackberry

2009-01-30T15:14:00.004+08:00

In a first of its kind move in India, the Kerala government is handing over Blackberry phones to traffic police so that offenders can be booked on the spot and RTO records can also be...

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Dhoni Machan

2009-01-27T11:00:00.002+08:00

Dhoni & his language woes: His language woes have not been limited to just trips abroad, Dhoni had similar problems while playing for Chennai Super Kings during the Indian Premier League...

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Wise Chancellor?

2009-01-26T15:52:00.003+08:00

RT Sabapathy Mohan, Vice Chancellor of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University is no stranger to controversy. He owes his post to his allegiance to the DMK and time and again, the man tries to promote the...

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Corporate Reputation Management In Focus

2009-01-23T20:43:00.003+08:00

Rumours about accounting fraud at Educomp have prompted the company to use Google contextual ads to direct people to their company website and giving their version of the story. The ad states that a...

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சன் (பிக்சர்ஸ்) செய்திகள்

2009-01-22T23:07:00.003+08:00

பீதிக்கும் பரபரப்புக்கும் பெயர்போன சன் செய்திகளில் நடுநிலையை எதிர்பார்ப்பது கொஞ்சம் அதிகம்தான். சன் தொலைக்காட்சி நிறுவனம் திரைப்படத் தயாரிப்பில் இறங்கியதிலிருந்து தங்கள் திரைப்படம் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட...

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Top Cop Takes To Blogging

2009-01-22T20:55:00.001+08:00

Former Chennai Police Commissioner and current DIG of Prisons Nataraj has started a blog to reach out to the public. Nataraj definitely knows how to engage with the people and his personal website is...

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Profiting From The Crisis

2009-01-19T00:26:00.003+08:00

Search for Satyam on Google and the Sponsored Link is one by IT Consultants Everest Research Institute offering a research report titled - "Satyam Crisis Analysis". Related Article: PTI report dated...

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One More Indian Fraudster Arrested

2009-01-14T00:04:00.004+08:00

It's the season for dubious businessmen to face reality. The man who shot to fame selling electronics (mostly TVs and Hi-Fis) at dirt cheap prices in the 90s is the latest Indian businessman to end...

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More Troubles For Pyramid Saimira

2009-01-13T23:24:00.002+08:00

The impact of the credit crunch couldn't be more pronounced. After recent disclosures about the pledging of promoter shares in Satyam, it has now emerged that Pyramid Saimira's promoter has also...

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Does Your Name Need Cosmetic Changes?

2009-01-12T15:34:00.002+08:00

Altering names because of numerology is nothing new. The interesting trend over the recent years is the type of changes which people make to their names. It's pretty common to come across additions...

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Satyam's Ten Point Plan To Boost Employee Confidence

2009-01-09T02:43:00.004+08:00

Satyam has unveiled a rescue package for its associates, the terms of which are detailed below. Like Satyam's notional cash pile, here is a fictional story on how Satyam can encounter this crisis and...

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Satyam CFO's Answer On Cash Balance

2009-01-08T17:25:00.003+08:00

This is how Satyam's CFO Srinivas Vadlamani answered when an analyst asked about the unusually high cash balance. The transcript of the Oct 2008 (Q2) analyst call is difficult to download from Satyam...

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Accused #2 in Satyam Fraud: Srinivas Vadlamani

2009-01-08T14:31:00.003+08:00

Although Ramalinga Raju has absolved his entire senior management of any wrongdoings, it is common knowledge that a financial crime of such magnitude could not have been committed without the...

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Satyam's Books Were Fudged, Raju Resigns

2009-01-07T16:47:00.002+08:00

After the aborted Maytas deal, questions were raised about the future of Satyam and its current management and there were lot of rumours in the Indian media about the likely candidates who might...

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Wisdom Of The Crowds?

2009-01-06T17:06:00.002+08:00

Singapore's Tamil FM channel (Oli 96.8 FM) has chosen Kangal Irandal from Subramaniapuram as its Song of Year 2008. The annual ranking of Top 100 Tamil film songs is based on a public voting of the...

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Seeking Foreign Accreditation

2009-01-05T22:18:00.001+08:00

Ramachandra Guha on the general craze for seeking an overseas stamp of approval and also about Sri Sri Ravishankar: I recently wrote a piece in a Delhi magazine about a Bangalore-based holy man...

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Caught On Camera

2009-01-05T22:06:00.003+08:00

ADMK has released video footage of MK Stalin handing over cash to voters in Thirumangalam. If it can be established that this is indeed genuine video taken during the past few days, it could be a...

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Watchout for Kanimozhi in 2009

2009-01-02T11:34:00.001+08:00

BusinessWorld magazine has featured Kanimozhi as one of the persons to watch out for in 2009. While she might get a party ticket to contest the Lok Sabha elections, the strong anti-incumbency wave in...

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MK on Freebies: Everybody does it

2009-01-02T11:25:00.002+08:00

This is what MK had to say when he launched the free Pongal scheme: Stating that the media also ridiculed his government on the freebies through publication of caricatures and editorials, he wanted...

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Arasi and Anni battle it out in Thirumangalam

2008-12-30T07:20:00.001+08:00

For both Radhika Sarathkumar and Premalatha Vijayakanth, it is more than a mere whistle-stop tour to draw voters towards their parties – the All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) and Desiya...

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