An exploration of the kitchen and the adjacent storeroom at our home was always akin to a treasure hunt. A hundred rupee note would reveal itself from inside an abandoned flower vase, or a small bulky purse would peep out from a tiffin box. At times, we would literally strike gold — an old golden stud meant to be given …
Real estate mogul Harlan Crow has been in the national spotlight lately over his penchant for giving extravagant gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas: private jet trips, megayacht excursions, and a $19,000 bible, to name just a few. As Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern wrote, this sure seems like a case of “classic quid pro quo corruption.” …
Manish Bhanushali, the BJP worker who was among the witnesses of the Narcotics Control Bureau in the Mumbai cruise drugs bust case, has said while he saw Sam D’Souza during the NCB raid on the cruise ship, he did not know if any money was given to anyone. Speaking exclusively to India Today, Manish Bhanushali said while he saw Sam …
South Africa pace great Dale Steyn has claimed that cricket takes a back seat at the Indian Premier League, insisting that money is given more importance than the game in the lucrative T20 tournament. Justifying his on-and-off IPL career, Steyn said this was one of the reasons he had not featured regularly in the world's biggest franchise-based T20 tournament. "I …
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday attacked the government over its assistance to the poor under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, alleging that money given was “niggardly and totally insufficient”. The Finance Ministry on Tuesday said more than 42 crore people have received Rs 68,820-crore financial assistance under the government’s Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana to …
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