Hints and tips:
...There are boat shoes with Sperry, sneakers with K-Swiss, suitcases with Globe-Trotter and watches with Seiko....
...Clifford Chance has named Sonia Gilbert as the new London leader of its tax, pensions, employment, and incentives practice for a four-year term....
...But he’ll also tell you that if you don’t like it, ‘F**k off — there’s the door.’”...
...A “livid” Mr Javid angrily confronted Mr Johnson on Friday over the sacking of Sonia Khan on Thursday night....
...Letter in response to this editorial: Opposition parties have time to unite and fight BJP / From Samir K Jha, Taikoo, Hong Kong...
...This was especially true once Rao’s political star faded in the Congress party, as Sonia Gandhi, Rajiv’s widow, gradually re-asserted the family’s traditional control....
...Anna K launched her brand four years ago, following a modelling career....
...The Congress party of Sonia Gandhi, which once dominated the city and the country, did not win a single constituency, according to the Election Commission of India....
...Would you choose Henry Cavill, a.k.a Superman? Or maybe Jennifer Lawrence, because US politics could use some of the humour evident in her Oscars night speech....
...philip.stephens@ft.com ——————————————- Letter in response to this column: Keeping the faith in India’s democracy / From Prof Emeritus P K M Tharakan...
...Back in the 1990s, the distinguished energy scientist A.K.N. Reddy outlined a strategy to overcome India’s energy crisis....
...A.K. Antony, the defence minister, confirmed the existence of the letter in parliament on Wednesday amid calls from the government’s allies for the army chief to be sacked....
...Mr Gandhi is joined by loyalists A.K. Antony, the defence minister, Ahmed Patel, Ms Gandhi’s private secretary, and Janardhan Dwivedi, the party general secretary....
...Mr Chidambaram told Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi he wanted to resign to avoid embarrassing the party, CNN-IBN reported citing unnamed sources....
...The opposition Bharatiya Janata party is led by the 83-year old L.K. Advani. Likewise, some of its leading businesses, such as the Tata Group, are led by septuagenarians....
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...At the opposite end of the assets scale is A.K. Antony, the defence minister and a Keralite favourite of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress party president....
...“Belatedly the government …is closing ranks with the opposition and seeking a mutual face-saver with Mr Hazare,” said K.C. Singh, a former diplomat....
...Such is the disarray that even L.K....
...Sonia Gandhi, president of the ruling Congress party, remarked bleakly that India’s “moral universe was shrinking” with faster economic growth....
...Instead, the state’s colourful politics are dominated by Mr Karunanidhi and his scions – including a son called M.K. Stalin – and his bitter rival J. Jayalalitha, the former Tamil film star....
...“It’s a huge task and we need to involve everybody,” says K.C. Chakrabarty, an RBI deputy governor....
...L.K. Advani, a senior BJP leader, said the government had “no moral right to continue and should quit”. He called India “a corrupt, tainted democracy”....
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...Sonia Gandhi, president of the ruling Congress party, has lamented that corruption is worsening in India. She has insisted that her party is taking action against its perpetrators....
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