Medals don’t bring brand endorsements
Sports firms say admen may pick only established names
New Delhi, October 15
Even as Indian athletes have reaped a rich haul at the Commonwealth Games, representative of sports management companies are pessimistic on the chances of any of the new sporting stars clinching brand-endorsement
deals.
Editorial: Bravo Haryana!
Manpreet pushed into a corner
Dwindling support and anti-defection law curb former Punjab FM’s options
Chandigarh, October 15
As Punjab’s political turmoil simmers, former Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal is beginning to see his support in the Shiormani Akali Dal dwindle. To add to it, the legal framework (read the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, the Anti-Defection Law and a Supreme Court ruling) has nearly choked all options at Manpreet’s disposal.
Punjab page:
Sukhbir’s
plans to thwart Manpreet
Did
Manpreet jump the gun?
SAD
legislators eye Finance Minister’s slot
RBI to form sub-committee on MFIs
Chandigarh, October 15
The surge in complaints against Micro Finance Institutions
(MFIs) for charging abnormally high rates of interest and using strong arm tactics to recover loans, has now prompted the apex regulatory bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), to form a sub-committee to look into their functioning.
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