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...RELEASED. PETER BLEACH, 52, British arms dealer convicted of parachuting crates of weapons into India's West Bengal state in 1995; after a presidential pardon; in Calcutta. Bleach and an aircrew from Russia and Latvia were arrested in Bombay in 1995. The suspected ringleader of the weapons plot, Danish national Niels Christian Nielsen, fled India, and the intended recipients of the weapons were never confirmed...
...made Mallya one of India's richest men (although he's uncharacteristically shy when it comes to discussing how much he's worth). It's a wealth that he's spent liberally, building mansions throughout the country, throwing lavish parties, buying India's most successful football teams-East Bengal and Mohun Bagan-and breeding famous racehorses...
Lord. I've not seen such a fashion for improving the lot of those who live in less happy lands since I was a child in Britain memorizing what bits of the empire sent what goods to the mother country (Malaya, rubber; the Gold Coast, cocoa; Bengal, jute). And I confess I get queasy at the memories and deeply uneasy that the U.S. may be about to embark on a voyage to disappointment...
...Lord. I've not seen such a fashion for improving the lot of those who live in less happy lands since I was a child in Britain memorizing what bits of the empire sent what goods to the mother country (Malaya, rubber; the Gold Coast, cocoa; Bengal, jute). And I confess I get queasy at the memories and deeply uneasy that the U.S. may be about to embark on a voyage to disappointment...
...huge southern Indian city of Madras and two other rich southern states. In one case, Mittal bought out a rival over a weekend. One Friday night in 2001, Bharti was contacted by an investment banker representing Spice, a cellular carrier with a franchise in Calcutta, the capital of West Bengal state, and asked if they were interested in a deal. At the time, Bharti was considering an independent bid for a license to serve the area. The deadline was the following Monday. The two sides met at Bharti's Delhi offices. Mittal and his top managers worked 20-hour days...