Google Capital is apparently in talks to pick up a stake in the broadband service provider Tikona Digital Networks, reports The Economic Times, citing two persons with direct knowledge on the development. The report also mentions that Google Capital is competing with Yahoo and Microsoft for this deal. It notes that Tikona Digital Networks's Founder CEO & MD Prakash Bajpai has declined to comment on this deal to the publication while Google India has not responded to their queries yet. Update: Google India has sent in a boilerplate response: "As a company policy, we do not comment on rumors or speculations". For the uninitiated, Google Capital is a (yet-to-be-launched) fund operated by Google which focuses on late stage investments. While the mandate of this fund is not quite clear yet, a PCWorld report suggests that Google Capital will invest in areas which is adjacent to Google's business like Internet…
