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Sports education, anyone? (23 May 08:44 pm)

Is sports education a good business to be in? Is India ready? Ashwin Sharan, Mumbai Ashwin, this is an interesting new terrain. Nations climb the hierarchy of educ...

A fresh lick of paint (23 May 08:31 pm)

Men’s trousers are moving away from sombre blues and blacks to electric blue and pink!

Cabinet clears creation of over 20,000 new posts in I-T dept (23 May 08:29 pm)

Cabinet clears creation of 20,751 new posts in the income tax department. This will involve 1,349 Indian Revenue Service (IRS) posts and 19,402 non IRS posts. Creation of these posts entai...

Triveni Turbines Q4 net rises 23% at Rs 30.59 cr (23 May 08:27 pm)

Industrial steam turbine maker Triveni Turbines today posted 23 per cent jump in standalone net profit at Rs 30.59 crore in the quarter ended March 31, 2013 on strong overseas sales. The...

Delhi sees hottest day in May in last 10 years (23 May 08:23 pm)

Vast swathes of the country continued to reel under intense heat on Thursday, with Delhi witnessing its hottest day in a decade for the month of May with a record-breaking 45.7 degrees Celsius.

More surveillance at Delhi Metro stations (23 May 08:22 pm)

Security agencies have decided to bring Delhi Metro stations under increased surveillance cover and share intelligence in case of any untoward activity to the facilities in the wake of recent inci...

Puravankara’s IPP oversubscribed 1.5 times (23 May 08:22 pm)

Realty firm Puravankara Projects’ offer to sell 2.37 crore shares to institutional investors was today oversubscribed 1.5 times, helping the company raise around Rs 201 crore.The Bangalore-...

Kissing clarity goodbye (23 May 07:54 pm)

Hindi news channels are taking the ‘keep it short and simple’ directive to the extreme as they cram more and more into a 30-minute show.

Podcast: Andhra Bank (Tam) by Srirengarajan A (23 May 07:48 pm)

Adding a touch of glamour (23 May 07:46 pm)

Berger Paints ties up with celebrity decorator Sussanne Roshan to market its products.

Podcast: Andhra Bank (Eng) by Sayanti Chakraborty (23 May 07:42 pm)

Nava Bharat Q4 net down at Rs 54 cr (23 May 07:37 pm)

To rejig Odhisa unit

Stretch it like Beckham (23 May 07:34 pm)

Like the footballer, brands become interesting by stretching across opposite themes and reconciling them.

Gamesa secures close to Rs 900-cr order from CLP India (23 May 07:34 pm)

Gamesa India has won an order for the supply of 65 wind turbine generators of 2 MW capacity each, from CLP India. Neither Gamesa nor CLP India has disclosed the value of the order, but since Games...

Tata Steel swings to Rs 6,528.51 cr loss in Q4 (23 May 07:29 pm)

Tata Steel’s consolidated net loss plunged to Rs 6,528.51 crore for the quarter ended March, 2013, as it took Rs 8,355.91 crore one-time impairment on non-current assets, primarily related to

ICC pulls out umpire Rauf from Champions Trophy (23 May 07:19 pm)

The spot-fixing saga in the ongoing IPL today took a dramatic turn with ICC withdrawing controversial Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf from the panel of match officials for the upcoming Champions Trophy...

Amway India reports Rs 2,288 cr turnover in FY’13 (23 May 07:10 pm)

Direct-selling FMCG company Amway India Enterprises Pvt Ltd has reported a turnover of Rs 2,288 crore for the fiscal year 2012-13, a Company Official said today. The Company registered o...

Punjab to computerise visitors’ entry in jails (23 May 07:09 pm)

In order to strengthen security at various prisons in Punjab, state government today decided to maintain computerised records of visitors. Directives in this regard have been sent to jail...

18 girls taken ill after eating mid-day-meal (23 May 07:05 pm)

Around 18 girls were today taken ill due to food poisoning after eating contaminated mid-day meal (MDM) in their school at Chhoti Pahari locality in Nalanda district of Bihar, police said.T...

Global expansion: Canara Bank to raise up to $1 b from overseas market (23 May 07:03 pm)

Canara Bank today said it will begin the process of raising up to $1 billion (about Rs 5,487 crore) through bonds next week from the overseas market to fund global business expansion. “We...

Japanese octogenarian becomes oldest person to scale Everest (23 May 07:01 pm)

An 80-year-old Japanese national today set a new world record by becoming the oldest climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest, world’s highest peak.Yuichiro Miura, a professional mounta...

IMF Chief grilled in Paris court over 2007 payout scandal (23 May 06:59 pm)

French prosecutors were grilling IMF Chief Christine Lagarde in a Paris court as they seek to determine whether she should be charged over a state payout to disgraced tycoon Bernard Tapie during h...

Is mid-sized the right fit? (23 May 06:55 pm)

A wise man, Confucius, had once said some wise words, , “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Ironic? These golden words might have been said ages a...

Coping with career menopause (23 May 06:54 pm)

Ramesh A., an IIT engineer and IIM MBA, is in his 50s and found himself looking out for options as the telecom multinational he works for had hinted that the business downturn may hurt his career....

Philippines vows to defend territory against China (23 May 06:49 pm)

The Philippines vowed today to “defend what is ours” as part of a stand-off over a Chinese warship circling a South China Sea reef which is occupied by Filipino marines.The Philippines this...