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Food inflation fell to a single digit at 9.67 per cent in the mid-July for the first time in the current financial year. According to the sources, this news might come as a sigh of relief for the government which has been facing constant criticism over its failure to curb prices of food articles and [...]
A classic hero of 70s who is better known for his unique style is now back on the silver screen as a lead actor at the age of 87. The actor par excellence Dev Anand has surprised everyone by acting in a movie called ‘Chargesheet’ in which he proved that age is not a barrier [...]
Talented actor and comedian, Ravi Baswani, best known for his role in films like ‘Jaane Bhi do Yaaro’ and ‘Chashme Buddoor’ breathed his last. According to the reports, Ravi succumbed to heart attack in Shimla and he was 64. In the Bollywood of 80s, when comedy was all about slipping on the banana peel or [...]
Mukesh Ambani group’s flagship company Reliance Industries (RIL) has announced its results for the quarter ended June 2010. It has reported a net profit at Rs. 4851 crore as against Rs. 3,666 crore which shows a clear growth of 33.42 per cent on year-on-year basis. A day after RIL reported its best-ever quarterly profit; it [...]
International operations from the newly built terminal, T3 will finally commence from today. Soon after the first arrival and the two departures of the day after 4:45 pm, the rest of the flights would shift to the swanky T3. According to the reports, the domestic operations would probably commence by the end of August and [...]
In a bid to prevent private satellite channels from giving slots to unlicensed medical practitioner, the Madras high court has said that channels should stop allowing such doctors from using TV as a platform. The court also directed the Director General of Police to appoint a special officer to inspect the offices of four television [...]
According to the blueprint prepared by the ministry earlier this week, Nita Ambani, wife of Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani and co-owner of Mumbai Indians; Priyanka Vadra, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi; Supriya Sule, member of Parliament (MP) and daughter of agriculture minister Sharad Pawar; and M. Kanimozhi, MP and daughter of Tamil [...]
Faced with sharp criticism from the Union government and the opposition over the hike in fuel prices, the West Bengal government announced a subsidy of Rs. 1 per liter on diesel and kerosene on Monday. The State Finance Minister tried something different this time and instead of providing direct relief to the urban residents, Asim [...]
On Monday, the R K Khanna Tennis Stadium, the venue for all the tennis matches during the Commonwealth Games 2010 was handed over to the Organizing Committee. With just a little over two months left for the Games, Monday witnessed the inauguration of the first of 11 sporting venues, R K Khanna Tennis Stadium. According [...]
The issue of price rise rocked both the houses of Parliament on Tuesday when NDA, SP, RJD and other Left parties confronted the government on the price rise issue and disrupted the proceedings. According to the media reports, the NDA has demanded suspension of Question Hour in the Parliament and also sought to censure the [...]