Tough rules for AYUSH treatment make health cover difficult

IRDA’s condition that treatment under AYUSH has to be at a government hospital or an institute recognised by the government makes insurance cover difficult. Insurance companies have started......

Double whammy for insurance policyholders

It is a double whammy for insurance policyholders. Last year, service tax was made applicable on insurance premiums; in the Budget presented on Saturday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley raised the......

How RBI rate cut will boost housing demand

The real estate industry on Thursday hailed the RBI's decision to cut key interest rate, saying the move will boost housing demand and also improve sentiments in the sluggish property market.......

What are Bigg Boss winners up to?

Ever since Bigg Boss began in 2006, it has arguably become the most popular reality show in India. It's had 14 seasons so far, each one enjoying various degrees of success. The success has also......

Chaar Cutting is the perfect choice for the new generation

Chaar Cutting is the perfect choice for the YouTube generation -- rich in variety and easy on the attention span, writes Paloma Sharma. Chaar Cutting, Jamuura's first feature film in......

Snooker: Shabaz trounces Shravan

Shabaz, representing Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, trounced Shravan of Maharashtra 82-38 54-67 54-20 65-26 while Andhra Pradesh's K Someswara Rao thrashed Druv Sitwala of PSPB 58-1 49-27 61-73......

Pool probables for Asian Games

Veteran Alok Kumar and national snooker champion Manan Chandra were included among the probables for the 8-ball and 9-ball pool events at the Doha Asian Games in December.The Billiards and Snooker......

Asim shocks Nat. pool champ Chandra

Unheralded Mohammad Asim, a 33-year old journeyman from Kolkata, authored a major upset when he ousted reigning 9-ball Pool National champion and second seed Manan Chandra of New Delhi 2-1 en route......

Pankaj Advani too good

Pankaj Advani, the 20-year old 2005 World billiards and 2003 World snooker champion from Bangalore, warmed up nicely by drubbing local challenger Rupesh Shah 2-0 in Group C to maintain his unbeaten......

Leading cueists have it easy

Barring a hiccup or two, fancied players, including the top two seeds, National champions Alok Kumar (snooker) and Pankaj Advani (billiards), comfortably survived the first day in the Reliance......