Pravasi Bharatiya award for Kalpana Chawla

The Government of India on Thursday awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (award) to astronaut Kalpana Chawla and eleven other Non Resident Indians and Persons of Indian Origin.Also ReadPravasi......

Why the Indian farmer is truly global

A farmers' co-operative aspires to become a global brand After years of being known as a farmers’ co-operative, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative is going urban. In existence since 1967,......

'Achche Din not here but we are moving in the right direction'

'Continuation of tax terrorism, which we witnessed under the UPA, is driving away investors' 'Modi's biggest achievement is bringing inflation under control' Land reforms and environmental......

Star, Zee, Colors and Sony fight it out on weekends

TV channels have never hesitated to wage war when it comes to grabbing eyeballs. But this one seems unprecedented. The four major Hindi general entertainment channels -- STAR Plus, Sony, Colors and......

Rajat Gupta's arrest sends shockwaves through ISB

The news of the arrest of Rajat Kumar Gupta in an insider trading case in the United States of America was heard in the corridors of the Indian School of Business amid hushed silence. The......

Best laid to rest on French clay

What is the first name that comes to your mind when you are asked 'who is the best player never to have never won Wimbledon'? Ivan Lendl, to most. Maybe, Ken Rosewall and Ilie Nastase, for......

India at the Games - Day 9

Highlights:Gagan Narang strikes fourth goldAbhinav Bindra wins silverSamaresh Jung pushed to rare bronzeShuttler Chetan Anand in bronze play-offPaddler Sharath Kamal in semisAnjusixth in long jump......

India at the Games – Day

Indian shooters wereagain in the spotlight as they picked medals in three of the four events on Sunday, Day 4,at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Amrymen Vijay Kumar and Pemba Tamang, won the......

India at the Games - Day 3

India's gold rush at the shooting range continued, with two more gold medals coming the team's way. Samaresh Jung had a hand in both. First he partnered Vivek Singh to win the gold in the men's 10m......