India ignored at Afghanistan summit

Despite having invested $1.2 billion (about Rs 55,000 crore) in efforts aimed at Afghanistan's post-Taliban reconstruction, India is being treated as an also ran in the ongoing Afghanistan summit......

Rupee might weaken at start of the week

The rupee is seen weakening at the start of the week due to better than expected US non-farm payrolls data. However, during the week, dollar flows into domestic markets from foreign institutional......

Gurgaon master plan a gold mine for realtors

In a three-part series, Business Standard has explored how agricultural land has been commercially tapped and exploited over the years by developers, often with ample help from the government, and......

Timely delivery: New reality of Indian realty

It's a race among real estate developers to complete a floor quicker than the rest. With timely delivery of projects turning into a selling point, innovative technology is being put to use by......

Buying resale property? The pros and cons

There has been a definite buzz in the residential property market in the last six months. Buyers have started coming in again after a lull. In fact, capital values are already on their way up.......

Asian Shooting C'ship: India add 7 more medals to their tally

The Indian contingent added seven more medals, including five gold, to their kitty on day three of the 13th Asian Shooting Championship, in Kuwait City, on Thursday. This took India's overall medal......

Bindra wins gold, Vijay settles for silver at National Shooting

Ace shooter Abhinav Bindra shot 208.9 to win the gold medal in the 10 meter air rifle event while Vijay Kumar had to be content with silver in the centre fire event on the concluding day of the......

Mohanty, Prasad named in BCCI technical committee

Former India medium pacer Debashish Mohanty of Orissa and ex-stumper M S K Prasad of Andhra have found a place in the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s nine-member technical committee,......

India bag two more medals at Asian Youth Games

Weightlifter Venkat Rahul Ragala clinched a gold medal in the 77kg category while Shainki Nagar won a silver in the 10m air pistol as India swelled its medal tally to eight at the second Youth......

Asian Athletics Championships: India slip to 6th

Asian Games gold medallist Sudha Singh failed to live up to the expectations as India settled for two silver and two bronze medals on a rather disappointing day on Day 3 of the 20th Asian Athletics......