For some, he is a visionary who grew his one-channel firm into a media giant by the sheer dint of his courage; for others, he is a compulsive risk-taker.
Sheela Bhatt visits a large urban basti a mere 20-minute drive from the prime minister's home to discover a story of grim struggle in the time of lockdown.
Amidst rising demand from banks that they be allowed to increase user fees and limit free ATMs, RBI Deputy Governor K C Chakrabarty said it is "ridiculous" for a bank to charge its own customers for these services.
'India has an advantage because we produce more cotton and we have more workforce.'
The deposit has been made on account of the rate reductions approved by the GST Council in its November. The rate was reduced on items including shampoo, detergents, chocolates, beauty products, sanitary ware, leather clothing, cookers, stoves, after-shave, deodorant, detergent and washing power. Companies found it difficult to pass on the benefits to consumers immediately at the time of GST rate reduction owing to logistical issues.
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It is not just in the film industry. It happens everywhere, she said.
CRPF troopers confront loneliness, poor network connectivity, poor work conditions, dismal work-life balance, and immense psychological stress.
Since Balakot strike, India is trying to build maximum pressure on Pakistan on the issue of terrorism, sources said.
Senior Indian Police Service officer Sunil Paraskar, who has been accused of rape by a city-based model, on Friday filed an anticipatory bail application before the sessions court on which granted him interim protection from arrest till July 31.
Braving threats from conservatives and the tough terrains of the hillock, K B Valsala Kumari, then collector of Pathanamthitta district, visited the temple complex at least four times during 1994-95.
Sudha Menon, author of the recently released Devi, Diva Or She-Devil: The Smart Career Woman's Survival Guide, tells women how to get their due at work.
Mateen wrote, "America and Russia stop bombing the Islamic State," and, in his final post, "In the next few days you will see attacks from the Islamic State in the USA."
Meanwhile, India has cancelled all visas issued to foreign nationals coming from China as it stepped up efforts to combat the spread of novel coronavirus after 150 passengers were identified with symptoms of the deadly virus and sent to isolation units.
TUEs are issued by sports federations and national anti-doping organizations to allow athletes to take certain banned substances for verified medical needs.
'We will have to convince the world that Pakistan has nothing to do with the terrorism,' Asif said.
Sepp Blatter has announced his decision to stand down at a news conference in Zurich, six days after the FBI had raided a hotel in Zurich and arrested several FIFA officials.
The three-year-old girl who had gone missing under mysterious circumstances last Sunday evening from India Gate was found a week later in West Delhi's Janakpuri area under equally dramatic sequence of events.
The teenager's simple idea to solve a problem has been developed into an app which launched July 18 in Mumbai.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
'Bolstering India's conventional military capability against China is in America's strategic interest,' says military historian Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
This will be Modi's second US visit after he was elected PM.
'This country belongs to each of us and to all of us -- every group and every community, every region and every identity.'
Gopalakrishnan, who is the immediate past President of CII, is the Chairman of the summit.
"Fresh tension brewed up at Basirhat town and station area after the communal clashes in Baduria in the district. Police had to resort to cane charge and teargas shells to disperse unruly crowd," a senior police officer said.
Veena Balakrishnan and Vighnesh Vancheeshwar tell us how they planned it.
A woman has accused a driver of app based cab service TaxiForSure of indulging in vulgar act while driving her from South Delhi's Saket to Faridabad.
The CBI had summoned Karti to appear before it on October 4.
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Nearly 300 Whatsapp groups were being used to mobilise stone-pelters in Kashmir to disrupt security forces' operations at encounter sites, of which 90 per cent have been shut down, a police official said.
The service will be launched on a few select trains to facilitate passengers to contact onboard staff through SMS or phone call for complaints related to cleanliness in coaches, toilets and other problems faced during journey.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Local residents started pelting security personnel with stones, leading to clashes, they said, adding that some civilians were injured.
A lowdown on how this career portal launched by the Government of India will change your search for jobs forever
Even as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif headed to the United States for the 70th session of the UNGA and for bilateral meetings to be held on the sidelines of the multilateral summit, back home all that is expected of him is to internationalise the Kashmir issue, or as Pakistan puts it, the 'Kashmir dispute'.
The government has already withdrawn the RFP for heavy weight torpedoes for Socrpene submarines which was won by WASS, a Finmeccanica subsidiary, during the United Progressive Alliance regime. The government is now working out the alternatives.
The company has also advised power firms to use trucks to carry coal from remote mines, like the Amrapali open cast pit in eastern Jharkhand state.
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Your next ride via the Ola app in an auto rickshaw could be cashless.
He said India has a rich tradition and a long history of both discovery and use of science and technology.
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