Lowe Lintas is foraying into film and television production with Lintas Productions. The agency's chairman, R Balakrishnan ('Balki'), carved his name in Bollywood with Chini Kum, and the much-talked about Paa, starring Amitabh Bachchan.
Though out of 200 firms approached, only 44 responded, nevertheless the 'Carbon Disclosure Project Report 2009' noted the response reflects that not only they were adopting more accurate methodologies but also providing break-down of their greenhouse gas emissions.
Bigger telecom companies are likely to get a bigger share of the 3G subscribers as they own high average revenue per user customers, who are more likely to sample premium services like 3G.
A majority of Pakistanis still consider India as a major threat, view America as an enemy and are far less concerned about the Taliban and the Al Qaeda
Construction delays, inclement weather, red tape if these were not enough reasons to worry Indian Olympic Association chief Suresh Kalmadi in the run up to the Commonwealth Games, then a possible dengue outbreak in New Delhi is sure to break him down to tears.
The ban on SMS services on post-paid mobile phones in Jammu and Kashmir was lifted by the authorities in Srinagar on Wednesday evening.The ban had been imposed by the authorities after separatist groups used the service to publicise their protest calendars.In a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Jammu, a decision was taken to revoke the ban on SMS services in Jammu and Kashmir on all post-paid connections after reviewing the security situation.
'The last ten months show that India is not going to trust China.' 'Our military commanders are not going to believe that all is well till it actually is.'
Concerned over the sluggish performance of agriculture sector, the Economic Survey hit at food management policies that have led to very high inflation and asked the government to take serious policy initiatives for a targeted four per cent farm sector growth.
As many as eight Board of Directors of the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) have signed a joint resolution for withdrawal of all powers vested with president Rajat Sharma, a move that could have far-reaching implications.
Exports grew by 22.5 per cent to $16.64 billion in August compared to the same period last fiscal, a senior Commerce Ministry official said on Wednesday.
The Mumbai power cuts come amid concerns about wider blackouts across the country due to a shortage of coal.
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All 131 passengers are safe after the aircraft landed under emergency conditions at Ahemdabad and the plane has been grounded.
Both the Force India cars finished among points for only the second time since its inception, while Hispania driver Karun Chandhok came 18th in the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday.
The show will air from October 4 on Colors.
After a hiatus of five years, Narain Karthikeyan is all set to make his long-awaited comeback in the Formula One circuit after he earned a race driver's seat with the Hispania Racing Team (HRT) for the 2011 F1 season.
Get Ahead presents an interview with six Indian-origin youngsters who won prestigious fellowships in the United States. Here, Previn Warren, a 26-year-old Harvard Law undergraduate, discusses how he came to win the prestigious grant and what he intends to do with the money.
Even legendary Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar was confused about how the newly-laid Ferozeshah Kotla track, which he described as a 'hair transplant pitch', would behave during Sunday's fifth One-Day International, in Delhi, which was abandoned because of an unfit pitch. In his pitch report, Gavaskar had pointed out that it would be a tricky strip to bat on and said the batsmen would have to be watchful in the first half-hour.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa's last-ditch attempt to ensure the smooth unveiling of Thiruvalluvar's statue in Bengaluru went down the drain with three pro-Kannada groups boycotting a meeting convened by him.
Stating that Anil Ambani Group firm's project was neither installed nor operating, petroleum minister Murli Deora had earlier this week told Parliament that the Dadri project would be considered for allocation of gas along with similar other upcoming projects. RPower said it had initiated the ICB process for selection of EPC contractors for its power plants way back in 2005 but not concluded owing to Mukesh Ambani promoted Reliance Industries Ltd's refusal to supply gas.
A look at Prin LN Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai and its courses.
Gonzalo Higuain came off the bench to settle Real Madrid's jitters with a superb lob that completed a 4-2 home victory over Real Valladolid in La Liga on Saturday.
Professor parents of the 29-year-old youth arrested for attacking former Haryana director general of police SPS Rathore on Tuesday said their son was under treatment for depression for the last six months and he was dead against any kind of injustice.
After taking the Internet by storm, these young gymnasts from Kolkata were congratulated by Nadia Comaneci.
"We saw this when they to tried scuttle at the last minute, the civil nuclear deal at the Nuclear Supplier Group meeting last year and so that was sort of an indication that China is not completely comfortable with India's rise on the world stage," said Lisa Curtis of the Heritage Foundation.
Stressing the role of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act during drought, the chief minister said Bihar might require Rs 23,000 crore -- Rs 10,000 crore under GR, more than Rs 10,000 crore under NREGA and over Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) for subsidy on diesel and other farm inputs.
Hospitality player The Leela Hotels, Palaces and Resorts is planning to invest $500 million (about Rs 2,500 crore) for opening five new properties across the country by 2012.
"We see that as a next emerging opportunity. We are positioning ourselves very strongly," Wipro chairman Azim Premji told reporters in Bangalore. He noted the IT sector, whose size was small 20 years ago, had grown substantially and constituted some 27 per cent of the country's exports and some 4-5 per cent of its GDP, indicating that green technologies holds similar business potential.
Script writer Jaideep Sahni tells Aabhas Sharma that movies weren't his cup of tea - until he joined the business.
Arpit Jaiswal, currently studying in IIM-A, skipped studying abroad because he wants to give something back to the country of his birth.
There is very little that Australia captain Ricky Ponting has failed to achieve in his distinguished career, either as an individual player or as a leader.
The growth in two wheelers were triggered by couple of factors such as 4 per cent excise duty cut announced in stimulus package in December 2008, fuel price reduction of Rs 5 per litre in petrol and Rs 2 per litre in diesel as well as the unaffected and untapped demand from the rural market.
Big retailers say the events work, but others aren't sure.
The first group of securitymen arrived at Lalgarh police station, which had been cut off by the tribals since November last year, with the police saying that it was a 'partial victory'.
The government should avoid euphoria about India's growth and success and should lace its policies with pragmatism, given the fact that the global situation is still unclear, ICICI Bank chairman K V Kamath said on Wednesday. "We should be prudent in the way we look at growth," Kamath told PTI in an interview on the phone from Tokyo, adding that the external sector is still a pressure point and exports have shown negative growth for seven months in a row.
Keeping in view the serious threats posed by terror groups, the government has promulgated an Ordinance under which Central Industrial Security Force could be deployed at private and joint venture industrial units.The ordinance known as the CISF (Amendment) 2009 has come into effect since Sunday, an official spokesman of the Home Ministry said on Monday.
The volatility in Indian markets will take another 12 months to ease out. There are market cycles and economic cycles. We had a 4-year bear phase during 1994-97. The markets are still trading at reasonable levels compared to the one year forward price-to-earnings ratio multiple of 2005-06.
Arsene Wenger is set to become the longest-serving manager in Arsenal's history on October 1, 2009.
In a first by an Indian firm, Deccan Aviation chief Capt GR Gopinath on Friday announced the launch of Deccan Express Logistics, an air cargo and express logistic service on domestic and international routes.
At a time when global auto majors are struggling, carmakers in India have been able to expand their overseas presence with exports from the country registering whopping 57.04 per cent growth in the last fiscal.
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