'Perhaps there is a greater understanding of small town India amongst our stars today than earlier.'
A round-up of Day 1 in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final matches.
Kamini Kaushal talks about her life, and Laaga Chunari Mein Daag.
Owais Shah scored 82 as England beat Sri Lanka by 65 runs in the second ODI.
The loan portfolio of banks has grown by Rs 54,908 crore (Rs 549.08 billion) till September 14, representing only 3.6 per cent growth. During the same period last year, banks had lent Rs 147,657 crore (Rs 1,476.57 billion), a rise of 10.5 per cent.
'When the Supreme Court stayed the reservation of 27% per cent seats for OBCs in certain educational institutions, it was educating our MPs on certain principles such as equality enshrined in our Constitution.'
The song has a primarily Caribbean beat with an Indian touch. The Indian flavour to the single is lent by Trinidadian singer/songwriter Nisha B. The female vocalist sings for Carib band 'Karma'.
The Consumer Electronics Show, which took place in Las Vegas last week, had exciting new products on display.
Long queues outside grocery stores, inflated prices, difficulty in getting important items -- these were some of the problems encountered by people in the National Capital Region (NCR).
The actor, who visited Darfur earlier this year, told the United Nations that the way it deals with the crisis there 'will be your legacy, your Rwanda, your Cambodia, your Auschwitz'
The new Jumanji can easily be enjoyed by those unfamiliar with the original, feels Sukanya Verma.
State Bank of India has appointed valuer to assess the value of assets of Mallya.
'It is for the cricket organisers to do it and these organisers are the elected bodies. Now the reforms require that they associate cricketers also. They take care of the game that's all. I think things are moving positively. The process of reforms commenced long back has taken time. Now it is time for implementation'
It is this new Muslim who is not burdened by the Pakistan guilt, who is ready to fight it out for the rights enshrined under the Constitution, and who is not defensive about Muslim identity that the BJP and the Sangh Parivar are out to crush, argues Mohd Asim.
The 92-year-old monarch's accounts released on Thursday showed the public funds used by her for official expenditure and duties went up from 41.9 million (Rs 377 crore to 47.4 million (Rs 426 crore).
Barclays Plc, UK's third-largest bank by assets, plans to enter the emerging credit card market in India.
Counting of votes would be take place on March 3
'The economy is in a free fall.'
'And it's been declining for so long, so consistently, that the promise of growth and better days now looks a fantasy.' 'A mid-1970s kind of pessimism, even hopelessness, is growing among the young.' 'This isn't what Mr Modi promised them.' 'Their aspirations and needs are clear and present, and not being fulfilled,' notes Shekhar Gupta.
'We can't have the best of both worlds -- large, efficient, world class government-owned banks, doing social banking and making profits. 'Why not set them free from the shackles of such obligations and run them as business units?' says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Vikram Kothari's Rotomac stares at a loan default of Rs 369 crore
An ATC Judge on Wednesday heard the Mumbai attack case and accepted a request filed by the Federal Investigation Agency to inspect the boat 'Alfoz' in Karachi.
'I am in the NDA as of now,' Kushwaha said.
Zinedine Zidane, Donald Trump, Steve Waugh have all lent their name to realty projects in the country.
It, however, was a record-smashing week for both the indices, which scaled their lifetime highs.
His cricketing brain, always sharp, was blessed with exceptional speed of information absorption and processing. He could quickly zero in on what needed to be done and use the element of surprise to overpower the opposition, observes Shreekant Sambrani.
'His prestige would have been enhanced by a show of mea culpa and not diminished,' says Amulya Ganguli
'Many of the challenges of investing in commercial real estate get taken care of when an investor takes the Reit route,' points out Suraj Nangia.
Shareholder advisory companies are raising eyebrows at the ICICI Bank board not being aware of Firstland's investment in NuPower
Asian Development Bank will double its annual assistance to over $2 billion and is expected to lend India $7.3 billion in the next three years.
RSS chief Sudershan has hinted that his advice to Vajpayee, Advani to step down was not his personal opinion, rather a collective decision of the organisation.
Indian bankers are fearful that going out of their way to save Jet could lead to subsequent harassment from investigative agencies.
Nearly 700 of the 1,500 employees, who still claim to be on the payroll of the defunct airline, are women.
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