FMC chairman S Sundareshan, while delivering a lecture on 'Commodity Future in India,' strongly advocated the participation of the crucial financial sector in commodities.
Ogba Kalu Nnanna scored five minutes from the final whistle to hand Churchill Brothers a come-form-behind 2-1 victory over JCT in a 17th round match of the ONGC I-League football championship in Ludhiana on Thursday. The victory took the Goa side to second place on the 12-team table. They have 33 points from 17 outings, the same as Mohun Bagan, but are placed a run above the Kolkata side because of a superior goal difference of plus-21 to Bagan's plus-8.
At a time when the Congress is perhaps facing its toughest electoral challenge and senior leaders are opting out of the race one by one, the party has at least succeeded in fielding tough candidates in two Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab. Anita Katyal reports.
Ludhiana-born Sandeep Singh, 23, a soldier in the US Army's 3rd US Infantry Continental Color Guard Team, said he had "followed his desire to serve his adopted nation after the terrorist attacks of 9/11."
A senior ruling Akali Dal leader of Punjab and two other persons from the state, who were allegedly been kidnapped in Hong Kong where they went to finalise a land deal, have been freed unharmed and the prime accused in the case arrested, police said.
The Congress chief had earlier tweeted his disapproval and the party had distanced himself from Pitroda's remarks.
JCT kept up the pressure over table-toppers Dempo Sports Club with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Churchill Brothers in the fourth round of the ongoing ONGC I-League at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana on Saturday.
The terror attacks are no longer signature in nature, which in turn has managed to fox investigating agencies.
New York-based Berggruen Holdings' Indian hospitality venture Berggruen Hotels on Monday announced plans to set up 38 budget hotels over the next five years at an investment of $100 million.
Having introduced common rail direct injection engine in its Indigo XL sedan, Tata Motors has decided to introduce the technology in all diesel models of its Indigo and Indica cars within next 4 to 6 months.
Noting that there was a lack of coordination between the various states in tackling terrorism, the Centre will soon convene a meeting of chief ministers to discuss setting up of a special agency to investigate federal crimes. The move comes in the wake of the recent blasts in Hyderabad, Ajmer and Ludhiana where the security machinery was examining inter-state links to get to the bottom of the incidents.
Around 50 companies of paramilitary forces had been deployed at various places which witnessed violence, officials said.
According to Suman Srivastava, CEO, Euro RSCG India, "Contrary to common belief that trends begin in big cities and trickle down to smaller towns, we are seeing that some trends are bubbling up from the tier II cities."
Low cost carrier Air Deccan will launch flights to seven new destinations soon.
JCT Phagwara defeated Air India Mumbai 2-0 in the 16th round of the I-League football match played at Guru Nanak stadium on Sunday. Both the goals came in the second half.
For the common man, it makes no difference as to who was right or who was wrong. The only thing that concerns people is that a disaster has occurred and that their lives were no longer safe.
Heena shot a near-perfect 10.8 with just three shooters left in the field but a 9.6 in the next attempt dashed her hopes of a better finish at the Jakabaring Shooting Range.
East Bengal rallied from an early deficit to beat the defending champions in the semi-final of the Federation Cup.
The Domina Hotel Group, Italy's largest hotel and resort operator, will start operations in India in the next two years.
If Indian companies do not understand the roots of India's culture and genius, they will not succeed
Sonia would address political rallies in Jandiala or Beas, Tarn Taran or Amritsar, Phagwara, Sarhind and at some place in western Malwa
From thousands and thousands of hopeful singers, Ishmeet Singh stands apart as one of the two finalists of the television reality show, Star's Voice of India.
The former champions from Punjab were held goalless at home.
Cab aggregators caught between showing profitability to investors, increasing their network and dabbling in areas such as food ordering have seen a major blow to their primary business.
The confirmation of the RDX had established involvement of cross-border anti-national forces in the incident, the police said.
Rising real estate costs and lack of good locations in cities are driving hotel companies to rent space in malls and other commercial complexes. For instance, Accor Hotels is in talks with mall developers to build its Formulae 1 brand of budget hotels at the topfloor of malls in tier I and tier II cities.
The Bharti Foundation and its associates have decided to open 1,000 primary schools in villages across the country with an investment of Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion).
Seagram India's Assistant Vice President Bikram Basu agreed. He said, "The Indian consumer landscape is evolving very fast. Fashion and lifestyle changes are a key expression of one's self."
Pollution levels were inching towards 'severe plus emergency' category due to a change in wind direction and rampant stubble burning in neighbouring states
Chidi Edeh scored the all-important goal and took JCT to fourth on the NFL table, behind Churchill Brothers, who whipped Mohd Sporting 4-1 in another match.
Reliance Industries Ltd will open its first exclusive retail showroom in Jalandhar this month, followed by more in Punjab in the next couple of months.
Mahindra United failed to capitalise on chances that came their way and went down 1-2 to Lebanon's Al Nejmeh club in the first leg of the AFC Cup quarter-final.
Here's a recap of the events from the past 24 hours.
Brazilian Edmilson Marques scored twice to help East Bengal beat Mahindra United 2-1 in the final.
Jose Ramirez Barreto came to Mohun Bagan's rescue as he found the winner in extra-time to edge past a fighting ONGC 2-1 in the Federation Cup.
Viva Kerala came from behind to beat Air India 2-1 and storm into the quarter-finals of the 29th Federation Cup.
Speaking to PTI, Sood, who was born and raised in Ludhiana, said that it was a great honour for her to be selected for the position and would do her best to serve the multicultural city that has a large number of people of Indian origin. She said that she will wear a sari for the historic occasion.
Top seed Aqeel Khan and Aditya Madkekar scored easy semi-final victories at the US $10,000 ITF men's tournament in Jassowal, Ludhiana.
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