For the second successive year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with troops on Wednesday, saying the world looks at India with respect because of their valour and "character", in comments that come against the backdrop of protests by several veterans over OROP.
Refusing to tolerate any slight against their prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said that Mamata Banerjee's comment of Modi being like Hanuman and setting fire everywhere was an insult and that the West Bengal chief minister was wrong.
Walmart is likely to buy stakes of multiple Flipkart investors, including that of Tiger Global Management and Softbank to end up with a significant majority holding
VHP leader says that the ghar wapsis will continue till 15 crore people are reconverted.
The UAE is the second country after France to send its troops to participate in the Republic-Day parade of India, a tradition started last year.
Devotional music rent the air as scores of political leaders and Congress workers remembered the late leader for his services to the nation.
Discovery Travel and Living is presenting a new series called, Indian Rendezvous, based on the upmarket lifestyles of people in six metros of India. The series will also be aired in other Asian countries and the UK.
Congress MLA Mukesh Sharma, NCP leader Ram Vir Singh Bhiduri, and BJP MLA Harsharan Singh Balli sponsored this resolution.
The deal brings the two start-up stalwarts - Bansal and Ola co-founder and chief executive officer Bhavish Aggarwal - together in the backdrop of growing foreign control in this space.
Varun Dhawan's winning streak at the box office continues.
Thapa led the Param Vir Chakra winners' contingent at the Republic Day parade each year.
Telangana govt currently provides the state's 5.83 million farmers an income support of Rs 4,000 per acre per season, irrespective of the size of their land holding
Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday led the nation in paying rich tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 61st birth anniversary.
A look at the pictures.
Life insurance companies are balancing the increasing use of celebrity endorsers by limiting the association to short, event-led campaigns.
Six years ago, the company discovered an incident of embezzlement of about $4 mn by an employee.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president and the late leader's wife, Sonia Gandhi, had a hectic day attending several ceremonies, including one at Rajiv Gandhi's memorial, Vir Bhumi.
The hits and misses of the week.
Looking at the star arrivals for the Filmfare pre-awards party.
Revolver Rani could have been the movie of the year. It ended up as a confused film that can't decide who, or what it wants to concentrate on instead, says Paloma Sharma.
Microsoft on Tuesday said it will offer commercial cloud services from local data centres in India by 2015 as the tech giant gears for competition for the estimated $2 trillion domestic market opportunity from rival firms like Google and IBM.
More revelations on army's fake killings\n\n
The BJP is banking on development. The opposition is raking up caste identities and the dangers of hyper nationalism.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
MotorOctane tells you how to make them enjoyable as you soak in the glory of your journeys.
The hits and misses of the week.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
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