The Kochi-Muziris Biennale has put Kerala on the art tourism circuit, says Kishore Singh.
With the Delhi high court allowing the Board of Control for Cricket in India to conduct its Special General Meeting (SGM) in Chennai on Wednesday, the decks are cleared for the Board to impose a possible life ban on former IPL chairman Lalit Modi for alleged financial irregularities while being at the helm of the cash-rich league from 2008-2010.
The IPL, all of a sudden, may have some catching up to do with the Big Bash.
'Today if you look at the way India is growing many people are saying the sleeping elephant has finally woken up, is dancing!' 'I have travelled extensively, in about 60 countries. In all these the moment you say India, the first thing they mention is either an actor's name. Or they start humming a song.' 'I wanted to be in Bollywood. It is the most powerful medium we have in this country. That's soft power.' Listening in on Shobhaa De, Kabir Khan, Vikas Swarop and Saffron Art CEO Hugo Weihe speak on India's Soft Power, Hard Influence.
AAP has promised lower electricity bills, free basic water supply.
Heineken could call a shareholder meeting to vote on his ouster from a company his father built into a family empire
After last Monday's massive fall in the Indian markets, a lot of quality stocks have fallen significantly.
Bureaucrats heading disinvestment and financial services usually don't get appointed as finance secretary.
Stocks to watch: BHEL, L&T, IRB Infra and Suzlon
Markets could slide again owing to conditions in Europe and the US.
Modi government has to come up with a robust economic agenda to impress the masses.
Its quiet, whitewashed elegance and colourful vibrancy make the erstwhile colonial town of Puducherry an ambler's delight.
The government has made it much harder for tycoons to get special dispensations from Delhi
RCom is expected to have a 50% stake, Aircel 40% and MTS 10%
There isn't much Budget could do directly to help sectors.
Here is a recap of all the big events that shaped the world last week.
A large chunk of the Rs 8.8 lakh crore of investments the Patnaik government had attracted is in uncertain territory.
The bench said it is evident that there was a difficulty for the group to sell its properties to arrange Rs 36,000 crore
'It is vital that objects such as the Harihara -- and collections from South Asia generally -- remain here,' the British Museum tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
Xiaomi, Lenovo and Micromax have launched low cost phones to attract consumers at large scale.
Telecom Secretary J S Deepak has resolved the toughest issues facing the sector, but his real test will be in delivering on the govt's Digital India dream
Under attack from the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday hit back at him asking whether education and irrigation had been made free in Gujarat like Uttar Pradesh, and charged his party with instigating riots to impede growth.
'Sasikala went to jail in a 19-year-old case.' 'Dinakaran went to jail in a case of attempting to bribe the Election Commission.' 'How can you link the BJP to these two cases?'
The top court last week gave Sahara a final chance to raise funds.
Subrata Roy turned up at a New Delhi stadium, best known for hosting the Commonwealth Games, last week as part of his country wide Abhaar Yatra.
At 11:37 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 28 points at 27,037 and the Nifty50 was up 2 points at 8,268
The trust deficit has widened with buyers losing confidence in a developer's ability to construct and deliver a project on time.
'The whole country supports the government. The exceptions are only two -- those who thrived on black money and those who are inimical to Indian interests,' argues Major General Mrinal Suman.
Inter-ministerial programmes have run into obstacles as rules written by bureaucrats hamper rather than promote investments.
With a sole mandate of inflation targeting, RBI wears many hats.
A new generation of scholars -- this time, sociologists and anthropologists, who hitherto have been busy with researching social practices of primitive tribes and social structures like India's caste system -- are starting to cast their eyes on the financial sector.
The move is aimed at making it easier to do business in India.
Banks have taken this aggressive posture even as liquidity has become comfortable on the back of increased government spending.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan speaks to Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com.
Sahara has ploughed at least Rs 1,500 crore from two of its credit cooperatives into the Aamby Valley resort project
Data compiled by NPAsource.com, a portal that focuses on resolution of stressed assets, shows that there are around 2,200 units in the commercial category and nearly 11,000 units in the residential segment funded by banks and other financial institutions and valued at over Rs 7,700 crore, which have turned NPAs and are on the block.
'The central learning of the day was that if the BJP leadership can cajole, coax and convince regional parties to vote for bills, it would not be a stretch to see the same votes cast in favour of the land bill,' a senior Congress leader from a northern state told Rediff.com
The state needs great numbers of new-generation entrepreneurs.
'People didn't associate Dinesh with hitting sixes. He had the ability to hit fours and the odd six, but hitting sixes (regularly) is one aspect of the game we have really worked hard on.'
The prime minister sees himself as the "vikas purush". But realising his government's agenda for development requires not just a more efficient administration but also a credible implementation plan, says Nitin Desai.
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