Spring is here and the flowers are in full bloom. Welcome to the Chelsea Flower Show, held from May 22 to May 26. This year the theme was 'Summer of Love', inspired by the Royal Wedding and the 1960's/70's cultural revolution. Here are colorful and cheery scenes from this year's grand garden party.
Satyam has been saved. It has a credible owner after an auction in which reputed companies had bid, it has survived the last three months without much loss of business or desertion by staff, it has coped with a severe cash crunch and a national asset can now be re-built into an IT services powerhouse.
The developing countries fear that the mysterious draft prepared by Denmark would be sprung upon hours before the high-level segment of climate talks begins, making it difficult for any world leader to oppose.
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On the brink of capturing the entire rebel-held territory, Sri Lankan troops killed at least 150 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadres in the island's embattled north, where a ship carrying biggest-ever food supplies for displaced civilians was ambushed by suspected guerrillas, officials said on Sunday.
A key White House staffer who was fired after it came to light that he was behind a Twitter account that dished out gossip and pointed barbs at the Obama Administration is an Indian-American.
The investor has now put together a fund of $3.75 billion to back private companies.
The company has set target to sell 15-20 lakh units of Honor smartphones by the end of this year
Dev D's Kalki Koechlin could be the most unlikely Bollywood starlet ever. On the sidelines of this exclusive photo shoot, she talks about life with Anurag Kashyap, her future plans, and do's and don'ts in dating.
The former Miss India turns 34 today.
Telangana's Rythu Bandhu policy is an embryonic UBI, or rather embryonic QUBI (a quasi-universal basic income, pronounced Kyoo-Bee). And it could potentially also be the future of agricultural policy in India, says Arvind Subramanian.
New signing Michael Owen scored twice and Ryan Giggs grabbed a hat-trick as Manchester United rounded off their pre-season Asian tour with a 8-2 thrashing of China's Hangzhou Greentown on Sunday. Dimitar Berbartov, Zoran Tosic and Nani were also on target for the English champions against the mid-table Chinese Super League side on a humid night in this tourist resort close to China's economic capital Shanghai.
Adam Gilchrist, who created a huge stir by allegedly questioning Sachin Tendulkar's deposition backing Harbhajan Singh in the 'Monkeygate" scandal, spoke to the batting great and clarified his remarks in his forthcoming book. Tendulkar said the Aussie told him his comments have been taken out of context.
Jimmy Moses is all set to add some spicy tadka in Comedy Circus 3.
Google really wanted to know why people kept asking the Assistant to marry them, says Amrita Singh.
Rani Mukerji turns 30 on March 21, 2008. Give her your best wishes.
"There is no truth whatsoever in the suspicion that there was a conspiracy to eliminate Karkare or others," said Home Minister Chidambaram in the Lok Sabha.
The forecast is part of the macro-economic report by the RBI, which said signs of revival in the global financial conditions seen in Q1 of FY'10 are necessary, but were not sufficient to induce a firm global recovery. The central bank estimates comes a day ahead of the quarterly review of credit policy.
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The views are stunning, the skies are blue, the forests are lush and, wonder of wonders, thanks to the discipline of the tea estate, even man isn't vile, discover Renu Bahal Wadhwa and T C A Srinivasa Raghavan after a trip to Kerala's breathtakingly beautiful hill retreat.
The fruit has to however meet biosecurity standards including irradiation before they are exported.
Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said the assault is being investigated as a hate crime.
"Under the Declaration of 1789 (founding principles of the Republic set down after the French Revolution), every man is presumed innocent until proven guilty. The Internet is a fundamental human right that cannot be taken away by anything other than a court of law, only when guilt has been established there," the Constitutional Council in France has ruled.
GIHL had won a 10-year concession for the 1.3 million tonne Ajaokuta Steel and Nigerian Iron Ore Mining in 2005, after acquiring control of Delta Steel in 2004. However, Global Steel Holdings (formerly GIHL) in a statement today said GSHL/Global Infrastructure Nigeria has not been receiving the promised support from the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) as contemplated under the share purchase agreement.
"We are now looking at a new fund under the gold category, which will enable small investors to subscribe to the units from the offices of UTI, without even having a demat account," said sources at UTI Mutual Fund. "With the equity markets rising by almost 30 per cent between mid-March and April, investors are no longer interested in gold ETFs. Also most Indians prefer holding physical gold, rather than gold ETFs," said a broker.
Spain's Jorge Lorenzo led a Yamaha one-two by powering to victory over MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi in the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday
Paytm Travel claims to have a base of around 13 million customers, a threefold increase over the user base in FY17. While significant, it is but a fraction of Paytm's wallet user base of more than 300 million.
"People accused me of breaking up marriages when I asked women to stand up for themselves," said Dr Kasturi Rajadhyaksha, who was inducted in the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame in September.
Could coteries in the Congress they have put Alva up to attacking Digvijay Singh by destroying his reputation? In other words, in the byzantine politics of the Congress, is Alva merely a lamb being led to slaughter by those who want to use her to get at other leaders including Digvijay Singh?
There's a filmi face for almost every occasion.
The four included a man who was injured in the explosions and a rickshaw puller, the police said on Wednesday. Preliminary examination of the blast sites indicated the possibility of ammonium nitrate being planted in new cycles and filled with ball bearings and small iron pipes to act as splinters, sources said.
The 3-2 win last year fresh in mind, India will seek to maintain their supremacy while revenge will be on top of Sri Lanka's mind when the neighbours square off in the first One-Day International of the five-match series in Dambulla on Wednesday. Under the charismatic Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India have been in ominous form in both forms of the game and the 5-0 whitewash against England in the ODI series at home gives a fair indication of the side's might.
Not disregarding the initial support given by Pakistan, Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO Shafiq Stanikzai says the BCCI has played a bigger role in the rapid rise of the game in the strife-torn nation.
The nine-year old gets a Best Actor Filmfare nomination.
Has India learned the right lessons from how it handled 26/11? How can the NSG be freed from the stranglehold of red tape? Will India end up repeating the same mistakes if another terror strike were to take place?
From Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Emma Roberts, Joe Jonas to Mandy Moore, tattoo artiste Winter Stone seems to be everyone's favourite in Hollywood.
giant soccer ball placed above Geneva's famous Jet d'Eau fountain as part of preparations for Euro 2008 has been dismantled after being damaged by high winds. The helium-filled ball, 15-metres in diameter, had been tethered to the Swiss tourist attraction last month but was taken down on Monday for urgent repairs.
A livid Mary Kom asked her vanquished opponent Nikhat Zareen to prove herself in the ring instead of making irritating comments.
Of course, we would still grow at 7-8 percent. We would still be smug in our achievement and say it is still better than most of the economies in the world. As for double-digit growth, let that remain only in paper.
A new vernacular search engine on India -- Bhramara -- offering web search interfaces in Kannada and Hindi besides English, has been launched in Bangalore.
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