Terming Thursday's attack on a passenger train in Jharkhand as a 'cowardly act', Union Home Secretary G K Pillai said on Friday that Maoists were terrorists and he had no sympathy for them.
A treat for bird lovers! The National Audubon Society announced the winners of the 2020 Audubon Photography Awards. Known the for highlighting some of the most spectacular bird photography in the world, this year's contest winners did not disappoint. This year's winners were selected from over 6,000 submissions that came in from photographers across all 50 United States, Washington DC, and seven Canadian Provinces. The goal of the awards is to highlight images that "evoke the ingenuity, resilience, and beauty of birds small and large, terrestrial and aquatic." We'll let you decide if they succeeded.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has expressed hope that the drought of international tournaments for the national squad would soon be over with several foreign tours and multi nation events scheduled for the next few months.
Up-and-coming Indian pugilists Suranjoy Singh and Nanao Singh are set to sign a sponsorship deal with Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ), floated by badminton ace Prakash Padukone and billiards champion Geet Sethi.
Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on Wednesday met with the officials of the United States administration to discuss the issues related to the terror attacks in Mumbai that had claimed around 200 lives, including foreigners.Menon called on the Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns during his two-day visit to Washington.Menon's visit was planned ahead of the terror attacks in India's financial capital.
Even as swine flu is threatening the hospitality industry, travellers are taking advantage of the Independence Day holiday to pack their bags for a weekend trip. Most hotels at travel destinations, domestic and international, are packed for the weekend.
Infosys Technologies is looking for acquistion of companies within $50 and $100-million revenue range in the segment of banking and financial services, besides health and life sciences, Infosys COO Kris Gopalakrishnan said.
Mobile phone service provider Aircel said it will launch its 3G services in the first quarter of next year and will invest $500 million for the same in the first year of launch of the services.
Even investors with sums as low as Rs 1,000 per month can start their investment journey.
'There cannot be a batsman in the world less liable to panic than Kane Williamson'
Tata Consultancy Services on Tuesday said the company's chief operating officer N Chandrasekaran will succeed S Ramadorai as the CEO and managing director on October 6.
Alastair Cook, Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell combined to put England in control on 386 for five at stumps on the third day of the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead in Durban on Monday.
COO of Zapak Digital Entertainment, Rohit Sharma talks about his career success, how he balances work and family and doles out advice to young professionals.
Nissan Motor Company on Friday said it has appointed Akira Sakurai as the managing director and CEO of Renault Nissan Automotive India Pvt Ltd (RNAIPL) and has made a few more changes in the management to establish itself as one of the major players in the country.
The board meeting also saw Mehta, 57, being re-appointed as MD & CEO for a period of five years after the completion of his term in October
The producers of Padmavati held a special screening for a few journalists.
Makemytrip.com, a travel-related portal, remained inaccessible for a large part of the day owing to an unprecedented surge in traffic, after Air India and JetLite slashed fares.
IIT alumni's Gloabl Conference -- PanIIT 2008 -- has been organised for December 19-21, 2008.
A decade ago, Rahul Sharma and his friend launched e-commerce company Micromax. Today, it specialises in mobile phone solutions and wireless technologies and boasts of a Rs 400 crore turnover.
Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy, is organising Crescita 2006 Abhivriddhi, a conference on managing corporate growth.
The Justice RM Lodha Committee on Monday submitted its report suggesting reforms in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to the Supreme Court. The committee, which was last year appointed by the apex court to make recommendations to the BCCI in order to prevent frauds and conflict of interest in cricket administration, recommended sweeping reforms for the controversy-ridden board.
"In India technology expenditure is on the upswing and we think its the right time to enter India," Infosys COO S D Shibulal said, while talking about the growing focus on the Indian market. The company on Wednesday announced its partnership with Bharti Airtel in the media space.
Info Edge (India), provider of online recruitment, matrimonial and real estate classifieds and related services, plans to launch a portal exclusively focused on education, a top company official said.
Members of the IPL Working Group had a meeting with Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Jay Mehta and CEO Venky Mysore on Wednesday while former India skipper Anil Kumble joined in via video conferencing in his personal capacity.
Infosys Technologies plans to set up five SEZ in Tier II cities -- Mysore, Bangalore and Thiruvananthapuram.
IT majr Wipro needs stability at the top deck, say industry watchers.
However, Misra added that Vodafone will need to follow this transition up with a highly visible multimedia campaign in the initial two months. "This will instill confidence among consumers that their brand is in the right hands," he said.
In the domestic market, the car has been well accepted and currently the company has over 80,000 bookings for the model.
STAR India, a wholly owned subsidiary of STAR Hong Kong, is exploring the possibilities of getting into the print media business in India. Last week, top STAR executives including STAR Hong Kong CEO Paul Aiello, STAR India CEO Uday Shankar and COO Jagdish Kumar were in Bangalore for meetings with possible joint venture partners for the print foray. The company is said to be in talks with Vijay Mallya's UB Group.
iLabs Private equity fund, a $300 million India-centric fund promoted by former COO of Satyam Computer Systems Srini Raju, has invested Rs 42 crore (over $10 million) in VSoft Corp.
Rohit Kapoor, COO and co-founder, EXL Service, talks to Business Standard about the company's third-quarter performance, growth plans and outlook.
A joint statement on the 'progress' of the talks would be made in Delhi.
The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group is poised to take another leap forward in the film arena with the launch of BigFlicks.com
With this, total inflows have reached Rs 3.98 lakh crore in the first 11 months of the current fiscal (2016-17). In comparison, Rs 2.07 lakh crore was invested in various mutual fund products during April-February period of 2015-16.
Ajay Banga is one of the nine members of the Commission on Enhancing National Cyber Security.
Take a look at the Bollywood's beauty.
The year 2007 surely belonged to the Indian gaming industry. Though investments made were larger than the returns, the number of people playing games certainly grew.
Infosys announced 11 January, 2008 as the date for its Q3 results release
Shardul Thakur's much-awaited Test debut turned into a nightmare as the India speedster was forced to leave the field due to a groin strain after bowling only 10 deliveries on the first day of the second Test against West Indies in Hyderabad on Friday.
