Its latest member is a Frenchman. Bernard Arnault's fortune is now estimated at $100.4 billion.
The 61-year-old, who was administered the oath of office by Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal at a simple function in the Raj Bhavan, also said he wants to accelerate development in the union territory, carved out of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir last year.
Winning an election may be a breeze for the BJP but the aftermath of victory isn't always painless.
As we prepare to return to the land of silver screens and samosa, Sukanya Verma looks at notable theatre moments in Hindi films.
AirAsia will expand its network across ASEAN.
These include Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, and Harman International Chairman Dinesh Paliwal.
Bollywood glorifies Mumbai's dons in its movies.
L Prasad Reddy was batting on 88 while Satya Kumar Varma perished on 61 to give Uttar Pradesh a strong reply, after UP were all out for 298 in their first innings on Friday.
Chanda Kochhar is among the three Indians in Time's Most Influential list.
Yet another honour for Javed Akhtar.
These sequels have failed to match up to their first installments.
The 91-year-old leader said, 'Right from its inception, the BJP has never regarded those who disagree with us politically as our 'enemies', but only as our adversaries.'
No Ganpati celebration is complete without Humse Badhkar Kaun's hugely popular song, Deva O Deva Ganpati Deva Tumse Badhkar Kaun blaring out of the pandal speakers.
"In terms of local taxes, in terms of local small business productivity, local large business competitiveness, their educational outcomes, their entrepreneurial work, that's what matters," the Microsoft CEO said.
Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 60th birthday on Friday in solemn fashion at Puttaparthi, the abode of Sri Satya Sai Baba, in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. Accompanied by wife Marshniel, son Rohan and former brother-in-law, India batsman Gundappa Viswanath, Gavaskar reached Puttaparthi Ashram from Bangalore and met with Sai Baba in the morning.
"We can celebrate technology, but if it doesn't truly empower every Indian and every Indian organisation to achieve more...we would have achieved nothing," the Microsoft CEO said in Mumbai.
'Governments, democratically elected governments, are custodians for a short- specified time.' 'Parents don't let baby sitters decide the course of their child's future.'
Learn to enjoy baarish Bollywood style.
After Sheryl Sandberg, it's now the turn of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to visit India, the second biggest market for the social networking giant, later this month.
He will visit the campuses of iconic Tesla, Facebook and Google
Mahant Satya Narayan was hiding in the house of his follower in a village under Ughaiti police station from where he was picked up.
Saurabh Shukla, one of our finest character actors, on his life and movie career.
Hosts Haryana bowled out Andhra Pradesh for 202 and then scored eight without loss in their Ranji Trophy opener.
'Sinha's skills at resolving contradictions will be required to smoothen the functioning of the bureaucracy which has been so fractious that it tripped up even a seasoned bureaucrat like his immediate predecessor, G C Murmu,' notes avid Devadas.
'His revelation about what went on behind the scenes make it abundantly clear that the BJP must have indulged in similar tactics in Goa, Manipur and Meghalaya where it formed a government even though it did not have a majority,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Microsoft would announce availability of its cloud services operating out of India's data centers.
Between phony philosophical musings and Abbas-Mustan level of believe-it-or-not twists, Sadak 2 dodders towards its dead end destination, notes Sukanya Verma.
Use of Aadhaar on Skype Lite and LinkedIn will allow Microsoft to bring on board millions in small towns and rural areas lacking e-mail IDs, reports Sheetal Agarwal.
A quiz on filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, as he readies for his first release of 2008, Sarkar Raj starring the Bachchans.
Before falling seriously ill, Neeraj Vora was working on the third instalment of the Hera Pheri franchise.
The next time there is an emergency on the tracks, trust the authorities to come to your rescue.
Stating that India has some brands that have already well established, Nadella said there was stunning cross section of starts ups in the country.
American inventor's thoughts about India is not being well received.
Malik said that some ministers have been talking about taking back PoK from Pakistan by force.
'To all the MBAs that burn the candle at both ends, travel half-a-million miles every year, and spend little or no quality time with their families, the rise to riches of Mr Bikhchandani and Mr Banga, should be true inspiration,' notes Sandeep Goyal.
The administration of the union territory as directed by the Jammu and Kashmir high court to make public land given under the controversial Roshni land scheme, since scrapped by a court, came out with the list of beneficiaries.
Manoj Bajpayee confides in Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni about his 'long journey filled with rejection, betrayal, misery, failures and disillusionment.'
The Centre, he said, will soon make a 'big' announcement on Jammu and Kashmir.
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Ultimately, whether the UP ordinance is struck down by the courts or not, it will be the courage of young Hindu and Muslim women and men that will act as a foil to the UP police-cum-mobs who will be out to get them.
