'If Khan Market today -- a neon-drenched spectacle of blingy shops and pricey eateries -- is what it is, it's not due to the dramatic shift in political dispensations, but because free-market India is another country,' notes Sunil Sethi.
'When a young Indian family who had recently moved into my locality found out that I live here, the lady volunteered to send food; she said that since she was going to cook for three people anyway, she had no problem cooking for me as well.' 'Thanks to her kindness, I get one home-cooked meal every day.'
Silver followed suit and eased by Rs 225 to Rs 42,775 per kg on reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers.
Traders said some buying by jewellers and retailers amid a firming global trend helped prices move further.
In a video message to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, a visually impaired professor of Delhi University has alleged that she was denied rented accommodation in the national capital on grounds that she is a Muslim.
Traders said increased selling by stockists, tracking a weak trend overseas as investors awaited US employment data that may show the economy is strengthening, mainly dampened the sentiment.
Defence outlay alone will jump 22 per cent
Traders said apart from increased buying by jewellers and retailers to meet seasonal demand, a firming trend in global markets on increased tensions in Ukraine and weakening dollar mainly influenced precious metal prices.
Bullion merchants said sustained buying by stockists on the back of pick-up in seasonal demand and a firm global trend mainly led to the rise in gold and silver prices.
The white metal had gained Rs 200 in the previous session.
Gold in New York, which normally sets price trend on the domestic front, rose by 0.90 per cent to $1,326.90 an ounce and silver by 0.43 per cent to $20.96 an ounce on Monday night.
'Rawalpindi must downsize its quest for 'strategic depth' in Afghanistan and Kashmir,' suggests Matein Khalid.
The rupee was trading lower at Rs 61.38 after dipping to 61.74 (intra-day).
Sunder Navalkar devoted her whole life to the cause of workers' rights, remembers Sanober Keashwaar.
A summary of Day 2 action in the Ranji Trophy matches, played at various venues across the country.
Like millions of people across the world, the year 2020 had dealt me irreplaceable losses and the lowest of blows. Like I have always done at such junctures, I had sought the refuge of the mountains. I wanted to end the year on a high, to show the finger to life, says Sumit Bhattacharya after a memorable journey to North Sikkim.
'The army has been open about its determination to keep the PML-Nawaz out of power at all costs.' 'Both the military and the higher judiciary have indicated a preference for Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik e Insaaf,' says Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan Desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
Terrorism struck at the heart of London after a vehicle veered off the road and mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge and witnesses described men with large knives stabbing passersby at nearby Borough Market.
Just an hour or so from the ones we commonly throng to, they promise a lot more for a lot less.
Happy with her latest move, Indrani departed from Courtroom 51 with a spring in her step. The woman who hopped up into the jail truck was a cheerful one.
The US foreign and security policy establishment, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, apprehends that Trump may compel them to exorcise the 'unipolar predicament', and bring foreign and security policies to reflect the desires and priorities of the American public.
In the World Bank's rankings on the "Ease of Doing Business" India stands at 139 out of 189 economies surveyed in 2014; its position has in fact dropped from 131 last year.
Going by the current pace, IT firms are likely to exceed the manufacturing sector in salary payouts over the next five years.
These exist in a unique world of by-invitation-only properties -- those that are never advertised and which money alone cannot buy. One cannot simply walk in for a tour of these apartments. A buyer must first meet the developer's targeted social criteria to get invited for a walkthrough of the property.
Besides a great idea, it takes pluck, and some luck, to get going.
There it lay, a photograph on the desk under a stapler, and later a stamp pad, forgotten, done with, like its subject, a Mumbai Metro One employee who vanished overnight.
The 39-year-old, the fifth child of an illiterate labourer couple and only the second of their eight to be educated, now helms various ventures that bring in a turnover of between Rs 75 crore and Rs 90 crore.
Rediff.com reproduces the 1997 feature about Laxman, his passion for crows, and of course, his genius.
