The proposals appeared so far apart that success seemed higly unlikely
EU authorities made a last-minute offer to salvage a bailout deal that could keep Greece in the euro as the clock ticked down on Tuesday, with Germany warning that time had run out to extend vital credit lines to Athens.
Designer Runa Ray, whose edgy line inspired by an ancient discipline made it to the February New York Fashion Week, discussed the showing with Tista Sengupta/Rediff.com
KV Kamath has had a tough journey so far.
In his fifth address as President, Pranab Mukherjee asked authorities and institutions of the State to adhere to the 'dignity' in discharging their duties.
'As they grow bigger, the trail of their pioneering success often leaves behind a causticity marked by deficient human resource practices, negligible focus on corporate governance and rife sexism.'
'The toughest challenge is not to satisfy the luxury customer.' 'The toughest challenge is to satisfy the budget customer.'
The S&P BSE Sensex gained 115 points to end at 24,338 and the Nifty50 climbed 42 points to close at 7,404.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Tanzania where he held talks with Tanzanian President John Pombe Joseph Magufuli.
'There are no jobs, the economy is slowing down, but the BJP is more concerned with issues like triple talaq, anti-Romeo squads and the beef ban.'
Is it a last ditch attempt to reassure consumers, or a way to gain the upper hand at the negotiating table, or is it just a way of exhausting the treasure chest before the lights go out
The CMD's focus on raising employee morale and cutting costs is paying off. The airline's operating losses have shrunk and earnings are looking up
Young, ambitious workforce learns skill degrees come with no guarantees.
'If the RSS should be saluted for choosing such a scholarly statesman to address its highly trained cadre, one must also praise Pranab Da's sagacity for having gracefully accepting the invitation, thus disapproving any ideological apartheid,' says former BJP MP Tarun Vijay.
Kohli is a pioneer and a visionary.
When not playing cricket, Dhoni wears many hats apart from being a batsman, wicketkeeper and sometimes a bowler.
'I have tried to make it easier for the small scale entrepreneur to do business and cut through the red tape.'
'We should hope and pray that the PM's sentiment is not held ransom by machinations and craftiness of a few junior babus who throw in an imaginary impediment at every welfare measure and snigger and giggle at the sidelines every time a soldier is ill at ease,' says Major Navdeep Singh on the one rank one pension debate.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers's queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
Two young dhaakad designers tell us why they want to dress up the First Lady of Bollywood.
An MP's is a full-time job, so is the BCCI president's. How can Anurag Thakur do justice to both, asks Sudhir Bisht.
We need a change in mindset, says the RBI Governor.
It's not e-retailers alone. Bankers are also celebrating initiatives like 'Big Billion Day Sale' this festive season.
'Make in India' could suffer the same fate as did privatisation and the command economy, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Bandhan Bank is the first bank to be launched in eastern India post Independence.
In fact, since 2013, China has become the largest market for robots.
With fake products and machine-made mirrors making its way into the market, an age-old art form is under threat.
It is not that platforms and products are something that Infosys has not tried earlier.
This week's collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world
'I felt Meri Pyaari Bindu was my life story.' 'I have songs for everything -- I have songs attached to people, relationships, family, friends or some song that I have sung at a picnic...' 'If you think of your life, there's always a song attached somewhere.'
Mata Amritanandamayi's hospital has developed protein nanomedicines for drug-resistant leukemia and nano-structured wafers to prevent recurrence of brain tumours
'Our Indian culture system is very family oriented.' 'We value and respect the decisions of our parents to a great extent.' 'That can be a pro or con.' 'It's up to the parents to gauge how much motivation, pressure or space a child needs.' 'Every child is different.' 'We are all unique and that is what I intend to drive home to parents.'
Drones are of course, remotely controlled and modern ships are also chip-driven.
It was a multi-million rupee scam whose extent and reach are still being unravelled, so why did the chief of the scam-tainted Saradha group Sudipta Sen plead that he was unable to pay Rs 30,000 as bail fee? Where could all the money have gone? Indrani Roy finds out.
Not many people in Bangladesh are talking about the Teesta issue.
'If you yourself don't believe in the product, you will never be able to sell it.' 'If you have got the basics right, if you have understood the consumer needs well, success will always follow.'
Unlike most Bollywood kids whose careers tend to play out in fits and starts, Alia's growth has been swift and steady.
Regulating the internet only as a medium is somewhat similar to regulating electricity only as a driver of the TV industry
'India should stop claiming that a united Pakistan is in India's interests.' 'Pakistan's break-up is a necessity for peace and progress in the region,' says Major General Mrinal Suman (retd).