'I thought helmets would help. So, I took a motorcycle helmet with a polycarbonate visor to WSC.'
The police deployed tear gas and water cannons for a second day to stop the farmers from marching to Delhi.
Aditya Birla Nuvo plans to extend its footprint in apparel retailing through two subsidiaries for mens exclusive lifestyle and Peter England family stores. Madura Garments, the company's branded apparel division, crossed a turnover of Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) in FY08.
Madura Ranganathan went down to Amina Rakhim of Kazakhstan in the girls' singles final at the Grade-2 ITF junior tennis championships.
Rediff reader Jayesh Kumar, 44 from Bengaluru tells us about his first job and salary.
Dr Tara Thiagarajan is the chairperson and managing director of the Rs 200-crore (Rs 2 billion) Madura Micro Finance Ltd. She is also the director of Microcredit Foundation of India.
Retail players are planning to expand but with caution. It seems the slowdown of 2008-09 is still weighing on their minds.
In a first at the National Institute of Design (NID), academic profiles were offered to the graduating batch of young designers during placements this year.
The Aditya Birla Group mayrestructure plan to bring all its retail verticals under Pantaloon Fashion & Retail.
Step into any office and chances are that you will see as many women in trousers and shirts or tees, as you will in ethnic gear.
Unseeded Yamini Thukkaiandi caused an upset, beating seventh seed Preety Rao in the ITF tournament.
The fourth seed was taken the full distance by Rupesh Roy in the boys' singles in the Asian Junior tennis championships.\n\n
One of India's greatest music legends, Pandit Jasraj leaves behind a storied legacy spanning almost eight decades.
Customised tailoring: How Raymond, Aditya Birla Group are luring customers with bespoke services to fit the bill.
It reverses the supply chain to customise part of its line-up, but the challenge is in sustaining it.
Senthamarai, 65, and P Shanmugavel, 70, became an Internet sensation after beating back armed robbers.
VCs have been especially bullish about India.
The country's franchise industry is estimated at $24 billion with a year-on-year growth of 30 per cent.
As freebies/gift vouchers attract GST, retailers are opting for straight discounts this festive season.
Unlike in the past, when old private banks compromised upon underwriting standards to take on the bulk, they've now realised that scaling up at the cost of quality isn't worth the while. These banks have also readjusted growth targets when required, and rebalanced books to preserve capital and asset quality.
As India's online population crosses 450 million, e-commerce ventures are trying to grab a pie of online sales estimated to hit $48 billion by 2020.
Recovery seen in Q4, companies continue to focus on enhancing cash flow
It is unrealistic to expect that change will happen in one year: Birla
12,000: Number of people Flipkart plans to hire in FY15.
The ability to work flexibly and be judged on deliverables.
A steep decline in the Asian equities after crude oil fell to its lowest since September 2003 dented sentiments.
It took the Aditya Birla group four years to make up its mind on entering the the burgeoning e-commerce market in the country.
The numbers in India may not be as big but the opportunity for serious growth is all there.
KV Kamath has had a tough journey so far.
Raymond was one of the first to start organised apparel retail in India.
'SBI is already too big. Too big to fail.' 'It already is a moral hazard. What will it do with 20,000 branches that it cannot do with 14,000, especially in these days of online and mobile banking?'
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