Mr Tata said a letter had arrived in his office from a young woman who had applied for the graduate engineering programme of TELCO Pune and been turned down. 'I wouldn't interfere with your selection process, Maira,' he said. 'However, I am calling you because this lady says that her rejection letter says that though she is very well qualified for the programme, TELCO Pune cannot select her because she is a woman.' 'Why are you discriminating against women?' he asked. A must read excerpt from Arun Maira's The Learning Factory: How The Leaders Of Tata Became Nation Builders.
Regulator seeks clarification on transfer of convertible debt after merger
"INS Godavari is likely to be used as a target to practice missile firing," said a naval official.
'It has been a phenomenal effort at all levels of the government.' 'People were working 15-16 hour shifts in the central government, in the state governments, in the districts....'
The salary and allowances of MLAs has been raised from Rs 55,000 to Rs 1.05 lakh a month.
With parties blaming the electronic voting machines, the poll panel was extra cautious in its approach.
India Post may be keen to apply for payment bank licence.
UK environment secretary Michael Gove became the latest Tory MP to announce his intention to challenge Johnson on Sunday.
Infosys Technologies has announced the appointment of Deepak Satwalekar, managing director & CEO of HDFC- Standard Life Insurance, as the lead independent director in line with the company's commitment to good corporate governance practices.
More rain and strong winds were forecast for the Tour de France riders for the 196-km sixth stage to Angers on Friday.
"Power to purchase its own equity shares or other securities by way of a buy-back arrangement has been included and provisions relating to nomination facility for shares by a shareholder have been inserted," the Infosys postal ballot notice, uploaded on the company's website, said.
The regulator's concern arises from several recent instances.
All eyes are now on Kumar who has to take a call on the resignations tendered by 13 MLAs of the Congress and the JD-S from the assembly.
The American clocked one hour six minutes, 49 seconds to beat Germany's Jan Ullrich by just over a minute at the Tour de France.
Counting of votes would be take place on March 3
The poet and professor's 'life breath is now in the hands of those sworn to uphold his Constitutional right to life.' 'Will they be true to their oath?', asks Jyoti Punwani.
The country has come a long way in the process of financial inclusion, Raghuram Rajan said, but "still has a way to go".
'If the mandis were not working in Delhi, or the onion market in Nashik got affected, or there were disruptions because of unloading or loading in any sector in south India, we intervened.'
Standard Cables Ltd has informed BSE that the board of directors of the company at its meeting held on January 11, 2003 have decided, subject to the approval of shareholders through postal ballot, to sell all movable and immovable assets of the co.
Jai Mata Glass members authorise company undertaking sale.
India has provided 1,935 electronic voting machines to Bhutan for the country's second national elections to be held on Saturday.
Now, telcos will be penalised for call drops.
The age-old Indian practice has brought people from different cultures and countries together.
Counting of votes for the high stakes assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry began on Thursday morning with trends expected to be available by 11am.
Despite a slow down in polling at midday due to the scorching heat, voter turnout was around 50 per cent till 2 pm on Friday for elections to the lone Mizoram Lok Sabha seat and by-poll to the Hrangturzo assembly seat.
Bollywood starlet Rakhi Sawant who is contesting from Mumbai North West seat has declared herself an "illiterate" with total assets of Rs 14.69 crore.
Prashant Kishor, the man who put together Nitish Kumar's campaign strategy, is yet to decide whether he will make a serious political intervention in Bihar or will continue to be a professional running the Indian Political Action Committee.
A small group of protesters demanding more spending on health and education disrupted a visit by FIFA officials to the 2014 World Cup stadium under construction in Cuiaba on Tuesday.
While the DMK fears that the Congress with its poor strike rate will pull it down in the 2021 state elections, like it did five years ago, the ruling AIADMK is worried that the BJP may ultimately do a Bihar on it, relegating it to second place in Tamil Nadu, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The announcement came days after it issued a formal direction that VVPAT will be used at polling stations in all future elections where polls are held using EVMs.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Reserve Bank of India official and a JDS leader K C Veerendra, who is also a casino owner, in connection with separate cases relating to alleged illegal conversion of currency post-demonetisation.
Theresa May is set to become Britain's next Prime Minister after her internal party Andrea Leadsom dropped out of the Conservative leadership race.
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said perhaps for the first time after Independence, such a big and 'far-reaching' reform process is being initiated in the Army.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
'Crucial intelligence was obtained by a R&AW operative from a couple of moles inside the camps four days before the Balakot operation.'
