Health Minister Rajesh Tope also urged people to observe strict discipline
50% of south-central Mumbai's high-end apartments remain unsold. The reasons include rocketing prices and a demand-supply mismatch. Of the unsold stock in south-central Mumbai, 38 per cent comprise units sized above 2,000 sq ft carpet area - too high for even wealthy Mumbaikars.
The TERC, which comprises, among others Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma and External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, will also review the state of play in the Doha Round of talks for a multilateral trade agreement under the aegis of World Trade Organization, sources said.
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Reader Kevin Barboza met former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli in Mumbai.
American Mardy Fish and Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov had to be separated by the match referee when they squared up to each other during a changeover in a bad-tempered Hopman Cup encounter on Friday.
The card was used to purchase jewellery and electronic gadgets.
The study was undertaken across key cities in India and enlisted various personal attributes that affect productivity at workplace, and how employees feel about the same.
Over 70 foreign shuttlers, up from 25 entries in the previous year, will take part in the $15,000 Tata Open India International Challenge 2011 to be held at the NSCI courts in Worli from December 14-18.
Prahlad Kakkar's brand advertising workshop for media students. Well known personalities like Vinod Dua, Mark Manuel, Josy Paul, and Malliska will take students and marketing personnels through the changing advertising and branding world.
Lewis Hamilton, always his own fiercest critic, gave himself a pat on the back on Sunday after delivering one of his most satisfying Formula One wins to his mother as a birthday present.
Literate and rich sections of the society do not cooperate enough with surveyors collecting economic data.
The actress talks about her success and her upcoming films.
Argentina cruised into the semi-finals of the Davis Cup and looked poised for a clash with defending champions Serbia who moved into a 2-0 first-day lead away to Sweden on Friday.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand played his fourth draw on the trot, sharing the point with tournament leader Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine to slip to the fourth spot after the eighth round of the fourth Final Masters chess tournament in Bilbao.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of anti-nuclear Green Party in a state it has ruled for half a century, dramatically changing the country's political landscape.
Suniel Shetty's friends came down to pay their last respects.
A story of how Raghav Rangarajan chased his dream and became an entrepreneur.
The supporters of sulking Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gopinath Munde continued to throng his Worli residence in Mumbai on Thursday, hoping that the June 18 meeting in Delhi, convened by the party to discus his fate, would go their leader's way.
The Bombay High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Kolkata-based businessman Kashinath Tapuriah in connection with a fake passport case of Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan.
Amid apprehensions about Wankhede stadium becoming a possible terror target during the cricket World Cup, a laptop containing vital information about the renovated stadium and the Bandra-Worli Sea Link has been stolen, setting off alarm bells in the police establishment. A theft case was registered by the Azad Maidan police station on Monday morning after a window on the seventh floor of PWD's building in south Mumbai was found broken and the laptop missing.
Sooni Taraporewala makes us root for her young characters even if we aren't entirely sure about the depth of their feelings, feels Sukanya Verma.
Chinese counterfeiters have had a field day pumping out knockoffs of Apple Inc's best-selling iPhones and iPads, but one appears to have gone a step further -- a near flawless fake Apple Store that even employees believe is the real deal.
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh is assured of at least a bronze medal in his very first international competition in the light-heavyweight (81kg) category after advancing to the semi-finals of the Arafura Games in Darwin, Australia, on Tuesday.
New CII President B Muthuraman on Wednesday said an amnesty scheme for unearthing black money is feasible provided the government gives a strong message that those not declaring this type of funds will go to jail.
Worli-Haji Ali sea link project was awarded by Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation to the company in February 2010.
If you thought Swami Vivekananda was the first one to suggest yoga to Americans, think again, says Arthur J Pais.
With Pakistan seeking more international aid following the devastating floods, the Obama Administration and key Congressional leaders are now considering allocating more money under the Kerry-Lugar-Berman Bill that allocated US $ 7.5 billion to Islamabad.
Jean-Paul Duminy became the third South African batsman to be dismissed at 99 in ODIs -- the first two were Lance Klusener against Sri Lanka at Lahore on November 8, 1997 and Graeme Smith against Sri Lanka at Centurion on November 29, 2002.
The test used now, called PCR (or polymerace chain reaction), uses a nasal or throat swab sample and identifies the virus. These tests take at least five hours to give results. The rapid test, on the other hand, uses a blood sample and gives results based on detecting the presence of certain antibodies that react to the coronavirus protein.
'Times will be tough, but we will get by and by the grace of Lord Balaji.'
As many as 51 'Govindas' were injured in Mumbai.
Here, then, are ten that do work. And are decidedly worth remembering. And celebrating.
Construction on non-agricultural land is legal and works as an investment strategy.
The Gurgaon police on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of questioning Citibank's global CEO Vikram Pandit and other top honchos in connection with the Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) fraud at a bank branch in Gurgaon, near Delhi.
Uninor announced on Tuesday the launch of its global GSM service in Kolkata. Along with Kolkata and West Bengal, the service was simultaneously launched in Maharashtra and Goa, Mumbai and Gujarat circles.
In a sensational twist to the spot-fixing scandal, former Pakistan opener Yasir Hameed on Sunday claimed that his team-mates were involved in fixing "almost every match" even as a fourth touring Pakistani player came under investigation in the scam which grew in proportion after fresh disclosures.
Addressing the 83rd Congress plenary, party president Sonia Gandhi said that there can be no tolerance for corruption. She hit out at the Opposition for not taking action against its leaders involved in corruption.
MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi will switch to Ducati from Yamaha for next season, delighting millions of his bike-mad compatriots who have yearned to see the sporting great finally race for the Italian team.
The man behind the Bandra-Worli sea link and Lavasa is far from triumphant despite the brightening prospects for the controversial hill city.
