Life plans: Insurers seek separate exemption limit

The insurance industry wants the government to create a separate tax exemption limit of Rs 50,000 for life insurance premium in the forthcoming Budget to encourage more individuals to buy such......

Insurance for property deals soon

Property transactions in India will soon have an insurance cover to fall back in case something goes wrong in the deal. The country's two large private sector insurers, ICICI Lombard General......

How to buy a mobile phone!

Buying a new global system for mobile (GSM) phone can be a nightmare. The very array of choices, ranging from fancy phones with in-built MP3 players, with large pixel cameras and huge storage......

Vivek, Fardeen judge Indian Idol

After what happened last week in Indian Idol, an invitation to the shooting of the next round was tempting.Defying soaring temperatures in Mumbai, a huge crowd had gathered at the studio in......

Ranji Trophy: Pujara slams century; Mumbai thrash Assam

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday.Another century for Pujara IMAGE: Saurashtra's centurions Prerak Mankad, Cheteshwar Pujara and Arpit Vasavada pose after stumps on Day 2 of......

Johnson gets 'confidence boost' ahead of Asian Games

  IMAGE: Jinson Johnson, who will be defending his Asian Games gold in Hangzhou, recorded his season best time of 3 minutes 39.32 seconds to win the 1500m race at the newly constructed......

'Sachin is done with his career as of now'

When we asked readers if Sachin's record would be eclipsed in our feature on top Test century-makers, we received many, many responses. Monday onwards, we began posting the responses. Check them......

Field day for top seeds

Top seed Saurav Ghosal of Chennai and second seed Gaurav Nandrajog of Delhi sailed into the last eight stage (boys' under-19) with straight games victoriesin the Rs 300,000 Oil-Servo All India Open......