India is considering allowing new private sector banks, including by industrial houses, and a roadmap for the same could be announced in the annual Union Budget to be presented later this month.
India will endeavour to become the only visiting side apart from England to win a Test match at SuperSport Park in Centurion when the three-Test series gets underway on Thursday.
Singh, along with his aide and some supporters, was abducted on Thursday night by suspected Naxalites while returning from a function in Dhanukua village.
On April 21, 2008, Satyam announced its plans to acquire the market research and customer analytics business unit from CAT for a total consideration of $60 million (approximately Rs 300 crore), comprising an initial payment of $10 million (Rs 50 crore), which Satyam paid to the seller on August 6, 2008, besides issuing a $50-million (Rs 250 crore) promissory note.
In their respective memorandums, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and the Confederation of Indian Industry asked for re-introduction of investment allowance, restoring the depreciation rate to 25 per cent and an increase in plan public expenditures, primarily in infrastructure, which would boost private investments.
A wrong umpiring decision dashed P Kashyap's hopes of a maiden Commonwealth Games final but Saina Nehwal and women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa assured India of silver medals after advancing to the finals of the badminton event in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Windows Mobile 6.5 Windows Phones will deliver new customer experience through an improved, easy-to-use and customizable user interface and an enhanced browsing experience.
With necessity being the mother of invention, commercial property developers are going off the beaten track to meet the challenge of a huge sales slowdown.
The music of Colonial Cousins shorn of the excellent orchestration and keyboard arrangements may not be scintillating, but the special effects take your focus away from the purely musical aspect and provide you with a good show. Worth a listen.
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Beleaguered pacer Shoaib Akhtar and some non-performing senior players of the national side are expected to get the axe when the Pakistan Cricket Board announces its new central contract later this week.
World number two Roger Federer comfortably beat Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday to set up a meeting with American Mardy Fish in the final of the Cincinnati Masters. Fish had earlier pulled off a surprise turnaround win over fellow American Andy Roddick to claim a 4-6, 7-6, 6-1 victory and advance to his third Masters series final.
Briton Andy Murray survived a rollercoaster ride into the quarter-finals of the Toronto Masters with a wild 6-2, 0-6, 6-3 win over Frenchman Gael Monfils on Thursday.
International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Haroon Lorgat has made it clear that India has to fulfill its obligation of playing a bilateral series against Pakistan before current Future Tours Programme ends in 2012.
Sonu Nigam talks about his future work, the good and bad of reality television and his son.
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Developers are battling sales slowdown due to rising interest rates and tighter lending norms, spurt in input costs and a lending squeeze from banks hurts.
The Whole Price Index inflation figure for June is slated to be released tomorrow. "The WPI forecast is 11.12 per cent for June. . .the RBI is slowly withdrawing from its low policy rates regime and the trend is going to continue, given the inflationary pressure in the economy," IEG said in its monthly bulletin.
Manchester United took advantage of Chelsea's inactivity on Saturday to reclaim top spot in the Premier League, the 35-year-old Paul Scholes clinching a 1-0 victory at struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers. The champions, without injured striker Wayne Rooney, laboured at Molineux but Scholes pounced for his 100th league goal after 73 minutes to put United on 63 points, two ahead of Chelsea who are in FA Cup action against Stoke City on Sunday.
Former world champions France and Uruguay battled their way to a goalless stalemate in a dour match dominated by defences in Group A of the World Cup on Friday.
The Indian community in Northern Virginia was shocked and outraged after a Fairfax county judge dismissed charges against three people arrested in connection with a series of burglaries targeting Indian homes in the area for over a year.
One of the best ways to beat the market is through SIP (Systematic investment plan) which is based on a simple rupee averaging principle.
Take your cue from these famous ladies and dress right -- wear clothes that flatter your body type, not those that highlight your flaws.
Champions Manchester United delivered a superb display to win 3-1 at title rivals Arsenal in the English Premier League on Sunday. AS Roma moved level on points with stuttering AC Milan in second spot in Italy's Serie A after a 2-1 win over bottom side Siena.
A massive earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale hit South Pacific Island Republic of Vanuatu at 4:14 am local time (22:44 IST) on Friday, which sparked United States to issue a tsunami alert for New Caledonia, Solomon and Vanuatu islands.
With her on and off experiments with bridal wear, designer Neeta Lulla has definitely become the fashion veteran of Indian wedding.
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has catapulted to the top position in the SportzPower List 2009, while the once-powerful Lalit Modi and number one in 2008 dropped to fifth position. Union Sports Minister M S Gill dropped two spots in 2009 and is placed fourth. He is replaced by former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sharad Pawar in the second place.
The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L) announces admissions to its 1-year residential International Programme for Executives (IPMX 2009-10) at its Noida campus.
Pankaj Advani completed a hat-trick of titles at the Asian Billiards championship after edging past Singapore's Peter Gilchrist 6-5 in the closely fought final in Indore on Thursday.
European auto giant Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft on Tuesday said it has bought 49.9 per cent stake in luxury car maker Porsche AG for 3.9 billion euros ($5.8 billion).
Sonam Kapoor on why she didn't walk the ramp at the WLIFW.
Asserting that big accounting firms should take the responsibility for accounting frauds rather than passing the blame on individuals, the government today said it may change the law relating to accountability of these firms, if the need arises.
SongBuzz allows users automatically share the songs they stream, with their friends.
World number one Roger Federer breezed into the Swiss Indoors semi-finals on Friday but the home crowd's hopes of an all-Swiss final were dashed when Novak Djokovic rallied to beat Stanislas Wawrinka.
The Netherlands captain Tuen de Nooijer said his side could have defeated New Zealand by a bigger margin had they not wasted their chances galore in the second half of their Pool A match on Wednesday.
It's a sure fire recipe for a head-on confrontation between the Centre and the states with the Centre preparing to centralise the entire gamut of bureaucratic appointments and transfers, and the states likely to see red as it would encroach upon their authority and jurisdiction.
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Kevin Pietersen, who underwent surgery to cure a long-standing tendon problem, has refused to be ruled out of the winter tour to South Africa, despite fears over his Achilles injury.
Indian Air Force Chief P V Naik on Wednesday downplayed the Chinese threat, saying there have not been any air incursions along the Line of Actual Control. Air Chief Marshal Naik said, "Our strategy is to play it cool. We are not downplaying anything. As far as the Air Force is concerned, there has been no reason to downplay anything. There have not been any incursions reported at the LAC." He also hinted that the Indian Air Force is upscaling its strength.
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