Venkaiah Naidu, Vyjayantimala, Chiranjeevi awarded Padma Vibhushan

Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, megastar Konidela Chiranjeevi, famous actor of yesteryears Vyjayantimala Bali are among personalities who have been honoured with Padma Vibhushan in the......

India Celebrates Chhath Puja

IMAGE: A women offers prayers to the Sun God in Bhubaneswar on the occasion of the Chhath Puja festival. Photograph: ANI Photo   IMAGE: Devotees apply vermillion to each other in Patna on......

Chidambaram, Sibal among 41 elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

P Chidambaram and Rajeev Shukla of the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party's Sumitra Valmiki and Kavita Patidar, former Congress leader Kapil Sibal, Rashtriya Janata Dal's Misa Bharti and Jayant......

7 UP cops punished for backing accused in Vivek Tiwari killing

IMAGE: Constable Prashant Chaudhary, responsible for shooting Vivek Tiwari dead during his patrol duty, in police custody. Photograph: Nand Kumar/PTI Photo Three station house officers have been......

Real wages in India expected to quadruple by 2030

Real wages in India are expected to quadruple by 2030 and grow threefold, in the Philippines says a study by Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC).On the other hand, wages in the UK and US are projected to......

SpiceJet inks aviation fuel pact with RIL

Sun Group-owned SpiceJet is the first Indian aviation company to begin a pilot project to directly import aviation turbine fuel. Sources aware of the development said as part of the project, the......

Reliance Industries may reward shareholders again

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) may soon consider ways to reward shareholders, again.In their report on RIL, Nilesh Banerjee and Vikas Jain of Goldman Sachs India said: “Our......

Rupee fall brings cheer to Reliance Industries

The rupee falling against the dollar is bringing cheer to Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), which exports two-third of its refined products. A weaker rupee means bigger......

Shabana@70: 5 STUNNING Performances

Shabana Azmi is among India's greatest actresses, and a favourite among audiences and film-makers alike. As Sanjay Leela Bhansali says, "When Shabanaji gets emotional, she rips the screen apart."......

PIX: Deepti Naval, Javed Akhtar, Supriya Pathak at Farooque Sheikh's condolence meet

Veteran actor Farooque Sheikh, who passed away on December 28 while holidaying in Dubai with his family, was given a tearful send-off by his many friends and admirers from the film industry.After......

Shorts: Junior boxers bag 21 medals at Asian C'ships

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday IMAGE: Men's squad fetched two gold, three silver and an equal number of bronze, while the women claimed four gold, six silver and......