'For the longest time, he was not an activist.' 'He was just trying to build his own self-identity, self-respect and ambition.'
GQ Magazine held its annual Men of the Year Awards function in Mumbai on September 29. Honouring men who have made their mark in the fields of entertainment, business, philanthropy and more, big names like Shah Rukh Khan, Imran Khan and Kumaramangalam Birla ranked among the recipients, while stars like Deepika Padukone and Neha Dhupia were in attendance. Take a look.
Kumar Birla presented his views on privatisation of education and improving infrastruture for a better India.
Setting a target of $500 billion for two-way trade by 2010, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday directed various ministries to work towards removing constraints to exports, including infrastructure bottlenecks, and easing of labour laws.
Agencies had earlier prepared a list of about 37 industrialists, whom they considered vulnerable, but later pruned it to 25 and submitted it to the home ministry last week.
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Dr Manmohan Singh's role in the sordid saga of the Coal Allocation Scam was always Delhi's worst-kept secret; calls for his interrogation will mushroom after he was named by P C Parakh, says T V R Shenoy.
Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt, who is accompanying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his trips to Russia and China, notes that Moscow and New Delhi work together professionally and via a shared common approach on crucial issues.
Seeing Indrani in court with her perpetually sunny demeanour and beaming face is sometimes as unreal an experience as making sense of court delays.