Asked about Saina Nehwal, whose 2012 London Games bronze medal winning show was a path breaker for Indian women's badminton, Padukone is confident that the 26-year-old former World number one will be regain her best form.
Manorama Kotnis, the 94-year-old sister of Dr Dwarkanath Kotnis who is considered the symbol of Indo-Chinese friendship, has passed away after a brief illness.
Such seats would be available on a pre-payment of Rs 500 per passenger on domestic flights and Rs 800 for international travel
What makes President Mukherjee's visit to the south Indian states interesting is the combination of engagements.
This car commemorates the first Jaguar XJ 1, which was launched in 1968 and was widely acknowledged at the time to be one of the best automobiles ever made
Her story is sure to tug on your heartstrings.
When you think of Indian Maharajas of yore what is the one thing that comes to mind? Jewels! And that is exactly what the world will witness at Christie's, New York during its upcoming auction -- "Maharajas and Mughal Magnificence". The "unprecedented group" of objects is from The Al Thani Collection of the royal family of Qatar. It is expected to see competitive bidding from across the globe. As per Christie's, this collection is poised to be the most valuable auction of jewellery and jewelled objects. The current record is held by The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor, which totals $144 million (Rs 1,003 crore). Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's jade hilted dagger, the priceless jewels of the Nizams of Hyderabad, and a string of pearls belonging to Rajmata Gayatri Devi of Jaipur are among the 400 royal artefacts that would be auctioned on Wednesday. Here's a glimpse of the astounding jewels that will be auctioned.
The assessee will also have to declare whether such items and their value were disclosed at the time of filing wealth tax returns earlier.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
In August 2013, import duties on gold, silver and platinum were hiked to 10 per cent in order to curb the surging imports and also to check CAD.
Gold is often favoured as a hedge against economic and financial uncertainty
The fall in exports of gems and jewellery exports is mainly because of shortage of raw-material for jewellery manufacturing.
Gold was among the least bruised by Monday's selloff, dropping half a percent versus a 6 percent slide in Brent crude and a 2 percent decline in copper.
In order to complete in time the project, an initiative of the Kerala government and Dubai Holding, the board also granted special powers to the executive members and strengthened the executive team.
Silver, platinum and palladium all declined.
India's planned transition to electric vehicles will drastically affect the commodities market, says Aditya Gandhi
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah seems to be working so hard that his apparent lack of sleep appears to be catching up with him at the worst possible moments: right in front of the cameras.
Sridevi talks about living a life marked by wellness and the secret to her beautiful skin and perfect body.
Here's the update on the latest laptops in the market.
A 1,000km 10-hour roadtrip dash to Paris, squeezed into a small hire car alongside his 88-year-old grandmother, ended in Grand Slam joy for Marco Trungelliti at Roland Garros on Monday -- and a guaranteed 79,000 euros ($92,000) payday.
It's a $2 million, 20 carat diamond ring!
Music's biggest night and its many highlights!
Gold slipped to near 5-1/2-year lows on Friday and was on course for a sixth straight weekly fall.
'If Mahatma Gandhi could fight to eradicate corruption at the age of 78, why can't I try at 60?'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged the media to accept the challenges of threat to freedom of expression posed by certain quarters. "In a democracy, we realise the importance of freedom of expression only when it is denied to us just like the importance of breathing is realised when one cannot breathe for two seconds," Modi said.
Jifi is a zero-interest current account with no minimum balance conditions, and can be opened with an initial payment of Rs 5,000.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
The interest rate charged on your credit card makes your ownership a nightmare if you don't know it in perfect detail. Here's a primer for you
Five months ago, Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tied the knot. Now, his cousin, Princess Eugenie -- Queen Elizabeth's grand daughter -- is marrying Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel. Here are the highlights from the second royal wedding of the year.
The Tax Administration Reform Commission submitted report to Jaitley in June 2014.
Chinese stocks plummeted 9 per cent on Monday
Most of the investing risk comes from the amazingly wrong, stupid, egoistic assumptions that we make. Here are four of them...
Opting for slightly lower scale in clarity, colour and carat weight can bring down the cost substantially.
Its aim is to make computer programming accessible for everyone.
Theatres are finding innovative new ways to increase footfalls, discovers Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Want a new hairstyle? Read this first.
India's ace woman squash player, Dipika Pallikal, will be skipping next month's World Team Championships in Canada. The reason: she does not know about the event!
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