Actor Mamta Kulkarni has renounced the worldly life at the Maha Kumbh and will be consecrated as a Hindu nun under the Kinnar Akhara. She performed her own 'Pind Daan' and will be consecrated as 'mahamandaleshwar'.
The state government will decide on the appointment of new DGP within a month.
The Ruia-promoted Indian conglomerate Essar Group has got close to Rs 200 crore (over $45 million) for withdrawing its bid for American steel firm Esmark and the payment is coming from succesful suitor Severstal of Russia.
That day is not too far when artificial intellignce could be on a par with human intellect by the 2020s, said American computer guru Ray Kurzweil.
China will supercede the United States to become the world's top tourist destination before 2020, according to a United Nations World Tourism Organisation forecast.
The United Progressive Alliance government has given a clean chit to former defence minister George Fernandes in the defence procurements made during the Kargil conflict.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India on Thursday sacked the governing board of the Ahmedabad Stock Exchange accusing it of failure to curb unofficial trading by brokers there.
The two troubled Indian Premier League franchises, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, can breathe easy as members of the Board may not push for their termination at the Working Committee meeting to be chaired by newly appointed President Shashank Manohar in Mumbai on Sunday.
They have also been accused of extending loans for criminal intent of falsification of repayment by a number of borrowers, including some entities associated with large corporate groups.
The government is at liberty to re-promulgate the ordinance if the bill fails to get through Parliament.
A young man was killed in Florida on February 26 because he was black and wore a hoodie. When his killer was acquitted on July 13, Roopa Unnikrishnan's faith in the justice system was shattered, forcing her to look at life through the prism of colour.
Yes, they exist on the big screen too.
'For him to live the life that he is living and still keep up with such a performance, full credit to him'
Uber is facing sharp criticism from fellow taxi providers for not following strict security norms leading to the rape of a passenger in New Delhi.
'General Bajwa is believed to consider the internal threats to Pakistan's security as far more serious than the bogey of the Indian threat.' 'This doesn't mean that he is soft on India, only that he is more rational and sensible than his predecessor who had a bit of a chip on his shoulder about India,' points out Pakistan expert Sushant Sareen.
Anushka Saboo explores the possibilities of whether the grass is really greener on the other side.
Expectations were probably too high from Narendra Modi.
Real estate developers are banking high on ultra-luxury projects.
The bill would prohibit unaccounted money from being pumped into the sector and as now 70 per cent of the money has to be deposited in bank accounts through cheques.
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