Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Saturday asked politicians to stop glorifying the resilient spirit of Mumbai in the aftermath of the November 26 terror attack and show 'the iron will' to engage the Indian armed forces in a decisive battle to crush the hostile neighbour. In a sarcastic reference to the much-hyped spirit of Mumbai, Thackeray said even after the 1993 serial bomb blasts, the city was back to its chores the next day and the stock market too transacted business.
Five times a world champion but without a single medal from three previous Olympics, Hungary's Katinka Hosszu finally struck gold on Saturday and demolished the 400 metres individual medley world record as well.
Of the six chairmen that Tata group has had in its 148 years, the longest serving was Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy
All Harley Davidson models have received technical tweaks for MY2016 and the company will also introduce new MotorClothes from its latest Black Label collection for customers, says Indian automobile website MotorBeam.
World number six Russian Davis Cupper Nikolay Davydenko on Wednesday confirmed participation in the US $ 450,000 ATP Chennai Open to be held in January next year. The 14th edition of India's only ATP tennis tournament will be held from January 5 to 11 at the SDAT Stadium in Nungambakkam, Chennai.
The total India-China trade in 2015 amounted to $71.64 billion.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
"Land is the riskiest form of speculative real estate, which is why there are huge swings in land value," said Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC in a key note address at a function organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers and Industry in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The fall in iron ore freight traffic in October and November this year by 70 per cent is likely to punch a huge hole in the cash surplus target of Indian Railways for the current financial year.
'We are taking you into a world which does not exist and we want to you to experience it through us.'
Earlier, two women devotees could not proceed to the shrine after protesters forced them to return. Protesters pelted police with stones and the latter hit right back with vengeance wielding batons with telling effect, leaving many fallen and writhing in pain on the road.
The mining industry demanded a long term freight policy to make it more cost-competitive to enable miners contribute in containing inflationary trends within the economy. The mining industry body criticised the Railways for re-classifying iron ore in category-180 from 170 from Tuesday besides hiking the port congestion surcharge on exports of the mineral from 60 to 100 per cent from April 15. The iron ore industry fetches highest revenue for the Railways after coal.
Celebrated Indian woman boxer L Sarita Devi comfortably outpunched Zsofia Bedo of Hungary to make a winning start to her professional career in the IBC Fight Night at the at the Khuman Lampak Stadium, in Imphal on Sunday.
Tata Steel would make a bid for buying the Indian iron ore assets of one of Britain's largest independent steel trading companies Stemcor.
ArcelorMittal, Tata Steel and three other companies are in the race to get control over the iron ore mines in Kawardha, about 120 km from Raipur. The company winning the bid to mine 100 million tonnes of iron ore in Kawardha will have to set up a steel plant. "We have kept the matter pending and any decision on the allotment of the iron ore mines in Kawardha is likely to be taken after the state assembly elections," CMDC Chairman Gourishankar Agrawal said.
On an average most commodities are up between 20-30 per cent compared to a year ago levels.
Yaaradi Nee Mohini could have been an excellent addition to Yuvan Shankar Raja's impressive repertoire in recent times, but for the Udith Narayan fiasco.
The iron will of Roger Federer and the burning desire of Novak Djokovic carried them into the quarter-finals of the US Open.
Sabesh-Murali's musical score is unimpressive.
Irom Sharmila Chanu was re-arrested on March 8, a day after she was released from the security ward of JN Hospital in Imphal for continuing her fast unto death in protest against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Irom Sharmila was arrested at the Meira Shang near Aka Tren playground where she was protesting. The 'Iron Lady' was taken into custody under IPC Section 309 for attempting to commit suicide.
Thatcher, also known as the 'Iron Lady', told an interviewer: "I had an ambition as a child. I wanted to be part of the Indian Civil Service, because our Civil Service was the best in the world."
Many people will be fasting in Imphal, Manipur from September 13 while hundreds from different countries in the world have signed the petition to fast for varying number of days (one to five) to support the 'Iron lady' from Manipur -- Irom Sharmila.
While some would give the BJP full marks for starting early in the only state in the south where it stands a chance, the 'party with a difference' has fallen back on a tainted leader.
Dr Behera speaks about how the nationwide positive reaction to the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir indicates that the very idea of India is changing. From a diverse, multicultural entity, could India be becoming a place where assimilation is more important than accommodation?
The 'Iron Man of India' has emerged a contender to buy English Premiership football club Birmingham City after making an initial inquiry, The Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday.
Shot putter Om Prakash Singh Karhana gave the lone gold to India in the 6th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships as he won the gold medal on the second and final day of the event at Hangzhou, China.
Mumbai's dabbawalas have also suspended their services on Tuesday.
The shocking truth about Delhi's Bachcha Ghat.
Former PM Manmohan Singh and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi also paid their tributes.
While Vedanta Aluminium, Balco and Cairn India confirmed the job cuts, sources said Sesa Goa too had slashed jobs.
Commenting on the development, H K Patil, minister in charge for Gadag district in the Karnataka government, said the people of the area will be happy with Posco's pullout.
Taking a dig at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's remarks on Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh said if the 'Iron Man' had become the nation's first prime minister then both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh would have been non-existent.
PM, Advani pay tribute to Vallabhbhai Patel
A season-best effort of 19.70 metres gave him the gold medal in shot out at the Asian Athletics championships.
Gains were led by HUL on better-than-expected margins in March quarter and capital goods shares.
Andy Murray is undefeated since September, has won 24 matches in succession and his win-loss record since losing to Novak Djokovic in the French Open final is 53-3.
Sources in the Highway Police say the iron holding on the side of the expressway has become old and so the area is landslide prone, putting motorists at risk every day, especially during monsoons.
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