Indian superstars Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar feature in the top 10 highest-paid actors in the world list, earning more than Hollywood legends Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Johnny Depp. The list of 34 global actors, which has been compiled by Forbes magazine, also includes superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor. The […]
The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered sharply over 213 points in early trade on Wednesday powered by capital inflows by foreign funds and buying by retail investors amid a strong Asian trend. Besides, better-than-expected Q1 earnings by Bharti Airtel buoyed sentiment. The 30-share index, which had lost 115.13 points in the previous volatile session, gained back […]
Today Congress top brass Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh and leaders of six other opposition parties today staged a dharna in Parliament complex for the second day today in protest against suspension of its MPs. Sharad Yadav and K C Tyagi of the JD-U, Dharmendra Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, Jaya Prakash Narayan […]
At least 29 passengers, including 11 women and five children, were killed and 25 others injured when several coaches of two trains, one heading to Mumbai and another to Varanasi, derailed over a railway bridge in Harda district and plunged into the swollen Machak river. Over 250 passengers have been rescued, a railway official said. […]
Ganesh festival is approaching in September, preparations to welcome Lord Ganesh is in full swing. In an initiative by Gujarat government, to promote Eco Friendly Ganesh Idols in Gujarat. Government has announced Training to 1000 Statue Makers from Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot and Vadodara, free Tool Kits to them, good remunaration and free stalls of Ganesh […]
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan could revoke the suspension of 25 Congress MPs tomorrow, as per sources. Biju Janata Dal, Samjawadi Party and the Trinamool Congress have reportedly talking to Speaker to persuade her to reconsider her decision and revoke Monday’s order. Ms Mahajan had suspended 25 Congress MPs for 5 days for “persistently, wilfully […]
Jailed Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy’s plea for his release on humanitarian grounds today evoked a sharp reaction from the Supreme Court which said “you are in jail by choice”. “One thing which is troublesome is that the person (Roy) says there is an asset of Rs 1,85,000 crore. He tells the court that he […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address a high-level summit on sustainable development hosted by the UN on September 25 when the new and ambitious post-2015 development agenda will be adopted. The United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda will be held from September 25 to 27 here and will […]
Rebuffing pressure from the government to reduce cost of borrowing, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan today kept interest rates unchanged, citing a spike in food prices and banks passing on to consumers only less than half of its previous rate cuts. Rajan, in his third bi-monthly policy of the fiscal, left benchmark lending (repo) rate unchanged […]
The Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) successfully concluded the dialogue on Naga political issue, which has existed for six decades, and signed an agreement today in the presence of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Government’s Interlocutor for Naga Peace Talks, Shri R.N. Ravi, signed the Agreement on […]
