HDFC Bank is India’s Most Valuable Brand: Report
HDFC Bank is India’s most valuable brand, according to a report released by marketing and brand consultancy Millward Brown in conjunction with communications group WPP. The BrandZ Top 50 Most Valuable Indian Brands ranking values HDFC Bank at $9.4 billion or Rs. 56,400 crore ($1=Rs. 60). HDFC... read more »
Assam: 5 NDFB militants killed in encounter with security forces
Guwahati: Five NDFB-Songbijit militants were killed in an encounter with a joint police and army team in lower Assam’s Chirang district early on Wednesday morning, said a top police official. The extremists exchanged fire with the security forces during an operation in the jungle areas of... read more »
Sonia Gandhi Targets Modi Government, Says ‘People Caught in Web of F...
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi today accused the Narendra Modi government of showing “false dreams” to the people of India and urged her Congress party to stay the course even though the road to revival may be “longer” and the struggle, harder.”We have done so much but our... read more »
Manmohan Singh Immune as PM, not as FM: US Court
WASHINGTON: A US court here has ruled that former India prime minister Manmohan Singh had “head of state immunity” from claims that he supported violence against Sikhs, but it did not cover his tenure as finance minister. US District Judge James Boasberg in the District of Columbia... read more »
Police, protesters clash again in Ferguson
FERGUSON — Police and about 200 protesters clashed again in Ferguson, Missouri late Friday after another tense day in the St. Louis suburb that included authorities identifying the... read more »
Canadian Prime Minister praises India
Toronto: India and Canada have long standing and positive bilateral relations based on mutual interests, Prime Minister Stephen Harper?has said and lauded the contributions of... read more »
Heavy rain in Uttarakhand claims 24 lives
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the loss of lives due to heavy rain in Uttarakhand.Heavy rain has wreaked havoc in Pauri and other districts of Uttarakhand... read more »
Ban on kids: How Mumbai’s dahi handi became a political event
If it is Dahi Handi, then Thane has been the place to take a crack at forming a human pyramid, reach the pot held up by a crane, touch it, and take the prize money home. Mandals, or groups... read more »
Putin says Moscow does not want war or confrontation
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia would stand up for itself but not at the cost of confrontation with the outside world. Putin was speaking to Russian ministers and MPs in... read more »
