World Chess Championship: Carlsen tears into ‘Berlin’, deflates...
You give him an inch, he takes a yard. Even if it’s Berlin defence. Magnus Carlsen tore into Viswanathan Anand’s ‘wall’ with white pieces, scored a win in 34 moves in a game lasting almost four hours and opened a new wound in the Indian’s heart. The Norwegian world No.... read more »
Boy dies as teacher ‘bangs his head against wall’
NALGONDA: A six-year-old boy studying in Class I of a private school died on Sunday after he was allegedly beaten up by his class teacher on Saturday for not speaking in English. The incident took place at Tirumalagiri village of Anumula mandal in Nalgonda district. A heavy posse of policemen was... read more »
Bengaluru has 27% of top 30 Indian IT product firms
MUMBAI/BENGALURU: Away from the e-commerce euphoria, there’s a bunch of Indian software product companies that is bolstering the domestic startup ecosystem with impressive valuations of their own. The top 30 software product companies – catering largely to businesses (B2B) – have... read more »
Can’t rule out privatization of Air India in future, civil aviation m...
NEW DELHI: Privatization of national carrier Air India will not happen immediately, but cannot be ruled out in future and there have been suggestions from various quarters in this regard, civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said on Monday. The minister also said that state-owned Airports... read more »
RIL to sell 49.9% stake in US joint venture
NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries is looking to sell its 49.9% stake in a US joint venture that owns a 460 miles pipeline network for transportation of shale oil and gas. RIL, as well as its... read more »
Bharti Airtel calls off Rs 700 cr deal to buy Loop Mobile
Telecom major Bharti Airtel has called off its plans to acquire business and assets of Mumbai based Loop Mobile, for about Rs 700 crore, as the Department of Telecom is yet to clear the... read more »
Idea Cellular opposes extension of permits to Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India in New Delhi
NEW DELHI: In a rare instance of disagreement between GSM telecom companies, Idea CellularBSE 0.43 % has opposed the extension of permits for Bharti AirtelBSE -3.06 % and Vodafone India in... read more »
Marketing Reforms in India a Big Challenge: Arun Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today spoke at the India Economic Summit in Delhi. Here are some points he made: Reforms in developed society are different because people there have already... read more »
Two nabbed with Rs 10 lakh fake notes in West Bengal
Kolkata: Two people were arrested and Rs 10 lakh fake Indian currency notes (FICN) seized from them near the Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Malda district, the BSF said Wednesday.Border... read more »
