BCCI issues fresh ultimatum for damages to WICB
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has issued an ultimatum to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), demanding that it furnish the $41.97 million damages caused by the Caribbean team’s infamous mid-tour pull-out last year. In a fresh letter to WICB President Dave Cameron and the... read more »
SBI signs loan pact with EIB
State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union’s long-term lending institution, signed a loan agreement for Euro 100 million to be utilised for on-lending to private businesses in the country. “This is third tranche of a total loan... read more »
Air India brings back passengers stranded at Budapest
Air India on Friday pressed into service two of its India bound international flights to bring back passengers stranded at Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The flights arrived in Mumbai and Delhi late in the afternoon, Air India officials said. Last night Air India flight AI 130 from London to... read more »
Direct Tax collections up 13% in April-Dec
Gross direct tax collections – including tax on personal and corporate incomes – from April to December of financial year 2014-15 are up by 12.93 per cent at Rs. 5,46,661 crore as against Rs. 4,84,063 crore collected during the same period in 2014. The rate of growth of the collections is just... read more »
In Gujarat, all schools asked to perform ‘compulsory’ Saraswati Puja
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad School Board has whipped up a controversy with its circular asking all schools to hold ‘Saraswati Vandana’ on Vasant Panchami on Saturday, drawing... read more »
Death of ‘reformer’ King Abdullah: Why Saudis will remain frenemies to the wor...
The death yesterday (23 January) of Saudi King Abdullah – widely acclaimed as a “reformer”, albeit a one only in the context of the glacial pace of change in this semi-mediaeval... read more »
US and India Appear Ready to Try to Hash Out Differences
Differences that the United States and India have been grappling with for years are expected to dominate talks between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi when they meet... read more »
Delhi elections 2015: Confident of running Delhi govt for next 5 years : Kejriwal
NEW DELHI: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is confident that the voters of Delhi will give a clear verdict in this elections. Kejriwal, who answered a range of questions from readers on TOI... read more »
Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Kemmu to have a simple wedding at home
Actors Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu have decided to have a low-key wedding at their house in Khar, Mumbai. The bride is confident it will be special, while her mother and actor Sharmila Tagore says... read more »
