Landless poor to get more money for building homes
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The amount given to landless poor for building homes will be doubled from this month, the government said Friday….
Dev Benegal excited to join jury panel of film challenge
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Director Dev Benegal, who has won awards for “English August” and “Road Movie”, has been chosen as a jury…
Injury lay-off made Dhawan hungry for runs
Chennai, April 26 (IANS) Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Shikhar Dhawan said an injury lay-off that forced him out of seven matches made him more hungry…
Biocon group net up 51 percent in fiscal 2013
Bangalore, April 26 (IANS) India’s biotechnology major Biocon Ltd posted consolidated net profit of Rs.509 crore for fiscal 2012-13, registering a whopping 51 percent…
Jai Chandiram gets lifetime achievement honour
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Mediaperson Jai Chandiram, who rose to the position of deputy director general of Doordarshan, was Friday conferred the lifetime…
Commission begins probing Saradha chit fund mess
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) The five-man inquiry commission headed by former Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Shyamal Kumar Sen Friday began probing the Saradha…
Mid-sea mishap: Goa offers aid to injured fishermen
Panaji, April 26 (IANS) The Goa government will work out a compensation package for 29 fishermen — of whom five are missing and one…
Four Kashmir cops killed in ambush
Srinagar, April 26 (IANS) Four Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel were killed in a guerrilla ambush in Baramulla district Friday, police said. Separatist guerrillas…
Tax free shopping; Goa to go the Dubai way
Panaji, April 26 (IANS) Shop in Goa and don’t pay any value added tax (VAT) on purchases from October. That’s the incentive that the…
Sindhu advances to India Open semis
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu, seeded eighth, advanced to the women’s singles semi-finals of the $200,000 India Open Super Series…