Tata group among 26 applicants for bank licence: RBI BT Online Bureau
The Reserve Bank of India on Monday announced that 26 public and private entities have applied for new bank licences. Today was the last date for submitting application for banking licence. The...
View ArticleThe prodigal son of Kerala, Sreesanth - Paul Zacharia
Even for Kerala, where nothing shocks anybody anymore given the deadly dose of our daily brutalisations, Sreesanth's situation was a clear shocker. As the second Malayali in decades to get into elite...
View ArticleMadhu Kapur might challenge board appointment of 3 executive directors -...
Madhu Kapur, widow of YES Bank co-founder Ashok Kapur, is likely to challenge the appointment of three executive directors — Rajat Monga, Sanjay Palve and Pralay Mondal — on the bank’s board. People...
View ArticleHero buys 49.2% in US bike maker- BS Reporter | New Delhi
In its first acquisition abroad, Hero MotoCorp (HMC), the country’s largest two-wheeler maker, has bought a 49.2 per cent stake in US-based performance (race) motorcycle maker Erik Buell Racing (EBR),...
View ArticleAirAsia India hopes to break even in a year - BS Reporter | Mumbai
Tony FernandesAirAsia India, a joint venture between Malaysia-based low-cost airline AirAsia, India’s Tata Group and investment firm Telestra Tradeplace, will break even with 57-58 per cent loads,...
View ArticleAirAsia to start Madurai-Kuala Lumpur flights BS Reporter | Chennai
AirAsia India will start a service this year to connect Madurai in Tamil Nadu to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, the airline’s promoter, Tony Fernandes, has tweeted.“Having met E M Sudarsan Nachiappan,...
View ArticleCoal scam: Jharkhand govt went against its own recommendations - Ruchika...
It took just 40 days for the Jharkhand government to change its mind on the allocation of the Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block. On June 20, 2007, the government had recommended to allocate 40 per cent...
View ArticleTop Army commanders shifted - Ajai Shukla | New Delhi BS
Lt.Gen.Anil ChaitOn Monday, more than half the Indian Army's top commanders were shifted around in what many top generals and analysts consider a motivated and unnecessary reshuffle. The crucial...
View ArticlePrivate banks leave Switzerland as end of secrecy hurts - Bloomberg | London/...
For European lenders with private-banking aspirations, a presence in Switzerland used to be a must. Now, with bank secrecy eroding and rising compliance costs chipping away at profits, more are saying...
View ArticleRupee slide: Libraries may axe foreign publications - Rutam Vora & Vinay...
Sustained weakness in the rupee has posed a challenge to the country's academic institutions. With the rupee around 60 a dollar, the cost of foreign books and journals are feared to escalate. The...
View ArticleThe race to become ABP News - Vanita Kohli-Khandekar | New Delhi BS
It could be a CEO's branding nightmare. Last year when Star India wanted to exit from Media Content and Communication services (MCCS), its 26:74 joint venture with ABP Ltd, the big question for the...
View ArticleVegetable Chow Mein
Vegetable Chow Mein Recipe Serves 2 | Prep Time: 20 Minutes | Cook Time: 5 MinutesIngredients:8 oz fresh egg noodles or steamed chow mein/chow mein 6 fresh shiitake mushrooms, cut into small pieces 3...
View ArticleAffidavit in court says Kapur family has misinterpreted articles; next...
Yes Bank on Monday filed an affidavit to the Bombay High Court claiming the suit filed by Madhu Kapur (widow of the bank co-founder Ashok Kapur) and her children against the lender was based upon...
View ArticleSnowden accuses Obama admin of leaving him a stateless person - Press Trust...
In a scathing attack on the Obama administration, Edward Snowden, who is wanted in the US on charges of espionage and leaking classified information and is stranded at the Moscow airport for the last...
View ArticleFree of newspapers, 21st Century Fox shines Reuters
Wall Street rewarded Rupert Murdoch's move to create a separate entertainment company, giving 21st Century Fox one of the richest valuations in the media sector on its first day of trading. Investors...
View ArticleMurdoch at 82 starts over with $2.6 bn for deals - BS
Rupert Murdoch who began building his media empire 60 years ago, is relishing the chance "to do it all over again" with his newly streamlined publishing company that has $2.6 billion in cash to fuel...
View ArticleEdward Snowden's asylum options narrow
Edward Snowden is wanted in the US on charges of leaking secretsA growing number of countries have rejected the asylum requests of fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, as he attempts to avoid...
View ArticleChina sex film mistakenly shown on big screen in Jilin
Photos of the film playing over the main square near Jilin railway station went viral onlineA film banned as pornography in China was accidentally shown on a large LED screen in a public square in...
View ArticleIndia floods: Last stranded pilgrims rescued in Uttarakhand
Officials say all pilgrims have been evacuated from the temple town of BadrinathThe last of the pilgrims stranded after the recent floods in the Indian state of Uttarakhand have been evacuated,...
View ArticleWhy China loves to build copycat towns
By Ruth MorrisPRI's The World, Thames TownChina is well known for its pirated DVDs and fake iPhones, but this "copycat culture" extends to architecture too - with whole towns sometimes replicated.As...
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