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New Delhi: Terming the slowdown in May industrial output as "not encouraging", finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said the government was in the process of taking steps to enhance the productivity of the manufacturing sector. "It (the Index of Industrial Production) is not encouraging…," he told reporters at a meet organised by Nabard here. Mukherjee, however, […]

Mumbai: Switzerland-based bank Credit Suisse on Monday said it expects the Bombay Stock Exchange`s 30-stock barometer Sensex to touch the 22,000 mark in 12 months. "The consensus from the industry is that the Sensex companies earnings should be (up) 18-19 per cent. Rising costs and interest rates are expected to weigh on profitability, so on […]

Star marksman Abhinav Bindra stole the limelight by clinching a gold medal while unheralded teenager Malaika Goel bagged a silver as shooters added two more medals to India's kitty on the second day of competitions in the 20th Commonwealth Games here on Friday

New Delhi: A day after he defied Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s directive to visit the site of a railway accident in Assam, Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy was today removed from the Railway ministry. Roy, who was hoping to be elevated to the Cabinet rank in Railway Ministry after the exit of his leader Mamata […]

Paris: Leading eurozone countries and China are showing clear sign of slowdown and the United States and Japan could be slipping towards a downward slope, the OECD said on Monday. France, Germany, China, India and Brazil were already on a path of slowdown, the OECD said on the basis of leading indicators pointing towards future […]

Patna: Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Tuesday advocated for an increased spending on local bodies saying the issue of devolution of finance to local government was not adequately debated in the country. "India has one of the lowest shares of local government expenditure compared to total public sector expenditure at around 5 per cent," Ansari said […]

New Delhi: Indian media on Tuesday lashed out at skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for not going for the kill in the third and final Test against the West Indies, which ended in a tame draw. Chasing 180 for victory, India were 94/3 when they decided to bring the match to a close with a possible […]

London:  India`s middle-order mainstay Rahul Dravid feels the fitness of the fast bowlers will be crucial to the team`s success in the upcoming four-match Test series against England, beginning next week at the Lord`s. "It`s a hard one to call. England are playing at home, so they have that advantage. We`re a good side, a […]

Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip on Friday killed six persons, including a pregnant woman and two children, taking the Palestinian toll to 815, as the 18- day conflict threatens to spread to the West Bank after deaths of two youths in anti-Israel protests in north of Jerusalem

How did India's first art biennale at Kochi originate or how does an entire industrial city in Germany come alive once every five years with a cornucopia of artworks? Curators from across the world are set to give insight into how they put together some big-scale art shows

Background television can divert a child's attention from play and learning, according to a new study

The government is totally committed towards ensuring that the needs of the Army are met and the force is "fully geared" up to take on the challenges, outgoing Army Chief General Bikram Singh on Friday said

Mumbai: Director Rohit Shetty will be seen in a special appearance in actor-turned-producer Shreyas Talpade’s upcoming Marathi film ‘Poshter Boyz’. Choreographer-turned-director Farah Khan also has a special appearance in the film. “Both Rohit and Farah are close to me and are very successful directors and I love watching their movies which are out-and-out entertaining films. […]

New York: Criminal charges were filed today against six people in what authorities said was a global cyber-crime ring that created fraudulent e-tickets for major concerts and sporting events. According to the Manhattan district attorney’s office, the cyber-gang was able to hack into the ticketing group StubHub, a unit of eBay, to take over user […]

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