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  • Rani Dominates In Indian Cinema For A Decade. Bags Coveted Decade Of The Actress

    Maharastra. Bollywood Super-star & actress of the masses, vivacious Rani Mukerjee received a recognition quite contrary to the Film Awards that she has been receiving for years. The Second Edition of India Leadership Conclave 2011 (www.indialeadershipconclave,com ). The high profile India Leadership Conclave that is conducted annually by Indian Affairs Group( www.indianaffairs.in ) organized the […]

    Timtara.com completes 1 year in Indian Online Retail Successfully Offers Delight to 95% customers

    New Delhi: India’s Number 1 Online Electronics Retailer, www.timtara.com, will complete its first year on May 1, 2011. With more than 95% DELIGHTED customers, online retailer timtara.com has achieved phenomenal success in the Indian market. Timtara.com deals in high quality branded products with original manufacturer’s warranty from hundreds of brands Ranging from Mobile Phones, Cameras, Computers, Appliances and electronics among others. The […]

    Hire & fire policy won’t work: Labour minister

    Labour and Employment Minister Mallik Arjun Kharge has said that hire and fire will not be allowed. In an exclusive interview to All India Radio Kharge said that that hire and fire policy, will create disturbance in industry and ultimately result in hampering production . He said that there is a need for a balance […]

    Endosulfan goes to list of banned insecticides

    An international conference in Geneva has agreed to add endosulfan, an antiquated persistent insecticide, to the Stockholm Convention’s list of banned substances. For most uses the ban will take effect in a year, but use on a short list of crop-pest combinations will be phased out over a six-year period. Environmental health and justice organisations […]

    AI strike: Pilots’ union refuses to call off stir

    As their protest entered the fourth day on Saturday, striking Air India pilots refused to call off their agitation, further crippling the domestic operations of the national carrier. Air India could operate only five flights from Mumbai on Saturday, its spokesperson said and hoped it would operate four to five more flights through the rest […]

    Oil firms hike jet fuel price by Rs 156-237 per kl

    State-owned oil firms on Saturday hiked jet fuel price by Rs 156-237 per kilolitre, the 14th straight increase in rates since October last year. Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) price at the T3 terminal in the national capital was increased by Rs 156 per kl to Rs 60,560 per kl effective midnight tonight, an official of […]

    R K Upadhyay appointed the new BSNL chief

    The government on Saturday finally appointed Rakesh Kumar Upadhyay as the Chairman and Managing Director of telecom giant BSNL. “He (Upadhyay) will join office (of BSNL chief) today,” DoT Secretary R Chandrashekhar told the news agency. However, no decision regarding the appointment of chief of MTNL, another public sector telecom major, has been taken, he […]

    Profit-booking pulls down Sensex by 466 points

    Profit-booking by operators and investors on fears of hike in interest rates by Reserve Bank Of India, coupled with persistent selling by foreign institutional investors pulled down the BSE benchmark Sensex by 466 points during the week. The key index dropped to lowest level in more than a week as high inflation stoked macroeconomic problems […]

    Defiant Gaddafi vows not to quit, offers talks with NATO

    Defiant Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi vowed on Saturday not to quit, but said he was ready for a “ceasefire and negotiations” as NATO bombed a key government complex in Tripoli while the Libyan regime stepped up the offensive in the besieged western city of Misurata. “I’m not leaving my country,” 68-year old Gaddafi said in […]

    Pilgrims crowd into Rome for John Paul II ceremony

    Thousands of pilgrims swarmed into central Rome on a drizzly Saturday amid tight security measures on the eve of a ceremony for late pope John Paul II’s beatification, a critical step towards sainthood. “I couldn’t miss this, I had to be a part of such a historic moment. We’ve only just arrived but the atmosphere’s […]