Budget 2014: Achche din aane wale hain, but terms and conditions apply
This disclaimer is required because there are many Indians who feel the achche din (good days) will come immediately. They will not, as the promise is only that achche din ‘aane wale hain’ which translates to ‘are coming’. There has been no specific date attached to the... read more »
Union Budget 2014-15 : Highlights of finance minister Arun Jaitley’s ...
* PSU banks to raise Rs. 2.40 lakh crore capital by 2018 * Keeps rules of Retrospective Taxation unchanged * MSME sector – Rs. 10,000 crore fund by way of attracting further private equity. * All governement departments and ministries will be integrated through e-platform by December 31 this... read more »
Amit Shah is new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief
Amit Shah, who is credited with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s spectacular victory in Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha election, was on Wednesday named the next party president. Mr. Shah’s elevation marks the rise and influence of Gujarat in the ruling party after Narendra Modi took over as Prime... read more »
Indian American made interim president of US varsity
Nagi Naganathan, an alumnus of the National Institute of Technology at Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, has been appointed interim president of the University of Toledo, a public research university in Ohio. A member of the Toledo faculty since 1986, Naganathan who had led the College of Engineering... read more »
Chennai blast: Jaya gets territorial, won’t let centre join probe
In an inexplicable move, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has refused to let the National Investigation Agency (NIA) teams from the Centre as well as other Central agencies... read more »
South Korea ferry disaster: 226 confirmed dead, divers continue to search for missing
The number of confirmed deaths from the sinking of the Sewol ferry in South Korea has risen to 226 after five more bodies were recovered from the submerged ship on Friday. Divers continued... read more »
Narendra Modi is a serial liar: Congress
The Congress party on Friday called Narendra Modi a “serial liar” following the BJP leader’s reported reference to Congress leader Ahmed Patel as a good friend in an... read more »
India ranked no 1 in Twenty20 International Team ranking
India ranked no 1 in ICC Twenty20 International Team ranking announced in Dubai on 1 May 2014. India replaced Sri Lanka from the top position. Sri Lanka earned the top position on 8 April... read more »
Clarke selection call a turning point – Marsh
Australia’s new chairman of selectors Rod Marsh has pointed to Michael Clarke’s resignation from the selection panel following the dire 2013 tour of India as a pivotal moment in the... read more »
