September 2, 2015
New Delhi: In its first sentencing in the Common Wealth Games (CWG) lighting scam, a Delhi court has sentenced Managing Director of private firm Sweka Powertech Engineers Pvt Ltd TP Singh to six years in jail in the case. Four MCD officials have also been sentenced four-year jail term each.
Septemebr 2, 2015
In good news for engineering students across the country, IT giants Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) have upped fresher salaries for first time in many years, according to media reports. Entry-level employees hired from engineering campuses will get 10-12 per cent higher salaries that last year, reports said.
September 2, 2015
Yangon: The Myawaddy-Thinggan Nyenaung-Kawkareik section of the Asian highway linking India, Myanmar and Thailand has been put into service, the media reported.
September 2, 2015
World No 1 Serena Williams is bidding to become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1988 to complete a calendar Grand Slam.
NEW YORK – US Open 2015 kick started on Monday. The Tournament witnessed huge upsets in the first round.
September 1, 2015
Jammu: The army on Tuesday said the Chinese troops crossed the Line of Actual Control 150 times this year and indulged in over 100 face-offs with the Indian forces, and the incidents were restricted to four-five pockets only.
September 1, 2015
Brief Scorecard: India 312 (Pujara 145*, Mishra 59, Prasad 4-100) and 274 (Ashwin 58, Rohit 50, Pradeep 4-62, Prasad 4-69) beat Sri Lanka 201 (Perera 55, Herath 49, Ishant 5-54) and 268 (Mathews 110, Perera 70, Ashwin 4-69, Ishant 3-32) by 117 runs
August 31, 2015
New Delhi: Months after a major row over Yoga Day celebrations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said even utterance of the word 'Om' can be a reason for controversies in the country which has seen "ups and downs" in the realm of ideology.
August 31, 2015
New Delhi: Petrol price was on Monday cut by `2 per litre and diesel by 50 paise a litre, the third reduction in rates this month on fall in global oil rates.
Fuelling at a petrol pump near Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on 17 May 2010. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint
August 31, 2015
After 'Puja' at New Jersey temple, Dhoni urges Diaspora to back Team India
File photo of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and wife Sakshi. Photograph: PTI
August 31, 2015
Pakistan's defence minister warned on Sunday that India would suffer "heavy losses" it would "remember for decades" if it tried to "impose" a war on his country. Defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said: "Pakistan's armed forces will defend every inch of their motherland at every cost".
