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".
August 30, 2015
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday gave a clarion call to the people of Bihar to reject the BJP in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections and vote in favour of the secular alliance to save the state from the saffron onslaught.
August 30, 2015
Investors who correlate China's economic woes as being a bearish sign for its largest e-commerce player, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA), may be mistaken. That is, at least according to MKM Partners latest survey involving Chinese consumers.
Barron's posted MKM Partners latest survey of Chinese consumers with a focus on:
August 30, 2015
India 312 (Pujara 145*, Mishra 59, Prasad 4-100) and 21 for 3 (Pradeep 2-6) lead Sri Lanka 201 (Perera 55, Herath 49, Ishant 5-54) by 132 runs
Ishant Sharma celebrating with the team after dismissing Upul Tharanga, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 3rd day, August 30, 2015
August 30, 2015
NEW DELHI – The contentious ordinance on land acquisition will not be re-promulgated. It will now be allowed to lapse on 31 August.
In the 11th edition of his 'Mann ki Baat' Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a new precedent for himself and his government - make key policy announcements directly to the public.
August 29, 2015
PALMYRA, SYRIA – Satellite images confirm the destruction of the Baal Shamin temple in Syria's Palmyra, the United Nations said on Friday, after international condemnation of the act claimed by the Islamic State group.
August 29, 2015
As the reality of global warming enters the homes, people may ask: "How will it affect my livelihood?"
People lie down on the grass to spell out "Climate SOS" as part of the Global Day of Action on climate change at Western Park in Auckland, New Zealand.
Well, that depends.
August 29, 2015
Brief Scorecard: India 292 for 8 (Pujara 135*, Mishra 59, Prasad 4-83) v Sri Lanka
Cheteshwar Pujara acknowledges the applause after making hundred, Sri Lanka v India, 3rd Test, SSC, Colombo, 2nd day, August 29, 2015
