The long battle for govt job promotion quotas

Vicky Nanjappa traces the history of the demand for reservation in government job promotionsfor Scheduled Castes andScheduled TribesAs expected, the Bill providing for reservation to Scheduled......

63rd Republic Day: The gallantry award winners

President Pratibha Patilon Thursday conferredawards of 368 Gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others as part ofthe 63rd Republic Day Celebrations.This includes......

Hollywood, here I come, says Anil Ambani

For the last few months, a crack team of three senior executives selected by Anil Ambani has been working on an unusual mandate-- to break into the closed club of Hollywood movies that has been......

How Bharti Retail plans to make it big

His target is to have over 10 million square feet of space all across the country by 2015 and enter into every city, which has a population of over 1 million. And he has $2 billion to splurge, to......

Bharti plans 3-tier retail model

In a model that will fundamentally differ from its partner Wal-Mart's, Bharti Retail has finalised a three-tier retail format that will provide customers access to a store 1.5 to 7 km from their......

Girdling the globe

Why is Siddhartha Verma, managing director, Reebok India, the symbol of a quiet revolution that is taking place in the Indian corporate world?In a few weeks Verma will be heading to Rotterdam to......

Katrina, Ranbir score a ghazab hit

Of the two films releases last week, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani is a hit. The other releaseJailrecordedvery weak collections despitecritical appreciation. Note: Films are ranked according to......

London Dreams outsell Aladin

Of the two films releases last week,London Dreamsfared better that Aladin. London Dreams opened toa mixed response andhas done reasonably well over the weekend. But there was no saving Aladin,......

Box Office: No takers for Fruit & Nut

After some bumper Diwali releases, last week'srelease -- Fruit & Nut -- was quite a let down. The film opened very poorly. Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs......

All The Best, Blue beat Mrs Khanna

Of the three Diwali releases that hit the theatres last week, Main Aurr Mrs Khanna fared the worst. Blue took excellent initial colllections while All The Bestpicked up from Sunday. Note:......

BCCI won't recognise recent ICC decisions: CoA

IMAGE: Choudhary was barred by the CoA from attending ICC meeting but participated in the policy-decision voting. Photograph: PTI The Committee of Administrators (CoA) has conveyed to the ICC......

Readers wishes for John Wright

Name:jagdish shah Message:Hi John Many many happy returns of the day Thanks for working indian cricket team Jagdish Name:Hitendra Message:Wish you a very happy birthday. I hope that you will guide......

Readers wishes for John Wright

Name:jagdish shah Message:Hi John Many many happy returns of the day Thanks for working indian cricket team Jagdish Name:Hitendra Message:Wish you a very happy birthday. I hope that you will guide......