A superb Lionel Messi hat-trick gave Barcelona a 3-1 win over 10-man Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their last 16 King's Cup tie on Tuesday. The Argentine forward, playing for the first time since the Christmas break, also hit the crossbar and many of the Atletico fans stood and applauded him when he was replaced near the end.
The paper "India's Strategic Defense Transformation: Expanding Global Relationship" by Brian Hedrick of Strategic Studies Institute of US Army Department of Defense, was released oN Wednesday, takes a global view of India's rise as a regional and future global military power.
Romania coach Victor Piturca dropped Dinamo Bucharest striker Florin Bratu on Wednesday when he named his final 23-man Euro 2008 squad.
Swapnil Joshi is back in a new avatar in Papad Pol -- Shahbuddin Rathod Ki Rangeen Duniya.
While the Mahabharatha is of epic proportions and reputation, it contains hundreds of characters and sub-plots that are capable of being re-written on epic scales.
Seeks removal of custom duty on commodity polymers and cut in others, but also seeks hike in customs duty on plastic products
The Tyre Industry is one of the industries that have been majorly affected by the global economic meltdown.
The BSE market breadth was positive - out of 2,785 stocks traded, 1,650 advanced, 1,076 declined and 59 were unchanged on Tuesday.The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 156 points at 17,806. The NSE Nifty gained 69 points at 5,270
Don't waste your time if you are not a Bapu enthusiast. Sundarakanda is not very interesting and out of sync with today's times.
The Sensex opened with a huge positive gap of 189 points at 19,317 on the back of the recovery in the US markets. The index, however, could not hold gains due to profit-taking at higher levels. The index, thereafter, moved in a narrow range of 50 odd points for the major part of the session. Fresh selling towards the end saw the index slip to a low of 18,884 - down 433 points from the day's high. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 189 points at 18,939.
Only the government's emphasis on infrastructure, special announcements on key sectors like telecom, automobiles, etc in the coming Budget can bring cheer to the plastic industry.
Simple change in a child's diet like including more fenugreek, spinach and fibres in their meals can help control juvenile diabetes, according to experts. Cutting down on junk food and following a healthy diet chart with more protein and fibre-rich food, like having methi and palak besides fibre rich dalia, to children's diet is important to keep them hale and hearty, leading doctors said.
Located at Manngaon , a small village near Hinjewadi in Pune, AFC is a group of 138 farmers. Set up in 2004, it has emerged as a platform to share information. Farmer-members share their knowledge on all the aspects of farming -- what to farm, what to grow, seeds, fertilisers, pesticides and marketing of produce.
Sai Kiran Addivi in his Telugu debut film Vinayakudu tells a romantic tale of a fat man and a hot babe. Krishnudu and Sonia perform fairly well in this film which is slow-paced and makes for an average watch.
Five major industry groups have signed MoUs to set up large projects in Maharashtra entailing an investment of Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion).
India will soon begin to produce and export pesticide-free chillies, if some of the novel initiatives from the Spices Board are of any indication.
It's the duo's collective persona and their free-flowing chemistry that makes all the difference in I Hate Luv Storys.
As many as 118 assistant commissioners of police, including 30 from Mumbai, were transferred by the Maharashtra government.
The government said on Monday it expected an investment of Rs 22,500 crore (Rs 225 billion) over the next five-six years in a proposed Special Economic Zone for manufacturing renewable energy equipment.
China is facing a competition, not with India, but between two ideologies within its own country.
The experiment of binding the playing surface at the Brabourne stadium with Poly Vinyl Acetate was commended by both captains and players after Sri Lanka's seven-wicket victory over New Zealand.
ICC pitch consultant Andy Atkinson will use a commonly used builders' glue PVA on the pitch for extra binding of the playing rectangle.\n
After cuisine, it's foreign flowers which have hit the desi market in a big way. Carnation cuttings, bright Gerberas, Poinsettias, Alstroemeria and orchids, the demand for all these is gorwing in the Indian market, according to industry experts.
In an action replay after seven years, Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Industries, India's largest company by market capitalisation, announced on Friday, plans to merge its group firm Reliance Petroleum with itself. Both RIL and RPL informed the Bombay Stock Exchange on Friday that they would hold separate board meetings on March 2 to consider the merger.
All the seven companies, including the two Indian companies, Balaji Amines Ltd and Prachi Poly Products Ltd -- both chemical manufacturers -- will be barred from doing business with the US government.
The tennis ace may not have won a medal at the Olympics, but he learnt to say 'Efharisto poly.'
Three to four hundred youths have converged at Sonamarg base camp to clean the hills of poly-bags and other items left by the pilgrims during the one-and-a-half month yatra.
Banker-turned-author Manish Gupta's book English Bites! is a unique guide to the Queen's language that will have you learning and laughing at the same time.
Part research being farmed out to medical colleges, universities to cut cost and time.
The market has remained in a mixed state of mind, has come off its intra-day high and has finally ended the day in negative territory.
The market has remained in a positive state of mind, has come off its intra-day low and has finally ended the day in positive territory.
Indian companies Reliance and Infosys, both active players in the Chinese market, are among the global industry majors who have partnered with the World Economic Forum to organise the 'China Business Summit 2005' in Beijing.
Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra State invites applications from the aspiring Maharashtra State candidates who have passed SSC examination.
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