Indian-American named VC of Illinois University

A distinguished Indian-American academician has been appointed as vice chancellor for research at the prestigious University of Illinois, Chicago. Mitra Dutta, a former senior executive with the......

New India Assurance is No. 1

New India Assurance has posted a robust 21 per cent growth in sales in October to regain the number one position in the general insurance industry toppling National Insurance Company, which had......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......

General insurance biz grows by 12.5%

The general insurance industry recorded 12.5 per cent growth in business at Rs 14,452 crore (Rs 144.52 billion) during April-February 2003-04, mainly on the strength of a robust 72 per cent growth......

Boxing: Lakra loses in World Championship quarters

A L Lakra failed to sustain the form that earned him a berth for next year's Beijing Olympics and crashed out in the quarter-finals to wind up India's campaign at the World Boxing Championship in......

Boxer Lakra qualifies for 2008 Olympics

A L Lakra became the first Indian pugilist to qualify for next year's Beijing Olympics after he defeated European silver medallist Shahin Imranov to advance to the quarterfinals of the World Boxing......

Bhagwan advances at World Championship

Lightweight pugilist Jai Bhagwan became the third Indian to come within onevictory of Olympic qualification by advancing to the pre-quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championship in Chicago.......