Modi showers floral petals on Kashi corridor workers

"It is heartening to see us, common people, being acknowledged. 'Achha lag raha hai'," Ram Chand Kumar, a mason who hails from Bihar and has been working on the site for the last 5-6 months, hailed......

Modi inaugurates Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the first phase of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Varanasi, a project which is spread over five lakh square feet and connects the temple premises to......

Bharat Mata, Adi Shankara statues installed at Kashi Vishwanath Dham

A stone-made sculpture of Bharat Mata against the symbolic backdrop of India, and statues of Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar and saint Adi Shankaracharya have been installed in the sprawling campus of......

Modi in Varanasi to inaugurate Rs 339-cr mega temple project

The stage was set for the inauguration of the first phase of the ambitious Kashi Vishwanath Corridor project on Monday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi arriving in Varanasi. IMAGE: Kashi......

Why Citi is exiting India

The Indian regulatory framework forced Citi to hibernate -- contrary to the claim that it never sleeps!Manojit Saha reports. IMAGE: In India Citibank started the consumer banking business in 1985.......

Madurai boy Anand Selvakesari is breaking the mould at Citigroup

A career Citibanker, 'Selva' came into the spotlight as the person who rewired the financial behemoth's Indian retail operations. IMAGE: Anand Selvakesari, CEO-designate, Citigroup's global......

How fintech start-ups plan to spread their wings

Fintech players are customising solutions for rural markets and helping SMEs learn how to use the services. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com. Paynear, a fintech start-up, has more users in......

Citi launches next-gen mobile payments in India

If you are a Citibank credit card holder in Bangalore, and use a Vodafone mobile phone service on a Nokia 6212, you need not carry that Citi credit card anymore. Your mobile phone will double as a......

Sports shorts: Bhullar wins Macao Open, Indian archers bag silver

IMAGE: Gaganjeet Bhullar in action. Photograph: Paul Kane/Getty Images Gaganjeet Bhullar romped home to a three-shot victory at the Macao Open to bag his eighth Asian Tour golf title in Macau on......