Padma Vibhushan for Mario Miranda, Bhupen Hazarika

President Pratibha Patil has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2012. This year the President has approved 109 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 14 in the category of......

STF men get their due

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa honoured the Special TaskForce for killingsandalwood smuggler Veerappan, who terrorised Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for 30 years.STFpersonnel, including chief......

Spurned suitor kills girl's dad, self

When Gopalkrishnan Panicker, who lived in a railway colony in Kalwa, a division of Thane district in Maharashtra, refused to marry off his daughter to her suitor, little did he know that it would......

Azim Premji named 'most generous Indian' in FY20

IT major Wipro's Azim Premji donated Rs 22 crore a day or Rs 7,904 crore in a year to emerge as the most generous Indian in FY20 and top a list of philanthropy. Premji pipped HCL Technologies'......

Wait for new home may get longer by 3 months

Developers are cautious about the timing of launches in the near term, given the relative uncertainty in demand pick-up and logistical challenges during the lockdown. Illustration: Dominic......

How much GST to charge for affordable homes?

In the 2017 budget, the government accorded infrastructure status for affordable projects to help such projects raise loans at lower rates The government has announced concessional GST rates for......

Infosys co-founders Gopalakrishnan, Shibulal sell shares for Rs 862 crore

Even after this sale, the founder group will continue to have a substantial shareholding in the company. Two of the billionaire co-founders of software major Infosys, S Gopalakrishnan and S D......

Madhuri to sizzle onstage?

Buzz isthat Madhuri Dixit, whorecently gave birth to a baby boy, will perform with singing sensation Adnan Sami in the US, where Sami is on an extensive tour.Dixit's secretary Rikku Rakesh Nath is......