Chhattisgarh BJP MLAs to meet today as suspense over CM likely to end

A key meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Paty's newly-elected 54 MLAs in Chhattisgarh to pick the legislative party leader will be held in Raipur on Sunday which is likely to end the suspense over who......

Manipur, 11 other states get new Governors

Lakshman Prasad Acharya has been made the governor of Assam with the additional charge of Manipur while Gulab Chand Kataria has replaced Banwarilal Purohit as the governor of Punjab under major......

Maoists kill Chhattisgarh BJP leader 3 days before polls

A Bharatiya Janata Party leader was killed on Saturday in Narayanpur district in poll-bound Chhattisgarh allegedly by Naxalites, a police official said. Ratan Dubey, the BJP's Narayanpur district......

First-time CM Sharma to face challenges over BJP's poor show in Rajasthan

After the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's poor show in the Lok Sabha polls in Rajasthan, the focus is now on first-time Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma who was chosen by the party high command to......

LIC mops up Rs 5200 cr from Varishtha scheme

Life Insurance Corporation has mopped up over Rs 5,200 crore (Rs 52 billion) from Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana, but its market share from other products dipped further to 87.76 per cent till......

Pvt insurers eat into LIC pie

Life insurers in India registered a 22 per cent growth, collecting Rs 9,713 crore (Rs 97.13 billion) in premium income from new business till December, with private players gaining more ground from......

Insurers pushing for unit-linked plans

Buoyancy in the equity market and the soft interest rate regime have prompted insurers like the Life Insurance Corporation of India, ICICI Prudential, Birla Sunlife and Aviva Life Insurance to......

Pension market size shrinks 90% in '02-03

The Indian pension market is rapidly vanishing. The market shrunk almost 90 per cent in 2002-03, with assured and guaranteed long-term annuities being discontinued.The Life Insurance Corporation of......

'You guys mean the world to me'

Stars celebrate Father's Day with their kids. Photograph: Kind courtesy Dhanush/Instagram Dhanush shares a picture with sons Yatra and Lingaa and writes: 'Happy Father's day a child's first hero!!......

#RIP KK: 'Thank you for the music'

'In a super ambitious industry, you stood out for your unfilminess.''Thank you for giving my films your iconic voice.' Photograph: Kind courtesy KK/Instagram Singer KK passed into the ages after......

BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS From SRK's Life

What is Shah Rukh Khan's life like? What is it *really* like to be a superstar? What's it really like to be loved by millions of fans all over the world? Khan may try to keep it as natural as he......

Om Puri: My friend, Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze, who lost the battle to pancreatic cancer on Monday, had a close Indian connection. He starred in the film, City Of Joy, featuring Om Puri and Shabana Azmi. The film was shot in......

CWG 2014: India's athletics squad pruned down; TT hopes rest on Sharath

The Athletics Federation of India on Tuesday pruned down the number of track and field participants for the upcoming 2014 Commonwealth Games from the original 41 to 32, leaving out young sprinter......

Joshna Chinappa, Ghoshal bag grand doubles

Tamil Nadu's Saurav Ghoshal and Joshna Chinappa clinched a double crown each in the Indian Oil Open Squash tournament winning the men and Under-19 boys and women's and under-19 girls titles......

Chinappa in line for double

India's youngest national champion Joshna Chinappa of Tamil Nadu set herself up for a coveted double when she entered the Under-19 women's final on the penultimate day of the Indian Oil Open squash......