Bengal needs five lakh more teachers to launch RTE

Schools in West Bengal would be able to implement the "25 per cent poor children per class" quota under the Right To Education Act only from academic year 2011. A few schools, however, are......

IIMs off to a flying start to placement

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are off to a flying start this final placement season with pre-placement offers pouring in. Final placements at IIM-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) start this......

Retail: Bharti eyes large format stores

The Bharti group has a presence in retail through two ventures-- Bharti Retail, a 100 per cent subsidiary, and a 50:50 wholesale cash and carry joint venture with Walmart Stores. It is targeting......

'India has great campaigns, poor branding'

When Marico introduced Saffola Arise, a new rice brand, the branding exercise was done by India-born Shombit Sengupta who is settled in France. After shifting to Paris from Kolkata in 1973,......

How Kishore Biyani plans to expand business

Kishore Biyani, the founder of Future Group, plans to more than double retail space to 30 million sq ft by 2013 and push the private labels business, while getting into new service areas.......

New and old IPL teams set to lock horns

A fresh battle is all set to erupt among the owners of the ten franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL). At least one of the two new teams, which have paid a bomb for the franchise, is opposed......