Happy Dussehra 2024 Wishes: Top 25 Quotes, Whatsapp messages, and status in English to shareHappy Dussehra Wishes 2024: Vijayadashami, or Dussehra, marks the end of Navratri and celebrates the victory of good over evil, based on th...
12 Oct, 2024, 10.52 AM IST
Gandhi on Rupee notes: Why only Bapu's portrait and which other names were suggested for this honour?The journey of Indian currency from the colonial era to post-independence highlights Mahatma Gandhi's longstanding presence on banknotes, f...
05 Oct, 2024, 12.49 PM IST
Cognizant co-founder N Lakshmi Narayanan highlights significance of technological and data literacy in modern business worldIIM Shillong organized the Thought Leaders Conclave with speakers including N. Lakshmi Narayanan and Gopal Srinivasan. The event highlighte...
13 Sep, 2024, 09.55 PM IST
Stick to Gandhi on our notes, pleaseThe function of Gandhi's image and his alone on all notes is two-fold: one, the obvious one of celebrating the 'father of the nation'; two,...
27 Oct, 2022, 11.10 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi's diaspora address in Malaysia steeped in Tamil flavourAfter greeting the crowd, Modi spoke a few sentences in Tamil saying, "Many of you are from Tamil Nadu...Tamil Nadu's role in India's growt...
22 Nov, 2015, 08.53 PM IST
Lakshmi Vilas Bank to work two hours extra in APJ Abdul Kalam's honourLakshmi Vilas Bank said here today that it will function for two hours extra tomorrow as a tribute to the late former president APJ Abdul K...
31 Jul, 2015, 11.17 PM IST
Bania community reviving tradition of starting new accounting books on DiwaliThese books are called chopdis and it is a tradition in the bania community to mark the start of the new year at Diwali by opening new acco...
22 Oct, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Mumbai bar dancers hope to get back ‘lost livelihood’Those in the know say Mumbai had roughly 75,000 bar dancers who were similarly affected, with some reportedly committing suicide.
17 Jul, 2013, 12.09 PM IST
- CPI(M) yet to finalise its stand on President election: Prakash Karat
Party MP and Politburo member Sitaram Yechury said the Left parties would discuss the Presidential poll tomorrow.
04 May, 2012, 02.18 PM IST
- President polls: CPI(M) asks Congress to build consensus on candidate
CPI(M) today asked the Congress to take the initiative in building a consensus on the candidate for the Presidential election.
03 May, 2012, 02.08 PM IST
- CPI(M) favours consensus President candidate: Sitaram Yechury
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) today favoured a consensus candidate as the next President of India.
01 May, 2012, 09.27 PM IST
- Presidential polls: CPI(M) to support candidate with consensus
Senior party leader Sitaram Yechury refused to be drawn into any specific names to succeed incumbent Pratibha Patil, nor any category like ...
01 May, 2012, 06.02 PM IST
- Left may not be averse to Ansari as Presidential nominee
Left parties, which have been advocating "maximum consensus" to elect a new President, may not be averse to supporting a candidate like Vic...
01 May, 2012, 05.44 PM IST
- Why Google, BlackBerry did not originate in India, asks Bansal
S&T Minister P K Bansal cautioned scientists not to get carried away by the euphoria of being an "innovation nation", but ponder why Google...
11 May, 2011, 10.31 PM IST
- Pratibha has wide acceptance
Glossing over controversies surrounding Pratibha Patil, the CPM has come out to defend the UPA’s presidential candidate.
29 Jun, 2007, 01.35 AM IST
- Pratibha Patil expected to break jinx
Pratibha Patil, the UPA candidate, will be the fourth woman to contest the presidential elections and the first who is expected to win. All...
16 Jun, 2007, 02.37 AM IST
- Shekhawat to test his mettle on July 19, waits for competitor
The Election Commission on Wednesday announced July 19 as the date of presidential poll. The counting will be on July 21. The term of incum...
14 Jun, 2007, 04.14 AM IST