It’s good to be able to talk to someoneIs it any wonder that loneliness is the malaise of this millennium, and has been identified as an aggravator of health hazards from depress...
20 Jan, 2018, 08.02 AM IST
How Mufti Mohammed Sayeed's daughter Rubaiya leads a quiet life in ChennaiRubaiya Sayeed, who was kidnapped by Kashmiri militants in 1989, has been leading a low-profile life with her family in an apartment in Che...
08 Jan, 2016, 12.19 PM IST
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar plans to turn liquor vendors into milkmenThough Bihar is expected to lose over Rs 3,000 crore from the prohibition, the CM asserted his government was firm on effective prohibition.
21 Dec, 2015, 04.06 AM IST
Mudra Yojana has not grown the way I wanted: Narendra ModiModi said that the pace of enrolment for the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) to help small entrepreneurs had not picked up the way he ex...
30 Nov, 2015, 03.07 PM IST
Small business backbone of Indian economy; not large corporations: PM ModiAccording to the prime minister, while many think that large companies dominate, in reality it is over 5.5 crore small units that drive the...
09 Apr, 2015, 12.39 PM IST
Net gain for milkmen as technology reaches villagesThis turnaround in fortunes came thanks largely because of a young company — ThoughtFocus — which improved the lot of farmers through innov...
03 Sep, 2014, 11.52 AM IST
Uninor's project of using rickshaw drivers as salespersons to enter five new circlesThis marketing initiative, which was started as a pilot project in some parts of Maharashtra last year, is now being expanded to the compan...
07 Jul, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
'Cheapest call tariffs ' to remain Uninor's marketing mantra this yearThe co will increasingly use milkmen and rickshawallahs for selling their services and also plans to use local women for the purpose.
04 Jul, 2014, 06.56 PM IST
Nitish Kumar confident about Third Front's victory as First Front after electionsBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the Third Front would emerge as 'First Front' after the elections, Kumar said in a statement.
12 Mar, 2014, 09.53 PM IST
Mamata's tantrum or political signal: Bans bicycles from the busiest roads in KolkataMamata Banerjee’s Kolkata has turned this wisdom on its head, by banning bicycles from the busiest roads of the city.
10 Oct, 2013, 05.09 AM IST
Uninor aims to achieve break-even in all circles by 2013Telecom operator Uninor today said its Gujarat circle has achieved break-even and it targets to break even in rest of the circles by 2013-e...
20 May, 2013, 04.09 PM IST
Uninor to rope in auto drivers, milkmen to sell SIMs, rechargeTelenor's India unit, which operates under the brand name Uninor, feels innovations are needed to grab a pie of the overcrowded telecom mar...
05 May, 2013, 12.04 PM IST
Uninor and Videocon adopts 'go-to-customer plan' to sell SIM cards, recharge vouchersUninor and Videocon, which won back licences in spectrum auctions last year, are feeling the need to innovate in the overcrowded domestic t...
26 Apr, 2013, 04.43 AM IST
- Haryana covers 1.78 lakh milkmen under insurance
Providing insurance cover of one lakh, over 1.78 lakh milk producers have been brought under Accidental Insurance Policy launched in Haryan...
24 Sep, 2012, 07.11 PM IST
The milkmen who hope to challenge India's iconic milk co-operative Amul"In India, many dairies sell milk that's recombined," says Vyas, director, Parag. "In the West, recombined milk has to be declared in the l...
12 Feb, 2012, 10.50 AM IST
- Wipro's former employees quit job to set up milk dairy
The milk dairy will be set up at a cost of Rs 15 cr on 24 acres, and 300 marginal farmers will be selected to supply milk to the dairy.
24 May, 2011, 06.03 AM IST
- 48 killed in Ulfa rampage
In a chilling message that it was going to make good its threat of stopping migrant labourers, Ulfa extremists orchestrated a three-hour or...
07 Jan, 2007, 03.31 AM IST