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Narendra Modi’s elevation in the BJP has given a fillip to the idea of an alternative forum for those who want to counter him for the 2002 Gujarat riots and for those like Nitish Kumar who do not wish to be part of a dispensation which is steered by him, says Saroj Nagi The onset of the election season often gives rise to speculation about a non-United Progressive Alliance, non-National Democratic Alliance front. It is no different this time, with chief ministers like Mamata Banerjee ...

Private equity investors haven’t lost their appetite for consumer goods companies despite the consumption story taking a few knocks in the past few quarters. A recent study by Fitch group company India Ratings & Research shows the growth rate of domestic private consumption has been at its lowest at 3.68 per cent in 34 quarters. This, the study says, is becoming a well-entrenched trend. Despite this, PE investors have not hesitated to pump in money where it mattered. According to data ...

Asks private firms to join forces with PSUs in bidding for oil & gas blocks.India is keen to run deep in Myanmar’s energy sector. The government has not only asked its own companies to bid for oil & gas blocks in the next round of auction in that country but also wants private companies to join forces with public-sector undertakings (PSUs). The purpose could be to counter Chinese companies’ dominance in Southeast Asia.For the fresh round of auction, Myanmar has put up for ...

News Delhi : Indian mystic, guru, and spiritual teacher, Osho was born on 11 December 1931 . His full name was Chandra Mohan Jain . He has been known as Osho since 1989. He was a professor of philosophy, he advocated a more open attitude towards sexuality due ...

Guwahati : A CPI (Maoist) politburo member, identified as Ankul Chandra Naskar alias Pareshda has been arrested from Silchar in Assam’s Cachar district, the police said on Friday. 65 year old Naskar was wanted for his involvement in several cases.

Exhausted on account of exposure to the scorching heat, Bahujan Samaj Party’s Brahmin mascot and party national general secretary Satish Chandra Misra fainted at a Brahmin rally in Khalilabad town, about 200 km from Lucknow, on Saturday. He was addressing a rally of upper caste Brahmins -- a task recently entrusted by party supremo Mayawati to him for a bringing Brahmins into the otherwise essentially Dalit-dominated BSP -- when he suddenly dropped unconscious on the ...

After Prema Kavali and Lovely, which did fairly well, actor Aadi (Saikumar’s son) is paired with Nisha Aggarwal (Kajal Aggarwal’s sister) in the forthcoming film Sukumarudu. The film is directed by G Ashok whose claim to fame is the film Pilla Zamindar.Sukumarudu also stars senior actors Krishna Ghattamaneni (Mahesh Babu’s father, a superstar in his younger years), and Sarada (who has won a number of National awards for her acting).Tanikella Bharani, Jayaprakash Reddy, Raghu ...

Deoria/New Delhi, Mar 22: The additional SP of Deoria district in UP, Keshav Chandra Goswami has caused outrage across India after he questioned a rape victim’s relative about the victim’s children and then quipped: “Itni puraani aurat se ...

Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of Union Tribal Affairs Minister Kishore Chandra Deo’s missive to Governor S C Jamir on implementation of Article 244(1) and provisions of Schedule V of the Constitution in tribal areas, Jamir today took stock of the ...