'With China, India should be prepared for the worst'

Whenever a general election to India’s Lok Sabha approaches, two questions tend to emerge: When will India get a green party? Are environmental issues important in our elections? Our parliamentary democracy borrows its structure from the Westminster ...

Larsen & Toubro Chairman A M Naik (below, left) wears the Indian tri-colour and his company’s logo on his jacket because, he says, he is as passionate about protecting India’s manufacturing sector from the onslaught of Chinese imports as he is about the future of L&T after he retires in 2017. In an interview with Shyamal Majumdar & Malini Bhupta, Naik talks about his succession plan, which involves a distributed leadership model and his strategy for a leaner L&T, ...

New Delhi: Seems like Parineeet-Siddharth’s chemistry in Hasse Toh Phasee has hit the right chord of the audience as the flick within two days of its release as made a good collection of Rs 11.10 cr in India.Though, on Friday, the flick started on a low ...

NEW DELHI: Italy today strongly objected to India’s decision to use a severe anti-piracy law to prosecute two Italian marines who have been held since 2012 in the deaths of two Indian fishermen. “Italy is not a terrorist country,” Premier ...

The phone is powered by Google’s Android 4.3 Jelly Bean operating system. The device has got slots for two SIM cards (GSM+GSM). Grand 2 is installed with a 5.2-inch HD TFT display featuring a resolution of 720x1280 pixels. The smartphone has ...

Dhaka: Top ULFA leader Paresh Barua, one of India’s most wanted militants, and two former ministers and as many army generals were among 14 people sentenced to death by a Bangladeshi court today for the country’s biggest weapons haul, nearly 10 ...

Apple India has launched a new ‘try and buy’ offer under which you can try out any iPhone for two weeks and decide if you want to hold on to the phone or return it. This trial offer is only available at select Apple retailers such as Aptronix, ...

Jet still optimistic NEW DELHI: Jet Airways, the country’s number two carrier by domestic market share, said on Monday it did not expect a big fall in revenue due to a recent rating downgrade of India’s aviation safety by the US. The US Federal ...

In a first-of-its-kind deal, MTV has entered into a partnership with Hindustan Unilever (HUL), India’s largest fast moving consumer goods firm, for five of its best-selling brands. The deal will help HUL showcase its brands in six 60--minute movies, one aired every month on Viacom 18’s youth and music platform.   But the clincher is the creative talent that has put its weight behind the branded content. Each movie is directed by a Bollywood A-list director-- albeit young ...