When the good people of Animal Aid Unlimited found this bull wandering the streets in India they already noticed that there was something wrong with him. Tingu, the bull, was very sick and had a bloated and distended stomach. They knew that Tingu had eaten something harmful. But it’s only when they begin operating on him that they recognize the extent of the tragedy. Parental advisory: these pictures are not […]
All set to take up a home loan after due diligence and caparison of multiple quotes on interest rates and EMIs? Have you thought of comparing the miscellaneous and other lesser-known charges while comparing various home loan offers available to you? Many home loan borrowers often end up skipping these details. Prospective loan seekers many a time just use interest rate as the basic yardstick to compare various home […]
What’s a girl to do when she’s got work, home and an aged dad with angsty digestion? Go on a road trip, obviously. In Shoojit Sircar’s comedy drama Piku, Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan and Irrfan Khan are seen channelling their inner Bengalis and the trailer is guaranteed to make you grin. After having rumbled and roared as a drunken actor in his twilight years in Shamitabh, Bachchan returns with […]
New Delhi: According to the new documents obtained from the finance ministry, twenty five nationalized banks have lost Rs 12, 620 crore in last four financial years. The documents revealed that there have been 4,845 cases of bank frauds over this period of time. Out of Rs 12,620, Rs 2, 060.75 crore were lost by five banks headquartered in Karnataka alone. These banks are Canara Bank, Vijaya Bank, Corporation […]
I don’t think there is an Asian model as such. But Asian societies are unlike Western ones. The fundamental difference between Western concepts of society and government and East Asian concepts — when I say East Asians, I mean South Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam, as distinct from Southeast Asia, which is a mix between the Sinic and the Indian, though Indian culture also emphasises similar values — is that Eastern […]
A Germanwings plane carrying 150 people has crashed in the French Alps on its way from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. The Airbus A320 – flight 4U 9525 – went down between Digne and Barcelonnette. None of the 144 passengers or six crew is expected to have survived. The plane crashed after an eight-minute descent, an official said. It is not clear if it sent a distress signal. The dead are […]
The Supreme Court today struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act holding it violative of Article 19(1)a of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech. “Section 66A of the IT Act is struck down in its entirety…,” said the apex court bench of Justice J Chelameswar and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman. “Our Constitution provides for liberty of thought, expression and belief. In a democracy, these values […]
Despite the regular increase in the number of Indian working in United States, India suffered the highest number of L-1B visa denials between 2012 and 2014. The data released by the Virgina-based National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) shows that 56% of the L-1B visa petitions by Indians were rejected, compared with an average denial rate of 13% for all countries other than India. Rejection rates have increased […]
As the start up culture grows and evolves rapidly in India, incubators in collaboration with educational institutions look to provide new companies a springboard to stability. Today, a number of students from different educational sectors and institutions have unique ideas of how to solve a problem, target a certain market segment and accordingly run a successful and profitable business. Although jobs with established companies continue to remain popular, an […]
This man has lost count of how many PILs he has filed Murderers roam around freely instead they arrest me: Traffic Ramaswamy about his arrest to TNM “Somebody will say I have taken Rs 1,000 crore to grant bail. Don’t worry. I can take care of it. I am too thick-skinned for such allegations,” the Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu said on December 8 when a petition accusing […]
