MELBOURNE: There has been a 26 percent increase in Indians holidaying in Australia's Victoria state in the year ending December 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008, reveals a survey that comes in the backdrop of a string of attacks on Indian

SINGAPORE, March 12 (Reuters) - Sutha Kandiah, formerly UBS's joint head of equity capital markets for Asia, will join India's Religare Capital Markets to build its regional equities business, IFR said on Friday. Kandiah is expected to start work before

NEW DELHI: India has switched on its first in the heart of capital New Delhi as part of an experiment that backers say could help other smog-choked cities in emerging countries. The maker of the seven-ton machine, Italy's Systemlife, claims the box-like

NEW YORK: The of opportunity is closing for boutique bond trading firms to make a killing from market turmoil as big Wall Street banks regain their footing and rehire staff. During the financial crisis and its aftermath, bid/offer spreads, or the gap

MUMBAI: The rupee strengthened on Friday as a large corporate sold dollars while early gains in the local sharemarket raised hopes of easing risk aversion which may lead to more capital inflows into the country. At 9:55 a.m. (0425 GMT), the partially

Patrick Doyle, global chief executive officer, Domino's Pizza Inc, inaugurated the 9000th Domino's Pizza store in the country. This is the 300th Domino's store in India. He spoke to HT on the pizza market in India and growth prospects. Excerpts: How is

NEW DELHI, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived here early Friday morning for a one-day official visit, reported local TV channel Times Now. Putin will meet with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and will attend the

Mumbai: The Indian rupee appreciated by 17 paise to Rs45.44 dollar in the early trade today in line with other firming Asian currencies amid increased capital inflows by foreign funds into equities. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the

NEW YORK: The window of opportunity is closing for boutique bond trading firms to make a killing from market turmoil as big Wall Street banks regain their footing and rehire staff. During the financial crisis and its aftermath, bidoffer spreads, or the

GULMARG, India (AFP) The awe-inspiring Himalayan slopes of war-torn Indian Kashmir represent one of the last frontiers for daredevil skiers. Now, with violence on the wane and a new heli-skiing service offering access to incredible descents in virgin

NEW DELHI: Brokerage firm CLSA said over 4,000 employees may have resigned from Infosys in February alone, largely driven by an uptick in business environment that has created a huge demand for talent, after a lull. The normal attrition numbers in

Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt can finally heave a sigh of relief as his acquittal from terror charges for his alleged role in the 1993 Mumbai serial terror bombing has gone unchallenged in the Supreme Court. Dutt’s name did not figure among the 50

Pioneer News Service | New Delhi It seems nothing can keep Lalu Prasad down for long. Isolated and outmanoeuvred while the Women’s Reservation Bill was adopted by the Rajya Sabha, the irrepressible RJD supremo on Thursday was in his element when

MUMBAI, March 12 - Indian shares rose 0.4 percent in early trade on Friday, with financials leading the rise, supported by marginal gains in Asian markets. At 9:01 a.m. , the 30-share BSE index .BSESN was up 0.41 percent at 17,239.11 points. The 50-share

MUMBAI, March 12 - The Indian rupee opened stronger on Friday on the back of gains in other regional currencies and a mildly higher start to the domestic sharemarket. * At 9:00 a.m. the partially convertible rupee INR=IN was at 45.51/52 per dollar,

MUMBAI, March 12 - Indian federal bond yields edged up in thin trade on Friday as traders stayed on the sidelines waiting for industrial production data due around noon for cues on the strength of the economic recovery. * At 9:11 a.m., the yield on

Pioneer News Service | New Delhi Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday called for a sound real-time decision support system to track down terrorists and organised criminals who had developed various channels of communication with the help of

INDIAN WELLS, Calif., March 12 (UPI) -- Mardy Fish bounced back from a slow start Thursday to earn a first-round victory on the opening day of men's action at the BNP Paribas Open. Fish recorded a 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 decision over Michael Berrer to set up a

Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin is in Delhi for a 24-hour working visit with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. At least 10 agreements, including those in the areas of defence, nuclear power engineering, trade and military-technical interaction, will

Having got the stick in three circles, telecom company S Tel on Thursday gladly accepted the carrot offered by the Government — a promise to make available 2G spectrum license for 16 circles. As a result, the company chose to withdraw its case

The Delhi High Court is expected to rule today on whether women officers in the armed forces can have permanent service on par with male officers. More than 20 women Army officers, current and former, are fighting a tough battle in the Delhi High Court.

Joint operation by the Central and State security forces has busted two Maoist training camps in the Chaibasa forest region in Jharkhand and an ‘area commander’ besides 20 ultras were arrested. This is part of the recently launched first

In what will be known as the ‘development movement’, the Chhattisgarh Government will this year take up the Good Governance campaign to a new level with active participation of people, students and experts. Unlike the previous Good

Omer Farooq | Hyderabad The call of senior Congress leader from Rayalaseema and former minister to merge Rayalaseema with Telangana in case of bifurcation of state has evoked a strong reaction from Telangana leaders. Telangana leaders, including those

No child’s play: Andhra prodigy sits for junior college exams at age 9 Omer Farooq | Hyderabad Naina is one of the 17 lakh-odd students appearing for the Board of Intermediate examinations, currently underway in Andhra Pradesh. However, she is

If and when the 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and State Assemblies becomes a law and a reality, women representation in Andhra Pradesh will get a tremendous boost. While today, there are only 36 women in the state Legislative Assembly

Biswajeet Banerjee | Lucknow The legislators and ministers in Uttar Pradesh have pressed ‘ctrl, alt and del’ to the Union Government’s request to expose them to the world of e-governance. The IT and Electronics division of the

Sanat K Chakraborty | Guwahati The ruling Left and the Opposition Congress in Tripura displayed unusual political co-operation, while extending 50 per cent reservation for women in the three-tier Panchayats and urban local bodies in the State. The state

It has now become almost certain that the Rs 15-billion Smart City Kochi IT park project, envisaged as the biggest IT facility in Kerala, will not materialise, at least during the tenure of the present Leftist regime. The CPI(M)-led LDF Government has

PNS | Kolkata Beating all others in the fraternity, an IIM-Calcutta passout has landed a Rs 1 crore-plus job in the UK. While officials refused to share details as 'things would be officially reported on Friday,' some inside sources said the passout had