Pratap Bhanu Mehta
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Business > Corporate
- Patni Computer net profit drops 13.6%
- 'No equity against 2nd-hand equipment import
- Honda overtakes TVS as 3rd largest two-wheel
- Inquiry into structures abutting Mukesh Amba
- AI owes Rs 450 cr to GMR airports
- Loop Telecom to close operations; Mumbai una
- Nalco plans another nuclear power plant with
- RComm to list Flag Telecom in SGX
- Haresh Chawla joins IVFA
- Godrej to head corp governance panel
- Venus Remedies gets patent grant for Vancopl
- Govt plans $30 bn investment to develop airp
- Bharti Airtel to launch 4G in Bangalore with
- Sesa Goa's production down 27%
- Tech Mahindra/Satyam may hire 10,000
- 3G services not been a success so far: Sibal
- Global VC funding in solar sector at $329 mn
- Cairn India to raise Mangala output
- Sony Mobile launches Xperia S priced at Rs 3
- 'Sahara makes $600 mn bid for NY Plaza'
- Working on a voluntary car recall policy: SI
- Excise, ST evasion of Rs 13K cr found
Business > Markets
- Gas utility stocks tank; IGL down 33%
- Defensive switch: FMCG index at record
- BHEL hit; gets 2nd 'sell' rating in a week
- RCom shares gain 3% on unit list plan
- London 'the most impressive city in the worl
- FMC slashes position limits in 4 farm items
- Gas utilities' shares drop on tariff cut fea
- Gold price rises by Rs 135 on firm demand, s
- Sugar prices up on better offtake, restricte
- Sensex closes 22 points up
- Sensex gains 48 pts on selective buying
- Delhi Stock Exchange fined Rs 4L by Sebi
- SpiceJet allots 4.29 cr shares to Maran
- Sebi warns NSE over negligence
Business > Latest News
- Tata, Birla most reputed cos: Nielsen
- CNG, piped cooking gas prices slashed
- TV Today scrip soars on buzz of Birla buying
- Facebook buys photo-sharing service Instagra
- Loop Telecom to close operations; Mumbai una
- India challenges US immigration rules at WTO
- Commodity exchanges' FII rules relaxed
- NRE accounts keep deposit growth afloat
- Govt plans $30 bn investment to develop airp
- 'India, China set for slow growth rates'
- Bharti Airtel to launch 4G in Bangalore with
- Car sales surge 20%, bikes crawl at 1%
- Cabinet approves Presidential Reference to S
- AI crash victims' kin want compensation
- Finance offers top IIM-C placement drive
- Montek moots PPP for mining Coal India block
- 'Indian 2012 gold imports to fall 38%, silve
- Sensex gains 48 pts on selective buying
- Truant airlines risk losing peak slots
- India pitches for higher rating from S&P
Business > Economy
- In MP, 70% families defecate in public
- Faulty truck: Tata Motors to pay Rs 2.25L
- Plan panel OK's Rs 25K cr WB outlay
- Crisil launches core inflation indicator
- China posts $5.35 bn trade surplus in Mar
- 29 percent surge in Oz tourists to India
- USCIS continues to accept H1B petitions
- 'India, China set for slow growth rates'
- Asia gauges inflation via rear-view mirror
- Gold rises by Rs 150 on firm demand
Business > Personal Finance
- SUD Life's premium grew by 36.3% at Rs 1,271
Business > Banking
- Rupee recovers by 12 paise vs dollar
- Equities boss in $66 mn fraud case
- Rupee at 3-month low Vs US dollar; down by 3
City News > Delhi
- The Studio Works
- For two Tihar Jail inmates, freedom for seve
- Band, Baaja and Some Empty Chairs
- Researchers cheer as AIIMS clears animal MRI
- Life and Times of a Rat-Killer
- City briefs : No headway into senior citizen
- Salsa Dip
- Now, online goldsmiths
- Cops surrender doc-couple early
- Nursery classes begin, parents see off kids
- Architect arrested for circulating obscene p
- Daredevils'' date with Yuvraj
- Setback for Arushi mother as High Court susp
- Two cheat over 100 in ATM fraud
- HC gives right answer, orders re-look at jud
- Around Town : Four youths arrested for robbi
- Seeds advance at Asian Juniors
- Gangta ton shows HPCA the way
- SOL admissions to go online this session
- Poll heat picks up, as do code violations
- In the last leg, parties call in their stars
- BJP, Cong failed, SP viable option: Party ma
- BJP sends show-cause notices to 70 rebels
- City monkeys not wild, hence MCD''s headache
- Delhi hotelier kills cop in hit and run
- Police question Kashmiri trader over murder
- 14-year-old takes on robbers, no one comes t
- Traffic restrictions ahead of IPL match
City News > Ahmedabad
- Surat factory uses telephone for water theft
- Modi to hand over job letters to 13,000 yout
- Gujarat varsity puts a time bar on PhD aspir
- Dhan Daan: BJP flush with fund, but workers
- Boy''s death in police firing had provoked r
- State govt welcomes verdict
- No footwear for accused inside courtroom les
- Dug up four years ago, mud under guard
- Victims hail verdict, say wait is over
- 'Town is trying to move on''
- 4 of family found guilty, among them 2 broth
City News > Pune
- One held for attacking 2 persons outside cou
- Dhankawadi murder: 6 more arrested, includin
- Activists oppose privatisation of lab & radi
- C-DAC, IMA ink MoUs for infra, research
- IMA to send names of errant doctors to govt
- Back to the Future
- Follow the stars
- Shor In Los Angeles
- The New Role
- Examinations: Take A Break
- Sai Paranjape to be honoured with Raja Para
- Making A Splash
- The Slambook
- Civic body grapples with water loss due to l
- 35 tankers to quench thirst of 9 talukas
- 14 villages within 5 km of civic limit to fa
- After a rap from govt, PMC begins footpath r
- 'I have joined Naxals, there''s no turning b
- State raps PMC for footpaths in disrepair
- Civic education board wants SHGs out of mid-
- Swine Flu: Hot, dry weather will subdue viru
- One held for attacking 2 persons outside cou
- Eaton showcases its wares
- Pocket book on Sun Tzu''s Art of War release
City News > Chandigarh
- LPU death: Legal eagles put onus on prosecut
- Clean chit to jail personnel on VIP treatmen
- 3 robbers stab 55-year-old woman 4 times
- After verdict, convicts hurl abuse at Judge,
- Caught cheating, law student runs away from
- Lali immortalised by Canada-based poet
- State to spend Rs 50 lakh to swear-in 21 CPS
- Two colleges apply for autonomous status
- In battle for Congress captaincy, detractors
- Univ plans to run trams in campus
- Only 2 in CM''s security can shoot straight
- Cong targets govt, Jaypee group over 'land t
- Union Minister backs HP claim on green bonus
- Virbhadra tells party to declare CM candidat
- Auckland Tunnel thrown open to traffic
- Son of retired Punjab IPS officer arrested f
- Dhumal asks for more funds
- The Studio Works
- And, Finally
- A Hundred Miles to Go
- Magic in the Mundane
- J&K sex scandal: 'Victim''supports prosecuti
- 'Motherhood has played a role
- Court acquits man of father''s murder
- Two youths commit suicide
- RLA fails to appear, court issues notices
- 33 kgs of poppy husk seized, 2 arrested
- Underground space unutilised, park turns int
- AroundTown; Couple injured in cylinder blast
- Coming soon on your cell: SMS from UT Estat
- BJP delegation calls on advisor to UT admini
- Members of 4th Finance Commission meet UT of
- Proposed GST would be of immense benefit: Ma
- Jewellery houses reopen
- 9 'monsters' get 10-yr RI for mentally retar
- PGI receives 37 CCTV cameras; 4 caught in dr
City News > Kolkata
- Holidays 'delay'' governor nod for judges''
- Eastern Rlys seeks ban on sedatives
- Didi bounty for minorities
- Disgruntled, auto drivers maintain disciplin
- Nonadanga: 7 in police custody
- Three 'new'' faces from Bengal in central co
- NRHM funds underutilised in Bengal, Centre s
City News > Mumbai
- Mumbai FC enjoy an edge
- Ansari scores winner for Young Boys
- Merchant preaches menace to Mehta
- Badami stuns Girish
- Aditya wins first round match at World Snook
- Decomposed body of woman found on Juhu beach
- Third whale death sends forest dept into tiz
- Oshiwara murder: Cops form teams to trace ac
- Nariman Point murders: Police await DNA resu
- HC seeks reply from MU on BoS appointments
- Kidnapped girl found near her house
- Retired IG''s son held for drink-driving in
- Petition seeks appointment to vacant posts
- Now, get corrective surgeries done at Rs 200
- Lukewarm response to civic scheme for urban
- No pay for months, special school teachers o
- Mumbai could get its third cable-stayed brid
- East, north suburbs see highest suicide case
- Six police cooks moved 'illegally'' to serve
- Schools work out temporary solution with bus
- Accused says he confessed under duress
- Now, Mumbai taxi union threatens strike
- The Studio Works
- Perception Manager
- Luxury for a Cause
- Life and Times of a Rat-Killer
City News > Ludhiana
- Lali immortalised by Canada-based poet
- Remand extended for 6 in double murder case
- 'Cheap post-harvest machinery must''
City News > Lucknow
- Akhilesh to meet PM on April 14
- CM starts process to revoke cases against SP
- Govt to seek more time to wrap up tender pro
- Maya gave contract to firm whose MD was unde
- Magazine linked to RSS slams BJP for inducti
- Their court marriage termed illegal, gay cou
- If Imam wins mayor election, I will quit pol
India > Politics
- Defamation: Tejinder Singh wants summons to
- Criminal case against Stalin, son quashed
- Akhilesh starts work on revoking cases again
- RSS magazine targets BJP on Kushwaha
- Maya govt inked deal with firm whose chief w
- Vilification against Narendra Modi should st
- CCS to take up changes in AFSPA on April 12:
- SIT report clears Modi, 61 others
- Tank ammo shortage is rumour, better placed
India > Latest News
- 'Battered'' by father, baby girl battles for
- In UP, gay couple get marriage 'registered''
- SC questions CBI on objection to Behura bail
- Mishra and AKP get seats at CPM high table,
- Akhilesh starts work on revoking cases again
- RSS magazine targets BJP on Kushwaha
- Bribery allegation: Army chief yet to file w
- Police transfers reflect Modi''s fear, says
- Don't need visa to go to Mumbai: Nitish on M
- Housing scam: Health panel to examine 98-yr-
- Italian marines used Baretta rifles to shoot
- Armed forces ready to meet any challenge to
- Detention of mentally unsound Pak prisoners
- Grounded Mirage fleet to start flying by mon
- Katju appeals Pak President for Sarabjit's r
- Lt Gen Tejinder Singh testifies in defamatio
- Army chief sends complaint to CBI on alleged
- Govt asks over 450 babus to undergo mid-care
- Inadequate power, water pricing promoting gr
- Tata, Birla most reputed cos: Nielsen
- Road accidents new killer for CRPF jawans
- Gulberg riots: No proof against Modi in SIT
- Govt to give all help to modernise IAF: Anto
- Chidambaram discusses J-K security managemen
- Battered by father, baby girl remains critic
- Amendments to AFSPA pending before Cabinet p
- 'SC entering legislative domain on media gui
- Team Anna sees conspiracy against Antony, Ar
- Judiciary a contributor to encouraging corru
India > Crime & Justice
- Family kills Jalgaon girl over love affair
- Rupam Pathak gets lifer for killing Bihar ML
- Man sentenced to life for murdering brother
- Delhi hotelier kills cop in hit and run
- Man kills wife, commits suicide
- Anti-cupid parents try to foist divorce on l
- Rapist gets jail, aide-in-act sister gets of
- Death compensation spikes to Rs 20L, but 'ki
- 2G letters between PM, Raja not processed by
- SC seeks Centre, Kerala's response on Italia
- Mothers'' group dishes out instant morality
- Panda wife let off by court, Italian may now
India > Education
- Two colleges apply for autonomous status
- Univ plans to run trams in campus
- SOL admissions to go online this session
- Nursery classes begin, parents see off kids
- HRD gives in to states, Plan panel, scraps p
- Caught cheating, law student runs away from
- Civic education board wants SHGs out of mid-
- No pay for months, special school teachers o
- Gujarat varsity puts a time bar on PhD aspir
- Undergo training or lose benefits: Govt to I
- Girls having less math skills is a myth: Sci
- 'Wellness' new weapon to improve productivit
- Work-life balance a challenge for employees
- Now, an IIM course for aspiring women politi
India > Regional
- Karunanidhi slams Lanka for saying Koodankul
- Chidambaram pays obeisance at Vaishnodevi
- Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri hit by strike
- Odisha govt toughens stand on abductors' new
- Swine flu hits Rajasthan, claims first victi
Latest News > Entertainment
- Follow the stars
- Pak efforts to acquire Dilip Kumar's home ru
- Amitabh Bachchan likely to undergo CT scan t
- Kristen Stewart asks boyfriend to hit the gy
- Not using sex as a marketing tool for 'Kya S
- Its important to maintain innocence in adult
- Need to protect 'Titanic' for future generat
- Sunny Leone announces her PETA campaign
- Scarlett Johansson on adult shop's business
- Madhuri Dixit to star in Vishal's 'Dedh Ishq
Latest News > Idea Exchange
- Idea Exchange with S Y Quraishi, Chief Elect
Latest News > Science & Technology
- Sexual reproduction may produce long-term be
LifeStyle & Health > Latest News
- 'Consumers in their 20s switch media 27 time
- Girls having less math skills is a myth: Sci
- Life expectancy may influence major life dec
- Porn searches make up 30% of web traffic
- Materialism makes people depressed and less
- How stress affects humans
LifeStyle & Health > Lifestyle
- '25,000 Brit men are basically women'
LifeStyle & Health > Health
- 'Products made from mare's milk to soothe TB
- Scar-free operation that removes your append
- 'Daily low-dose aspirin may help reduce over
- Coming soon: An eye test to detect heart dis
LifeStyle & Health > Food & Wine
- The Spirited Traveller: Mojitos reign over M
Sports > Cricket
- Playing in IPL is like a dream coming true:
- IPL 5: KKR beat Royal Challengers by 42 runs
- Ganguly warned for IPL Clothing Regulations
- Batting is a concern for Mumbai ahead of mat
- No bad blood left in umpiring error controve
- Warne sprang surprises, Dravid keeps it simp
- Munaf Patel fined, Harbhajan warned for argu
- Aus vs WI: Mike Hussey stands firm as Austra
Sports > Latest News
- No bad blood left in umpiring error controve
- IPL 5: KKR beat Royal Challengers by 42 runs
- Ganguly warned for IPL Clothing Regulations
- IPL 5: DD thrash CSK by 8 wickets in IPL
- Another big scalp for Shiva
- After crossing swords, Mahela & KP draw guns
- EPL: Newcastle surging as Spurs, Chelsea fal
- Warne sprang surprises, Dravid keeps it simp
- Munaf Patel fined, Harbhajan warned for argu
- Aus vs WI: Mike Hussey stands firm as Austra
- Playing in IPL is like a dream coming true:
Sports > Hockey
- Bharat Chetri to lead Indian hockey team in
Sports > Tennis
- Jelena Dokic dumped for Australia Fed Cup ti
Sports > Football
- EPL: Newcastle surging as Spurs, Chelsea fal
- I-League: It's do or die for Churchill again
Sports > Other sports
- Oz rugby players accused of violence against
- Britain assure full security for Indian cont
- Indian boxers gear up for semis, Olympic ber
World > Latest News
- Iran sends mixed signals on n-talks
- Jindal, Haley figure as possible Romney runn
- Syrian troops on offensive on deadline day
- 29 per cent surge in Oz tourists to India
- Yemen: 64 killed in clashes with al-Qaeda fi
- No more hearing opportunity to Musharraf: Pa
- Mugabe 'fighting for life' in Singapore hosp
- China working hard to improve Indo-Pak ties:
- Fighting rocks Syria, spills across borders
- Hina Rabbani Khar may be axed as Pak FM: rep
- European Court clears extradition of UK radi
- Pak govt shut NATO supply routes for more mo
- London 'the most impressive city in the worl
- Avalanche: Hope fading for Pak soldiers
- India's vote against Sri Lanka not 'let down
- Nepalese leaders to bring Maoist arms, canto
- Norway gunman sane says new psychiatric prob
World > Americas
- Jindal, Haley figure as possible Romney runn
World > Middle East & Africa
- Syrian troops on offensive on deadline day
- Yemen: 64 killed in clashes with al-Qaeda fi
- Mugabe 'fighting for life' in Singapore hosp
World > Asia Pacific
- 29 per cent surge in Oz tourists to India
- Oz rugby players accused of violence against
World > Asia
- Missing Sri Lankan party leader on way to Au
- With $10 mn bounty on head, Hafiz Saeed refu
- Suicide bombers kill 11 in Afghanistan
- Hina Rabbani Khar may be axed as Pak FM: rep
- Pak govt shut NATO supply routes for more mo
- Anti-India tirades no longer garner votes in
- India's vote against Sri Lanka not 'let down
World > Climate Change
- US records warmest March since 1895
World > Europe
- European Court clears extradition of UK radi
- London 'the most impressive city in the worl
- Blogger exposes links of UK reporters, shady
National Network
- TN Speaker bans cellphones in House
- Rathore: Shekhawat protege, Raje aide
- Mishra and AKP get seats at CPM high table,
- 'Battered'' by father, baby girl battles for
- Assam sees rise in rhino population, now ove
- In UP, gay couple get marriage 'registered''
- Pak couple held for illegally entering India
- Shimla gets first modern two-lane traffic tu
- India seeks new date for Home Secy talks
- PM, Zardari discussed Afghanistan
- Family kills Jalgaon girl over love affair
- Lifer uses Facebook, jail orders probe
- Nitish, Governor in war of words over educat
- Another land allotment by Deshmukh in HC
- RSS magazine targets BJP on Kushwaha
- Centre to hike Bengal plan outlay
- Akhilesh starts work on revoking cases again
- Criminal case against Stalin, son quashed
- Maoists want 30 freed, police threaten strik
- Talks with ULFA 'fruitful, constructive'', s
- 7 securitymen hurt in encounter with Maoists
- EC writes to govt seeking CBI probe
- Will quit politics if Bukhari wins mayor ele
- 'Monsters'', says court, orders 10-yr RI
- Dug up by SIT four years ago, mud from well
- Decade later, Ode struggles to move on
- Youth''s death in firing incited rioters
- Among the convicted, 4 of a family
- Police transfers reflect Modi''s fear, says
- PC to visit J-K today
- SC nod to test-burning of Carbide waste
- Teacher killed by student''s car, his kin al
- NRHM monitors fail to furnish audited accoun
- Govt''s education panel says keep computers
- China footprints, Pak terror camps matter of
- Bribery allegation: Army chief yet to file w
- Party MP alerted Antony on Tatra in 2008, sa
- PIL: Communal card at highest level in Army
- Briefly Nation: HC junks bigamy charge again
- 'Had warned Raja on cut-off date for UAS lic
- SC questions CBI on objection to Behura bail
- Six cooks moved 'illegally'' for Ajmal Kasab
- HRD gives in to states, Plan panel, scraps p
- India invites Qatar to invest in core sector
- Bhandarkar gets SC relief in 'rape case''
Editors' picks
- Army chief sends complaint to CBI on alleged
- Mishra and AKP get seats at CPM high table,
- In UP, gay couple get marriage 'registered''
- NRE accounts keep deposit growth afloat
- 'Battered'' by father, baby girl battles for
- Tata, Birla most reputed cos: Nielsen
- Truant airlines risk losing peak slots
- Detention of mentally unsound Pak prisoners
- Another big scalp for Shiva
- Gulberg riots: No proof against Modi in SIT
- Montek moots PPP for mining Coal India block
- Armed forces ready to meet any challenge to
- Karunanidhi slams Lanka for saying Koodankul
- Avalanche: Hope fading for Pak soldiers
- Fighting rocks Syria, spills across borders
- Iran sends mixed signals on n-talks
- Rupam Pathak gets lifer for killing Bihar ML
- Don't need visa to go to Mumbai: Nitish on M
- Maya govt inked deal with firm whose chief w
- China footprints, Pak terror camps matter of
- Bribery allegation: Army chief yet to file w
- After crossing swords, Mahela & KP draw guns
- Amendments to AFSPA pending before Cabinet p
- Katju appeals Pak President for Sarabjit's r
Business
- Sensex falls 263 points on weak US, China cu
- iGate accepts Patni delisting offer of Rs 52
- NRE accounts keep deposit growth afloat
- Briefly Business: Kingfisher employees get s
- Facebook buys photo-sharing service Instagra
- Kraft-Cadbury, GE among deals to see fresh t
- Loss-making branches of PSU banks need to be
- India, Qatar sign pact to boost oil & gas co
- Truant airlines risk losing peak slots
- Montek moots PPP for mining Coal India block
- FIIs meet FinMin officials on GAAR
- 'No new permit for cotton export''
- Sony to cut 10,000 jobs over next year
- Govt sets up study group on common tax code
International
- Briefly World: Mubarak ex-intel chief to run
- Britain''s fault clause: Absurd reasons for
- Corruption alleged in Nepal PM''s cleanlines
- Qaeda attacks Yemen army post, 64 killed
- Rocket in position at N Korea launch pad
- Avalanche: Hope fading for Pak soldiers
- Iran sends mixed signals on n-talks
- Fighting rocks Syria, spills across borders
- What the world is reading
- Packing up and leaving, after selling his to
- As Myanmar changes, so does its leader
Sports
- Yuvraj returns, looks forward to family time
- Watson clears Major hurdle after playoff win
- Sammy removes openers, revives West Indies f
- Sloppy Madrid slip again
- Uphill task for Salgaocar in AFC Cup
- Too much negativity hampering Milan: Allegri
- NY Knicks spoil rusty Rose''s return
- After being a subject of hype, Dinda matches
- Another big scalp for Shiva
- After crossing swords, Mahela & KP draw guns
- Sharma gives finishing touch
Editorials
- Talk to each other
- The thin red line
- Anti-democratic
Front Page
- Karat gets 3rd term; VS out, Buddha in
- Maya govt inked deal with firm whose chief w
- Not all abujh: Between Maharashtra, Chhattis
- SC gives Chishty bail, cites 'good Indo-Pak
- Conspiracy charge upheld for first time, 23
- House panel calls all three service Chiefs
- No SOPs violated, says Defence Secy but is s
Columns
- Packaging a China model
- Get moving on NCTC
Op-Ed
- 'I''m not the kind of guy who gets along wit
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