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‘The Best Exotic Marigold…’ an exotic film, must watch! (IANS Movie Review)
Film: ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’; Cast: Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Dev Patel and Lillette Dubey; Director: John Madden; Rating: **** Is old age the wait for the inevitable? But this inevitable was staring even in … Continue reading
Indian Shares Rebound From Early Losses; SBI Rallies 5%
(RTTNews.com) – Indian shares erased initial steep losses on short-covering, as the rupee recovered from a record low of 54.91 versus the dollar and state-run lender SBI reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results, aided by higher interest income and lower provisioning for … Continue reading
China’s Stocks Fall, Extending Weekly Drop, as Home Prices Slump
China’s stocks fell, extending the benchmark index’s losses this week, as property prices slumped in a record number of cities, boosting concern the slowdown in the world’s second-biggest economy is deepening. Poly Real Estate Group Co. (600048), China’s second-largest developer … Continue reading
Look no further, happiness resides in ‘Marigold Hotel’ – The Virginian
By Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot© May 18, 2012 In one of their most well-known songs from the musical “South Pacific,” composers Rodgers and Hammerstein suggest that “there is nothin’ you can name that is anything like a dame.” Well, how … Continue reading
Lodha Group, US PE offer Rs 2900 cr for DLF plot
NEW DELHI|MUMBAI: India’s biggest real estate firm DLF, which is looking to offload non-core assets to pare debt, has received offers of Rs 2,900 crore for its 17-acre plot in Mumbai’s Lower Parel area. A senior executive, who did not … Continue reading
Land bill shocks India Inc, will govt accept panel’s recommendations?
A Parliamentary panel has reject a key provision in the land acquisition bill allowing the government to acquire plots for private companies. The panel proposed tougher norms for acquiring land for industrial use, as it finalised the new Land Acquisition, … Continue reading
Indian stocks to watch-May 18
Thomson Reuters is the world’s largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and … Continue reading
Indian fiction mirrors changing man-woman relationship
However, when the globalised 1990s began to creep into “desi” books, the floodgates of love opened to include more complex themes with “emotional riddles, tangled relationships and even same sex love”. In the decade of 2000, the cast of the … Continue reading
Of 63 institutes in Pune and Haveli, only 31 stuck to rules
Nisha Nambiar Posted: May 18, 2012 at 0144 hrs IST Government land for educational institutes 5 violations, 27 under verification An RTI filed by The Indian Express has revealed that of the 63 educational institutions in Pune district that were … Continue reading
Of 63 institutes in Pune and Haveli, only 31 stuck to rules
Nisha Nambiar Posted: May 18, 2012 at 0144 hrs IST Government land for educational institutes 5 violations, 27 under verification An RTI filed by The Indian Express has revealed that of the 63 educational institutions in Pune district that were … Continue reading