NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the BJP of hypocrisy when it comes to ‘parivarvad (dynastic politics)’. Rahul alleged that while the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has on numerous occasions dismissed the sacrifices of Congress leaders as ‘nepotism‘, the portfolio allocation on Monday saw the distribution of power to a ‘government…
SHANGHAI: Premium sportswear brands are enjoying robust growth in China as they take to directly courting their main customers, posing yet another setback to mega brands Nike and Adidas as they grapple with local competitors in the $55 billion sportswear market. Sportswear is a rare bright spot in China’s sluggish consumer market, as health and…
T20 World Cup winners Yuvraj Singh and Shahid Afridi are currently ICC’s guests as the ambassadors of the T20 World Cup being hosted by the US and the Caribbean islands, and both watched the thrilling India vs Pakistan match together last Sunday at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.Pakistan were in control…
NEW DELHI: Malawi mourns the loss of its Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others following a fatal plane crash, confirmed by President Lazarus Chakwera on Tuesday.The wreckage of the military aircraft transporting Vice President Chilima was discovered in a rugged mountainous area in the northern region of the country after an extensive search spanning…
NEW DELHI: Many parts of Delhi are facing power outage since 2.11pm after a fire broke out at sub-station of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) in Mandola, UP.Delhi receives 1200 MW of power from the Mandola sub-station, and therefore many parts of Delhi have been affected.“The power restoration process has begun and electricity…
NEW DELHI: A 13-year-old boy has been taken into custody for allegedly sending a hoax email claiming a bomb was on a Toronto-bound Air Canada flight from Delhi, according to police reports on Tuesday. The boy admitted he did it “just for fun” to test if he could be tracked down, authorities revealed.The incident came…
NEW DELHI: A man on a bulldozer smashed the toll booth when he was asked to pay in Hapur on the Delhi-Lucknow highway on Tuesday. The incident came to light when a video of the bulldozer operator surfaced on social media sites. “A JCB driver vandalized the toll booth with a JCB at Chhijarsi toll…
Online women’s fashion brand The Loom, which has recently opened its first store in Delhi, is eying 10 per cent revenue from the offline channel this fiscal, Komal Goel and Aman Goel, co-founders, The Loom. By this fiscal end, the brand plans to open 5 company-owned, company-operated stores in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Bangalore, and Mumbai….
SBI did not disclose the intended use of the proceeds from the fundraising. The State Bank of India (SBI), the nation’s biggest lender, announced on Tuesday that its board has given the green light to raise up to $3 billion through debt instruments in the present fiscal year.The government-run bank will secure the funds in…
NEW DELHI: Former deputy chief minister of Bihar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday reacted to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks over the prolonged violence in Manipur and said that his statement has come ‘late’. “The Prime Minister has always been silent, whether it’s about the Manipur incident, the attack on our farmer brothers,…
