Sudheendra Kulkarni says in his article on a website that despite his age, 85-year-old has still a lot to contribute to the party and the country

Modi is an 'autocrat', Rajnath 'foxy', says Advani's aide

Press Trust of India

Creative hot shop Taproot, now part of the Dentsu India Group, walked away with two gold lions in the outdoor category invigorating the Indian camp after three days of a rather mixed performance at the Cannes Festival of Creativity.

Cannes 2013: Taproot opens account with a bang

Business Standard

By the time you read this, India would have won at least four Gold Lions at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity. And, some Silver Lions and Bronze Lions, to make the end of day three bring a broad smile on the face of every Indian here, as well as several rounds of cheers and beers at Gutter Bar, the favourite haunt of agency folks at Cannes. Sour grape juice would rapidly quench the thirst of all whose work was shortlisted, but didn't manage a win. By the way, the conversion rate is not so different from the past years.Congratulations to all the big Indian winners for the gold conversions from over 100 shortlists for India in six categories; the final result heralds positive news for all Indian metallurgists and miners at Cannes this year. But the Grand Prix this year is far from being ours yet.Of the four Grand Prixs announced on the first awards night, that is Monday night, the PR and Direct Grand Prix went to 'Dumb Ways to Die', a campaign created by McCann Melbourne, f

India nails press and poster Gold Lions

Claims that adequate forces were not being provided despite its direction

SEC moves HC on unavailability of forces for panchayat polls

Haldia Petrochemicals Managing Director Sumantra Chowdhury's term is expiring tomorrow

HPL MD's term expires tomorrow

Protests faced by Mamata Banerjee at Kamduni village in North 24 Parganas district when she had gone there to visit family of a college student who was raped and murdered, were indicative of the resentment against the West Bengal government, a CPI-M leader said today."The protest is a sign that common people are not taking things lying down. It is a proof of resentment against the government," CPI-M leader Surya Kanta Mishra said while addressing a rally here.He said it was strange that Banerjee undertook the visit 10 days after the incident, without informing anybody. 	Mishra also questioned her description of the protesters as "CPI(M) people", saying the entire panchayat had been won by Trinamool Congress and that too uncontested.

Protest against Mamata show resentment against govt: Left

Around 60 state government women employees today went on a protest march along the main corridors of the Writers' Buildings, the state secretariat, against spurt in sexual violence and atrocities against women across West Bengal.Officials sources said the protesters, all pro-left women employees, held placards decrying the state government's "apathy" to sternly deal with the offenders. The protesters paraded the corridors except the VVIP and protected areas for nearly 30 minutes.  Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was in her office when the protest march was held.

Women govt staff on protest march inside Writers' Buildings

Poet Shankha Ghosh, the main convenor of the rally, has called the rally

Intellectuals to hit Kolkata streets

The move will pave way for contract farming to spur agricultural growth in state

Goa govt plans to amend tenancy act

Both the projects would come up in close proximity of Indore, Dewas and Ujjain

Madhya Pradesh seeks DMIC approval for two infra projects

Traditional cotton growers in Vidarbha region may shift to soya as croping pattern is set to change after the onset of monsoons

Vidarbha farmers may shift to soya crop this kharif season

CNG to cost Rs 62.15 per kg in Gujarat against Rs 60.15 a kg earlier

GSPC hikes CNG prices by Rs 2 per kg

BS Reporter

Gujarat CM politely declines the invitation to attend the Amrit Mahotsava

Modi not visiting Ayodhya, says chief minister's office

Protesting farmers from about 44 villages today visited the state capital Gandhinagar to voice their opposition against the proposed special investment region (SIR) in Mandal-Becharaji region which also houses Maruti Suzuki India's (MSI's) new manufacturing plant.In the absence of Narendra Modi, who was in New Delhi, the farmers met state revenue minister Anandi Patel and expressed their discontent over parting with their land for the SIR. They also gave a memorandum to Patel seeking withdrawal of SIR which is proposed over 50,000 hectare.The memorandum also stated that farmers are unwilling to part with their fertile land for the proposed project. The SIR covers a Maruti car plant located at Hansalpur village on Viramgam-Becharaji highway and the Gujarat government plans to develop it as an auto and knowledge hub.Over 7,000 farmers took out a tractor rally to Gandhinagar shouting slogans, claiming that they would not give an inch of land to government for the SIR. "We do not want deve

Farmers opposing SIR take out rally

Makers of Snickers have sought 40 acres of land at Sanand for setting up the unit

US-based Mars eyes Gujarat for chocolate plant

The inclusion of towns with a population of less than 100,000 by TAM for its ratings has not gone down well with broadcasters

TAM's woes flow from  the 12-minute rule

The domestic inverter segment is growing at 28 per cent and currently valued at Rs 5,500 crore

'Inverter segment growing at 28%'

V-Mart Retail would open 28 more stores in tier-II and -III cities

V-Mart to open 28 stores in India

It could increase competition and hence make production more efficient, but opinion is building against it

Will splitting CIL solve the power crisis?

United Phosphorus Limited (UPL) today launched rice herbicide 'Saathi' in Uttar Pradesh, a major paddy producer in India.The product would control all types of weeds and cost about Rs 1,000 a acre, increasing the farmers' profit margin, Head (integrated business unit) Bhupen Dubey said. He said the biggest challenge for the paddy farmers was unavailability of labour to remove weeds.Meanwhile, the company has launched an extensive campaign in UP to make aware paddy farmers about the product. The campaign would cover 21 districts and reach 500 villages, thereby influencing 25,000 opinion leader farmers.Apart from agro chemicals, UPL offers hybrid seeds of vegetables, rice, maize, sunflower, mustard and fodder.

United Phosphorus launches rice herbicide in UP

Request PM to make funds available for the SME textile sector at 7% a year

SMEs in textile sector demands reduction in interest rates

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