Eastern Freeway to be commissioned before Saturday
Source: The Economic Times
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-05 07:59:57 -0700 | political-news
This Rs 1200 crore project will be commissioned within a couple of days. South Mumbai and Eastern Suburbs such as Chembur and Ghatkopar cutting down the travel time between town and suburbs to mere 25 minutes. The Eastern Freeway coupled...
RBI should make balance sheet more transparent: Committee
Source: The Economic Times
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-05 08:35:11 -0700 | political-news
The Reserve Bank should make its balance sheet more transparent by including information such as employee cost and expenses on printing of notes, a committee has said. It has also suggested that gold should be revalued at the end of...
‘I'm sorry I was a Nazi'
Source: Jerusalem Post
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-05 07:16:32 -0700 | political-news
Screenshot, courtesy of JTA In our memoir-suffused culture, we can read about any experience under the sun. But you'd be hard-pressed to find a memoir about a Nazi trying to explain her choices in life until now. Fifty years after...
‘A mind that is all logic is like a knife that is all blade'
Source: The Globe & Mail
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-05 05:01:54 -0700 | political-news
The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Jun. 05 2013, 7:00 AM EDT Last updated Wednesday, Jun. 05 2013, 7:00 AM EDT Judging by the popular press and recent public pronouncements, universities have fallen out of favour. Hardly a week goes...
Africa: Better Gender Balance At Top Helps Both Women and Men
Source: All Africa
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-05 03:52:48 -0700 | political-news
Exposure to female leaders improves people's attitudes toward all women Women bring diverse views that improve political and corporate decision making International institutions have responsibility to design policies that tap female potential Women have made many gains but reductions in...
English Quiz: Guess the meanings of these words!
Source: Rediff
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-05 03:16:43 -0700 | political-news
A good vocabulary enables you to express yourself confidently, convey your ideas clearly and with flair, and gives you an edge over your peers. The following quiz will not only help you learn some new words but also guide you...
RBI bans gold imports with bank credit
Source: The Economic Times
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-05 00:51:07 -0700 | political-news
In what traders termed a near panic reaction to the sliding Indian rupee, the RBI banned import of gold by domestic consumers through bank credit and has made overseas purchase of the precious metal a cash & carry business. The...
GOP aiming to recruit more Chicago candidates
Source: Miami Herald
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-04 13:45:09 -0700 | political-news
The head of the Federal Housing Administration says her agency may need as much as a $1 billion rescue package to bolster its reserves despite efforts to shore up its finances with higher mortgage insurance premiums. The odds are historically...
Recipe: Massaman Curry of Lamb
Source: Rediff
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-04 11:16:22 -0700 | political-news
Do you have a recipe that you absolutely love and would like to share with our readers? Send in your favourite recipes along with a picture of the dish to getahead@rediff.co.in and we will publish the best ones right...
14-year-old heading to McMaster University in fall
Source: Toronto Star
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-04 05:21:36 -0700 | political-news
Comments Save to mystar Alexandre D'Souza, like other high school students across the GTA, is gearing up for his prom and graduation ceremony and spending the summer excited about embarking on his post-secondary education. But unlike most who are university-bound,...
AgustaWestland asks govt to release payments
Source: The Hindustan Times
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-04 08:20:06 -0700 | political-news
AgustaWestland has asked the government to release its payments saying withholding it was a 'breach of contract'. In a letter written to the ministries of Defence, Finance and External Affairs, the Anglo-Italian firm has said that there were certain 'contractual...
US govt findings may impact tax reporting for Indian Americans
Source: The Economic Times
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-04 04:28:37 -0700 | political-news
According to a recent report by the US Government Accountability Office ( GAO ), between tax years 2003 and 2008, more than 10,000 tax returns have been identified as potential quiet disclosures, a figure much higher than IRS estimates...In a...
Housing scam: Court acquits 61 accused
Source: The Economic Times
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-04 01:19:39 -0700 | political-news
A local court has acquitted for want of evidence all 61 accused, including senior bureaucrats, on the charges of siphoning of public funds to a tune of Rs 92 lakh by misusing the backward class housing scheme. Among those acquitted...
'Spirituality and religiosity complement each other'
Source: Rediff
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-03 13:12:48 -0700 | political-news
Spirituality and religiosity complement each other' Next S unanda Leelaram has dedicated her life to teach Vedanta, a body of knowledge that expounds the technique of life and living. Better known as Sunanda ji , she has...
BJP and the bogey of ?Muslim appeasement?
Source: Arab News
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-03 10:57:05 -0700 | political-news
Nilofar Suhrawardy Tuesday 4 June 2013 Last Update 3 June 2013 8:21 pm The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) decided to postpone its countrywide agitation against the failure of the ruling coalition at the eleventh hour. The BJP had planned to...
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