Inclusion of women in company board rooms is a good sign, but instances of promoters propping up their wives or kin are also common, according to president of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India Atul Mehta....
The chariot festival of the ancient Brihadeeswarar temple was held on Wednesday at Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu after nearly 100 years....
For workers around the world, May 1 is an important day. It is celebrated as May Day with pomp and pageantry. And communist countries, when communism was a major force in international politics, used to add a revolutionary zeal to it. That’s something one would naturally expect from the champions of t...
Indonesia on Tuesday executed eight out of nine people convicted for drug smuggling despite last-ditch appeals by Australia's foreign minister for a stay on the execution so that claims of corruption during the trials of two Australian prisoners could be investigated....
Responding to concerns voiced by opposition members over churches being attacked, Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the Lok Sabha that the government would not tolerate anything that disturbs communal harmony....
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains the third most followed world leader on the micro-blogging site Twitter while External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is the most followed foreign minister, according to a latest study....
Apps like TimesSaverz, PepperTap and Urbanclap help you seamlessly sift through challenges such as locating an ATM, finding groceries, home fittings, the nearest dry cleaner and the plumber et al....
Guwahati and Srinagar are the two Indian cities at highest risk of being devastated by an earthquake, with 36 other cities in areas prone to earthquakes, according to government data....
The epicentre of the massive 7.9-magnitude earthquake that devastated Nepal on Saturday and has claimed 4,347 lives so far, Lamjung district suffered only four casualties, a top official said on Tuesday. ...
The acclaimed national award-winning documentary 'Daughters of Mother India', based on the aftermath of 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder, has entered the Class VIII curriculum of around 200 schools in Maharashtra, filmmaker Vibha Bakshi said here on Tuesday....