Bangalore, India News

HYDERABAD His laughter rings across the open air in a quiet setting at the Taj Banjara as Mahesh Dattani recounts his journey from his days as a copy writer at an ad agency to being the playwright that he is today.

India Leadership Conclave is one of Asia's biggest leadership event where the who's & who's of corporate india will assemble to discuss the changing fabric of Indian business, brands & business dynamics & its enviable position in the global market.

WAM Abu Dhabi, Feb 12th, 2012 -- A delegation from the Abu Dhabi Authority for Tourism and Culture has concluded its promotional tour in India.

It is business as usual for Indian companies and the economic interests of India are safe in the Maldives, wracked by political tumult and violence after the deposition of former president Mohamed Nasheed, diplomats and others said.

Neha Arora, all of 30, wants to make Bangaloreans hop on to The Yellow Cycle, her company that lets you gift out of the ordinary experiences to your pals or family.

No city arouses nostalgic sadness as much as Mumbai does. Other cities might have changed names, like Kolkata, or grown beyond recognition, like Bangalore, to the chagrin of old timers.

BANGALORE: Days of walking down M G Road without a worry, with a whistle on your lip and a good view of the heart of the city are returning soon, opine Bangaloreans.

London, Feb 11 : A 36-year-old man of Indian origin who was jailed for 12 months for groping a pregnant patient at a British hospital where he worked will not be deported because of his "right to family life". Milind Sanade pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the 21-year-old pregnant woman at a hospital in Harlow, Essex, in February 2010.

BANGALORE: If you are caught cheating in the COMED-K postgraduate entrance test for Medical and Dental streams that is to be held on February 13, be ready to have your registration certificate withdrawn or annulled.

BANGALORE: A K Verma, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Karnataka, announced that the Ministry of Forests was in the process of relaxing some rules to help the woodworking industry obtain raw materials, and said that the supply of wood was to be met from plantation timber, and not forests.

JEDDAH: The second meeting of the executive committee of the Saudi Indian Business Network , a body comprising Saudi and Indian businessmen and senior executives under the aegis of the Consulate General of India, was held at Wisaal Development Center, Jeddah.

BANGALORE: A collection of unpublished doodles of legendary cartoonist R K Laxman that reveals a more personal aspect of the creative genius would be put up on public display here for the first time.

Myntra.com, India's largest online fashion store, has successfully raised US$ 20 million in its third round of funding, taking the total funding received by the company so far to US$ 39 million.

New Delhi, Feb 10 - Storming the world of Carnatic music and Tamil cinema with his non-conformist, controversy-creating ways in the 1940s, polymath and veena exponent Sundaram Balachander steadfastly fought many 'unholy cultural nexuses', earning his share of brickbats, says his biographer.

BANGALORE: Uninor, one of the telecom operators whose 2G license has been cancelled by the Supreme Court, today said Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal had assured it of the Center's support to help it steer through the crisis.

Faculty and administrators of Brandeis University and India's National Center for Biological Sciences have agreed to work toward creating a formal institutional partnership that could involve graduate students, undergraduates and post-docs. A consensus to form small working groups and hold planning sessions was reached at a meeting on the NCBS ... (more)

Bangalore: Growing at a compounded annual growth rate of about 30 per cent, India's floriculture industry is likely to cross the Rs 8,000-crore mark by 2015, industry body Assocham said today.

Sixteen hour workdays in China - The stories regarding horrendous working conditions at Apple's assembly plants in China continue to appear and have prompted conscientious Apple customers to band together to protest at Apple headquarters and targeted Apple Stores located in San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C., London, Sydney, and ... (more)

New Delhi, Feb 8 : With less than a week to go for Valentines' Day, the surge in demand for roses is likely to quadruple their price, a survey here said Wednesday.

Footage from a local television station that was filming the assembly depicted Laxman Savadi, the minister for cooperation, showing the explicit footage to his colleagues C. C. Patil and Krishna Palemar, who owned the phone.