India

ULFA''s Independence Day boycott call will have no impact: Assam Governor

Assam, GuwahatiGuwahati, Aug 13 : Assam Governor Shiv Charan Mathur has said that there will

Mitsubishi UFJ ties up with India's Tata Capital

Tokyo - Japan's brokerage house Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Company has linked up with India's leading financial firm, Tata Capital Ltd, Japanese media reports said Wednesday.

India's Tata Group enters franchise agreement with Britain's Tesco

Tata & TescoNew Delhi - India's Tata Group's retail arm Trent announced Tuesday it was entering into a franchise agreement with British retailer Tesco to expand its hypermarket business in India.

The franchise agreement with Tesco would allow Trent to access the former's extensive retail expertise and technical capability to expand its Indian hypermarket business which operates under the name of Star Bazaar, a company press release said.

There are currently four Star Bazaar outlets, two in Mumbai and one each in Ahmedabad and Bangalore. Trent plans to expand this to 50 stores across Indian by 2013.

Olympic gold medalist’s victory dominates national media

Abhinav BindraChandigarh, Aug 12 : As India rejoices its first ever Olympic gold medal, Abhinav Bindra''s victory in the men''s 10m air rifle dominated the national media''s front pages on Tuesday.

Bindra''s victory eclipsed everything else on television channels, which hailed it as a morale booster for a country with few global sporting stars.

Bindra had been fourth after qualifying but had a brilliant final round and the Indian, the epitome of tranquility, hit a near perfect 10.8 on his last shot to pull in front of Henri Hakkinen of Finland, who fell to bronze with a poor final shot.

Shibu Soren asks Madhu Koda to quit soon

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief Shibu Soren, Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu KodaNew Delhi, Aug 12 : Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief (JMM) Shibu Soren on Tuesday asked Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda to quit soon, otherwise support to the state government will be withdrawn.

"The decision regarding making me Jharkhand CM was taken long back but it is getting delayed. Hence, we arrived at the decision to withdraw support for Koda government if he does not resign now," Soren told reporters here.

Amarnath yatra suspended again

Amarnath YatraJammu, Aug 12 : The Amarnath Yatra was suspended again on Tuesday due to bad weather in the Baltal and Pahalgam areas of South Kashmir.

According to police officials, the pilgrimage was suspended and no batch was being sent to the shrine from Jammu.

The last batch of the pilgrims will leave from here on August 14.

The yatra was earlier suspended on Monday due to inclement weather.

It began on June 17 and will end on August 16.

Security forces have been put on a high alert along the entire route of the pilgrimage to ensure the safety of the pilgrims.

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