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Bharti Airtel slashes pay hikes for employees

New Delhi, July 19 -- Bharti Airtel has moderated its employee salary hikes in FY25, with the average salary increase dropping to 8% from 8.7% in FY24, according to the company's annual report Vice ch... Read More


JSW Cement to hit mkts in Aug with Rs.4,000 cr IPO

mumbai, July 19 -- After finishing a slew of meetings with institutional investors in road shows, JSW Cement has finalised plans to launch its Rs.4,000-crore initial public offering (IPO) in the first... Read More


Reliance Retail acquires Kelvinator

New Delhi, July 19 -- Reliance Retail Ltd on Friday announced the acquisition of the home appliances brand Kelvinator for India from the Swedish manufacturer Electrolux AB after holding manufacturing ... Read More


Ministry asks federations to provide five-year roadmap

New Delhi, July 19 -- The Sports Ministry has asked the National Sports Federations to prepare a five-year development plan and announce three good governance initiatives. These are part of a series o... Read More


From Shami to Deep: How Kolkata's clubs are fuelling hinterland dreams

Kolkata, July 19 -- Eighteen years ago, Sahaspur's Mohammed Shami had turned up at Kolkata's Dalhousie Athletic Club with a reference from his local coach Badruddin Siddique and a month's pocket money... Read More


India seeks consular access to 34 fishermen held by B'deshi authorities

New Delhi, July 19 -- India has sought consular access to 34 Indian fishermen who were detained by Bangladeshi authorities this week on charges of crossing the maritime boundary, people familiar with ... Read More


19-year-old girl hacked to death in meghalaya, accused on run

Shillong, July 19 -- A 19-year-old girl was hacked to death by a man at Williamnagar in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills on Friday, police officers aware of the matter said, adding that a hunt is on to tra... Read More


Tata Group sets up Rs.500 crore trust for AI-171 crash victims

New Delhi, July 19 -- Tata Sons and Tata Trusts on Friday said they have set up a Rs.500 crore welfare trust for the victims of the Air India plane crash. "The Trust will be called 'The AI-171 Memoria... Read More


Bloodline of forbidden love

India, July 19 -- Santanu Bhattacharya's novel Deviants tells an unusual story of three generations of gay men from the same family - Vivaan, his maternal uncle who is introduced to the reader as Mamb... Read More


Where the truth is elusive

India, July 19 -- Devin Pinto, the young son of Neja and Ramesh Pinto, is kidnapped on a day trip out of Colombo. There are no clues. No demands. No police involvement. In the gilded, claustrophobic c... Read More