Kolkata: The State Bank of India (SBI) will pursue an aggressive strategy by offering more number of digital products and strengthening the Business Correspondents Model to take on the competition from new banking and other entities, its chief said here on Saturday. Participating at an interaction organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce, SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya said the country's...
Mumbai: Actress Sonakshi Sinha says her style icon is evergreen beauty Rekha. "For me, my style icon would be Rekha-ji. She has always effortless in keeping her style quotient identical for many years. You can recognize anywhere once you see Rekha ji. She is a great style icon,” said Sonakshi. "Style has nothing to do with fashion. It is something...
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the city government was forced to take the "drastic step" of only allowing private vehicles on alternate days due to panic triggered by the increasing pollution in the capital. Kejriwal also said the measure would be implemented on a trial basis, the period of which can range from a fortnight...
New Delhi: The government is set to table the Goods and Services Tax Bill in the Rajya Sabha next week, an official statement said on Saturday. The Rajya Sabha has 10 bills on its agenda, including the real estate bill, while the Lok Sabha has six bills listed for the week. The Rajya Sabha's business advisory committee has allotted four...
Washington: Two followers of the Islamic State group carried out the attack on a social services agency party in California. An IS radio broadcast said two of the group's followers had carried out Wednesday's attack in Californian city San Bernardino that left at least 14 people dead and 20 injured, the group as saying in its daily broadcast al-Bayan. US...
Los Angeles: Actor Robert Loggia, best known for playing the role of Frank Lopez in the film “Scarface”, passed away at the age of 85. The star's wife Aubrey Loggia confirmed the news that Robert breathed his last on Friday at his home here, after a five-year battle with Alzheimer's, reports ew.com. Aubrey also revealed that she and her daughter Cynthia...
Guwahati: Four persons were injured after a bomb went off at the crowded Fancy Bazar area here on Saturday afternoon, police said. Guwahati Police Commissioner Mukesh Aggarwal told that the anti-talk faction of ULFA may be behind the attack....
Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti on Saturday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders should apologise to nearly 11 crore people of Bihar for falsely stating the state's economy was in a poor shape. Misa Bharti, a doctor-turned-politician and one of the outspoken Rashtriya Janata Dal leaders, on Saturday targeted Modi and BJP leaders...
New Delhi: UC Browser is the third most used app in India after social networking giant Facebook and mobile messaging service WhatsApp, according to a new report. Based on the data provided by mobile advertising company Quettra, the report titled "What Makes Indians Tick" offers a glimpse into India's mobile app market and has ranked apps based on the total...
New York: The year 2015 is going to be the first year of single-digit worldwide smartphone growth, according to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC predicts worldwide smartphone shipments will grow 9.8 percent in 2015 to a total of 1.43 billion units. IDC updated its previous forecast to reflect slowing growth in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan), Latin America,...
