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Commodore Rakesh Anand , chairman and managing director, talks to Ateeq Shaikh about diversification and the recent competition the company has started facing from private shipyards in the areas of naval shipbuilding and ship repairs. Most shipyards in India are under the Ministry of Shipping, but Mazagon Dock comes under the Ministry of Defence.
New Delhi: Vadodara's M.S. University has cancelled a show by stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra on the campus next month after less than a dozen alumni wrote to the vice-chancellor asking him what message the varsity was planning to send out by hosting an "anti-national flag-bearer". No stranger to controversy triggered by his biting humour, Kunal - who heard about the cancellation from the media - had a comeback less than 24 hours later.
In a sarcastic take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bonhomie with Barack Obama, key BJP ally Shiv Sena today wondered if the US President will shift to India when his term gets over. The Sena also slammed the US for pursuing a "dual policy" towards India and Pakistan.
An Indian court has convicted 24 suspects, 11 of them for murder, for their part in religious riots in 2002 in western India. Special Court Judge P. B. Desai said Thursday that their sentences will be announced next week.