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“LIBRA LEGENDS” The First franchise under  Masters Champions League (MCL) unveiled 30 th  November, 2015, Mumbai:  Presence of sports, Bollywood,television and business pioneers marked the launch of  “LIBRA LEGENDS”  which is the first franchise unveiled under Masters Champions League (MCL). Pooja Jhunjhunwala, Lalit Kiri and Hanwant Khatri of Popcorn Sports& Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. the biggest patron of sports & entertainment in the country became the proud owners of  “LIBRA LEGENDS”- The First Franchise unveiled under  Masters Champions League (MCL).  Touted as one of themost successful youngest entrepreneur,  Pooja  feels privilegedto be the owner of the 1 st  franchise under MCL “ Mycompany’s ultimate aim is to never let the sports and entertainment feverdie. We wish to give quality entertainment to the masses. Owing a team underMCL is an honor. Our reason to be associated with MCL is their unique conce...

Mumbai 26 th November2015 : Keeping pace with the Govt.’s Vision of “Digital India”, Union Bank of India and Govt. of Maharashtra have today joined hands for collection of taxes & receipts under more than 30 heads. This venture will provide reach and convenience to the tax payers of Maharashtra at over 500 branches of Union Bank of India located even at the remotest corner of the state. Under this arrangement, Union Bank of India has integrated their Core Banking with Maharashtra Virtual Treasury (GRAS) to facilitate Over the Counter collections to provide yet another mode of payment under GRAS for the convenience of tax payers & state Govt. The facility will benefit the Tax payers in Maharashtra the convenience of payment at the branch through their account or by cash with online generation of challan and real time updation of records through GRAS. This will further benefit the Govt. hassle free collection of revenue, daily reconciliation, real time updation o...

Bajaj Electricals Ltd. Joins hands with ChildFund India towards  flagship education program for Rural India ‘Reading Improvement - Books, my Friends’ - “'Mutthi mai Aasma - Sky is the Limit” Program After the successful implementation of ChildFund India’s nationwide campaign - Books, my Friends’ Phase 1 & 2, which involved distribution of age appropriate story books and solar lanterns to nearly 40,000 children, the international child development organization is all set to launch the campaign’s 3rd phase. ChildFund India in association with the CSR division of Bajaj Electricals Ltd today announced the launch of its flagship education program ‘Reading Improvement - Books, my Friends campaign’s Phase 3 Initiative titled “ 'Mutthi mai Aasma - Sky is the Limit ” in Mumbai. As a start, ChildFund India has set-up over 100 solarized well equipped libraries in government schools across its implementation areas, by working with its 60 local community base...

SBI Pinkathon– powered by Women Horlicks Empowering Indian Women trains women to participate in the run along with their babies Mumbai,   November 22, 2015 :  SBI Pinkathon powered by Women Horlicks Empowering Indian Women conducted training session for women to participate with their babies at Heritage Garden, Powai in the presence of Pinkathon Founder Milind Soman. The event “Baby Wearing Walk” was held to emphasize on activity during pregnancy and post-natal period and how healthy motherhood is a necessity in today’s day and age to be torchbearers for healthy families. Most of the women who participated carried their babies in slings and harnesses, as they walked alongside Milind Soman. Commenting on the Baby Wearing walk, Model and Founder of Pinkathon Milind Soman said,“ We want to change the mind-set of new mothers and urge them t o lead a healthy life and break the stereotype of woman with infants having to stay at home. Women with infants have tr...

Mumbai, 17 Nov: India's top 30 bodybuilders and an equal number of mixed pairs (men and women) will fight it out for the title in the prestigious TALWALKARS' CLASSIQUE 2015 INVITATIONAL BODYBUILDING COMPETITION to be held in Mumbai on December 16-17, 2015 in Mumbai. The event which carries a top cash prize of Rs 5 lakhs and a handsome trophy is being organised by TALWALKARS BETTER VALUE FITNESS LIMITED under the auspices of the Indian Body Builders Federation, the national body for the sport of bodybuilding recognised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. The total prize money for the event is approximately Rs 16.25 lakhs for the men';s event with the second and third placed athletes getting Rs 3 and Rs 2 lakhs respectively. The winning pair in the team event for men and women will be awarded Rs.1 lakh. The top ten will be the beneficiaries of the largesse offered by the organisers. The top 30 champion body builders representing...

Shri Rajeev Rishi, Chairman & Managing Director, Central Bank of India announced the financial results for the quarter ended September 2015.  On his left Shri R.K. Goyal and to his right Shri B K Divakara and Dr R C Lodha, Executive Directors of the Bank were also present CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA’S RESULTS FOR THE 2ND QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 Major Highlights –Q2 FY 2015-16 (Rs.in crores) è      Total Business 4,63,347 è      Total Deposits 2,68,753 è      Total Core Deposits 2,52,674 è      Gross Advances 1,94,594 è      Net Profit 113 PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS v    Total Income increased to Rs.7,104 crore from Rs.7,021 crore in September 2014 recording Y-o-Y growth of 1.18  %. v    Total Interest Income registered a growth of  0.20% from Rs. 6,618 crore in Q2 FY 2014-15 to Rs.6,631 crore in Q2 FY 2015-16 on ...

Hungama andLive Viacom 18 give fans a  once-in-a-lifetime chance to see former  Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash perform live! Hungama will be giving away free passes to  Slash’s debut performance  in Mumbai and Bangalore MUMBAI : Legendary rock icon Slash is all set to make his India debut as the headliner to the latest edition of ‘MTV Indies Extreme’ - India’s only rock music and adventure sports festival. Rockers around the country will gather in Mumbai and Bangalore to see Slash perform his new studio album ‘World on Fire’ along with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators. As the exclusive digital partner of the event Hungama has rolled out‘The Legend: Slash’ playlist for its users that  features popular songs such as ‘Sweet Child of Mine’, ‘World on Fire’, ‘Paradise City’ and ‘Back From Cali’ on their app. Hungama is also giving subscribers a chance to see the revered guitarist performing live. Slash, who has been voted asthe Second...