Daily Archives: February 29, 2016
CLOTHING 
February 29, 2016 Craftsvilla acquires food start-up PlaceofOrigin
A screen grab of Craftsvilla website. New Delhi: Sequoia-backed Craftsvilla Handicrafts Pvt. Ltd on Friday said it had ventured into the food segment with the acquisition of Bengaluru-based food start-up PlaceofOrigin in an all-stock deal. PlaceofOrigin was founded by two former bankers, Ashish Nichani and Sudarsan Metla, in 2014. The company curates and takes to […]
NEWS February 29, 2016 Capillary Tech invests an undisclosed amount in WebEngage
Capillary, one of India’s most valuable enterprise start-ups having raised about $80 million in venture funding so far. Bengaluru: Capillary Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which offers customer relationship management software and marketing analytics for retailers, has invested an undisclosed amount to buy a stake in business analytics start-up WebEngage. The move to pick up a stake […]
ALL DEALS 
February 29, 2016 Debate and drama: What the Congress expects from this session of Parliament
Photo Credit: Adnan Abidi/Reuters 16.6K Total Views President Pranab Mukherjee flagged off the Budget Session on Tuesday with a joint address to both Houses, in which he said that Parliament was a place for debate and discussion, not disruption or obstruction. Just before the session began, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the Opposition to utilise […]
ALL DEALS February 29, 2016 Jayalalithaa’s supporters celebrated her birthday
Photo Credit: Vikatan TV via YouTube 13.8K Total Views It is election season in Tamil Nadu, and barbs are flowing freely in all directions. On Tuesday, the opposition Dravida Munnethra Kazhagam took out full-page advertisements in newspapers with a poser for the electorate: “You would have seen the chief minister, on stickers, on banners or […]
ALL DEALS February 29, 2016 Parliament watch: Smriti Irani offers to cut off her head as aggressive BJP joins JNU fight
Photo Credit: PTI 33.2K Total Views If there was any question about the way the Bharatiya Janata Party feels about the sedition case that has rocked Jawaharlal Nehru Unversity, it was laid to rest in Parliament on Wednesday. BJP Members of Parliament Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur and Venkaiah Naidu took the floor on the second […]
