Following is an excerpt from a letter written in 2005 by Gujarat chief minister Naren
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), which is India`s largest power company, has commissioned its first wind turbine of 2 MW at Rojmal Wind Power Project in Gujarat. With this, NTPC has marked its pre
Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has dismissed cow vigilantism that led to one person being killed, when he said in parliament that no such incident has taken place. Here is the relevant section of the debate, translated into Eng
Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)’s chairman P K Singh recently reviewed the strategic sales initiatives charted out by the company’s marketing team for the current financial year at a meeting held at its Kolkata based marketing he
BHEL has achieved a capacity addition of 6,317 MW in the utility segment, which is nearly four times more than any other manufacturer With the commencement of commercial operation of the first unit of its 2x
People who have known the prime minister up close say his magic – which according to analysts handed the BJP a landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh despite anger over demonetisation – is not all about charisma: it emanates from his goo
The Indian judicial system is feeling the strain of having a staggering 2.7 crore cases which are in the lower courts alone. Everyday more cases are being added. Add to those numbers, the cases in the high courts and the supreme court.
Since November last year, India has witnessed three horrible railway accidents, two near Kanpur and one in Andhra Pradesh. They claimed more than 200 lives. Railway experts feel the casualties could have been far fewer had Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB
The National Human Rights Commission on Friday issued a notice to the Rajasthan government over the death of a man who was beaten up by Gau Rakshaks. The rights panel took suo motu cognizance of media repor
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Tarun Vijay has called those who live in South India as “black people”. He later took to twitter to “feel sorry”, but the damage had already been done. Ta
In the fight against black money over the past three years, 23,064 searches/surveys have been conducted, authorities said. Also, more than Rs. 1.37 lakh crore of tax evasion has been detected.
The five-month long unrest in Kashmir, which saw a ding-dong battle between the stone pelting mobs comprising young agitators and the pellet gun holding security forces after the death of a leading terrorist last summer, is one of the reason
Tamil Nadu farmers have criticized an agitation at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, which is being led by Ponnuchamy Ayyakkannu from Trichy district. The agitation had grabbed eyeballs as the protesters have used human skills
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has made as many as 57 individual observations relating to 36 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs), with a total financial implication of audit observations of Rs 8,375.13 crore.
A young Indian surgeon doing his senior residency in Boston University in the US has a new tool to fight cancer of the esophagus. It is a tiny stringed brush hidden in a capsule and can be swallowed. Later it can be pulled out to
The oldest case in a high court is 61-year old. The civil case in the Rajasthan high court was filed in 1956, the Lok Sabha was informed. The oldest criminal cases were filed in 1976. One case in the Jammu
In a little over a month, the BJP government would be completing three years in office. Yet, there is no sign of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas who would have battled black money. Wondering why? Well, the sticki
In the nine years of my career here, I have not seen a single instance of a couple bringing along a relative who will bear their child as a surrogate mother,” says Inderpreet Kaur, head coordinator at Baby Joy, a west Delhi-based cli
Poor people face huge challenges when they migrate to other states in search of livelihood and one of the biggest stumbling blocks for them is the lack of ration cards because of which they are unable to make use of the Public
By all accounts Mumbai is a high-flying city. Except on one. It just doesn’t have enough land to, well, safely land the ever-growing tribe of globetrotters. The city is adding close to six million air passengers every year. That&rsqu
