An International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) will soon be established at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai, announced Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. The land for developing IFSC has been finalised. Though the planning pr
US Ambassador to India, Richard Verma termed the sale of F-16 fighter aircraft to Pakistan as "part of a legacy announcement". He, however, was quick to add that his country expects Islamabad to do "more" on eliminating t
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered ‘comprehensive probe’ following a massive fire at the Make in India cultural event in Mumbai on Sunday. Several VVIPs including chief minister himself, Shiv Sena c
On February 5, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange brandished a copy of a UN report from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. The report – a UN panel’s opinion on Assange’s case – vindicated the 44-year-old Austral
Uncertainty prevails over political alliance in Tamil Nadu ahead of the upcoming assembly polls. Speculations are rife that M Karunanidhi-led DMK might tie up with the BJP. But for now all eyes are on Karunanidhi to see what he decides on politica
Maharashtra government will put all 250 citizen services online through the government’s portal Aaple Sarkar by August 15, said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis while addressing the Nasscom Leadership Forum 2016 on Wednesday. The portal is o
A young army man returning home on annual leave or relatives coming over to celebrate the festival of the family deity; this is almost an archetypal scene from a village home in the remote central Himalayan State of Uttarakhand. The vi
When Kointa Swain suffered from a spell of high fever, shivering and loss of appetite for the first time, she was 30-years-old. As the fever ‘attacks’ kept recurring, she visited the district hospital near her village, Kapileswarpur in
Water is essential for sustaining life and our ecosystem as a whole and India is by far the largest and fastest growing consumer of ground water in the world. In our country, ground water is a common pool resource (CPR), used by millions of farmer
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), a United Nations body of independent human rights experts, has adopted its ruling on Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, announcing his deprivation of liberty as arbitrary and asking the gover
The first and foremost requirement of a city to be called smart is cleanliness. Thus, the Swachh Bharat mission was accorded a huge welcome by the media, with good reasons, when it was launched in October 2014. Newspapers had photographs of
Failure is an opportunity to learn and grow. But only a few adhere to this adage and Rasool Khan is one such person. After many failures at eking out a decent living, he succeeded in making roads out of plastic waste. Today when his innovation is
President Pranab Mukherjee conducted a fleet review of the Indian Navy ships amid a glittering ocean off Vizag shore on Saturday. Around 50 navies and 24 foreign ships were participants in the International Fleet Review, the second to be hel
Delhi High Court on Friday slammed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) over the ongoing workers` strike in the national capital and observed that it has led to lots of suffering to the common people. The MCD workers` strike entered its eleven
The sun had just set in this village of Tikamgarh district in Madhya Pradesh. The sudden darkness engulfed us as our car was about to hit the well-carpeted single-lane road at the end of a nearly 2.5 km dirt track. Our vehicle came to a screeching
Blaming, Reserve bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan has blamed multinational corporations for tax controversies and felt that their indulgence in avoidance and evasion results in legal battles. "Occasionally, there is govern
Prime minister Narendra Modi will from Friday (February 5) begin his three-day visit to Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. He will conclude his visit on February 7. Today, Modi will inaugurate the 12th South Asian Games at Guwahati, in which Afghan
The budget session of parliament will commence from February 23 and the government will present the general budget on February 29. The dates were decided at a meeting of the cabinet committee on parliamentary affairs, chaired by home minister Rajn
Maharashtra governor Vidyasagar Rao has given his sanction to prosecute state’s former chief minister and Congress leader Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh housing society scam. The governor`s sanction paves the way for the arrest of Chavan, who wa
We the Indians ignore basics in almost all acts of ours is well illustrated by the dirty Delhi. The national capital, with exception of NDMC area, looks like one huge garbage dump. Whether it is politics are deep game plan of various political pla
