NTPC will invest over Rs.5,000 crore on expansion of Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station near Parawada. The district administration has been approached for allotment of site required for the Brownfield project. “We have ident
Unspent money of the state`s different ventures would now be kept with the Rajasthan State Power Finance Corporation Limited instead of the banks. The corporation, which will be rechristened as Rajasthan State Power Finance and Financial Servic
The Jharkhand government has cleared deck for commissioning work for the 450km natural gas pipeline in the state under the energy highway project. The Raghubar Das-led NDA government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Gas Au
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold equity shares worth nearly Rs 5,000 crore in public sector undertakings (PSUs), including banks, in the July–September quarter, while domestic institutional investors were net buyers of Rs 27,259 c
After Sunday’s politics over increasing incidences of rapes in Delhi, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced steps to check crimes against women in the national capital while saying that there was no fear of law in Delhi.
Hardik Patel, the leader of Patel community demanding quota, has been booked in Surat under the charges of sedition over alleged remarks on `killing cops`. "If you have so much courage...then go and kill a couple of policemen.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who will be in India later this month, is going to be pleased with this. Finance minister Arun Jaitley took to facebook to express his opinion on a serious subject of supreme court judgment striking down the natio
Kashmir is observing bandh today in protest against the death on Sunday of a man who was critically injured 10 days ago, after his truck was fire-bombed in Udhampur on rumours that he had slaughtered a cow. Authorities have imposed restrictions in
Politics in the land of the legendary Hindi poet Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’ was less complicated till the emergence of Lalu Prasad Yadav as a backward caste leader. Begusarai, on the northern bank of the Ganga in Bihar, has given birth to
Nobody is perfect. But the notion of hope in the delivery of justice is what the supreme court has tried preserve with the verdict on judges appointments commission (NJAC). The legislature is inaccessible, the executive is faceless
“Political parties should make an earnest endeavour to keep enthusiasm low and ensure residents are not troubled by noise,” observed Bombay high court while allowing the ruling alliance partner Shiv Sena to hold its annual rally on Dus
Sculptures, murals and framed vintage pictures enliven the nooks and the walls of this Delhi house. As I walk by the swimming pool and am ushered into the study, I tell myself that it could not have been different. After all, the owner of this hou
Country`s foreign exchange reserves rose to $353.069 billion at the end of October 9, close to its all time high of $355.459 billion seen on June 26. According to reserve bank of India the forex reserves rose due to overseas portfolio investors dr
A special court on Friday dismissed the plea of ex-Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda seeking to summon former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an additional accused in a coal scam case. “The application moved by Madhu Koda is dismissed,&rd
A special court on Friday dismissed the plea of ex-Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda seeking to summon former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an additional accused in a coal scam case. “The application moved by Madhu Koda is dismissed,&rd
Holding telecom operators responsible for poor service quality, TRAI has today issued ninth amendment to the telecom consumers’ protection regulations, 2012, mandating the TSPs to provide compensation to their consumers for call drops.
Angus Deaton won this year’s winner of the Nobel prize for economics, partly based on his field res
The right to question the government is the essence of right to information act also, said prime minister Narendra Modi today. He described the RTI act as a "tool through which the common man has got not just the right to know, but also the r
India is witnessing a relay race at the sub-national electoral process to form government through representative democracy. Bihar election is an ongoing testimony of this battle between the political parties to win at any cost and for political le
The verdict has been termed as a collective order of the highest court of the land and it brings judiciary in direct conflict with the legislature, which claims to represent the will of the people of India. I
