Smart city is not just about facilities but about is also about safety of the people. This week FICCI hosted ‘Homeland Security -2015’ conference on the theme ‘Safe & Smart Cities’ and triggered a debate on the needs of
Reserve Bank of India will focus on lower of inflation, faster resolution of distressed assets and ensuring banks have enough capital. Governor Raghuram Rajan said in the central bank’s 2014-15 annual report that these t
At the crack of dawn, tea pluckers get ready to go to work at a well-known tea estate in Baksa in lower Assam. There is an uneasy silence in the air. As the workers file into the garden to begin the day’s work, they wonder about the 25 child
Three civilians were killed and eight others injured on Friday in fresh ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistani troops indulged in unprovoked firing and heavy mortar shelling in the RS Pura sector. Mortar shelling from the
Isro’s geostationary satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-D6) lifted off from Sriharikota spaceport at 4.52pm on Thursday carrying communication satellite GSAT-6. At 5.10 pm the satellite was placed in its designated orbit. This was the ninth flig
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) allegations of anti-competitive practices made against realty major DLF. This clearance resulted in its stock jumping to nearly 5% on Thursday. After opening at Rs 113.55, the stock climbed to a day`s high
The government has included 24 state capitals in the list of 98 cities, which are to be developed as smart cities. The list of smart cities was unveiled by Union minister Venkaiah Naidu today. He said that the "prime motive behind
The supreme court is hearing a case that has far reaching impact on India’s response to religion and religious activities. The court on Wednesday resumed the crucial hearing to decide whether the courts can command the state to fund the rest
The national capital will take enter e-governance in most complete and comprehensive manner from December 1 and take the position of a pioneer in e-office system. The Delhi government will switch to e-offices and the Cabinet has giv
Tense situation continued to prevail in Gujarat on Thursday even as the state administration clamped curfew in Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Mehasana, Patan, Palanpur, Unjha, Visnagar and Jamnagar. While the army was called in on Wednesday to control
66 per cent of recruiters expect new jobs to be created in the second half of 2015, a slight dip compared to the 69 per cent in the first half of 2015, the Naukri Hiring Outlook Survey August 2015 has revealed. The half yearly survey which gauges
In a continued saga of confrontation, Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said that ministry of home affairs (MHA) does not have the power to stop the inquiry ordered by the Delhi government on the CNG kit scam. The state gover
Prime minister Narendra Modi called for calm in Gujarat as violence rocked parts of the state. “We can reach a solution through negotiations,” Modi said in Gujarati in his first reaction to the agitation by the Patel community demandin
Almost 54% employees are always under financial stress and spend time thinking about personal financial issues at work, impacting productivity at the workplace. There is also the issue of mismatch between what employees perceive as employmen
The data will be misused and polarize the Indian polity. However, fine print should be checked before the politicians raise the temperature. And what is this hot stuff? Muslims are the fastest growing group in India and Hindus have
Patels community leader Hardik Patel has called for a bandh in Gujarat today. In a late night message on WhatsApp, he also said, "I make an appeal to maintain peace and keep calm." Meanwhile, internet services on mobile phones have
The central government is likely to announce the implementation of One Rank One Pension scheme on August 28, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1965 war with Pakistan. Close to 22 lakh ex-servicemen and over six lakh war widows stand t
In a democracy political parties lose elections and some are won. And in a century of its existence the Congress party has many humiliating defeats and unbelievable victories. However, the party does not seem to have taken its defeat in elections
Even as union minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said that government may convene second part of the monsoon session to pass key legislations, rating agency Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday cautioned that it would revise India’s ratin
Europe is in the throes of one of the worst humanitarian crises. But the 28-nation powerful bloc has managed only a faltering and blinkered response that has already cost far too many lives. According to the International Organisation of Migration
