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Mumbai`s coastal road project: An end to traffic woes?

A   city is like a human body. The roads are its arteries. The moment one of them gets clogged up the urban  flow starts to choke slowly.   Mumbai’s arteries are so choked that the city’s transport is j

Kotak, ING merger deal given green signal by CCI

India’s fourth largest private bank will come into being with the approval of Competition Commission of India (CCI) for the merger deal between Kotak Mahindra Bank and ING Vysya Bank. In November 2014, Kotak Mahindra had annou

Probe top people in corporate espionage case, Kejriwal tells Delhi cops

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has taken on big industrial houses during his campaign against graft, on  Saturday sent out a tweet complementing the Delhi Police for unearthing the corporate espionage racket and said it should now target

Modi suit fetches record Rs 4.31 cr at Surat auction

It started with a quote of Rs 51 lakh and, finally prime minister Narendra Modi`s suit with his name woven into it in gold pinstripes has been lapped for Rs. 4.31 crore. On the final day of auction in Surat, diamond merchant Hitesh

All you needed to know about Kailash Mansarovar Yatra 2.0

Ever since the announcement that a new route to Kailash Mansarovar will be opened this year, enthusiasts and aspirants were waiting for the application process. The ministry of external affairs (MEA), which facilitates this pilgrimage, invites app

The making of a Swiss account

The rise of Switzerland as a financial centre began about 100 years ago. However, it is only in the last five decades that its reputation has catapulted from one of relatively modest standing – the Swiss centre was earlier dwarfed by New Yor

Why Amartya Sen is refusing to lead Nalanda

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen believes that the government is trying to block his second term as chancellor of the prestigious Nalanda University. Drawing attention to the delay in clearing his name for the chancellorship, Sen wrote a five-page lette

Coal block auctions to result in lower power rates, says minister

Even as the government is looking at bonanza from the coal blocks auction, power minister Piyush Goayl has said that the power tariff will come. The allocation of coal blocks will fetch a whopping  Rs15 lakh crore over the next

Manjhi quits as Bihar chief minister, Nitish to stake claim

Two hoursbefore the vote of confidence in the assembly, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi  met Governor KN Tripathi and submitted his resignation as it became clear that he does not have the numbers. READ:

Why I do not fly by Air India

National carrier Air India is back in bad weather condition and I know why. In October last year I was looking for cheapest air tickets to Kochi for my parents’ trip. I have travelled to Kerala. I knew that that most of the fl

DeitY wants Jaitley to look at revival of Nokia unit in TN

Finance minister Arun Jaitley can achieve twin objectives of getting an ally in Parliament and send signals to foreign investors about India’s tax regime by accepting a suggestion to revive Nokia plant in Tamil Nadu. It is lea

SC extends Teesta Setalvad`s interim bail

Social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand, accused of financial fraud will not be arrested, said a new bench of the supreme court on Thursday that was hearing the anticipatory bail plea filed by the couple. The ape

Madras HC moots lifetime vehicle insurance premium

Are you ready to pay lifetime insurance premium for your vehicle at one go?  Most of you may say yes as it saves yearly hassle. The Madras High Court has observed that vehicle-owners be made to pay lifetime insurance, like the lifetime road t

Restore the splendour of the rusting steel frame

For a career bureaucrat, home secretary to the government of India is an aspirational position. Anil Goswami had attained it not by dint of his work but network. And that was an exception. In his stint as home secretary, he ran the affairs in the

Prithvi-II missile successfully test-fired

India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed Prithvi-II nuclear missile as part of a user trial by the army from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha on Thursday. The test was carried out from a mobile launcher from launc

Tirumala temple’s golden door lock broken

In normal times it would be considered as sacrilege but early hours of Wednesday presented a challenge to the officials of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD). A special lock was broken to keep Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena and his wi

Bihar’s famous aloo and infamous democratic farce play out as state slips

As one gets down at Patna airport, a billboard featuring Bihar chief minister Jeetan Ram Manjhi and agriculture minister Narendra Singh greets you with a bizarre proclamation – ‘bring out the biggest aloo (potato) and earn the prize&rs

Deepak Parekh slams govt for talking and not acting

Chairman of HDFC Deepak Parekh, who has been praising and warning Modi government during the last few months, has come out in strong terms against the administration as India gets into budget season. He told a news agency on Wednesd

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal asks centre to relieve Sanjiv Chaturvedi

Asking the central government to immediately relieve Sanjiv Chaturvedi from his service as deputy secretary, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has written a letter to centre where he also menti

Delhi CM Kejriwal holds janata darbar in Ghaziabad

There was not much of crowd but then it was first after the second term in office. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal held a ‘janata darbar’ at Aam Aadmi Party`s Kaushambi office in Ghaziabad. He met people for three hours from 9 am

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