As politicians from across the spectrum raise the decibel level in the run-up to the elections – in fact, Chhattisgarh is voting in the second phase for its assembly polls even as we write – there is a stink they cannot escape.
Coal India’s decision to hike the charges for transporting coal from the minefields to the loading points could result in a hike of about 2 paise per unit in the price of power sold to households. According to a news report in The Ec
Elections in India are no less than a festival, given the amount of preparation, colour, noise and zest involved. The election commission’s (EC) policing this time, however, has dampened the election spirit in Madhya Pradesh. With ju
NTPC’s 2,100 MW Farakka thermal power station is the first plant in the country to receive its first batch of imported coal through a national waterway. According to a news report in The Hindu Business Line, the first fleet of barges
NTPC aims to collect Rs 1,750 crore through the tax free bonds which will open for investment in a fortnight. According to a news report in The Hindu Business Line, the company is yet to announce the interest rates on the bonds, they are l
The election commission (EC), along with the judiciary and the CAG, has done a fine job of keeping the political class under check. Its achievements, after negotiating all the landmines, have earned it the people’s trust. The EC ranked above
Bhushan Steel Limited’s (BSL) plant at Meramundali in Dhenkanal district of Odisha, where an explosion on November 13 claimed two lives and injured over 30 employees, was operating its second blast furnace in blatant violation of all safety
If you feel elections are a complete waste of public and private resources, you need to rethink. They provide the Indian voters an opportunity to review performance of their current representatives, give them another term or elect new ones
A new bank exclusive for women and headed by Usha Ananthasubramanian, is all set to be inaugurated by the prime minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on November 19, the birth anniversary of former PM Indira Gandhi. With the mod
The Google ad on India and Pakistan displaying heaps of love is so good it makes it too clever. It takes what is now an an irrelevance and wrings false tears out of it. So do all the soaps on Indian TV. Of course, we love schmaltz and emotion and
Want to know why democracy is so entrenched in India and why no politician in last over six and a half decades, barring a period of about two years starting 1975 (Emergency imposed by late Indira Gandhi) has dared to tinker with it.
India International Trade Fair 2013, inaugurated on Friday at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, offers several enhanced facilities for the Indian and overseas visitors, especially a conductive environment for meaningful business generation in diffe
India International Trade Fair 2013, inaugurated on Friday at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, offers several enhanced facilities for the Indian and overseas visitors, especially a conductive environment for meaningful business generation in diffe
The sub-divisional magistrate office at Reodar, which also serves as the office of the returning officer (the election commission appoints a district official, usually the SDM as the returning officer), is buzzing with activity since morning. The
Here is the press release issued by CobraPost and Gulail on Friday. Governance Now has not verified the claims made in it. Th
State owned NDMC is expected to get a full time chairman by year end. The company has been operating without a chairman for the past 23 months after its last full-time head Rana Som retired on December 31, 2011. Steel Authority of India (SAIL) cha
Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Facebook has joined hands to provide citizens the up to date candidates’ information for the upcoming state assembly elections and Lok Sabha elections to help them make an informed choice. Voters
When the National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) went belly up in early August after swiping about Rs. 5,600 crore of investor money, many must have been genuinely shocked. And many others must have faked shock because they couldn’t have been
Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) was awarded the Skoch Group Renaissance Award 2013 for corporate leadership. Concor chairman and managing director Anil K Gupt received the award from finance minister P Chidambaram in the presence of planni
With the decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh, AICC president Sonia Gandhi has become the focal point in both Telangana and Seemandhra. But with contrasting styles marking the reactions, the angel is reduced to a demon in Seemandhra. Riled Samaikh
