Despite what the critics and naysayers will say – and say they must, most of them critically – the judgment in the December 16 Delhi gangrape case is an eye opener in more senses than one. First, cases can be cracked, as they o
The markets watchdog Securities and Exchange Bureau of India (Sebi) while renewing the licence of crisis-hit MCX-SX has warned that the licence would be withdrawn if its governance standards were not improved. The renewed licence for a one
The government of India has nominated U D Choubey, director general of Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) as a member on the board of governors of the national safety council. The press release by SCOPE, the apex body of
No more Gmail for government officers. Edward Snowden’s revelations about the snooping activities of the US has got the Indian government worried enough to ask its officers to stop using public email services and use only the service provide
G R Khairnar, former deputy commissioner, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been forced to step down as chairman of housing society for flouting cooperative society laws. Deputy registrar of cooperative societies, Maharashtra housing an
The ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) proposes to mandate companies to spend two percent of their average net profit for the past three years on fulfilling their corporate social responsibilities (CSR) even if their group makes consolidated n
After a series of investigations into the functioning of private real estate companies, the fair trade regulator will now be investigating the Delhi Development Authority for abuse of dominance in the residential properties market. It has
There is more trouble from the legal front and staring embattled BCCI boss N Srinivasan right in his face. Adding to the woes of the once-powerful-now-beleaguered official, the CBI today named him as one of the accused in the disproportionate asse
The CSR committee to be constituted under the new companies Act, 2013, shall prepare the CSR policy of the company and would specify the projects and programmes that are to be undertaken. It would also specify modalities of execution in the areas
It’s peculiar how events pan out in Indian politics. On March 15, shortly after assuming charge of India’s most populous and complex state, Akhilesh Yadav, then all of 38, was seen as more promising than he had promised. Soon a
Cricket and riots are intricately interwoven in the social life of western Uttar Pradesh. And the two have an uncanny similarity in being highly unpredictable. Legendary cricketers have found bats manufactured in Meerut highly reliable. Bu
NTPC’s coal-based capacity is expected to rise to 52,000 MW by 2017 as it is all set to receive coal supplies from its captive mines. The move which comes after several delays will help the company improve its margins and address the issues
Vizag based Rastriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) which is set to expand the capacity of its plant faces severe challenges with respect to water supply. It has alleged that the Andhra Pradesh government was supplying less than the contracted quantity of wat
All the four accused in the December 16 gang rape case were held guilty by a Delhi court on Tuesday. The court gave its verdict in the gang-rape case, in which four adult accused were tried for the rape and murder of a 23-year-old girl in a moving
India’s biggest power producer NTPC Ltd has started due diligence of a couple of stalled power projects that it is considering buying, chairman and managing director Arup Roy Choudhury said on Monday. He said the company has a huge c
State-owned National hydroelectric power corporation (NHPC), country`s largest hydro power producer, has slashed its capital expenditure plan for the current five year plan by 31 per cent, according to a report published in Business Standard.
How illiterate can we get! Within a few days of his announcement as the next Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor, a vicious rumour was circulated on Twitter that Raghuram Govinda Rajan didn’t have an Indian passport.
On September 8, Tripura’s unassuming chief minister Manik Sarkar announced that the tiny northeast Indian state is India’s most literate state. At 94.65 percent (based on final assessments by all districts), literacy r
With eyes firmly set on the impending general elections, Gujarat chief minister and BJP’s prime minister candidate in waiting, Narendra Modi reached out to country’s farmers. “It would have been better if such a sum
The crisis-ridden Sahara group of companies, which has been facing trouble from the markets watchdog Securities and Exchange Bureau of India (Sebi) over repayment of Rs 24,000 crore funds it “illegally” raised from public, is in tal
