Salary levels in India are likely to exceed growth figures of the country, which is good news for professionals. While most of forecasts predict that India’s growth will be in the range of 7.5% the increase in salary is likely to be around 1
In the last week of May, when the Delhi university (DU) opened its admission process, it also introduced a new system of evaluation: choice-based credit system, or CBCS. This was done in accordance with the guidelines of the human resource develop
Even though Mumbai’s municipal corporation claims to have completed more than 95% of the desilting work and removed more than 3.40 lakh cubic metre of silt from major nullahs (storm water drainage) the city came to a standstill on Friday.
Mumbai weathers it every monsoon with bit of help from the administration. Friday was no different. Suburban trains are lifelines of India’s commercial hub Mumbai and they stood still on tracks due to heavy rains. Mumbai city recorded around
It is hard to believe that in the age of social media activism in India there is a possibility of emergency-like situation in the country. But BJP leader LK Advani did allude to such a scenario and his Emergency comment has given fresh ammunition
The central government’s ‘Housing for all by 2022’ scheme for urban areas has lifted the shares of housing finance companies and few real estate companies. They were trading high on Thursday after the cabinet approved the launch
Amid controversies and campaign against yoga in the Muslim community, the Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), a wing of RSS, has come out with a 32-page booklet ‘Yoga and Islam’. Minister of state for AYUSH, Shripad Naik, laun
As the cacophony over Lalit Modi hits unbearable decibels, the arguments and comments are becoming irrational or say childishly pedestrian. Gurudas Kamat, AICC general secretary and party`s Rajasthan in-charge hit the desperate butt
Breaking the myth that big cities or the metros produce merit students, four boys and a girl from Madhya Pradesh have bagged the top positions in IIT-JEE Advanced results, declared officially on Thursday. The ranking is sure route to admissi
Kerala is supposed to be the most literate state with high literacy rates. However, the state government has been found wanting on the issue of textbooks shortage. The academic year began on June but many schools are yet to receive
Prices of pulses have been under stress and the food has remained high due to expensive pulses. To bring down prices of pulses and incentivise farmers the government has approved an increase in MSP (minimum support price) of pulses and other farm
Nineties were the times when the BJP coined a term “party with a difference” to distinguish itself from other political parties. Apart from its pro-Hindu bias, the BJP leadership was quite voluble about its impeccable image not t
While Lalit Modi dragged biggies in Indian political establishment in a television interview, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said letters written to British authorities on Lalit Modi case during UPA rule should be released as t
The contentious land bill, officially known as Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, is meeting stiff opposition from all most sections, including the members of parliament’s j
Nuapada, a village in Odisha with more than 250 residents largely living in poverty had not seen electricity from the power grid even after 68 years of independence. A solar lamp has replaced the stone deity of a god as the village’s m
The war between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states is turning ugly, every minute and security forces are being used to settle political disputes. After cash for vote controversy, the issue of providing security at AP chief minister
Maharashtra’s former minister Chhagan Bhujbal is facing corruption heat. Maharashtra’s anti-corruption bureau conducted searches on Tuesday at 6 properties belonging to Bhujbal and his family members - including a bungalow with a helip
Bureaucratic notings on files, if collated, compiled and studied as a subject, would give interesting insights into the culture of India’s administration. One such series of notings is still recounted as an account of unfettered authority wi
Finance minister Arun Jaitley has left for the US on Tuesday to hold multi-city economic road shows to sell India’s growth story after vigorously defending his cabinet colleague Susham Swaraj, who is at the centre of Lalit Modi controversy.
Everyone is a suspect. Everything is a suspect. That is India for you and me. The food that we consume is adulterated, the air we breathe is foul and our rulers (politicians) cannot be trusted, and this just the primary list. For th
