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
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
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
As tennis players and judokas practise their art and some joggers do their rounds on the lush green grounds of the Noida stadium, some two dozen men are huddled in a corner. It looks like a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) shakha because there is
Telemedicine in India is no more a hypothesis, but a proven theory. With the help of common service centres (CSCs), healthcare groups including Apollo and Medanta will offer telemedicine consultations in rural areas. CSC SPV, the nodal age
In the end, what P Chidambaram said “in a lighter vein” may be part of the reality the government is trying to push through. “In a lighter vein, I may say that sometimes CBI itself pretends to be a victim to get autonomy,”
Investment and innovation are the two major areas that need serious attention to address the present difficulties confronting the electronics industry in India, said J Satyaranayana, secretary, department of electronics and information technology
On November 10, the residents of this ghetto, situated on the foothills of a mine and housing families either employed in mines around Dalli Rajhara or menial jobs like collection and sale of firewood, questioned Mukti Guha Niyogi,
Not Ashok Ghelot, the chief minister of Rajasthan from the Congress party. Not Vasundhara Raje, his adversary from BJP, a former chief minister. Not even Rahul Gandhi, the vice-president of the Congress party. Ahead of the assembly elections on De
State owned Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has earned a net profit of Rs 1,180 crore in the September quarter owing to the lower price of coal and ‘exceptional gains’. According to a news report in The Business Line, SAI
Following the deal between Jet Airways and Etihad Airways, which will see the Gulf airline purchase a 24% stake in Jet Airways, Air India is anticipating loss of international passenger traffic due to the enhanced bilateral rights given by India t
Looking forward to garnering as much as Rs 3,900 crore, the government begins roadshows in the US for sale of its 10% stake in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). Officials from the petroleum ministry and disinvestment department are looking towards har
