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.
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
According to predictions, within a span of 50 years, SAIL will be requiring around 5.7 billion tonnes of iron ore. It has started scouring for new iron ore mines which will enable it to meet its future demands A steel ministry official ha
The cash reserve of ONGC ltd. one of India’s most valuable companies, is depleting at a rapid pace owing to the government’s fuel subsidy-sharing mechanism. ONGC had to give discounts of Rs 12,622 crore to state-owned oil marketing com
Crisis-ridden Sahara group of companies, which has been facing trouble from markets watchdog Securities and Exchange Bureau of India (Sebi) over repayment of Rs 24, 000 crore worth of funds it had “illegally” raised from the public, is
We meet a bunch of women in Amdha village of Valsad district in south Gujarat. Most of them are Kokna Patels. A few belong to primitive tribal groups (PTGs), though there is little in their demeanour to warrant that label. A dairy union brings the
Prime minister Manmohan Singh has decided to tighten the monitoring over the 22 commodity markets, including the scam-tainted National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) of Jignesh Shah, by placing them under the watchful eyes of the securities exchange
The land bill has been passed by both houses of parliament with last-minute amendments. The bill comes in the wake of farmers’ protests against land acquisition for industry in recent years, and thus puts in place extra precautions and bette
With the economy slowing down, the rupee experiencing a free fall and stock market charts going up and down in a frenzy, here’s a reader’s guide on some factors impacting our growth which is currently crawling at 4.4 percent:
