Bardoli, February 9 (Gujarat): Amid a row over ‘chai wala’ barb by a Congress leader against Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi today appeared to be on damage control exercise as he said people from all pr
Nagpur, February 9 (IANS): President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday called for institutional changes in agricultural marketing to bridge the gap between wholesale and retail markets to arrest food inflation.“In
New Delhi, February 9: There is a common saying about the Indian retail consumers’ “can’t touch, won’t buy” mentality. However, this is gradually changingwith the rising trend of o
New Delhi, February 9 (PTI): Former IB Special Director Rajinder Kumar, accused by CBI of murder in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, was allegedly the brain behind the Home Ministry affidavit in which she was d
New Delhi, February 9 (AGENCIES): The bill to create Telangana is likely to be introduced in Parliament on Tuesday. Home Ministry officials tonight said the file recommending introduction of the Andhra Pr
New Delhi, February 9 (IANS): Moved by an insight gained during a vacation in India four years ago, a British citizen of Indian origin has launched an initiative that provides 22 hospitals across the country wi
NEW DELHI, February 8 (PTI): Under attack from opposition over the communal violence bill, Union law minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday defended it saying the proposed law was not violative of the country’s
Harpal Singh, an employee of Indian Airlines, and his wife brought home their Maruti 800, the first to be sold in the country. New Delhi, February 8: On 14 December 1983, Harpal Singh, a Delhi-based employ
New Delhi, February 6: India has launched an investigation after a media report alleged that Chinese telecoms company Huawei HWT.UL had hacked into state-run telecoms carrier Bharat Sanchar Nigam BSNL.UL, a sen
Satya Nadella, executive vice president of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group, is seen in this undated Microsoft handout photograph released on February 4, 2014. Microsoft Corp named Nadella as its ne
New Delhi, February 4: Income inequality is rising in India, where the net worth of its billionaires has jumped 12-fold in 15 years, enough to eliminate absolute poverty twice over in the country, says the Inte
Mumbai, February 2: Long-harassed Mumbai commuters have been ushered into new era of world-class travel with the country’s first Monorail. For the people used to dirty, cramped, uncomfortable - though ext
Guwahati, February 1: With an investment of Rs 3,000 crore, Shristi Housing Development Ltd is developing North East India’s first private sector-integrated township in Guwahati. Shristinagar Guwahati is
New York, February 1: Remember how philanthropist Warren Buffett has termed derivatives as 'time bombs' - both for the parties that deal in them and the economic system.The overuse of derivatives - which were d
Mumbai, January 29: In a big strategic shift at the Tata Group, Cyrus Mistry, a year after taking over as the chairman of the group, has decided to exit the telecom business completely, sources with direct know
New Delhi, January 19: Global retail giant Wal-Mart has registered a new company in India as it prepares to enter the country’s lucrative multi-brand retail market with a new partner. The American retail
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 17: With Congress party vice-president Rahul Gandhi making a strong pitch for raising LPG cap, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily today said the quota of subsidised cooking cylinders will be hiked
Mumbai, January 17: Enthusiasm over bitcoins has dampened in India after the country’s central bank cautioned investors to be wary of using virtual currency because of the associated security, financial a
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 17: Vodafone, Reliance Industries and Bharti Airtel are likely to put up a fierce fight for scarce telecom spectrum in the auction next month, if bank guarantees furnished by them are any ind
London, January 17: World energy demand is forecast to increase by 41 percent between 2012 and 2035, with growth averaging 1.5 percent each year, said a new energy outlook report issued by the British oil giant