The slowdown in western economies depressed India exports for the fourth month in a row in August, making the export target of $360 billion more .... | Read..
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the second-largest partner in the ruling United Progressive Alliance, on Monday demanded reconsideration of the government’s decision to allow FDI or foreign direct investment in multibrand retail, and said it would back any opposition-sponsored resolution t... | Read..
The Income Tax department will come out with final guidelines by the end of this month on implementation of General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR), Finance Minister ... | Read..
Kingfisher Airlines cancelled a large number of its flights on Monday as a section of the airline employees, including engineers and pilots, struck work to demand payment of salaries pending since March.... | Read..
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging the Comptroller and Auditor General’s power to conduct performance audits of the controversial allocation o... | Read..
If it took a blood-soaked war to change the mind of Ashoka the Great who shunned violence ever since, a stint as an MLA has brought to Amit Mitra his Kalinga moment.... | Read..
Rattled by the slaughter of six rhinos in a week, Dispur has decided to constitute a state wildlife crime control bureau to protect the state’s fauna.... | Read..
Brajesh Mishra died the way he lived, articulating Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s opinions and beliefs right until the first Indian national security adviser’s last days.... | Read..
Arjun Munda today allayed fears of the business community by spelling out that the BJP-led coalition in Jharkhand would not allow FDI in multi-brand retail.... | Read..
The spectre of blackouts hovers over the coming festive season as Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) is locked in an intense tussle with 10 of its trade unions over out... | Read..
Work on the boring pump at Bilkanda II in Khardah cannot proceed because the owner of the land said he had not been paid. Picture by Amit Datta Why Khardah is Mitra’s Kalinga
New Delhi, Dec. 17: A 23-year-old woman was raped and brutalised by a group of men inside a private luxury bus with curtains she had boarded last night in Delhi, and is now on a ventilator with her intestines and uterus ruptured. | Read»
New Delhi, Dec. 31: The protests against the December 16 gang rape appear to have unwittingly led a teenaged Delhi student to commit suicide after being arrested for lewd behaviour with a girl on a bus. | Read»
Patna, Jan. 3: A pregnant lady was found unconscious on rail tracks in Bihar this afternoon, prompting police to investigate accounts that suggested she jumped off a train after a soldier tried to rape her in the toilet of an AC coach. | Read»
Lucknow, Jan. 6: The hand-wringing over masking the identity of the Delhi rape victim turned largely academic today after two British tabloids published her name and her father led his village in demanding disclosure in India. | Read»
India is no longer a land that worships the mind. More than anything else it worships the material. Even our temples have become grounds for quid pro quo where blessing is not what people seek but just riches. We are no longer happy with homes. We want to live in monuments.... | Read»
The past fortnight has been rather unique for a Delhi that often gives the impression of being detached not merely from Bharat but from India as well. For the first time in living memory, the festive season was marked by candlelight marches rather than candlelight dinners.... | Read»
New Delhi, Jan. 1: The six December 16 gang-rape accused would habitually drink through Sundays and take out the chartered school bus at night to pick up sex workers, a senior police officer said. | Read»
Sadly, there is little to look forward to in a city where more things change more they remain the same. Calcuttans this year will continue to go through the motions of filling up shops, restaurants and, yes, hospital beds... | Read»
Calcutta, Jan. 1: Operators camping on Trinamul-associated premises in the heart of Calcutta are openly demanding money in the name of elected representatives to facilitate illegal construction, an undercover investigation by The Telegraph has established. | Read»
The Mamata Banerjee government has thrown the baby out with the bath water, withdrawing from the East-West Metro project on the grounds that it is no longer part of the UPA and therefore not responsible for any hitch. | Read»
