The progress of southwest (SW) monsoon in the country has not been encouraging in the first three weeks of June with the rainfall being 11 per cent less than the normal so far.

The empowered Group of Ministers (eGoM) on decontrol of fuel prices, which is meeting on Friday could possibly face strong opposition to any fuel price hike from the railway minister Mamata Banerjee,

Confusion prevails in the controversy relating to the complaints filed by the railway ministry for showing the railway minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, modelling for a particular brand of rubber slippers

With probe against LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and voice samples of handlers of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks being high on the agenda, home minister P.

Top Ulfa leaders have initiated a peace dialogue with the government despite Ulfa chief Paresh Barua deciding to stay way from such an initiative.

Following the indictment of Mr Keshub Mahindra in Bhopal Gas Tragedy, CII on Wednesday asked the government to insert a clause in the Companies Bill 2009 excluding independent directors from any crimi

Former Union minister and sitting Independent MP from Banka in Bihar Digvijay Singh died on Thursday following a brain haemorrhage. The 55-year old leader was admitted at a hospital in London.

Following the two-year jail sentence given to Mr Keshub Mahindra then chairman of Union Carbide India and others in the Bhopal gas case, the CII on Wednesday asked the government to insert a clause in the Companies Bill 2009 excluding independent directors from any criminal liability for offences committed by the company.

The Delhi police is seeking the opinion of CBI’s forensic team on the evidence collected from the crime scene to establish what could have led to the death of industrialist Anil Nanda’s driver, Janeshwar Sharma, with the investigators suspecting that he may have attempted self-immolation on June 4 at Nanda’s residence in New Friends Colony.

The number of millionaires in India — people with liquid assets of over $1 million — shot up 51 per cent in 2009 to 1.27 lakh.
The growth is attributed to a combination of many factors — the government’s stimulus package, strong growth in the economy and a booming stock market.