Rs.8,000 crore earmarked for ports expansion
The government on Thursday said it had awarded contracts worth Rs.8,000 crore for expansion of three ports - Mumbai, Kandla and Visakhapatnam.
The projects to be developed on public-private-partnersh
US sues Apple over e-book price fixing scheme
Apple and five of the publishing industry's top firms have been accused of conspiring to raise prices and block Amazon.com from selling e-books at $9.99 in a US Justice Department suit.
The suit file
Rajasthan Royals opt to bowl against Mumbai Indians
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field against Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Wankhede Stadium here on Wednesday.
Mumbai Indians have not made any change to
Curfew relaxed in riot-hit old Hyderabad
The situation remained peaceful in the riot-hit areas of old city of Hyderabad on Wednesday as police relaxed curfew for the first time in four days.
No untoward incident was reported during the curf
Blot on humanity, says twitterati on baby Afreen's death
Baby Afreen's father is a blot on humanity, he deserves capital punishment, sad, shameful...reactions from twitterati poured in fast and furious Wednesday after news that the three-month-old girl had
Expected 24/7, feel Indian public sector employees
Over 70 per cent public sector employees in India feel their employer expects them to be available at all times compared to those who work in private organisations, says the Randstad Workmonitor Surve
Pooja Bhatt in tsunami scare
Filmmaker Pooja Bhatt and the crew members of Jism 2 found themselves caught in the tsunami scare Wednesday while they were scouting locations for the movie in Phuket, Thailand.
"Been asked to stay p
Was prisoner using Facebook in jail?
The authorities at a jail in Gwalior have ordered a probe after a lifer was found regularly updating his Facebook profile even though inmates are not supposed to have access to computers.
Durgesh Bha
Supreme Court notice to Kerala Police on Italian ship
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to Kerala Police and the state's mercantile marine department on a petition by the owners of Italian ship MT Enrica Lexie seeking a direction for its release
Maoist leader Panda's wife freed from Orissa jail
Subhashree Das, wife of Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda, was released on Tuesday from a jail in Orissa after a court acquitted her in a 2003 shootout case for lack of evidence.