Meet the professor who wants to end power cuts in India

‘Expensive petrol-based generators are not the solution. We need alternative solutions. We need a situation where power cuts become a thing of the past.’ ‘Instead of blackout, we......

Scientists versus govt: The procedural gap widens

Most senior scientists have complained of repeated questioning by the expenditure department, bureaucratic delays in clearances, more focus on procedure than on result and the lack of an......

Look to the real leaders

Seeing the principal Opposition party drowned in the discussion to decide whether 'Mr Partition' Mohammad Ali Jinnah was a secular or communal person was nauseatingly repulsive. These leaders, the......

Sebi's expert panel to probe glitch at NSE, submit report by March 15

Due to ineffectiveness of interoperability, brokers had to compulsorily square off their clients trading position, causing significant losses to investors. The Securities and Exchange Board of......

'Kris' Gopalakrishnan is first chair of RBI's innovation hub

Senapathy (Kris) Gopalakrishnan, co-founder and former co-chairman, Infosys, has been appointed as the first chairperson of the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub. In August, the central bank had......

6-member panel to scout for BSNL, MTNL chiefs

The government on Thursday constituted a six-member panel, headed by Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar, to identify chief executives for telecom public sector units Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited......

Tata exits Tata Tele's Maha board

Tata Group supremo Ratan Tata is no longer a memberof the board of Tata Teleservices Maharashtra. "R N Tata shall cease to be the chairman and director of the company, effective from the close of......

Saurashtra thrash Bengal, keep QF hopes alive

Ravindra Jadeja finished with a match-haul of eight wickets as Saurashtra thrashed Bengal by 270 runs in a Ranji Trophy group league encounter in Rajkotand kept their chance of qualifying for the......

Ganguly makes himself available for Ranji team

It was nothing less than a Diwali bonus for the Bengal Ranji team as former India skipper Sourav Ganguly announced his availability for the entire Ranji season even as the selectors picked a......

Ganguly penalised for coming late in Ranji match

Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly was penalised on Wednesday for turning up late in Bengal's Ranji Trophy match against Saurashtra at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Ganguly joined his team more than an......

Ganguly named Bengal captain

Sourav Ganguly will lead a 14-member Bengal team in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B opener at Mohali from November 23 to 26. Ganguly, who had stepped down from the Bengal captaincy last year paving......

All eyes on Kotla track as Delhi take on Bengal

The ever controversial Feroz Shah Kotla strip will be the point of discussion during the next four days as hosts Delhi take on Bengal in a Ranji Trophy Super League match. Although Delhi Daredevils......