1855 ultras lay down arms in Assam before Chidambaram

Congratulating Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for the massive surrender, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram assured those who surrendered that they would be treated with honour and dignity. K......

Parched South India faces biggest water crisis

Kerala, Andhra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are facing a severe drought this year, affecting many lives. Karnataka: Worst drought in decades The Krishnaraja Sagara Dam, which stores water from the......

Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia charged in graft case

Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission has, for the first time, formally pressed charges against detained former premier Khaleda Zia for allegedly contracting out several gas fieldsto a Canadian......

RIL-ONGC row: Can the govt find a solution?

Experts say finding a solution within the high court-mandated timeline of six months may be tough. The government has begun preliminary internal discussions to understand the implications of the......

No hit from order to give up KG-D6 discoveries, says RIL

After the petroleum ministry’s order to Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries to relinquish five gas discoveries with immediate effect, both the company and industry sources have said the......

Little gas left at two ONGC blocks; fuel flows to RIL

A report, by DeGoyler and MacNaughton, has put a question mark on the future production from the five ONGC discoveries. There is a shadow on future production from the five discoveries of the......

ONGC, RIL, BG set to invest Rs 950 cr in Panna oil and gas field

To arrest the declining production from the Panna field, state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and its consortium partners -- Reliance Industries and BG Exploration and Production India -- are......

Vishy Anand making all the right moves

If Viswanathan Anand topples Veselin Topalov, then it will be an against-the-odds victory for the maestro. When Anand isn't working his way through obscure opening variations, he is often found......

V Anand: From chess prodigy to World Champ

After playing exhaustive chess for over three decades, Viswanathan Anand has assured himself a place in the league of all time greats as he retained the World Championship crown with consummate......