Observing that a total ban on legal sand mining causes huge loss to the public exchequer, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Bihar government to carry on mining activities through the Bihar......
Absence of drainage system and safety measures, and use of basement for commercial activities in violation of norms led to the death of three civil services aspirants at a coaching centre in......
Rival governments in Tamil Nadu expend the most on social welfare schemes, especially targeting women and youth and children, but that money comes only by selling more liquor. There is always the......
Seven more women members, including Meenakashi Lekhi, Shobha Karandlaje and Anupriya Singh Patel, joined the council of ministers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, taking the overall......
The contrast between the two meetings couldn't have been more stark, yet, both were organically linked, the latter a show of support for the former.Jyoti Punwani reports. IMAGE: Left to Right:......
The Vedanta Group is aiming to invest $20 billion across all its businesses in India over the next four years, its chairman Anil Agarwal said on Wednesday. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters The......
The Union government has threatened to cancel coal block allocations to eight companies, including the country's largest power generator and 'maharatna', state-owned NTPC Ltd. The ministry has......
An energy crisis is looming in some states, including Delhi and Punjab, due to a combination of factors such as excess rainfall hitting coal movement and imported coal-based power plants generating......
The Inter-Ministerial Group on the allocation of coal blocks will decide this week the fate of 29 mines given to companies such as Jindal Steel and Power and Reliance Power, following its last......
Bihar is now poised to emerge as one of India's next major destinations for oil and natural gas reserves. After British exploration giant Cairn Energy Search Ltd, it is now the turn of the Oil and......