Chandigarh mayoral polls: AAP councillor moves SC

A councillor of the Aam Aadmi Party has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Punjab and Haryana high court order that has refused to grant any interim relief to the party seeking fresh mayoral......

Chandigarh mayoral polls: HC rejects Cong chief's habeas corpus plea

The Punjab and Haryana high court Wednesday dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by the Chandigarh Congress after police pointed out that party's municipal councillor Jasbir Singh Bunty had......

BJP drops 2-time Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday announced Sanjay Tandon as its candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat of Chandigarh, replacing two-time MP Kirron Kher. IMAGE: Incumbent Chandigarh MP Kirron......

BJP wins senior dy mayor, dy mayor posts in Chandigarh

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday won the re-election for the posts of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, defeating the Congress candidates who were......

India's metros see a major water scarcity!

This is the first in a Business Standard series on water woes faced by the country's biggest cities and the lack of strategy to deal with the crisis that bothers every household. This week the......

Fortis plans sports institute, 10 new hospitals

Fortis Healthcare plans to set up a sports science institute and build at least 10 more hospitals ahead of 2010 Commonwealth Games. "The sports science institute would train and treat injured......

India's new growth centres

When we talk about urbanisation, the image that commonly comes to our mind is that of mega-cities like Delhi or Mumbai. An important fact central to the present day demographic transition that......

For ISPs, WiMAX is the way to go

Indian Internet Service Providers are upbeat about Worldwide Inter-operability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) as a solution for the country's last-mile connectivity problems. Companies such as VSNL,......

Jr Nat hockey: Karnataka, SAIL in semis

Karnataka and Steel Authority of India Limited from Orissa scored hard-fought victories in their respective boys' quarter-final matches to set up an interesting semi-final in the 35th Junior......