Factional feud, poll promises major challenges for new Cong govt in Himachal

The decisive move on new leadership in Himachal Pradesh notwithstanding, the Congress has its task cut out in the hill state as it faces the twin challenge of keeping factional fighting at bay and......

Did the timber mafia cause the forest fires?

  'The kind of losses the nation is facing are incalculable.'Rashme Sehgal reports for Rediff.com on how fires are blazing across Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and have reached the doorstep......

War, flu boost domestic tourism

The prolonged war in Iraq and the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome in South-East Asia are likely to throw up an unlikely beneficiary: the domestic tourism industry. Industry......

Andhra Pradesh tops divestment list

The Centre's divestment programme may have hit a rough patch owing to legal wrangles, but states like Andhra Pradesh and Orissa have performed impressively on the privatisation front. Several other......

Chandigarh to have its own film city

Delhi-based Parsvnath Developers is planning to develop a state-of-the-art multimedia-cum-film city centre at Sarangpur, Chandigarh. Once the project is through, Chandigarh will join the exclusive......

Why builders are not pleased with the Budget

The devil is in the detail for the real estate sector. Though the Budget gave sops to home buyers in the form of tax savings and interest rate subvention, it quietly brought back service tax on......

Ex-servicemen adamant on cancellation of India-Pakistan WT20 match in Dharamsala

- 'Terror and T20 cannot go together and there can be no give and take on this issue as it involves the sentiments of the people who are deeply hurt with terrorists attack on Pathankot airbase in......