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......
Private liquor shops will be a thing of the past in the capital as they will be replaced by over 300 Delhi government vends from Thursday owing to the switch over from the Excise Policy 2021-22 to......
'Because of the UN vote.' IMAGE: Sanjeet Sinha in Ukraine. Photograph: Sanjeet Sinha Sanjeet Sinha's voice is leaden. He sounds defeated. He has not been sleeping well. And seems both mentally and......
'Sometimes we remember our plans and preoccupations from early March.''They seem laughably unreal now,' says Shuma Raha. IMAGE: Medical staff scan a visitor at a hospital in Mumbai. Photograph:......
About 9 million people in Mumbai live in areas where homes are hardly two metres apart.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com reports on the lurking dangers in the city's slums in the times of the......
Tech titan Google on Wednesday launched the Google Wallet app for Android users in India, allowing them to securely store essentials like boarding passes, loyalty cards, event tickets, and public......
Reliance Industries Ltd will acquire German firm Metro AG's wholesale operations in India for Rs 2,850 crore as the conglomerate run by billionaire Mukesh Ambani seeks to strengthen its dominant......
SoftBank-backed e-commerce marketplace Snapdeal has deferred its Rs 1,250 crore IPO, joining the list of startups that have decided to shelve their initial public offering (IPO) plans this year.......
Turbocharged with technology is becoming the Holy Grail of retail. Indrajit Gupta reports. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Last month, Kishore Biyani set the cat among the pigeons by......
While Reliance Retail did not comment, sources said the company will have to follow order, at least in Delhi where the state government has banned the instant noodles Walmart and Metro AG have......
Srikanth Srinivasa says Bharath Stores is an educative film about the plight of petty shops as organised retail business and the impending FDI in retail take over. Director P Sheshadri has......
'If we keep losing such institutions, we will soon become a city and culture of short-term memory.''Nothing to remind us of the years gone by and eventually with nothing to remember.'Ranjita......
Olympic champion Usain Bolt thundered to victory and a world championship gold medal in a mind-blowing 9.58 seconds, slashing 0.11 seconds off the mark he set at last year's Beijing Olympics. He......