The Uttar Pradesh government is contemplating 'compulsory retirement' for employees aged 50 years and above if they are found neglecting their duty, an order that has not gone down well with the......
In a major administrative reshuffle in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday transferred as many as 70 Indian Administrative Service officers, including 32 district magistrates and five......
'Soli steadfastly believed in Voltaire's famous dictum that he would disagree violently with anyone but defend to death that person's right to disagree with him.'Aditi Phadnis remembers Soli......
You aren't dealing with a normal, civilised, law.The NDPS Act, in its preconditions for bail, and insistence on evidence of innocence rather than guilt, is worse than UAPA.Imagine yourself or your......
Suspended Indian Administrative Service officer Pradeep Sharma has filed a criminal defamation case in a local court in Ahmedabad against editor and columnist Madhu Kishwar, alleging that she tried......
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav plans to visit the United States to seek investments for India's most populous state. This follows a meeting of the chief minister with a delegation of......
The number of active Internet entities increased to 5.27 million units in September 2006, up from 4.12 million units in March. The penetration of Internet in the top 22 cities among businesses was......
Indian businessman Navin Bhartia's Internet habits make him a dream customer for billionaire foreign media moguls like Rupert Murdoch. The 45-year-old from Kolkata likes to buy homes online,......
People move from investment banking to growth equity or from venture capital to growth equity or entrepreneurship, depending on what’s attractive at different points of life. ......
The past few years have seen the first cycle of mergers and acquisitions, exits, and track-records being created. In what appears to be the beginning of a fresh wave of venture capital (VC) in......