'Fire Is Always A Concern In Mumbai'

'As the city grows, so do its fire incidents.' IMAGE: Firefighters douse the fire that broke out at a chemical company plant following the boiler explosion in the industrial area of Dombivli in......

Young Indians' Endless Struggle

Being driven to abandon Indian middle-class values, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I find myself squirming with mental disquiet when I hear headlines like 'Imagine......

How UK became Global Money Laundromat

Oliver Bullough's book offers a whirlwind trip of the dark underbelly of global finance, covering everything from tax law changes to aiding criminals to decamp with money from bank accounts.......

Raigad police quiz Edelweiss MD, officials for 8 hours

ECL Finance Company MD and three officials were on Tuesday quizzed for nearly eight hours by the Raigad police in Maharashtra probing the alleged suicide of film art director Nitin Desai, an......

Vodafone sells 18% stake in Indus Towers for Rs 15,300 crore

British telecom player Vodafone on Wednesday said it has sold an 18 per cent stake in Indus Towers for 1.7 billion euro (about Rs 15,300 crore). Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Meanwhile,......

'Fortis plans to add 700 beds in FY25'

'Our priority remains brownfield expansion, and in the next few years, we plan to increase our capacity to around 6,000 beds.' Photograph: Saumya Khandelwal/Reuters Fortis Healthcare is in an......

Equity mutual funds surge to historic Rs 34,697 crore inflows in May

Unperturbed by election uncertainty, investors poured record sums into equity mutual fund (MF) schemes in May, driving India closer to a $5 trillion market capitalisation. Illustration: Dominic......

MPS: FinMin may extend August deadline for PSBs, insurers

The finance ministry is in favour of extending the August deadline for public sector banks (PSBs) as well as insurance companies to increase their minimum public shareholding (MPS) to the mandated......

IPL: Problems aplenty for Delhi ahead of Titans clash

IMAGE: Delhi Capitals opener Prithvi Shaw is bowled by Mark Wood of Lucknow Super Giants. Photograph: BCCI Delhi Capitals' Indian pace unit will have to punch above its weight against a formidable......