5-member committee to decide on new Andhra capital

The Centre has constituted a five-member expert committee to study various alternatives available to it to decide on a new capital for Andhra Pradesh. This committee has been tasked with the......

Modi Knows How To Deal With Dissanayake

For India to view the new Sri Lankan leadership only through the prism of the past or through their narrow view on China is fraught with possibilities that should be avoided, asserts N Sathiya......

Is The World Spinning Out Of Control?

The current instability in the world is a result of long term systemic and socio-politico problems, points out Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). IMAGE: Smoke rises from a shopping mall which was hit......

PM takes a swipe at Cong during unveiling of Netaji's statue

In an apparent swipe at previous Congress dispensations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that attempts were made after independence to erase contributions of many great people besides......

Delhi is denser and safer than New York

Image: People over a flyover towards Ramlila grounds.Photograph: Parivartan Sharma/Reuters New Delhi has high average density of built up area, nearly twice the levels of wider New York metro......

Govt to develop two 'smart' cities in each state

The government is planning to develop two 'smart' cities with a host of modern features like intelligent transport and carbon neutral status in each of the states in the second phase of the......

Why Modi sarkar will miss Venkaiah Naidu

He was proactive and the force behind the ongoing reforms in the urban development ministry Venkaiah Naidu might have got the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) nomination for......

India builds first 'smart' city as urban population swells

Engineers walk past a cooling system plant under construction inside Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) at Gandhinagar, in Gujarat. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters India's push to......

Rs 8.30 crore for anti-doping in budget

A hike of Rs 214 crore was allocated to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, with Finance Minister P Chidambaram earmarking Rs 1219 crore for it in the 2013-14 budget presented in Parliament......

Rs 8.30 crore for anti-doping in budget

A hike of Rs 214 crore was allocated to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, with Finance Minister P Chidambaram earmarking Rs 1219 crore for it in the 2013-14 budget presented in Parliament......