China's next: 'Polar Silk Road' close to North Pole

As the ice-covered parts of the Arctic Ocean melt due to climate change, China has flagged its interest to take part in building ‘Polar Silk Road’, raising prospects for the emergence......

1 killed, 20 injured in police firing on picketers in Tripura

One person was killed and at least 20 others were injured when police opened fire at the picketers, who blocked the Assam-Agartala National Highway at Panisagar in North Tripura district Saturday......

Cabinet okays new education policy, HRD is now education ministry

Teaching up to class 5 in mother tongue or regional language, lowering the stakes of board exams, a single regulator for higher education institutions except for law and medical colleges and common......

Former cabinet secretary TSR Subramanian no more

Former cabinet secretary T S R Subramanian, whose efforts led to the landmark Supreme Court judgment protecting bureaucrats from political interference, has passed away, officials said on......

Infy to allocate up to 50 mn shares to incentivise staff

It has also proposed that CEO and managing director Salil Parekh be granted annual performance-based stock incentives in the form of restricted stock units worth Rs 10 crore under the 2019 Plan.......

Hyper-growth is over. What next for Indian IT firms?

Elliott Capital’s letter to Cognizant, detailing how the latter can reinvent itself, has many lessons for its India-listed peers like TCS and Infosys, says Akash Prakash. IMAGE: From left,......

Govt rushes to ease green norms for industry

Amendments to six environmental laws likely in Budget session The National Democratic Alliance government is in a rush to relax green norms for industries to avoid frequent legislative......

Govt plans to use postman to educate people on schemes, policy

The government is planning to use India Post's 155,000-strong branch network to reach out to citizens in far flung and backward areas and educate them about the various policies, schemes and......

PIX: Shilpa Shetty, Tamanaah, Chiranjeevi at South film awards

Snapshots from the star-studded show.The TSR TV9 National Film Awards for 2013-14, hosted by Dr T Subbirami Reddy, were held at Shilpakalavedika in Madhapur, Hyderabad, on July 19. A look at......

Lata Mangeshkar gets Yash Chopra memorial award

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar has been honoured with the first Yash Chopra Memorial Award for her contribution to Hindi cinema. She was presented the award by Information and Broadcasting......

PIX: Sridevi, Rani, Tamannah win TV9 film awards

Quite a few movie stars and film personalities descended to Hyderabad's Shilpa Kala Vedika auditorium in Madapur on April 20 to attend the TSR TV9 film awards. The awards has been named after......

Telugu actress Taapsee goes places

Catch the action in the Telugu film industry right here! Actress Taapsee Pannu is certainly going places. She has spread her wings to different film industries in a short span of time. She made......

Kalmadi, Bhanot to be charged with forgery in CWG scam

A Delhi court has ordered framing of charges against former Commonwealth Games (CWG) organising committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi and others for forgery, cheating and conspiracy, in a......

Bhanot elected IOA secretary-general; Chautala president

Lalit Bhanot, who was jailed for 11 months for his alleged role in the Commonwealth Games corruption case, was elected secretary-general of the Indian Olympic Association on Friday. With no......

CBI biased against me, claims Bhanot

Opposing framing of charges against him in a Commonwealth Games-related graft case, former Organising Committee secretary general Lalit Bhanot claimed in a Delhi court that the CBI was "biased"......

Kalmadi restrained from attending Games opening

Sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi was on Wednesday restrained by the Delhi high court from attending the London Olympics'opening ceremony. The court said his......

Order on plea against Kalmadi's Olympics visit reserved

The Delhi high court reserved its order on a plea to restrain sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi from going to London to attend the 2012 Olympics to Wednesday.......