Modi Looms Over India's Smallest Lok Sabha Seat

'It is necessary to have a person at the top who can make strict decisions without hesitation. Modiji has done that.' IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party MP Manoj Tiwari addresses a roadshow in support......

Delhi govt orders to shut primary schools for 2 days due to rising pollution

All government and private primary schools in Delhi will remain closed for the next two days in view of rising pollution levels, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced Thursday night. IMAGE: A......

Delhi's air quality remains 'severe' for 3rd straight day

A thick layer of smog continued to cover Delhi for the third day in a row on Saturday as the overall air quality remained in the "severe" category at 408, officials said. IMAGE: Smog engulfs......

Delhi's air quality plunges to 'very poor' category

The air quality in the national quality was recorded in the 'very poor' category on Friday due to poor dispersion of pollutants owing to weak winds, according to the India Meteorological Department......

Kejriwal's boost for small scale industries in Delhi

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in New Delhi has done away with the need to secure crucial permits for setting up small-scale industries in the national capital.  Now, micro, small and......

Modi says make in India, but even 'thalis' are from China

Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the launch of the Make in India Mission at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. Photograph: PIB Even as India's business elite gathered in New Delhi to pledge their......

Gurgaon master plan a gold mine for realtors

In a three-part series, Business Standard has explored how agricultural land has been commercially tapped and exploited over the years by developers, often with ample help from the government, and......

MoEF lifts ban on projects in 8 polluted areas

The Ministry of Environment and Forests, under attack for being allegedly rigid in clearing projects, has lifted the moratorium on developmental projects in eight more 'critically polluted'......

Indian cricketers should stop complaining

Indian cricketers should stop pretending to be poor little rich kids and just do what they have been paid for, feels Abhishek Mande The lead sports story in a Mumbai newspaper today is a report of......