Kerala Oppn, experts question Centre, state on dam management

Poor dam management was considered as a major reason for the 2018 floods in the state that led to a loss of around Rs 50,000 crore and claimed as many as 483 lives, reports Shine Jacob. At a......

Doctors, lawyers, engineers -- Modi's new ministers

Among the 36 new faces in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers, eight are lawyers, four are doctors, two former IAS officers and four MBA degree holders, besides several engineers,......

Stalin goes with experience, expertise

Stalin has given due respect to seniority in the pecking order, but has also taken into consideration the demands of individual ministries and the suitability of individuals, observes N Sathiya......

COVID-19 surge: More states opt for lockdown-like curbs

More states went for partial-to-full lockdown, night curfew and other restrictions on Tuesday as India's active COVID-19 cases crossed 20 lakh with 2,59,170 new coronavirus infections and a record......

What GST Council will likely discuss in its June meet

The focus will be on tackling the unfinished agenda requiring immediate attention like tax structure for solar projects, uniform tax rate on state-organised and state-authorised lotteries, taxing......

'We are starting the largest lab in India'

Sanjeev Vashishta, chief executive officer at SRL Diagnostics, talks to Deepak Patel about expansion plans and regulations for the sector. Excerpts: Last year, you said you'd be expanding into......

Few pointers that suggest Modi's Bharat is away from major reforms

To better understand what is going on, it may be useful to break up the problem into four different (but related) parts: setbacks to major reform efforts; slowdown in other reforms; inaction or......

'The govt has done a lot to set the investment climate right'

Image: A man rides a motorcycle carrying six children on their way back home from school at Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Photograph: Parivartan Sharma/Reuters Minister of State for Coal, Power &......

TFA win Governor's Gold Cup

Tata Football Academy pulled off an upset, edging out mighty Air India, Mumbai, 1-0 to lift the All India Governor's Gold Cup for the first time, at Namchi's Baichung Bhutia stadium in Gangtok on......

Air India beat ASEB

Air India, Mumbai, scored their third victory, beatingAssam State Electricity Board 3-1in Group A, inthe Second Division National Football League,at the Chandrasekharan Nair stadium in......

Air India down F C Kochin

Air India thrashed F C Kochin 3-1 and earned threepoints from theGroup A Second Division National Football League final phase round one match at the Chandrasekharan Nair stadium......

BSF down ASEB

BSF, Jalandhar,defeated Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB)2-0 to post their second victory in Group A in theround one final phaseSecond Division National Football Leaguein Thiruvananthapuramon......

SBT rout FC Kochin

Local outfit State Bank of Travancore routed arch rivals F C Kochin 3-1 in a Second Division National Football League, Group A final phase round one, match in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.With......