Fresh rescue plan ready on Day 7: Vertical hole, new road to reach workers

With time running out, officials on Saturday began preparations to drill a vertical hole from the top of the hill under which 41 workers have been trapped inside a collapsed tunnel for seven days......

Uttarkashi tunnel rescue op on hold after machine snag

The operation to rescue labourers stuck in the partially-collapsed Silkyara tunnel is on hold since Friday when a US-made auger machine deployed to drill and push in pipes through the rubble to......

U'khand tunnel collapse: Oxygen being supplied, efforts on to rescue workers

A portion of an under-construction tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri National Highway collapsed early on Sunday, trapping around 40 workers inside, officials in......

Will bizman brother be Mayawati's successor?

Meet Anand Kumar, a government clerk who transformed into a real estate and hospitality baron.Amit Agnihotri and N Sundaresha Subramanian report. Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati says she may......

Confused about the Budget proposals? Please read this

Extends fiscal deficit reduction roadmap by one year to 2017-18 Raises services tax, to implement GST by April 2016 and cut corporation tax from 2016-17 to 25% by 2020 The Government has presented......

How IIM-A incubatee is changing bus ticketing

From daily revenue of a mere Rs 5,000-6,000 (Rs 50-60 billion) in 2007 to about Rs 70,000 (Rs 700 billion) now, Ahmedabad-based Mahasagar Travels has come a long way.Its founder Lalit Sukhwani says......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

Pranab Mukherjee's Interim Budget speech

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also managing the finance ministry, presented the Interim Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Monday. Following is the text of the entire Budget......