SC asks Delhi police to not issue licence for sale, storage of firecrackers

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Delhi police not to issue temporary licences for sale and storage of any kind of firecrackers, saying when the city government has banned all firecrackers no......

Smoke Spiraling From Manipur Not Visible In Delhi?

There is the problem of regions in the North East being theatre for power-play by nations with borders and influences converging in those parts, which in turn requires a sizable presence of the......

How Kharge Can Change Indian Politics

A new Congress leader may make an electoral impact by his very presence.Congress voters who had moved away from the party, after being influenced by the BJP's 'family rule' campaign, can now return......

Rebalancing India-China, The Sri Lanka Way

Colombo seems to be veering to the middle path between China and the US on global matters, but in regional matters of strategic security, it is increasingly identifying with India, points out N......

BPCL divestment completely off the table, says Hardeep Singh Puri

BPCL is a high revenue-earning public-sector undertaking (PSU) and plans to privatise it are completely off the table, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday after......

Rekha Jhunjhunwala's Wealth Grew By...

Rekha Jhunjhunwala's net worth has increased by more than 7 per cent, or Rs 2,865 crore, compared to less than 1 per cent rise in the BSE Sensex. IMAGE: Rekha Jhunjhunwala's late husband Rakesh......

Petrol, diesel prices cut by Rs 2 each

Petrol and diesel prices were cut by Rs 2 per litre each as state-owned oil companies ended a nearly two-year-long hiatus in rate revision, just hours before the general election schedule is......

Street remains optimistic about further gains in OMCs

After a spike in crude oil and gas prices in October following the Hamas terror attack, prices eased down 9 per cent month-on-month in November. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The......

CSK Chairman L Sabaretnam dead

L Sabaretnam, director and chairman of Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited, and a cement industry veteran, died here on Sunday following a brief illness, family sources said. He was 80. Sabaretnam......

Timeline: IPL spot-fixing scandal

India pacer Shantakumaran Sreesanth and his Rajasthan Royals team mate Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila were on Sunday cleared of charges by a Delhi court in the spot-fixing and betting scandal in......