Can more disasters happen in Uttarakhand?

'Above 2,000 metres the gradient of the Himalayas is very steep and if you build any infrastructure (roads, dams, hydro power projects) in these regions, it will not be able to sustain these events......

Govt unveils major reforms in bureaucracy under Mission Karmayogi

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved ‘Mission Karmayogi', dubbed as the biggest bureaucratic reform initiative, aimed at capacity building of government employees to make them more......

ALERT! The Chinese are wiping out Tibet

The world must hang its head in shame for being a mute spectator to the 'cultural holocaust' in Tibet, says Major General Mrinal Suman (retd), who visited Tibet recently. IMAGE: Activists dressed......

TEXT: President Patil's last address to Parliament

President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......

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......

Corporate leaders whose moves will be most watched in 2015

Few leaders from India Inc that will make India proud in 2015. Arundhati Bhattacharya: New-age leader of SBI She is the first woman chairman of State Bank of India (SBI), where she has held a......

Smart city challenge: Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, are you ready?

At a time when the world is talking about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of developing ‘100 smart cities’ to accommodate the burgeoning population of India, we take a......

Adobe may spend more in India

Software solutions provider Adobe India might overshoot its investment target of around Rs 800 crore (Rs 8 billion), which was announced in 2006 for a period of five years. In India, the company is......