Police station to replace razed madrasa in Haldwani

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday said a police station would come up on the land freed from encroachment in Haldwani's Banbhoolpura, where violence erupted last week after......

Day after Michuang, parts of Chennai remain deluged

Residents grappled with stagnant water and power disruption in parts of Chennai and its suburbs on Wednesday, two days after Cyclone Michuang wreaked havoc in the metropolis and neighbouring......

Sikkim flash flood: Toll rises to 18; over 90 still missing

The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim mounted to 18 on Thursday as Army and NDRF teams worked their way through slushy earth and fast flowing water in the Teesta river basin and downstream north......

Forex-starved Sri Lanka runs out of cash to buy fuel

Sri Lankan government on Monday admitted that it has run out of cash to buy fuel as pumps in most filling stations across the country have run dry, exacerbating the deepening foreign-exchange......

Asim Dasgupta: Contrarian communist?

There are two sides to Asim Dasgupta: as the chairman of the empowered committee of state finance ministers, he is a success story. As the finance minister of West Bengal for more than two decades,......

Survey pegs 2024 economic growth at 6.5%

India's economy is projected to slow to 6.5 per cent in the fiscal year starting April but will remain the fastest growing major economy in the world as it fared better in dealing with the......

Govt earmarks Rs 160 cr to check price rise

Kerala government on Friday decided to earmark Rs 160 crore (Rs 1.6 billion) for open market intervention to check price rise of essential commodities, especially in view of the coming Onam......

Vashi market to shut for a week, Mumbai faces vegetable shortage

The government of Maharashtra decided to shut operations at the Vashi APMC mandi between May 11 and 17 after confirmed cases of Covid-19 surpassed 80 in the APMC and over 450 across Navi......