High nitrate levels have been found in groundwater of 440 districts across India, with 20 per cent of the samples collected exceeding the permissible nitrate concentration, the Central Ground Water......
'The power sector accounts for much of the financial burden of state governments in India.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com State governments have announced over Rs 1 trillion in......
The collapse of the eastern grid disrupted normal life in Jharkhand, which witnessed power failure in several parts of the state and delay in train services on Tuesday. The 509 Down Howrah-Banaras......
Fifteen bombs were on Thursday found in suitcases abandoned in a coach of the Sealdah-Varanasi Express train near Dhanauri station during intensified searches of trains in the aftermath of the......
'Party workers sit outside polling booths and they know everything that is happening.''Besides, as a voter when you push the EVM button to vote there is a paper slip that comes out showing you who......
Carved out of southern Bihar as a new stateon November 15, 2000, Jharkhand has been plagued by adverse conditions -- low average income, high incidence of poverty and little social development......
The Union government's six-year initiative to unbundle state electricity boards into separate entities for power generation, transmission, distribution and trading businesses is set to be delayed......
Markets ended with marginal gains on Tuesday, amid the ongoing debate on foreign direct investment in retail, led by gains in oil and gas and financial shares.The 30-share Sensex ended up43 points......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday discussed the proposals moved by the ‘distribution reforms committee’ set up by the Union power ministry, to help the ailing power......
The Coal Ministry on Monday received a total 69 applications from various PSUs like NTPC, SAIL, Nalco and NLC for allocation of 36 coal blocks, which would be given to state-run companies only. The......