Rat-hole mining may be illegal but the talent and experience of rat-hole miners were used in the rescue operation to save the 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel, a National Disaster......
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma retained the key departments for his National Peoples Party, and gave the lesser politically significant ones to alliance partners Bharatiya Janata Party,......
IMAGE: NPP leader Conrad Sangma takes oath as Meghalaya Chief Minister, at a ceremony in Shillong on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Photograph: PTI Photo National People's Party president Conrad K......
'Earlier, a lot of fear was in the minds of people that the BJP is anti-Christian and anti-minority, but over the years people have learnt to accept that the BJP is just another national party.'......
Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Wednesday released the party's manifesto for the Meghalaya elections, promising 33 per cent reservation for women in all government jobs and......
The finance ministry on Monday said it will transfer Rs 6,000 crore as the second tranche of GST compensation shortfall to 16 states and 3 Union Territories -- including Maharashtra, Bihar, Assam,......
Policy lays out a 5-year road map seeking creation of 3.5 mn jobs and promoting 10,000 start-ups. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Cabinet on Thursday cleared a policy to make India a......
India eased foreign direct investment norms in 15 major sectors, including mining, defence, civil aviation and broadcasting, the government said on Tuesday in a bid to drum up investment and speed......
The government has collected Rs 3,124 crore (Rs 31.24 billion) under the Clean Energy Fund this year through an imposition of cess on coal, but it is yet to decide how and when to invest the......
The Lafarge mining case has highlighted how clearance procedures at all levels are compromised, writes Latha Jishnu. David Copperfield, described by Forbes as the most successful magician in......
Photograph: Kind courtesy S Sreesanth/Twitter World Cup-winning India fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, one of the best outswing bowlers in the post-Kapil Dev era, retired from all forms......