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......

Battle Royale in Thiruvananthapuram

I have a bit of a personal dilemma: I have a soft corner for Shashi Tharoor, but I do like Rajeev Chandrasekhar's pitch, confesses Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Dr Shashi Tharoor, the Congress Lok......

Gowda ends suspense, to contest from Tumkur

Ending days of suspense, Janata Dal-Secular on Saturday said its national president and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda will contest the Lok Sabha poll from Tumkur. The 85-year-old JD-S......

Hospital chain plans to put expectant parents on cloud nine

No expecting mother ever needs to travel for more than 30 minutes to reach one of their hospitals, believes the Cloudnine group. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for......

Will Surat, Chandigarh outpace Mum, Delhi in retail growth?

Thanks to increased immigration and improving infrastructure, tier-II and tier-III cities, led by Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Surat, are set to witness a high level of retail attractiveness in the......

Housing sales in India DIP between Jan-Aug

Housing sales fell by 42 per cent in the national capital region during the first eight months of 2012 calendar year and developers are looking at offloading their housing stocks in the festival......

Home buyers wait, expect more price cuts

Despite more than a 20 per cent fall in prices of houses in new projects, a majority of home buyers are looking for a further price reduction, a survey by an international brokerage shows. Nearly......

PIX, WPL Eliminator: RCB edge MI in thriller to enter final

IMAGES from the WPL Eliminator played in New Delhi on Friday. SCORECARD IMAGE: RCB's Shreyanka Patil celebrates the wicket of Harmanpreet Kaur. Photograph: BCCI Young off-spinner Shreyanka Patil......

IPL teams, players donate for COVID-19 relief efforts

Photograph: Kind courtesy BCCI/IPL   In response to the terrifying surge of COVID-19 cases in the country, Indian Premier League teams have joined the effort to fight the crisis by announcing......

Commonwealth Games tickets launch on August 25

The 2010 Commonwealth Games tickets will be finally available in retail outlets across Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) from Wednesday. The opening and closing ceremonies of the......