6 killed in boiler explosion at TN power plant

A boiler exploded at NLC India's thermal plant killing six people and leaving 17 others injured on Wednesday and it has been shut for safety audit, the company said. An official has been suspended......

Alert! Cyclone Nada is headed for Tamil Nadu coast

A depression over Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm and cross the north Tamil Nadu coast early on December 2, bringing heavy rainfall in its wake, the weather office said......

How Manmohan Singh became 'conspirator number 3' in coal scam

A change in recommendation in favour of Birla did certainly happen but the question is whether it was a bona fide decision.  Jyoti Mukul reports Former PM Manmohan Singh has been summoned as......

Was Birla allocated coal blocks as per norms: Court asks CBI

A special court on Monday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to clarify whether "rule of law" was followed in allocation of coal blocks to top industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla's Hindalco.......

Mutual funds sought smallcap treasures in a sea of red

Mutual funds (MFs) scooped up smallcap shares across sectors such as healthcare, banking and financial services in March 2024 amid a near 4.5 per cent fall in key smallcap indices. Illustration:......

SEBI To Go Soft On Rumour Verification For Listed Cos

The rumour verification process would now be triggered by changes in price or 'material price movements', as the paper defines it. What this means is that companies would need to verify rumours......

Sagarmala project: Poor planning on container traffic haunting shippers

Since January this year, Indian exporters have begun to dread the shipping news. That’s because most of it would be about another lot of shipping companies deciding to avoid Indian ports on......

Govt gets Rs 413 cr as dividend from 5 CPSEs

The government has received Rs 413 crore as dividend tranches from five CPSEs, including NLC and NALCO. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com "Government has received Rs 78 crore and Rs 165 crore......