Joshimath: Govt prepares for demolition; NCMC says evacuation must

The administration started preparing for the demolition of two precariously standing hotels in subsidence-hit Joshimath in Uttarakhand on Tuesday, but faced protests from their owners and locals on......

Aus bans arrivals from India; offenders to face 5-yr jail term, fines

Australian citizens could face five-year jail term or hefty fines up to $66,000 if they try to return home from India after Canberra made the journey temporarily illegal in an effort to curb the......

Karnataka to have total lockdown on Sundays starting July 5

The Karnataka government on Saturday took a slew of decisions including imposing total lockdown on Sundays starting July 5 in view of the spike in the number of coronavirus cases in the state. It......

Not rebellion, this is call for reform: Azad

The Congress veteran said that a stronger emphasis needs to be laid on grassroot leadership and that there is a need to rebuild the party's structure. Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday......

Cabinet defers decision on FDI cap in insurance

The Union Cabinet on Thursday deferred a decision on the much-awaited insurance law amendment Bill that aims to raise the foreign direct investment cap for insurance companies from 26 per cent to......

Tamil Nadu, Kerala have most women entrepreneurs, and high female literacy

India was ranked 70th of 77 countries in the Female Entrepreneurship Index 2015 released by London-based Global Entrepreneurship Institute An artisan paints the idols of Gods and Goddesses at a......

The real puzzle of doing business in India

'There is a certain irony embedded in this asymmetric geographical distribution of FDI because most state leaders have shed their inhibitions about promoting 'business' and have understood its......

Many air pockets in India Inc's global flight

Big-ticket buyouts at the peak of valuation cycle failed to live up to the hype; smaller deals did betterIf Indian chief executives were asked to name one of their decisions in the past 15 years......

Team India felicitated in London for WC win

It may have been a nightmarish tour on field but off the field, Indian cricketers had an evening to remember when they were felicitated by the Indo-British Parliamentarians Group for their historic......

Warne could have played at WC

Warne could have played atWC, says drug agency headBanned cricketer Shane Warne could have played in early World Cup matches for Australia in South Africa but chose to go public on his positive......