Himanta inducts 2 cabinet ministers, rejigs several seniors' portfolios

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Thursday inducted two new ministers and carried out a major reshuffle of his cabinet with several of the old guard losing some important portfolios. IMAGE:......

India plans dam on Brahmaputra to reduce impact of Chinese hydropower projects

Amid concerns over China building a major hydropower project on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet, India too plans to construct a multipurpose reservoir in Arunachal Pradesh to offset its impact, a......

BJP's show of strength at Sonowal's swearing-in ceremony

Steering the Bharatiya Janata Party to power for the first time in the Northeast, Sarbananda Sonowal was on Tuesday sworn in as the 14th chief minister of Assam heading an 11-member ministry that......

Mr Modi, be wary of the Chinese!

'Chinese leaders rarely receive their foreign guests in cities other than Beijing. Such respect for India!' 'Does it mean that Modi could replicate "the warmth and unconventional way" by sending......

Top bureaucrats eye high profile CCI jobs

As many as 230 persons, including ex-Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla, former Corporate Affairs Secretary R Bandyopadhyay and other senior bureaucrats and eminent economists have lined up for the two......

With Left out of the way, divestment is back!

Divestment of public sector companies gathered steam in the first year of UPA-II that saw two PSUs-- Oil India and NHPC-- raising around Rs 8,600 crore (Rs 86 billion) from IPOs and the way was......

Decision on NTPC divestment delayed

The government's decision to divest its stake in power PSU NTPC would be delayed as the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs could not meet on Thursday due to pre-occupation of key ministers.......

RIL diverting billions from marketing margin: ADAG

An Anil Ambani group company has asked the oil ministry to stop Reliance Industries Ltd from charging marketing margin on gas, alleging that the Mukesh Ambani-led firm was not sharing the revenue......