Assam's 4th major eviction drive sees lathicharge, protests

A series of eviction drives were conducted in different places of Assam on Wednesday, leaving thousands of alleged "encroachers" in a quandary. IMAGE: Street Vendors Association of Assam members......

Bommai rejects Kerala CM's rail infra proposals citing environmental concerns

The bilateral talks held between the governments of Kerala and Karnataka in Bengaluru on Sunday on various projects failed to yield results as Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai turned down the......

Modi inaugurates railway, Kochi Metro Phase II projects in Kerala

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated various projects, including that of the Indian Railways and Kochi Metro, which would improve connectivity in Kerala and said these would help in......

'We pay lip service to environment protection'

Theconflict between development and environment should not cause unnecessary delays, says Union Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh.Over the last five years, the Environment Ministry was......

The boom and bust of mining in India

Some of the conditions laid down by the Supreme Court while allowing resumption of mining in Goa are instructive, says Subir Roy. The boom and bust saga of iron ore mining in India is slowly coming......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

Mamata's rail: No hike in passenger fares, freight

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has cut service charge on passenger fare for sleeper and AC class and did not propose any hike in freight rates in the Railway Budget 2010-11. She announced 101 new......

Delhi Metro goes green with solar power

Delhi Metro is turning more eco-friendly with installation of solar panels for electricity at its headquarters which will prevent 2.35 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year. The 64 panel five......