UP sub-station fire leaves Delhi 'powerless' for 1 hour, homes of LG, CM hit

Several parts of the national capital, including the area housing the Delhi LG secretariat and Chief Minister's residence, faced outages for varying lengths as a substation of power grid in......

Why the lockdown should not be extended

'Is it sustainable?''Or is it like an overdose of a medicine that saves your life in the short run but kills you through long-lasting side-effects?' asks Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Union Minister of......

Cops step up vigil to enforce lockdown after violations

Police across the country stepped up their vigil to ensure there was no violation of prohibitory orders on the third day of the national lockdown on Friday but faced thousands of migrant workers......

COVID: Passengers from EU, Turkey, UK banned

With the cases of the coronavirus swelling in the country, the government on Monday prohibited entry of passengers from European Union countries, Turkey and the United Kingdom from March 18 till......

RSS-backed SJM declares 2017 'anti-China year'

'I will be happy if walls are built between India and China!''We are going to nooks and corners of the country to make ordinary people realise the need to buy Indian goods so that our workers get......

Fresh summons issued to SpiceJet, Kalanithi Maran in I-T cases

A Delhi court on Friday issued fresh summons to budget carrier SpiceJet Ltd, its former Chairman Kalanithi Maran and an erstwhile top official in two tax evasion cases for their alleged failure to......

How fresh is Reliance Fresh?

Everything is a deal-breaker at Reliance Fresh, says Archana Jahagirdar. Organised retail was supposed to make life easier and better for the consumer. But just a few years since the creation of......

Mandi agents a key link in retail chains

Large retail chains like Reliance Fresh, Subhiksha and Spencer's have not been able to do sourcing of their entire farm products directly from the farmers. Most of them have found a way out in the......

When Om Puri deserved an Oscar

'I started learning to pull a rickshaw from two regular rickshaw-pullers.' 'Once I stopped at a roadside tea-stall to have a cup of tea.''It was early morning and two elderly customers were......