Bureaucratic rejig at Centre: New secys appointed

Senior Indian Administrative Service officer T V Somanathan was on Friday appointed Expenditure Secretary, the post lying vacant since late October, as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle......

Unlike poll surveys, RBI statistics favour Modi

The verdict on who will rule Gujarat for the next five years will be out on Sunday. Most surveys suggest the going could be tough for the current chief minister Narendra Modi, but statistics......

Advantage Mamata before Bengal polls

Mamata Banerjee has fulfilled two key electoral promises: Ridding Lalgarh of Naxals and bringing peace to Darjeeling, says Ishita Ayan Dutt. Oh, the power of the word! Mamata Banerjee said, let......

Bengaluru executive behind IS Twitter ID arrested, confesses

In a major breakthrough, the alleged handler of the most influential pro-Islamic State Twitter account was arrested from an apartment in Bengaluru in the early hours of Saturday. Bengaluru-based......

Tata Motors to get over Rs 766 cr compensation for losses incurred at Singur plant

In a major victory for Tatas, an arbitral tribunal has awarded Tata Motors a compensation of over Rs 766 crore for the losses incurred because of protests by Trinamool Congress that stalled its......

Coal block auction: CIL seeks clarity on three mines

These three blocks figure in the 'Schedule I' list of those coal mines, which are being auctioned afresh With a fresh process underway for allocation of 204 coal mines for their 'development and......

Mamata's Singur stand may hurt NTPC project

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is getting applause from supporters on her decision to take back Singur land from the Tata Group and for her stance on land acquisition.However, this unwillingness to......

BHEL may not set up plant at Singur

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has expressed its inability to put up the proposed power project at Tata Motors' abandoned Singur site, in a written communication to the West Bengal Power Development......