9 killed in Tamil Nadu train fire mishap; officials blame cylinder "illegally" taken inside for blazeTamil Nadu Commercial Taxes minister P Moorthy, deputed by Chief Minister M K Stalin to oversee relief efforts, said five men and 4 women p...
26 Aug, 2023, 06.50 PM IST
A new mountain beginning: Will the fragile peace in Bodo-dominated areas of Western Assam survive?Guided by an ex-poacher, ET travelled through the vast woodlands in the foothills near Bhutan to find some credible answers to a vexing que...
13 May, 2023, 11.00 PM IST
KMC poll : TMC faces challenge to retain ground, BJP the test to snatch second position from LeftFor the saffron party, smarting after the defeat in the assembly election in which it emerged a distant second, the challenge will be to ke...
18 Dec, 2021, 12.05 PM IST
E-commerce gets a booster shotIn today's ETtech Morning Dispatch newsletter, e-commerce firms get a pandemic boost from Mumbai and Delhi; Digital payments see a sharp de...
02 Jun, 2021, 08.30 AM IST
Protests against Citizenship law in Bengal, roads blockades at several placesProtesters blocked various important roads in Amdanga and Kalyani areas of North 24 Parganas and Nadia districts. They also blocked roads a...
15 Dec, 2019, 01.21 PM IST
Petroleum issue in Bhutan border causing heavy revenue loss for IndiaPriced at Rs. 64 and Rs. 72 a liter in Bhutan, diesel and petrol both are now cheaper by Rs. 12 a liter there compared to pumps in WB.
09 Oct, 2018, 07.41 PM IST
Landslides kill 144 in Bangladesh after heavy rainThe landslides it hilly districts in the southeast, killing 10 people in one village, eight in another and seven in a third, said police of...
14 Jun, 2017, 01.29 PM IST
Can hindutva deliver vikas?The Vajpayee-led NDA and Manmohan Singh-led UPA had realised that state as mai baap has to recede if development is to take off.
29 Mar, 2017, 08.29 AM IST
Three of India's natural world heritage sites face threat from harmful activity: WWFIndia's three major natural World Heritage Sites - the Western Ghats, Sundarbans National Park and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary - are facing th...
12 Apr, 2016, 05.09 PM IST
Red Sandalwood smuggling to China via Bhutan is in upswingIndia’s Neighbouring country Bhutan is coming up fast as a preferred conduit for illegal sandalwood smuggling from India to China. With sou...
17 Nov, 2014, 05.45 PM IST
- Delhi building collapse: It was a tragedy waiting to happen
Rooms in the building were cramped with narrow passages, much like the congested colony where thin roads made it difficult for heavy vehicl...
16 Nov, 2010, 02.54 PM IST
- Ameerpet houses hundreds of IT institutes and over one lakh students
Students come to Ameerpet, Hyderabad, to learn a host of software programmes at a fraction of the cost they would pay to study at a reputed...
22 Sep, 2010, 05.14 AM IST
Wood scarcity hurting paper sectorThe paper industry must find ways and means to see that land ceiling laws are repealed.
28 Oct, 2008, 12.39 AM IST