Congress candidates weaken SP-BSP, bring respite to faction-ridden BJPThe Congress candidates fielded in Sant Kabir Nagar and Deoria seem a prime reason why the BJP still seems in pole position on both these s...
BJP trying to poach Odisha Congress leaders says BK Hariprasad“The BJP is trying to poach Congress leaders as it has had been doing with the BJD. They will go to any extent as was seen in GO where they...
Drought pushes cotton imports to decade's highIndia is likely to import more than 15 lakh bales (each of 170 kg) of cotton as against the previous import high of 14.6 lakh bales in 2012...
Ishrat Jahan case: Inquiry report submitted; papers missingThe inquiry panel, however, made no reference to Chidambaram or anyone in the then UPA government. Congress leader Chidambaram was the Home...
If China doesn't spoil the party, cotton rates may go up 9%Domestic prices were at their peak at the end of December at Rs 34,000 per candy of the Sankar 6 variety, after the season had star Rs 32,1...
- BK Mishra named Bharat Coking Coal chief
BK Mishra is slated to take over as chairman and managing director of Coal India subsidiary Bharat Coking Coal.
Welspun Corp forms JV with Wasco Energy for Rs 100 crore plantWelspun Corp entered into an agreement with Malaysia's Wasco Energy for setting up a Rs 100 crore greenfield concrete weight coating.
PMO intervenes in controversy around Ford Foundation being put on the ‘prior permission’ listThe Prime Minister’s Office has intervened in the controversy over MHA putting Ford Foundation on the ‘prior permission’ list.
Steel pipe business remains buoyant despite bearish oil & gas market: BK Mishra, Welspun Corp"All things put together, the market looks much much bigger than what it was yesterday. A March report projects 101 million tonnes over the...
Home Minister Rajnath Singh gets stuck in lift, rescued from the roofThe lift's roof was then opened by the OSD to the Minister and a chair was dropped inside the lift from the first floor to rescue the occup...
Farmers hope cotton purchase to go up after Makar SankrantiCCI's share in cotton procurement is about 50% in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, slightly more than 50% in Maharashtra while it is about 10%...
- Gujarat unrest forces Pranab Mukherjee to order 5k-cr cotton buys
UPA-II regime, which has just lost key states in assembly polls and is set to face BJP strongman Modi in Gujarat next, is taking no chances...
- Odisha likely to face drought
With monsoon playing truant, a severe drought looms over Odisha. At least 90% of the paddy crop seems to have been affected.
- Fodder scam: Lalu Prasad, Jagannath Mishra appear before CBI court
Lalu Prasad, Jagannath Mishra and 32 other accused today appeared before CBI court for framing of charges against them in fodder scam case.
- Birlas to change Central Mumbai’s landscape
Century Textiles has hired Shapoorji Pallonji group to develop a 20-acre property at the site of a textile mill in Worli.
- Green buildings can save money, ecology
Everon Project Consultants MD BK Bassi was of the view that non-conventional sources of energy can be used to lower the adverse impact of p...
- Innovation key for safe, green buildings
Now, India needs to raise its infrastructure investments to maintain an average annual growth of around 9% per annum.