CBI books Bhupinder Singh Hooda in fresh land acquisition case

In more trouble for senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Central Bureau of Investigation booked the former Haryana chief minister on cheating and corruption charges in connection with......

Uphaar verdict: The victims deserve an audacious legal ending

IMAGE: Family members of the Uphaar cinema fire victims at the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, in this photograph taken in 1997. Photograph: PTI Photo.   Sunetra Choudhury......

15 yrs on, Uphaar victims' kin for law on manmade disaster

Family members of victims of Uphaar fire tragedy on Wednesday held a prayer meet in the memory of 59 persons who died in the theatre 15 years ago and urged the government to bring in a legislation......

SC taunts govt on Prez copter mishap

The recent helicopter incident in which President Pratibha Patil had a narrow escape was enough for the Supreme Court to pooh-pooh government's suggestion for airlifting victims of disasters to......

Affordable housing to get infrastructural status; realty stocks soar

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that said that affordable housing will be given infrastructural status, a move that will reduce costs for developers and attract investors. In his......

A tale of crumbling infrastructure in India's IT cities

Can the country afford to have problems of such magnitude in the cities of Gurgaon, Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad, which not only are the major growth drivers but are also the biggest revenue......

Sensex ends below 26K on ECB move; bluechips end in red

The 30-share Sensex ended at 25,638.11, down by 248.51 points and the Nifty settled at 7,781.90, down by 82.25 points. Among broader markets, BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices slipped between 0.6-1%.......

CCI pulls up 21 builders for exploiting buyers; but lets them off

Coming hard on real estate players across-the-board for "exploitative conduct" and unfair trade practices, the Competition Commission on Wednesday asked them to mend their ways, but stopped short......