Rescue of 40 workers in Uttarakhand tunnel crash may take 2 more days

All 40 workers trapped in an under-construction tunnel on the Char Dham route are safe and being sent food and water, authorities assured Monday but said the rescue operation could take up to two......

Third Wave: Bigger Threat in Rural India

'The roadmap ahead seems very difficult especially in the rural areas where there is very poor infrastructure, vaccine reach and hesitancy.''These are a deadly cocktail for the next wave.' IMAGE:......

What does the nation get out of the CBI?

'What does the nation get out of the CBI's fabulous infrastructure? Very little that is useful,' says Aakar Patel. Photograph: Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters The Central Bureau of Investigation is our......

Exclusive! Medha Patkar: Land acquisition ordinance will destroy poor

The new ordinance on land acquisition will allow land grabbers to deprive millions, destroy agriculture, horticulture, rivers, forests, tree cover and mangroves to extract minerals as well as......

Naxals, green issues hit coal projects

Implementation of new coal projects and expansion of many existing ones have been adversely affected due to deteriorating law and order situation in the Naxal-infested states, hurdles in land......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

CII to work on tourism corridor for East

In a bid to boost tourism in the eastern part of the country and promote an integrated Eastern India tourism corridor comprising five states-West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and......

Govt gets 745 applicants for 15 coal blocks

The government has received 745 applications from a variety of companies for 15 power-project-linked coal blocks with estimated reserves of 3.6 billion tonnes, which can support power generation of......

BCCI AGM to appoint new selection panel

In what is expected to be a smooth and routine AGM in Mumbai on Thursday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is all set to revamp its senior selection committee by making at least......

Ganguly to lead in Vijay Hazare trophy

Fighting to keep himself in shape ahead of the IPL, former India skipper Sourav Ganguly will lead Bengal's challenge in the upcoming domestic one-dayers for the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The state......

Ranji Elite Group matches from Nov 3

India's domestic cricket season begins with the BCCI Corporate Tournament from September 1 while the league stage of the Ranji Trophy elite competition will be held from November 3 to December 24,......

No NCA team for Duleep Trophy

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has dropped the idea of fielding a team comprising National Cricket Academy trainees in the Duleep Trophy tournament.The BCCI's Tours and Programmes and......