AIE crash: Black box recovered, probe underway; toll rises to 18

Investigators on Saturday recovered the Digital Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder, also called the black box, from the ill-fated Boeing 737 that could provide vital clues in the crash......

18 dead after Air India jet breaks into 2 in Kozhikode

Eighteen people were killed and scores injured when an Air India Express flight from Dubai with 190 on board overshot the tabletop runway in Kozhikode airport in Kerala on Friday night while......

If Japan couldn't handle N-woes, how would India?

A 'pause-and-review' approach to nuclear power isn't extreme. Safety is too precious to be sacrificed to appease our nuclear lobby, writes Praful BidwaiWhat do social scientists Romila Thapar,......

List of military honourees

List of honours conferred upon individuals from the armed forces on Republic Day Ashoka Chakra Sr No Name Position 1 Major Dinesh Raghu Raman 34 Rashtriya Rifles (posthumous) Kirti......

Satyam scar lingers even after 7 years

Satyam's employees had to undergo mental trauma, job uncertainty and financial problems, after many were forced to leave. It was on January 7, 2009, that B Ramalinga Raju, the poster boy of......

Industry asks PM to remove hurdles to investment

India Inc on Monday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to clear hurdles facing large projects and create an environment for investment driven growth, that has taken a battering due to external and......

PM to meet India Inc to soothe frayed nerves

Top business leaders to raise issues on investment, trade and the rupee Captains of Indian industry are to discuss some major issues  hampering business growth and of the economy at large with......

2G scam: 'It was daylight robbery'

The 2G spectrum scam cost the exchequer Rs 176,000 crore (Rs 1,760 billion). Following the expose, one minister has lost his job while numerous journalists have had their credibility questioned.......