Equal rights to foreign arms vendors: A big worry for MoD

Even while rejecting Israel Military Industries’ petition, the court has effectively granted foreign vendors the constitutional right to be treated equally with Indian companies, says Ajai......

CM asks prime minister to form interim govt in Nagaland

Adelegation of the NSCN-IMis in the national capital to hold talks on contentious issues including the possibility of an interim government if both sides agree to settle various pending issues.......

Parliamentary panel slams govt for ammunition shortage

After Gen V K Singh pointed out critical shortage of tank ammunition in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a parliamentary panel on Monday pulled up the government saying it was alarmed......

Govt penalises Israeli defence firm for graft

In a first, India has seized a bank guarantee worth Rs 224 crore furnished by an Israeli defence vendor for breach of integrity pact after the company was blacklisted for alleged involvement in......

E-commerce steals the show at B-school campuses

Last year, Accenture was the top recruiter at IIM-B E-commerce companies, which merely registered their presence on campuses until last year, have given business schools -- even the premier ones --......

Blacklisting companies? What the govt must do

Every government and organisation has a blacklist of companies and people whom they would rather avoid. Their reasons could be political or commercial. Some such lists are kept a secret and need to......

Will blocking access to some sites solve piracy?

In India, the rules of the game in cyberspace have changed forever. Almost overnight, the internet has spawned web renegades whose mission it is to bring down all forms of authoritarian control......

Maruti ties up with IMI for execs' mgmt courses

The country's largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday joined hands with International Management Institute for a part-time diploma course for its executives.According to a memorandum of......

Attack of the clones

It may sound alarming, but the Indian music industrylost a whopping Rs 1,800 crore (approximately US $378 million) over the lastthree years to 'illegitimate' music.According to the Indian Music......

SMS hearing on Saturday

The Madras High Court has posted for Saturday a batch of petitions filed by mobile cell phone providers, seeking to vacate the February 7 Court order, restraining the providers from giving any SMS......

'No cricket scores on cell phones'

The Madras high court on Tuesday restrained mobile phone service providers across the country for four weeks from giving any SMS pertaining to the ongoing One-Day International between India and......