'We Want To Develop Dharavi Like Hong Kong'

'Dharavi will be completely slum free by 2040.' IMAGE: Tourists walk through Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters If you travel on Mumbai's metro line 2A or line 7,......

Police officers not required to do moral policing: SC

The Supreme Court has said police officers are not required to do moral policing and ask for physical favour or material goods as it upheld the order of the disciplinary authority for the removal......

The Dust Of Development

So, what's the problem if our present is screwed up when the future promises to be profitable? It's an Indian habit, notes Shyam G Menon. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Having......

Oxygen Crisis: Will this PSU Help?

The NINL management can see this as their moment of giving back to the nation and humanity.Its plant has an oxygen unit that can produce 418 tonnes of oxygen every day.418 tonnes is about 58% of......

Why a flop called SEZ remains attractive to politicians

SEZs account for just about a third of India's merchandise exports (and roughly the same proportion of services exports). Yet, the notion of creating global manufacturing centres of the kind that......

Will Jewar airport transform Noida's real estate market?

Its proximity to popular tourist destinations like Agra, which attracts 45 per cent of the international passenger traffic at IGI, could be diverted to Jewar. About a kilometre from the Yamuna......

After 35 years, Maruti to relocate its Gurugram plant

The carmaker has sought 1,292 acres at Industrial Model Township, Sohna, 25km from Gurugram. The relocation of Maruti Suzuki's plant in Gurugram to a less inhabited area is inevitable, company......

Why China's realty firms can't invest in India

Chinese companies who were actively pursuing business opportunities in India have adopted a wait and watch approach following the Chinese government clampdown.Raghavendra Kamath reports.......