Big electric spark before Samruddhi girder collapse, says survivor

A "big spark" in the electricity pole providing power to the girder launcher preceded its collapse during the construction of a viaduct for the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra's Thane district......

BJP, not Sena, took bullets, lathis during Ram temple stir: Fadnavis

Hitting back at the Shiv Sena, Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said the Uddhav Thackeray-led outfit's Hindutva is merely on paper and finds mention just in......

Bureaucratic rejig at Centre: New secys appointed

Senior Indian Administrative Service officer T V Somanathan was on Friday appointed Expenditure Secretary, the post lying vacant since late October, as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle......

Saudi-Indian bromance: What next?

'We began foolishly bragging about Saudi-Emirati investment plans as indicative of the sheikhs 'distancing' from Pakistan, including on Kashmir,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Prime......

How india Inc biggies are going green

Foraying into newer areas of the sustainability business is an essential part of the business development plans of large Indian conglomerates and there is no quicker way to do that than pick up......

When Will Modi Privatise Public Sector Banks?

Unlike any other national asset, which is typically sold to the highest bidder, the profile of the bidder is the most important criterion for a licence to bank, and even for acquiring more than 5......

RIL to spin off oil-to-chemical biz into separate arm with $25bn loan

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries has announced the contours of carving out of its oil-to-chemicals (O2C) business into an independent unit with a USD 25 billion loan from the parent,......

Debt exposure remains a big risk for infra king Gautam Adani

Unlike RIL, the Adani group has not yet brought in any big stakeholders to refinance debt or expand. Recently, the SB Adani Family Trust, representing the promoters, announced that it was pledging......