International gang held with 218 kg heroin off Lakshadweep coast

A gang of international smugglers has been apprehended by Indian agencies while allegedly trying to smuggle around 218 kg of heroin, worth over Rs 1,500 crore in the international market, off the......

Navy, Coast Guard rescue 317 from 2 barges that went adrift

Battling extreme weather, the Indian Navy and Coast Guard have so far rescued 317 people on board two barges that went adrift in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai hours before Cyclone Tauktae made......

The past is not a foreign country

'Despite a quarter century since India began the uphill battle of moving away from its peculiar hybrid of imperial-feudal-socialism, it remains distressingly -- and sometimes reassuringly -- the......

Cyclone Nilofar: About 30,000 to be evacuated on Wednesday

An estimated 30,000 people along coastal areas will be moved to safer places in Kutch district of Gujarat from Wednesday as the very severe cyclonic storm Nilofar hurtles towards the state and......

Volume, margin movement to be key drivers for Concor stock going ahead

Container Corporation of India (Concor) has been the worst performer among major logistics & port stocks registering returns of about 4 per cent over the past three months as compared to 10-12 per......

Getting private funding will be an uphill task for Railways

Though the Railways is yet to declare any five-year action plan, it is clear the government is not in a position to hand-hold it for any major expansion or upgrade.The issue, however, is how far......

JNPT terminal, Petya's first victim in India

AP Moller-Maersk, one of the affected entities globally, operates the Gateway Terminals India at JNPT. Operations at the terminal of the nation's largest container port Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust......

Body blow for special economic zones

The change in the latest Budget will impact the sale and rent of SEZ units of companies like Adani Port, which has large SEZs in Mundra, Gujarat, say analysts. Image: Most of these SEZs have......