Two technocrats, two hard-boiled politicians are India's new Cabinet ministers...
The government is unlikely to ban export of petroleum products or review the export-oriented status of Reliance Industries Jamnagar refinery, as has been demanded by United Progressive Alliance government's new ally, the Samajwadi Party.
India has so far set up three projects - Tala, Chukha and Kurichu - in Bhutan under the Inter-governmental Agreement model.
More than 200 people from the Yadav community in the United States met in North Brunswick, New Jersey, to launch the Yadav Mahasabha USA. The Yadavs, believed to be the descendants of Lord Krishna, are India's second largest group, representing around 20 percent of the overall population.
20 Indian companies, including Infosys, Wipro, TCS, made it to the top 100 global outsourcing companies.
'Our intentions are clear. If I keep all the acquired land under the ownership of the government, why do you raise questions about my intentions?' 'One achievement of my ministry would be the gas pricing policy. Two, we made a delivery mechanism (for domestic LPG) which is the largest in the world. We are crediting money to the poor directly. It is the biggest structure of direct subsidy transfer.' 'It is very easy to work with Modi. He gives everyone a chance in decision-making. I have become a minister for the very first time, but if we want to raise any issues in the Cabinet, we have full freedom to do so.' The second and final part of Union Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's exclusive interview with Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com.
New Delhi's facelift is aimed at making the city safer and easier to traverse, less polluted and all-around more tourist friendly.
India's employers are predicting yet another hiring frenzy in 2007. But will workers see bigger paychecks
India's IT capital, Bangalore now has an 'unhealthy' tag. Its stressful and hectic urban lifestyle has taken a toll on its people.
Why has a nation created on strong secular principles slowly chipped away those essential values? Why are so many Indians willing to compromise their freedoms and those of their compatriots for the cause of economic progress and to see a shining India,' asks Aseem Chhabra.
Its promise has fallen short before the onslaught of the votaries of the old order and ruthless extremist forces, notes Talmiz Ahmad.
When Pradeep Chopra, Kapil Nakra, and Purvesh Sharma, very middle-class IIT boys, decided to be entrepreneurs, the biggest hurdle was not ideas or funding, but family pressure.
'My wife was asked to get out of an autorickshaw because she was married to me. My children were targeted and branded a traitor's children. In spite of the Supreme Court and the NHRC having cleared my case, the state government is yet to close it. Local politicians are behind this. Why can't they close the case, give me compensation, accepting gracefully that they have wronged me?' Dr S Nambi Narayanan, the scientist who was accused and then exonerated in the 1994 ISRO spying case, speaks to Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier about his continuing travails and his recent meeting with Narendra Modi.
Indo-Pak cricket is embellished with stories from the past, little nuggets of human behaviour that reflect the very special nature of cricket played between the two countries.
Rediff.com readers wish the Indian captain on his 31st birthday.
India will push ahead with plans to build a new international airport terminal in New Delhi and a new domestic terminal in Mumbai to raise their facilities to world standards, an official said on Friday.
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