Narayan Rane served notice over unauthorised changes to Mumbai bungalow

The Shiv Sena-controlled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has sent a notice to Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narayan Rane over the alleged unauthorised alterations carried......

Environment ministry okays Rs 100-crore Shivaji statue in Arabian Sea

The environment ministry on Thursday gave its nod to a plan for constructing a grand statue for Maratha warrior king Shivaji in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai. Union Minister of State for......

Nicobar to lose 8.5 lakh rainforest trees for mega project

The Union environment ministry's expert appraisal committee has given its nod for the development of a strategically-crucial, multi-component mega project in the Great Nicobar Island which will......

'Even If We Have To Die, We Won't Let This Port Come Up'

'Modi knows the people here are opposed to this project, but he is using the might of government to push this port down our throats.' Reportage and Videos: Rediff.com's Hemant Waje, Satish Bodas,......

Less red tape for green clearances

The move, which can be carried out by affecting changes in the regulations and rules underlying the environment laws, without legislative amendments, could come through by the end of the year. The......

Why govt should scrap Adani's Mundra plan

By refusing permission for the proposed ship-breaking facility, India can send a categorical message to the foreign ship owning countries that they should keep their own waste and recycle it, feels......

GST: Did we just miss the biggest opportunity?

With all the brouhaha over GST, and (often) a limited understanding of the long-term forces shaping India’s logistics sector, companies seem to have omitted factoring in some underlying......

India on verge of becoming world's most digitised economy: PM

Strongly committing to continuing economic reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday promised to bring a paradigm shift in polity and economy by providing corruption-free regime and easing......