Cyclone Jawad: Ensure safe evacuation of people, Modi tells officials

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed the preparedness to deal with the situation arising out of the likely formation of Cyclone Jawad that is expected to hit the North Andhra......

Fire at Delhi's Shastri Bhawan triggers political row

A fire broke out Tuesday afternoon at central Delhi's Shastri Bhawan that houses several central government ministries, triggering a war of words between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and......

Bureaucratic reshuffle: Rajiv Gauba replaces Mehrishi as Home Secy

Urban Development Secretary Rajiv Gauba was on Wednesday named as the next home secretary as part of a major top-level bureaucratic reshuffle. He will succeed Rajiv Mehrishi, who completes his term......

India's big hurdle in the fight against cancer

India has become the world’s second largest market of asbestos as the government backed by powerful corporate lobby turns a blind eye to diseases related to the use of the hazardous chemical......

Nirma's new clothes: The journey of detergent brand towards healthcare

How Hiren Patel, founder Karsanbhai’s son, is reinvigorating Nirma by administering a shot of pharma. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Nirma’s tryst with the pharmaceutical......

Reliance to conclude Aramco deal this year: Ambani

Saudi Aramco chairman and head of the Kingdom's cash-rich wealth fund PIF Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan will join the board of Reliance Industries Ltd as an independent director in a precursor to a $15......

Markets end flat amid choppy trade; Nifty holds 8,700

PSU bank shares were the top gainers on hopes of a rate by the RBI on easing consumer inflation Benchmark share indices ended flat, amid a choppy trading session, with state-owned banks gaining......

Odisha: Of unkept promises and chasing big-ticket investments

A large chunk of the Rs 8.8 lakh crore  of investments the Patnaik government had attracted is in uncertain territory, says Dillip Satapathy. The ninth of a 10-part series looks at the......