Marked by some historic events, Budget Session of Parliament comes to a close

Marked by some historic events, the budget session of Parliament came to an end on Wednesday after approval of four landmark goods and service tax bills and several other legislations besides the......

India, Vietnam sign nuclear-pact, 3 other agreements

In a significant development, India and influential East Asian nation Vietnam on Friday signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that it will......

B Raman: 'KS encouraged me to take up writing'

There can be no better tribute to K Subrahmanyam's memorythan for the government to appoint a group to revisit his ideas and recommend what further action needs to be taken on those ideas, says B......

Exclusive: Watch out Dr Singh, Sonia's coming

Sheela Bhatt reveals how Sonia Gandhi has decided to take an active role in governance with the resurrection of the powerful National Advisory Council. A rediff exclusive: A big change in the......

Air India to buy 470 planes from Airbus, Boeing in a landmark aviation deal

Tata Group-owned Air India on Tuesday said it will buy a total of 470 wide-body and narrow-body planes from Airbus and Boeing as the airline expands its operations. Photograph: Regis......

A-I pilot unions seek airline chairman's intervention to address their grievances

Air India's pilot unions on Monday alleged that working conditions are hostile at the airline and sought Tata group chairman N Chandrasekaran's intervention to resolve the issues. Photograph:......

Tatas are committed to make Air India a world-class airline: Chandra

Nearly seven decades after it lost control, Tatas on Thursday regained ownership of Air India and promised to turn the loss-making carrier into a world-class airline. N Chandrasekaran, chairman of......

Tatas win back Air India; welcome back, says Ratan Tata

Tata Sons were up against Spicejet promoter Ajay Singh-led consortium who had bid Rs 15,100 crore. The total debt of Air India as of August 31 stands at Rs 61,562 crore. They say better late than......

Snubbed by BCCI, Srinivasan is 2nd most influential man in Asian Sport

Indian administrators are ruling the roost in Asian sports. Although, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) barred Narayanaswami Srinivasan from attending any meeting but he is still at......

Profile: Dr Vijay Mallya

Dr Vijay Mallya -- Chairman and Managing Director, Force India Formula One Team The UB Group is one of India's largest conglomerates with annual sales of over US$ 4 billion and a market......