Clean Ganga project has a long way to go

'There will always be hiccups given that the Namami Gange programme is spread over different sectors and involves several agencies.' IMAGE: The Ganges in Varanasi. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Unknown odour sparks gas leak suspicion in Mumbai

A day after reports of an unknown odour prompted rumours of a gas leak at a chemical fertiliser plant in Mumbai, officials remained clueless on the issue, with no confirmation yet on where and......

River experts miffed at being ignored on Ganga revival plan

  Were river experts excluded from IIT consortium on the Ganga River Basin Management Plan? Rashme Sehgal reports. Why were India’s leading river experts including a group of......

Gas pipeline catches fire in Mumbai

A pipeline of the Mahanagar Gas Limited caught fire on a road in Andheri, Mumbai, on Thursday evening, forcing evacuation of residents in nearby buildings.There are no reports of casualties, fire......

Piped cooking gas price hiked Rs 2.63/unit in Delhi NCR

The price of cooking gas piped to household kitchens in the national capital and adjoining cities was hiked by Rs 2.63 per unit on Friday, the second increase in rates in less than two weeks.......

CNG price may rise 10-11% in October: Report

CNG and piped cooking gas prices in cities such as Delhi and Mumbai may be hiked by 10-11 per cent next month as the government-dictated gas price is set to rise by about 76 per cent, ICICI......

Sensex ends below 28,000 as rate cut hopes dim

Urjit Patel as the new RBI governor whose focus is on taming inflation has lowered the probability of interest rate cut soon Markets ended lower on Monday after the appointment of Urjit Patel as......

Sensex rises 145 points to end at fresh 2016 high

Benchmark indices ended higher for fifth straight session with Indices touching fresh 2016 closing high as participants indulged in buying valuable stocks at attractive valuations. Sustained buying......

Vaishali, Vidit win FIDE Grand Swiss titles, both qualify for Candidates

IMAGE: Both, R Vaishali and Vidit Gujrathi ended with identical 8.5 points apiece and stayed a half point clear of nearest rivals. Photograph: Kind courtesy Chess Base India/X R Vaishali and Vidit......

Swiss Chess: Gujrathi takes sole lead; Vaishali joins leaders' pack

Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi produced a classic game to beat Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan, and jumped to sole lead after seven rounds of the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament in Isle of Man, UK,......

FIDE Grand Chess: Vidit crushes Niemann to jump into lead

IMAGE: Vidit Gujrathi recorded his fourth victory in last five games to join the leaders' pack on 4.5 points. Photograph: FIDE/Mark Livshitz India's Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi crashed through the......

Grand Swiss Chess: Arjun Erigaisi in joint lead

IMAGE: Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi pipped Rinat Zumabayev of Kazakhstan in the fifth round to jump into the joint lead FIDE's Grand Swiss chess tournament on Monday. Photograph: Anna Shtourman/FIDE......

Asian Games: India's Schedule on October 6

IMAGE: The Indian men’s hockey team will take on Japan in the final on Friday at Hangzhou. Photograph: Hockey India Following is India’s schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou,......