Fuel crisis looms as truckers stop work across states

Drivers of commercial vehicles, including trucks and tankers, stopped work in several states on Monday and blocked roads at some places to protest against the provision in the new penal law......

The Politics Of Majboori

Demonetisation and Agniveer reveal the two mindsets India has become.In both these government schemes, one sees a desire to play the country like an orchestra anchored by conductor/conductors,......

What happened when Amit Shah met farmers' leaders

'Now that the home minister met us to discuss our demands a hope has definitely been kindled that farmers's demands will be met by this government.' IMAGE: Representatives of various farmer unions......

See: Why these migrants won't come back to Mumbai

'If we don't get any bus from here, we will start walking home.''What else can we do?''We don't want to die of hunger here.' IMAGE: Rajkumar Rajbhar, who used to earn Rs 500 per day at a......

The coming vegetable crisis

There have been several instances of traders dumping fruits and vegetables outside mandis.Or of farmers dumping produce outside their villages or feeding them to their animals.Somesh Jha, Rajesh......

It's a double whammy for liquor industry

The rush for prohibition and the Supreme Court’s decision to ban liquor sales within 500 metres from highways have hurt companies. IMAGE: At around 65,000 licensed liquor shops across the......

Nitin Gadkari on how he will transform India

'Earlier compensation was less, but we have increased compensation four fold. As a result, farmers want to give up their land.' 'Infrastructure projects will create 50 lakh jobs. If today we are......

Onions: Falling prices make farmers angry

Farmers protesting fall in onion prices today blocked the busy Mumbai-Agra national highway between Pimpalgaon Baswant and Chandvad at Nashik for over two hours.The protesters, numbering around......

Strengths and weaknesses of women contenders in Paris

A brief look at the strengths and weaknesses of the leading contenders for the women's title at the French Open which begins on Sunday: Rank 1: Dinara Safina (Russia) Like her brother Marat, she......