UP civic polls: BJP pockets 14 of 16 mayoral seats

The Bharatiya Janata Party swept the Uttar Pradesh civic polls on Friday pocketing 14 of the 16 mayoral seats as Yogi Adityanath emerged on top in his first major electoral test after taking over......

Cairn has $3-billion investment plan on anvil

Cairn India plans to invest $3 billion (over Rs 16,000 crore) over the next three years. The company will explore more oil and gas in its Rajasthan oilfields and other blocks, the company chairman......

Cairn India's mounting troubles

Cuts capex and staff numbers; hit with massive tax demand. On January 22, after its third quarter results, Cairn India's chief executive officer, Mayank Ashar, said the company's robust balance......

High diesel prices giving transporters nightmares

Travel time, too, has not fallen much after the abolition of octroi with trucks still queued up at regional transport offices and toll tax plazas. Transporters are under pressure two months after......

Not just Nikesh Arora, many execs move out from VC firms

People move from investment banking to growth equity or from venture capital to growth equity or entrepreneurship, depending on what’s attractive at different points of life.    ......

Indian athlete suspended after meldonium found in room

An Indian athlete has been slapped with a provisional suspension after vials of the banned metabolic modulator meldonium were found in his hostel room, the country's top anti-doping official said......

2 athletes in contention for Olympics fail dope tests at Indian GP

IMAGE: The prohibited substance in question is stimulant (energy-booster) Methylhexan-2-amine which is in the World Anti-Doping Agency's list published in 2021. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images......

Olympian Sangwan gets 1 year suspension for doping

Former Asian silver medallist boxer Sumit Sangwan was on Thursday banned for one year by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for failing a dope test. Sangwan, who competed in the 2012 London......

Dope-tainted India goalkeeper gets three weeks to prove innocence

India goalkeeper Subrata Paul has three weeks to present his case before an anti-doping panel after his 'A' sample tested positive for a banned substance, the chief of the National Anti-Doping......

Will WADA give all clear to Narsingh for Rio Olympics?

- 'We kept in mind that in the past, till June 2, none of his samples were positive. It was inconceivable that one-time ingestion would be of benefit. Therefore the panel is of the view that the......