Kumbh devotees walk 15 km for bus; thousands stranded at rly station

It is quarter to 10 pm on Thursday. A group of more than a dozen pilgrims, tired after a nearly 30-km walk to and from Triveni Sangam, take a rest for a while on the side of a road near a mustard......

Delhi's air quality worsens, over Rs 5.85 cr fine imposed

Delhi's air quality worsened further on Saturday, with many areas in the "severe" category, even as authorities intensified their action by imposing penalties of around Rs 5.85 crore on the first......

Sitaram Yechury: A face of pragmatic Left politics

The CPI-M leader was fluent in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bangla, and also Malayalam. He was also well-versed in Hindu mythology, and often used those references in his speeches especially to attack the......

Vasundhara Raje sworn-in as Rajasthan CM

Vasundhara Raje, who led the Bharatiya Janata Paty to a landslide victory in the Rajasthan assembly polls, was on Friday sworn in as the chief minister for the second time, in the presence of......

E-portal for business approvals off to a brisk start

Nearly five months after its soft launch, the government’s e-portal, the National Single Window System (NSWS), is seeing a significant increase in the number of investors using it to get a......

How to make toll roads user-friendly

The uncaring attitude is primarily based on the fact that road concessionaires still do not see themselves as 'service deliverers', says Vinayak Chatterjee.  The Rajasthan High Court,......

What's Micron's Role In India's Chip Race?

The first leg of Micron's semiconductor play in Sanand is crucial for the company to sprint towards India's goal of joining the chip race. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi with Sanjay......

Rajasthan scores high on reviving economy, ease of doing biz

Besides reviving investor sentiments, Vasundhara Raje's regime has brought reforms in the social sector. The sixth of an 11-part series looks at the state of affairs in Rajasthan. Part......