Pradip Tripathi moves to Cabinet Secretariat as govt effects major bureaucratic rejig

Senior bureaucrat Pradip Kumar Tripathi has been appointed as secretary (coordination) in the Cabinet Secretariat as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Monday. A......

Jharkhand govt forms panel to probe ropeway accident

Jharkhand government on Tuesday constituted a high powered panel to investigate the cable car tragedy at Trikut Hills in Deoghar district which claimed the lives of three persons and over 60 others......

Forex-starved Sri Lanka runs out of cash to buy fuel

Sri Lankan government on Monday admitted that it has run out of cash to buy fuel as pumps in most filling stations across the country have run dry, exacerbating the deepening foreign-exchange......

Gadkari launches work on Zojila tunnel to connect Srinagar with Leh

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday launched the construction work on Zojila tunnel and exuded confidence that the strategic project which will provide all-year connectivity between Srinagar......

Mid, smallcap indices stay afloat in choppy January

The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices have managed to stay afloat in a volatile January that saw the frontline indices hit their respective 52-week high levels and then slip.......

From Lambretta to Aamby Valley Project: Rise and fall of Subrata Roy

The story of Sahara India Pariwar founder Subrata Roy, who died in Mumbai on Nov­ember 14 aged 75, is the stuff of movies - of a spectacular rise and an equally spectacular fall. Photograph:......

Airfares to rise as IndiGo brings back fuel charge

Airfares in the country are set to rise, with IndiGo on Thursday introducing a fuel charge of up to Rs 1,000 based on a flight’s distance, in response to the significant rise in aviation......

Hospitality industry set for buoyant 2023

The domestic hospitality industry is looking to 'fly' in 2023 cashing in on India's G20 presidency, having received the 'oxygen' to run in 2022 after being crippled in the past two years by the......

IRCTC responded late on CWG catering contract: OC

Initially the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee had considered giving the whole catering contract to Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation as cost-cutting measure but the proposal......