Its economy dependent on tourist arrivals, the hill state is looking at a summer of discontent. Not that the rest of the year promises to be any different. Ashwani Sharma reports from Shimla.
The four, including two women, were seated in S-8 and S-9 coaches, which are non-AC, and other passengers claimed that they died due to excessive heat.
Fund crunch may come in the way of infrastructure development; women's safety another issue that will be in focus.
The central bank has ordered lenders to clean up balance sheets by March 2017
What has really alarmed the police, and also the families of young drug abusers, is the entry of "chitta" -- a highly refined white powdery semi-synthetic substance (mainly heroine) -- into the drug scene and has spread like wildfire among the state's youth. Ashwani Sharma reports.
A stage seems to have set for confrontation between students of University of Hyderabad and its authorities over organisation of "Shahadat Din" on Tuesday in memory of dalit scholar Rohit Vemula whose alleged suicide last year had raised a political firestorm.
India's investigating agencies have in the past made a lot of noise about probes that resulted in few convictions
India's track record of over-promising and under-delivering also leaves plenty of room for doubt.
Gujarat BJP in-charge Dinesh Sharma and national joint general secretary (organisation) V Satish, are scheduled to arrive in Ahmedabad to hold talks with local leaders
Rajnath says incidents of atrocities against Dalits have come down since the Modi government took over.
Though fundraisings for startups still rank amongst the biggest deals struck this year, the average ticket size has fallen sharply, says Una Galani.
Reliance Communications could become a much more formidable opponent.
He says there was tension in the area even prior to January 1.
If investors still have appetite to buy shares in one of the region's most expensive markets, Coal India might stack up.
The youngest president of the Indian cricket board in India in independent India, Anurag Thakur has taken over the reins of the world's richest cricketing body at a time it is fighting an existential battle against a complete restructuring recommended by the Supreme Court.
Among India's capital-starved local banks, Essar is viewed as too big to fail.
Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 52-year-old Thakur, a five-time MLA from Seraj, and other ministers which included six new faces.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal over phone and discussed about the prevailing condition on Monday.
Some of Modi's biggest reforms have met with fierce political opposition.
The stylish batsman of yesteryears polled 173 votes while his opponent Prakash Chand Jain got 73 votes. His entire panel won their respective contests.
'Even though the film focuses on caste discriminations in rural India, it is first of all a riveting police procedural, and one of the best made in India,' says Aseem Chhabra.
India's tough stance is better late than never.
Rediff Labs analyzed the data on district wise child marriages in India by Census of India 2011.
The cost of luring buyers and sellers to its platform means the new funds won't last long.
Reliance earned $11.50 for every barrel of crude that it processed during the last three months of the calendar year - almost 60 per cent more than a year earlier.
It is startling that Mark Zuckerberg has failed to convince so many in India about the merits of Free Basics.
Tata Consultancy Services, the $73 billion IT group, is India's biggest company by market value and four times the size of any other listed Tata entity
Rescuers pulled out more bodies from the muddy debris of disastrous landslide taking the toll to over 80.
New Delhi has made it clear that any blow to its outsourcing industry would make the country less receptive to helping American companies that run into trouble in India
India's crony capitalists will have had their day in the sun.
As per the latest prediction of the weather department, cyclonic storm Nilofar is expected to hit Gujarat on the night of October 31 as a "marginal cyclonic storm", against the earlier prediction of it being "severe".
Here's a recap of the events from the past 24 hours.
The Opposition also asked the Prime Minister's Office to probe the incident, calling it "shameful.
Many state governments are ready with policies to promote entrepreneurs, backed by funding plans
Congress says RSS was working for "Dalit-mukt Bharat" which was "sponsored" by BJP to polarise communities ahead of next year's Gujarat polls.
Meanwhile, an independent MLA in Gujarat has declared his support to the BJP.
The home minister said eight people were killed -- six in Madhya Pradesh and one each in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, during Monday's Bharat Bandh.
Of the three young caste leaders, OBC leader Alpesh Thakor has already joined the Congress, while Patidar community leader Hardik Patel recently announced his decision to back the opposition party after accepting its proposed reservation formula.
'Who will vote for and against who will be clear once the election results are declared on December 18.'
Govt is selling a stake in Coal India worth around $3.7 bn.
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