Recently, Hindu religious seers had threatened to boycott the ceremonial Kumbh snan if the Ganga was not clean. Virendra Singh Rawat reports. IMAGE: A boy jumps over a drain flowing with waste......
In a shot in the arm for the redevelopment of Asia's biggest slum, a newly formed association of residents of Dharavi and its vicinity has lent its support to ongoing state government-led survey of......
Amit Shah's sustained campaign against slaughterhouses has unnerved UP's leather and meat export industry.Archis Mohan reports from Kanpur. Bharatiya Janata Party hoardings that dot the landscape......
On the final day of his two-day visit to India's financial capital, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi tried to connect with Mumbaikars by raising the issue of high electricity bills during his......
Kerala, West Bengal, Puducherry slam the government’s decision to ban sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter; meat traders fear spike in cow vigilantism, reports Aditi......
Ahead of the Kumbh Mela from January-March 2019 at Prayag, the tanneries have been asked to shut down to stop discharge of effluents into the Ganga. IMAGE: A leather tannery at an industrial area......
Forty five organised slaughterhouses are not in a position to cater for the big demand for rawhide Following stringent action and the subsequent closure of illegal abattoirs in Uttar Pradesh (UP)......
Closure of tanneries pulls down domestic finished leather exports and local price of raw-skin. The Rs 12,000-crore finished leather industry in Kanpur has seen closure of about 250 tanneries over......
State accounts 40-45% of the exports in this leather sector The Maharashtra government's decision to ban beef is going to affect the leather industry in Tamil Nadu, which used to source nearly 40%......
Businesses are testing new markets, tapping into domestic demand, and pushing the government for relief. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff The 50 per cent tariff on Indian exports to the US has......
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......