Can Nitish-Tejashwi's second coming stem Bihar's rot?

Various indicators make it amply clear that there are grave challenges facing the new government of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, reports Indivjal Dhasmana. IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar......

ED raids dozens in Bengal, including 2 ministers, seizes Rs 20 cr in cash

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out simultaneous raids at the houses of around a dozen people, including two ministers, in connection with its investigation into the teacher......

Agnipath: Govt offers sops as violent protests continue

The Centre on Saturday announced several incentives including reserving 10 per cent vacancies in its paramilitary and the defence ministry for Agnipath retirees and said it will look into any......

Agnipath protests: 1 killed in firing, trains go up in flames

A man was shot dead in police firing in Telangana's Secunderabad, trains went up in flames, and public and private vehicles attacked, as railway stations and highways turned into battleground in......

Confused about the Budget proposals? Please read this

Extends fiscal deficit reduction roadmap by one year to 2017-18 Raises services tax, to implement GST by April 2016 and cut corporation tax from 2016-17 to 25% by 2020 The Government has presented......

Can Jyothy Labs turn around Henkel India?

In March this year, Jyothy Laboratories snapped up Henkel AG and Co KGaA's 50.97 per cent stake in its Indian unit for Rs. 142.9 crore (Rs. 1.429 billion).At one shot, the three-brand company leapt......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

Much-maligned Bihar does better than Kerala

By now most readers should have seen the news that much-maligned Bihar recorded a growth rate of 11.03 per cent. This is well ahead of the all-India average of 8.49 per cent and within a nose of......

Netball player's death shadows Day 1 of National Games

(From left to right): Wrestlers Jitendar Singh, Manoj Kumar, Suman Kundu, Ritu Malik, Raveender Singh show their medals at the 35th National Games. Photograph: PTI Commonwealth and Asian Games......