Pad was a moniker for the Premier Padmini, which became the jewel in the crown of the Mumbai-based Walchand Hirachand Group.
But the company should take extra steps to prevent pollution.
The fire was brought under control after three hours, a Mumbai Fire Brigade official said, adding that cooling operations were underway.
Government proposes to introduce Priority Sector Lending Certificates (PSLCs) to banks.
National Demorcatic Alliance ministry's list of assets is fairly wide -- from land and property to vehicles and, for quite a few, guns. Nivedita Mookerji reports
There was all-round scepticism about the workability of the scheme.
'Today, environment has become an issue of political debate. It has become a media issue. I think that is a good development.'
Termed AiroCide, the technology is supposed to eliminate 99.9 per cent of all air-borne micro-organisms, bacteria and pollutants.
'Just like we have accepted that more Indians have hypertension and diabetes, lower lung capacity of Indians should not be construed as normal.'
'They should have spoken to the Sterlite protestors when they were sitting in the villages. They should not have waited for them to come to Tuticorin.' What started off as a lone village grumbling about ground water pollution on Tuesday turned into a battlefield. What thus started off as a lone village grumbling about ground water pollution on Tuesday finally turned into a battle field. A Ganesh Nadar reports.
Given the rising levels of pollution, air purifiers have now become a necessity. Manavi Kapur and Veer Arjun Singh check out some of the options in the market.
The announcement declaring New Delhi Municipal Council a winner of the smart city challenge came when the rest of Delhi was drowning in urban waste.
The highly-anticipated summit, which began early Tuesday, is the third engagement between Xi, 68, and Biden, 78, since February.
Natural gas is clearly a Union subject but states and the courts have ignored this rule and added to the chaos, says Latha Jishnu.
Writing in the United Kingdom's 'Financial Times' newspaper on Tuesday, the minister sought to counter criticism over Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's announcement over the "anachronistic provision" last month, which he said had resulted in socio-economic injustice due to the inability to apply national laws in Jammu and Kashmir.
Used prudently, plastic money is among the most useful, powerful and non-polluting kind of plastic invented. Be smart with it!
Scrubbing your face multiple times in a day may make you feel that it looks fresh, fair and healthy. But doing this can be detrimental to your skin warns Dr Dinesh Jain.
Delhi's air is a desperate problem, but some of the solutions have been too desperate and unthinking.
Khan also said Pakistan has decided to partner any other country only for peace and named the partnership with the US as the one.
UPSC's female topper, All India Rank 5 Srushti Jayant Deshmukh, tells us how she cracked the tough exam.
A 'green' tax aimed at discouraging high consumption of petroleum products may be in the offing, a government official said on Wednesday. The tax, perhaps in the form of a cess on consumption, would also check vehicular pollution to some extent and also help in controlling the high oil subsidy burden.With no sign of moderation in demand for petroleum products, government officials feel that a 'green' tax should be levied on automobiles, on the lines of similar taxes in UK.
Wellness expert Roopashree Sharma answers your health queries.
The 30-share Sensex is up 253 points at 29,263 and the 50-share Nifty has gained 68 points at 8,829.
All is not well with Telengana and its Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao
Second body blow after diesel ban on engines of 2,000 cc and above in NCR.
'It is clear that nature is not in a mood to give us leeway to be lazy, inefficient or just do business as usual.' 'It is telling us that we have no time to get things wrong. We need to take drastic actions - now
'Inquiries and bookings are at quite a healthy level.'
Investors booked profits at higher levels after the Sensex and Nifty hit all-time highs in the previous session.
"There is need to extract iron ore, coal but it should not be done at the cost of tribals," he said.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
Either Hyderabad or Rajkot may host India's maiden day-night Test match when the West Indies will arrive for a tour, later this year.
Police opened fire in the air to control an agitating crowd protesting against pollution from a stone crushing unit at Saleli village, 40 km away from Panaji, after it attacked a police party injuring a superintendent of police and lynched the owner
'Governments, democratically elected governments, are custodians for a short- specified time.' 'Parents don't let baby sitters decide the course of their child's future.'
Films that amazed Aseem Chhabra at the El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt.
The apex court directed the Centre to frame guidelines on the matter.
'Visiting my friend in his affluent locality, I realised that the Delhi weather had become the great equaliser.' 'Pollution was always in the air, everywhere, and had become the primary subject of all conversations,' notes Ambassador B S Prakash.
Just a few weeks ago, the Centre has come out with the long-awaited Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines, which have drawn a dismayed response from the companies concerned.
In her lifetime, a woman might use 6,000 sanitary napkins and accumulation of dioxin in the body can cause serious health risks, warns gynaecologist Dr Archana Dhawan Bajaj.
