Benzema to stand trial in sex tape case, says lawyer.
Growing and harvesting trees for productive and economic uses are once again dead in the water, says Sunita Narain.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi said the Nyay plan is a game changer and that the scheme is "fiscally perfectly doable" and will not be implemented rashly.
It could also clear stalled projects and review various subsidies on the energy, food and fertiliser fronts.
'We are on the world map. Every country is watching this event.'
As oil minister, he has overseen India's petroleum and natural gas needs. But now he also runs the environment ministry, where he has issued permits for 100 stalled projects in a month-long spree that has delighted industry but shocked green activists.
American media has taken a critical view of his accomplishments, saying his flagship 'Make in India' drive is "so far mostly hype."
India's list of non-cricket sports stars is growing, but when it comes to endorsement deals, the bulk of the money is spent on a handful of cricketers.
Not only is Modi's India not the shining land of dynamism and prosperity that he promised -- though it may be that, for some people, in a few years from now -- but socially it has the positively regressive tendencies that were entirely predictable.
Livelihoods and lives are being destroyed in the name of building a 'better' India, writes Congress leader Sachin Pilot, in an exclusive column for Rediff.com.
Modi's irrigation push in the Budget is aimed at scoring on the political front along with achieving growth targets
This week's collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world
Flight of high-paying banking jobs to other European cities will hurt the prospects of Indian real estate developers and desis in the hospitality business in the UK, says Kunal Bose.
'When Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse called Hema Malini to Mantralaya and handed over a plot to set up a dance academy I felt there is some problem in it.'
'We are going ahead with the trials assuming what we have is the vaccine.' 'There is also a chance that what you have is not the vaccine. Then, you have to go back to the drawing board again.' 'So far, there has been no success in developing a good vaccine against coronaviruses.' 'That's why there are hundreds of trials going on at different stages in different parts of the world.'
Bureau has registered just one product so far despite 1,500 applications.
Asset sales have helped ease investors' worry but debt remains at alarming levels
All is not well with Telengana and its Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao
Rajasthan has taken the lead on structural reforms which could help India attract business and employ a fast-growing workforce.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh was present at the funeral of the BSF personnel who died in the air crash on Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his first trip to New York as leader of the world's most populous democracy, will draw perhaps the largest crowd ever by a foreign leader on US soil when he takes the stage on Sunday in Madison Square Garden before a crowd forecast to total more than 18,000 people.
Lukewarm response from private investors and turf battles between government agencies have resulted in delaying Modi's ambitions. Sahil Makkar reports.
Question remains, what happens when the overseeing committees' members themselves are questioned by investigative agencies?
Western businesses and diplomats in Delhi privately say Modi's reputation as a man of action has been hurt by setbacks on economic reform.
Fifteen months after taking power, Modi's credibility as an economic manager is on the line.
'I had expected them to fight this election on the issue of development, but they are not doing that.' 'Now they have decided to belittle Gujarat's development.'
Modi placed a $12.6 billion bet in this year's budget on road building
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films, most of them shown at international film festivals held virtually (Berlinale and Rotterdam), hybrid (Toronto) or physical (Cannes and Venice).
In 2015, the Reserve Bank of India cut interest rates by 125 basis points to 6.75 per cent.
It is too late in the government's term for it to pull its usual trick of blaming the last guys.
Some analysts argue that Beijing has been too cautious in lowering rates and freeing up cash in the banking system, keeping real interest rates too high given low returns on investment.
The agency would probe whether Sibal had shown undue favour to RIL.
For India, it is business as usual with the government muddling along.
Dubai, Singapore, London are the top overseas markets for Indians
Rather than focussing on manufacturing, Indian companies need to concentrate on conceiving, designing and branding products.
The government is looking at building by-laws and floor area ratio so that you can build up instead of out, thus requiring less land.
Senior officials say the government might come up with an incentive package for the SEZs following the release of Foreign Trade Policy.
'It is the government's most important duty to ensure that when war breaks out, the armed forces are absolutely ready to face the adversary -- well equipped, well trained and in high spirits,' says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
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