Bureaucratic rejig at Centre: New secys appointed

Senior Indian Administrative Service officer T V Somanathan was on Friday appointed Expenditure Secretary, the post lying vacant since late October, as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle......

'Defeat BJP' call raised at mega farmer event in poll-bound UP

Thousands of farmers gathered on Sunday at a mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar, where Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait called Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Bharatiya Janata......

'BJP under Modi is a party without any ideology'

Boosted by handsome royalty from oil facilities at Barmer, the Rajasthan government has spent nearly Rs 30,000 crore on various social welfare schemes in the last four-and-a-half years. Chief......

Be warned: Industrial gas leaks pose a major threat in India

By the end of 2020, India will lay 32,737 km across the length and breadth of the country. It needs to lay down and comply with strict safety standards especially since some of these pipes will go......

Petronet may go to Mangalore

Petronet LNG Ltd is considering setting up a five million metric tonne per annum liquefied natural gas terminal at Mangalore in Karnataka.The company had started commercial supply of regassified......

HPCL, partners to divest 40% stake in gas block

State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and its partners will divest 40 per cent of their stake in a gas-bearing block in offshore Australia to US-based Apache Corporation."We have agreed to......

United Pizza plans to up Gujarat presence

The Bangalore-based United Pizza Restaurant Pvt Ltd is planning to ramp up its presence in Gujarat and other western states.At present, the company has 24 outlets across the country, including four......

Russian energy giant Rosneft appoints first Indian on its board

Russian energy giant Rosneft has appointed a former Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) director to its board in signs it may be looking at boosting trade links with India. Photograph: Maxim......

Timeline: IPL spot-fixing scandal

India pacer Shantakumaran Sreesanth and his Rajasthan Royals team mate Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila were on Sunday cleared of charges by a Delhi court in the spot-fixing and betting scandal in......