Industries, airports near border on alert for war-like emergency

State governments in Punjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Jammu & Kashmir are on high alert and have come up with contingency plans to ensure the security of residents in case of a war.Shine Jacob......

'Visa pact will make Indo-Pak friendship unstoppable!'

Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt, who is travelling with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on his tour of Pakistan, examines the relevance of the visa agreement that is bound to have significant......

Vajpayee: The father of 2nd generation economic reforms

Modelled loosely around the National Highway System of the US, he in 2001 launched the Golden Quadrilateral and the North-South & East-West Corridor projects to build 4/6 lane highways between four......

LPG subsidy payments land Airtel in trouble

Many users did not know that their entitlement was not coming to their regular bank account but going to an account which they had not applied for. Within days of getting a rap on its knuckles,......

6 stocks that make for good investment bets

These have been selected based on the earnings growth prospects and favourable (buy) ratings by brokerages India Inc’s earnings growth has disappointed investors over the past few quarters,......

India asks refiners to buy dollars, euros to settle Iran oil dues

India has asked refiners that owe about $6.5 billion to Iran for oil imports to build up dollar and euro balances to avoid downward pressure on the rupee if six world powers and Tehran reach a......