India cannot be directly blamed for the devastating monsoon flooding in Pakistan this year, and the catastrophic rains have caused far greater destruction upstream of the border rather than in the......
A fresh spell of heavy rains compounded the flood situation in Punjab with the death toll rising to 37 on Wednesday, while crops on 1.75 lakh hectares of land in 23 districts got damaged by the......
Punjab cabinet minister Aman Arora on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce a relief package of at least Rs 20,000 crore for the flood-ravaged state during his visit. IMAGE:......
The Indus Waters Treaty is an 'engineering treaty' rather than a political one, says former high commissioner to Pakistan T C A Raghavan who cautions that applying 'street-level common sense' to......
'Punjab floods are a calamity.''Right from Firozpur to Amritsar nearly 1 lakh homes have been completely damaged due to floods.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducts an aerial survey of......
DaimlerChrysler AG of Germany has taken a call option to buy 26% in Jalandhar-based bus body builder Sutlej Motors. The proposal was recently cleared by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board......
Mercedes-Benz India recently announced the company's foray into the fully-built city bus segment in India. Wilfried Aulbur, MD & CEO of Mercedes-Benz India, speaks to Business Standard regarding......
Automobile maker Mercedes-Benz India launched its multi-axle luxury bus on Wednesday at a price of Rs 85 lakhs (Rs 8.5 million) in the domestic market. The chasis of the three-axles vehicle will......
Calculated guesses, taking a position on what the future could hold After a while, I have decided to write what could be termed a speculative column. It has drawn on first quarter results, makes......