Spread across the dusty old Khajuraho town in Madhya Pradesh, its temples don’t just represent architectural finesse and stand as chronicles of time, but also contribute to a large extent to the way India is perceived by the rest of the world – as the land of the Kamasutra, although the book was written much […]
Barely 10 hours after he victoriously announced major developments in the sensational Sheena Bora murder probe, high-profile Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria suddenly found himself promoted as the DGP-Home Guards. He was replaced by another equally fine IPS officer, Javed Ahmed, and the city police commissioner’s post was upgraded from Additional DG rank to DGP […]
“What if the water engulfs the whole city,” my friend asked as we crossed Lalchowk, in a local bus, its wheels submerged in water. “Impossible,” I replied laughingly. This was my last meeting with her for more than a month. This was three days before the deluge hit Srinagar on September 7, 2014. The next […]
Rural Development Minister Birender Singh has said that the ruling NDA alliance has given a political answer to the Congress on the land bill by leaving it to states to make changes to the 2013 Act for acquiring land for industry while Congress state governments, if they want, can let the consent clause in the […]
F or the first time in India, a Noida-based start-up – named StoreMore – has begun providing storage services in the Delhi NCR region. StoreMore, a company set up by Nitin Dhawan and Pooja Kothari, offers secure storage facilities to businesses and households across 10 locations in Delhi NCR offering a total storage area of […]
Top-ranking foreign and domestic mountain bikers will test their endurance and skill in one of the world’s toughest terrains when the MTB Himalaya gets rolling from here on the off-road tracks of Himachal Pradesh on September 27. This year’s edition – the 11th – will see the highest number of foreign participants so far. The […]
erpetrators of family and domestic violence are the target of a tough new State Government plan which strengthens interventions against men who are violent or abusive to women and children. Child Protection Minister Helen Morton said Western Australia had the second highest rate of reported physical and sexual violence perpetrated against women in Australia, […]
Business conditions in NSW are by far the strongest in the nation and well above the national average, today’s NAB Monthly Business Survey shows. Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian said business conditions in NSW rose by 13 index points to 22 in August – twice the national average. “This strong result shows NSW is truly […]
Indo-Canadian relations are poised for a leap growth in the coming years, says the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC). The premier trade and business body between the two countries says the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi here in April has put the growing bilateral ties on a fast track. “Canada was not willing much […]
For citizens of Delhi bemoaning the perennial delay and shoddy execution of civic and public utility projects in the capital there is hope at hand. A “’high level task force” is on the anvil for devising a modern system of governance for planning, execution and monitoring public utility projects to turn Delhi into a world-class […]