With focus on interactive and innovative products, every merchandise offered by the $24-billion Dutch healthcare and consumer electronics giant Royal Philips has a “Made in India” component, thanks to its two centres of excellence in the country, say top officials. “Bangalore for us is the focal point for both healthcare and consumer lifestyle businesses. Pune […]
Bihar will go for a five-phased election for its 243-member assembly between October 12 and November 5, with 6.68 crore people eligible to exercise their franchise, the Election Commission said on Wednesday. The counting of votes will take place on November 8. Announcing the dates for the crucial polls, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said […]
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 […]
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 […]
General Assembly President Sam Kutesa is expected to formally present this week a negotiating document for Security Council reform for adoption before its 69th session ends next week, moving the process forward significantly, according to diplomatic sources. If it is adopted, it would be the first major step for starting meaningful negotiations for expanding the […]
Gujarat tops the list of five Indian states that are considered the “safest” for circulating counterfeit currency notes – allegedly pushed in by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency – according to the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Of the 30,354,604 counterfeit notes seized across the country, 87,47,820 were recovered from […]