Thane: In one of Maharashtra's worst building collapses in a decade, 58 people have died and 61 have been injured after a seven-storeyed building in Laxmi Compound in Mumbra, a suburb of Thane, crashed down like a pack of cards into a heap of rubble on Thursday evening. However, even after a day, authorities are struggling with rescue operations. A population spurt in the Mumbra-Kalwa belt in Thane district has...
07:59 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Vijender has been on leave since the first week of March and has not attended the camp for a day. ...
02:48 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Shortage of fuel - both gas and coal - was the only reason for the growing electricity scarcity in the country, particularly in the south, Central Electricity Authority Chairman AS Bakshi said in Hyderabad on Saturday. "Coal shortage will continue for at least 3-4 years though we have adequate reserves. Domestic coal supply to power generating stations has increased by eight per cent in 2013, but still there will be...
02:30 AM, Mar 31, 2013
He writes on subjects as diverse as old age and the fear of death; on the joy of sex, the pleasures of poetry and the importance of laughter; on how to cope with retirement and live a long, happy and healthy life. ...
03:29 PM, Mar 29, 2013
Airport Authority of India (AAI) is considering developing 20 airports in the next five years, according to a senior official. "Subject to cooperation from the respective state governments and access to suitable sites free of cost, AAI is hopeful of developing 20 airports in the next five years," GK Chaukiyal, member (operations), AAI told reporters here on Wednesday. ...
12:24 PM, Mar 28, 2013
The opening sentence was as simple, declarative and revolutionary as a line out of Hemingway: "Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond," Chinua Achebe wrote in 'Things Fall Apart'. ...
08:08 AM, Mar 23, 2013
India aided its bid to avoid a credit downgrade by raising $279 million from selling shares in state-run Steel Authority of India Ltd, but needed help from state investors to do so. The share sale on Friday is part of the government's divestment drive to help restrict the fiscal deficit to 5.2 per cent in the year ending March 31, to avoid becoming the first of the BRIC economies to...
07:31 PM, Mar 22, 2013
The government will sell 240.4 million shares, or a 5.82 per cent stake, in state-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd through an auction on March 22, the steel ministry said on Wednesday. ...
10:00 AM, Mar 21, 2013
Australia was rocked by a report that alleged "widespread" doping among professional and amateur athletes, with multiple players and top-flight teams implicated. ...
11:51 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Author and Professor of Political Science, University of Hyderabad Jyotirmaya Sharma joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on his book 'Cosmic Love and Human Apathy'. ...
06:05 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The Central Bureau of Investigation has initiated investigations in two cases relating to alleged irregularities in steel major SAIL's corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, Parliament was informed on Monday. "The CBI has since initiated investigation in two cases relating to irregularities in CSR activities of SAIL," Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. ...
04:53 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Various policy measures initiated by the government for the civil aviation sector have begun to yield results and the airline industry in India is witnessing a revival, union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said on Sunday. ...
04:15 AM, Mar 18, 2013
A regular feature in the bestseller lists, and now a regular feature in India, Jeffrey Archer was in Mumbai to launch his latest 'Best Kept Secret'. ...
06:40 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Rahul Akerkar has a Masters in Biochemical Engineering from the US but is better known as a celebrity chef and owner of Mumbai's fine dining restaurant, Indigo; Manohar Parikkar went to the prestigious IIT, Bombay but makes headlines as the honorable Chief Minister of Goa; Harsha Bhogle is an alum of IIM Ahmedabad but is a world renowned cricket commentator and Rashmi Uday Singh was once the Deputy Commissioner of...
07:49 PM, Mar 07, 2013
The government has initiated action against seven senior officers for dereliction of duty in connection with the December 16, 2012, gangrape incident. Departmental proceedings have been initiated against a Special CP, a Joint CP, a DCP and an Additional DCP, all IPS cadre, and two DANIPS officers dealing with PCR Control Room and Traffic, official sources said. ...
08:52 PM, Mar 04, 2013
Can disclosure of certain details on Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, hanged at New Delhi's Tihar Jail "affect relations with a foreign state"? The prison department certainly thinks so. ...
03:20 PM, Mar 02, 2013
The government on Thursday said it would set up a road regulatory authority in 2013-14 to address financial stress, construction risk and contract management in the road sector. "Challenges not envisaged earlier including financial stress, enhanced construction risk and contract management issues are best addressed by an independent authority...hence the government has decided to constitute a regulatory authority for the road sector," Finance Minister P Chidambaram said while announcing the...
02:27 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Controversy has risen over the Delhi Metro extension from Delhi's Dilshad Garden to New Bus Stand here with the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation unwilling to fund the project but the municipal commissioner seeking the Uttar Pradesh government's permission to overrule it. ...
12:26 AM, Feb 27, 2013
The sports ministry also sent out a stern warning to Hockey India not to overshoot its budget in future. ...
06:03 PM, Feb 26, 2013
The Indian men's hockey team has pulled out of the upcoming Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, over a disagreement on the cost of airfare between the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Hockey India (HI). ...
05:21 PM, Feb 26, 2013
