News

US Novelist Gore Vidal, the iconoclastic commentator on American life and history in works such as “Lincoln” and “Myra Breckinridge,” died at age 86, ...

There has been a 44 per cent drop in the launch of new residential units in Q2, 2012, according to Cushman & Wakefield. A report from the global ...

Every third victim of road accidents in Jamshedpur in the year 2010 was a teenager. According to the study conducted by Behavioural Research Lab of ...

Keen on deep sea port, hydro power, IT and infrastructure projects

A tripartite meeting of Maruti officials, workers’ representatives and the Government can help in creating conditions to restart production at the ...

External supplies being routed into the State have not been fully restored, a day after the massive failure in the north, east and northeast grids.

A fire broke out at the paint shop of TVS Motor’s plant in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, on Sunday early morning. “An accidental fire broke out at 5:00 a.m. at ...

Chennai-based start-up vTel Details has started a phone-based travel service for the city’s residents. Called Routes, the service provides information ...

Telecom major Bharti Airtel has been ordered by a consumer forum here to pay Rs 25,000 to a post-paid subscriber as compensation for harassing him by ...

The State Wildlife Board has decided to recommend diversion of 231.84 hectares of forest land in Chatakonda Reserve Forest in Kothagudem for a coal ...

Team Anna senses a plot

Power supply was normal in West Bengal throughout the day on Wednesday after the Eastern Grid was restored this morning. According to Power Ministry ...

SpiceJet plans to launch a daily flight between Madurai and Colombo from September this year. The launch will make SpiceJet the first international ...

The PanIIT Alumni, an apex body of different IIT alumni associations, will organise its annual global conference in Kolkata. The conference called ...

eBay, the e-commerce site, sees huge growth in traffic to the site via social media and mobile devices. “There is a huge growth in smartphones and ...

IL&FS Education and Technology Services Ltd in collaboration with the West Bengal Government will set up a skill development centre here for IT ...

Activities to boost preparedness ahead of the annual pilgrim season at Sabarimala will be completed in a time-bound manner, according to Chief ...

All permanent residents must mandatorily attend the camps being conducted on behalf of the national population register (NPR). Special software being ...

The Kerala Government has officially rejected the single bid from the Welspun Infratech-led consortium for the Vizhinjam port and container terminal ...

Phillips Carbon Black Ltd, Kochi unit, has received the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2012. Ashok Goyal, managing director and CEO, ...

V-Guard has introduced Onam-Ramadan scratch and win offer for buyers of its digital UPS and inverters. The prizes include 32” LCD TVs, water heaters, ...

The State Cabinet has announced a partial relief for consumers from the steepest hike in electricity tariff in 10 years notified the other day. An ...

The Jammu and Kashmir Government employees on Wednesday demanded scrapping of the State’s pension policy saying it would deny pension to those ...

The Telugu Desam Party has demanded that the Centre include Andhra Pradesh in the drought-affected states’ list and extend a relief package to it ...