Telecom major Motorola urged the Delhi High Court Monday to direct public telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to provide the minutes of a meeting that decided to award the contract of the Rs 20 billion GSM expansion project... More

The Supreme Court Monday castigated commercial banks for deploying musclemen to recover loan arrears from defaulters or seizing their vehicles for non-payment of instalments. Strictly directing them against resorting to this illegal practice, a... More

The entire western Maharashtra and the state's Konkan region plunged into darkness Sunday evening following a major technical snag in a power line of the state's electricity distribution company. Following a technical snag in the... More

A deal between the Kerala government and Dubai Internet City (DIC) on the Rs.15 billion ($340 million) Smart City project at Kochi is on the cards despite minor differences between the two sides, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said... More

Tribals in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region have launched a massive protest against a proposed Tata steel plant, alleging the administration and the company were forcing them to give up their land. The police have arrested Manish Kunjam, a former... More

China's national committee for safety of genetically modified (GM) food has withheld a decision till date having shelved the commercial production of GM rice in Nov 2006, the fourth time since 2004. "The application was rejected because some... More

With Holi, the festival of colours, round the corner a large variety of 'pichkaris' (water guns), some all the way from China, are on display in the markets. A wide range of colours, from herbal ones to newer kinds of sprays, pastes and magical... More

The Tata Motors' small car project in Singur will proceed as scheduled since "99 percent" of the people of West Bengal stand by the government's decision, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya has said. "For the interest of the state, it is... More

Prices of Bhut Jolokia, a chilli native to India's northeastern state of Assam, have shot up in markets after the Guinness World Records recognised it as the world's hottest chilli pepper. The discovery by Paul Bosland, a Regents Professor in... More

British retail major Argos has announced plans to enter India later this year after signing a franchise agreement with a joint venture company owned by Shopper's Stop and Hypercity Retail India. The stores, named Hypercity-Argos, are expected to... More