A crucial meeting to discuss the SmartCity project will be held in Kochi today. At the end of this kick-off meeting, which will be attended by the project directors as well, there could be an announcement regarding the project commencement date as well.
Telangana Jagruthi leader K Kavitha questions the need for awarding the Polavaram project to the Transstroy-led joint venture. She has said that her party's case against the lack of adequate environmental clearances to the project is before the Supreme Court's...
The Finance Minister has presented his budget in the House. A panel of experts discusses the announcements made and the provisions for various sectors he had declared. Are the allocation for infrastructure and the industrial corridors adequate?
In this part of Finance Minister P Chidambaram's Budget 2013 speech, he speaks on new taxes proposed, both direct and indirect, tax on savings and saving instruments infrastructure bonds, transaction on moveable property, TDS on transfer of moveable property, ...
NVSS Prabhakar and Jupudi Prabhakar get into angry arguments, with Jupudi on one occassion during this debate summarily throwing away a piece of paper belonging to Prabhakar. Brother Anil, son-in-law of former chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, has been accu...
After the Delhi Court criticized the police and the government yesterday, the Supreme Court also followed suit. In a hearing of a PIL the Supreme Court said that Delhi is not safe for women. They also added that better infrastructure was needed to improve the ...
The Supreme Court has expressed concern over the security of women in Delhi. The Court has pointed put that Delhi is not at all safe for its women and has also asked both the police and the government to step up and take charge. It asked both these bodies to m...
The Ministry of Defence has cleared an Army proposal for an additional 9,000 troupes in East Ladakh. This is in the wake of China building civil and military infrastructure along the line of control region in Ladakh. But the implementation could be slowed down...
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who is campaigning in the poll-bound Himachal Pradesh, takes on BJP over the issue of corruption. Sonia slams BJP for failing to fulfill its promises to people. The Congress chief claims that no party has checked corruption as much...
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who is campaigning in the poll-bound Himachal Pradesh, takes on BJP over the issue of corruption. Sonia slams BJP for not doing anything for the development of the state. Further on she says that infrastructure in the state is path...
Karnataka Lokayukta orders probe into alleged irregularities in the acquisition of farmer's land for Bangalore-Mysore Expressway. The Lokayukta police is set to probe against External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa ...
It is a shock to jagan Mohan Reddy who was expecting to be release from jail on bail. But suddenly, in the Jagan Mohan Reddy disproportionate assets case, the Enforcement Directorate announced attachment of Rs 51 crore worth of properties related to the case. ...
While the Indian Army and the Defence Minister downplay the issue, China continues to upgrade its military infrastructure along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh. The Chinese army has been spotted building new roads and constructing new bungalows along the ...
India's new FDI policy is debated by Kishore Biyani, Bijou Kurien, Thomas Varghese and BS Nagesh. The discussion covers whether the economic policy is a smart and adequate move, if the current investment is too large, the challenges arising out of many states ...
Investor's Guide tells you if it is the right time to buy a home, the do's and don'ts while making the purchase and if you are liable for advance tax. The Reliance Growth Fund is reviewed by Dhirendra Kumar. Other experts give their suggestions to viewers' que...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for the Rs 5,182 crore, 26-km Kochi Metro Rail system. Addressing the foundation stone laying ceremony, the PM said the Centre would support 19 cities with a population of over two million each to prepare...
Newsnight | It seems Congress has finally some ammo against BJP which has been relentless in its attacks against the party over coal block allocation. Sources in the CBI have revealed that the investigating agency is closing in on BJP chief Nitin Gadkari's aid...
The Maharashtra Education Minister Rajendra Darda is likely to resign. The state Minister was named in one of the five FIRs filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the irregularities in the coal block allocation. Rajendra Darda and his high-profile b...
Industrialist Manoj Jayaswal is avoiding the media after CBI chargesheeted him and his family members in the Coalgate investigation. Of the five companies named in the FIR, Jayaswal is associated with three of them: JLD Yavatmal Energy, JAS Infrastructure Capi...
In the first of the Coalgate shockwaves, the CBI raided the firms who were allotted coal blocks. Congress MP Vijay Darda is among others named in the CBI's latest FIR into the coal allocation scam. Vijay Darda, Devendra Darda, Rajendra Darda and Manoj Jayaswal...
Congress MP Vijay Darda has denied allegations of wrong doing and has said that he will cooperate with the CBI investigations. The Congress MP, who has been named in a CBI FIR in connection with the massive coal allocation scam, is confident that he will come ...
Congress MP Vijay Darda is among others named in the CBI's latest FIR into the coal allocation scam. Vijay Darda, Devendra Darda, Rajendra Darda and Manoj Jayaswal have been named in the investigating agency's latest FIR. In its previous FIR, the CBI had named...
Fresh documents into the Coalgate scam now link a Congress MP Vijay Darda to the massive coal allocation scam. More than two documents prove that the Congress MP is a stakeholder in the tainted company Yavatmal Energy Limited, which is under the CBI scanner. T...
The CBI is likely to file ten more FIRs in connection with the coal allocation scam. Five companies and 20 accused have been named in the FIRs that have been filed today. After three months of internal probe, the CBI conducted raids on 30 places across the nat...
The Central Bureau of Investigation conducts raids across India, as the investigations into the massive coal allocation scam kicks off. After three months of internal probe, the CBI registered FIRs against five companies on Monday. The investigating agency als...
Headlines Today has exposed Coal Minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal's nepotism in coal block allocation. The coal block was allotted to Jaiswal's kin Manoj Jayaswal's Abhijeet Infrastructure Ltd. But the company hasn't produced any coal at all since its allocation i...
Allegations of favoritism towards Congress leaders has surfaced in documents with Aaj Tak. Of the 77 coal blocks allotted by UPA-I, just one family based in Nagpur got eight coal blocks. This is according to documents with Aaj Tak. Union Coal Minister Sripraka...
Congress leader Subodh Kant Sahay clarifies that SKS Industries that has got a coal block allotted to it, was not owned by either his brother or any relative. Sahay says the matter was in the court and the court has also judged that the company was not his.
The Land Acquisition bill is stuck in Cabinet with a few ministers opposing certain provisions of the bill. The new law may force corporates to pay four times the market price for land in rural areas and twice the market price in urban areas, and give displace...
While China continues to accelerate the ramp-up of infrastructure and fortifications on its side of the LoC, it is using threats to force Indian teams to abandon projects on the Indian side. Key infrastructure projects, as many as five, have been stalled in In...
The curtain raiser of the IndiaMart Leaders of Tomorrow (LOT) 2012 brings to you snippets of the awards' success in the past two years. LOT took off in 2010 and awards Small & Medium Enterprises across various categories. IndiaMart's COO Brijesh Agrawal is exp...
Revenue minister Raghuveera Reddy says there was no need for Dharmana Prasad Rao to resign, as he had not taken the decision in his individual capacity. Raghuveera says the land allotment to Vanpic was a Cabinet decision.
CEO of Reliance Infrastructure, Lalit Jalan, claims that this has been a very encouraging quarter for Reliance Infrastructure. The total operating income has been at 5,383 crores, which is a growth of four per cent. He announces the net profit at 412 crores, w...
Andhra Pradesh has a new ordinance to govern admissions, teaching, and fees in engineering colleges in the state. The ordinance also calls for a task force to monitor colleges, and admission to management seats through online counseling. This discussion is joi...
In what is being seen as an attempt to woo voters for the upcoming national elections, the UPA has announced the distribution of 60 lakh mobile phones in rural areas. The government justifies the move saying that it helps to increase connectivity, but the Oppo...
The BJP has slammed the government's new scheme to improve connectivity in the rural areas by providing mobile phones to 60 lakh families. Claiming that there is a greater need for food, infrastructure and other resources than the distribution of mobile phones...
Home Minister P Chidambaram faces the ire of the Assam riot victims during his two-day visit to the state. Refugees stranded in relief camps have criticised the Centre of going easy on those who perpetrated violence in their villages. Angry victims shouted slo...
Senior BJP leader LK Advani visits the riot-torn state of Assam and calls for the state government to introspect on how it allowed the humanitarian crisis to escalate this far. Over 58 people died and 3 lakh others were rendered homeless in the spate of ethnic...
Veteran BJP leader LK Advani blames the Assam government and its leader Tarun Gogoi for the escalation in the ethnic strife that tore the state apart. Calling for the need to deal with the issue of illegal migration, LK Advani slams the state government for it...
The Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram, is on a two-day visit to the riot-torn state of Assam to review the ground situation there. After over 58 people are killed in the state and over 3 lakh are left homeless in the ethnic violence, Home Minister P Chidambar...
After over 58 people are killed in the state and over 3 lakh are left homeless in the ethnic violence, Home Minister P Chidambaram has finally decided to visit the riot-torn state of Assam. he is expected to review the law-and-order situation in Kokhrajar and...
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is expected to visit the riot-torn state of Assam today. During his two-day visist he is expected to review the law-and-order situation in Kokhrajar and neighbouring areas that witnessed the worst of the ethnic clashes. He is ...
As Assam slowly recovers from its worst humanitarian crisis in recent years, Home Minister P Chidambaram is expected to visit the riot-prone areas of the state to review the law-and-order situation there. Senior BJP Leader LK Advani is also likely to visit Ass...
In this segment of the Knowledge Forum, Paromita Chatterjee moderates a discussion on the theme 'Collaborate to Compete: The New Age Survival Mantra'. The discussion focusses on the possibilities for collaboartion among telecom tower companies in India. On the...
Congress minister Botsa Satyanarayana says the backwards classes are the Congress' patent. He was responding to questions being raised over the state government providing legal aid to the ministers who were arrested or were named by the Supreme Court in its o...
The Reliance Infrastructure-led Delhi Airport Metro Express, which ferries over 15,000 passengers daily, will close down indefinitely from Sunday due to technical problems and major financial losses.
The Delhi Airport Metro Express service will be indefinitely shut down from Sunday, owing to technical glitch. Shutting down of the Reliance Infrastructure-led Delhi Airport Metro Express will cause much inconvenience to the passengers as around 15,000 people ...
PM Manmohan Singh seems to have set unacheivable infrastructure targets and the market makers are not very happy with that. Hear what experts like John Flannery, Rajeev Lal, and Rajesh Agarwal have to say about India's infrastructure.
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is holding a meeting with officials of the infrastructure and investment department to review the land allotment policy, specially the 27,000 acres that were taken from farmers and alloted to VANPIC by the YS Rajasekhara Reddy ...
Expressing his disappointment over the dismal 0.1 per cent industrial growth rate in April, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee says that the government will take every necessary step to give positive signals to the industry. He also remarks that the government ...
BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitaraman criticises Congress led government for the religion based reservation, saying that the government is trying to appease a particular section of the society for political mileage. She says that the government is playing with th...
West Bengal Tourism Minister Rachhpal Singh flays tour operators for failing to bring tourists to the state. He remarks that the tour operators are only interested in sending Indian tourists abroad and in the process drains the Indian money. Tour operators ret...
Billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala explains the depressing market behaviour and sets positive targets for the future. Claiming to be bullish in the short-term, he emphasizes the necessity for an interest rate cut even as consumption has dipped. Jhunjhunw...
The BJP knew that the very hyped meeting for the infrastructure boost by the UPA would be a non-starter, says Prakash Javadekar in a news conference. He also slammed the absence of Pranab Mukherjee and Mukul Roy at the meeting called by the PM.
Water floods Beedthalab village in Bhatinda, Punjab, after a 60-feet long crack in the barrage there. The biggest threat has been to animals who are in danger of drowning in the river water.
After a record dip in India's GDP growth last quarter and a dire warning from Morgan Stanley's growth forecast, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh steps in to raise the fallen economy. The PM sets an ambitious investment target of Rs 2 lakh crore for core sector in...
Struggling to cope with increased criticism on the failing economy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calls for a crucial meet to jump start the economy with key clearances.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calls a meet with his troubleshooting team led by Pranab Mukherjee to clear several projects and bolster the ailing economy.
The remand report submitted by the CBI to the court when it arrested Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana details his role in the VANPIC land allotment case.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court lays down certain conditions under which it has allowed the companies that own the Sakshi newspaper and TV channel to access bank accounts.
The City Civil court has rejected the CBI's petition seeking to attach properties of Jagan Mohan Reddy, Sunil Reddy and Koneru Prasad on technical grounds.
Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana presents himself before the CBI for interrogation into his role in the land scam by Nimmagadda Prasad-promoted VANPIC.
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy says that his Government has no connection with the CBI move to freeze the accounts of companies that own the Sakshi newspaper and Indira TV channel.
A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report shows that Ajay Sancheti, a close aide of BJP stalwart Nitin Gadkari, is involved in the Chhattisgarh coal block allocation scam.
The CBI files a 68-page chargesheet in the Jagan Mohan Reddy disproportionate assets case. Including Jagan, a total of 12 individuals and companies have been named as accused.