If the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was still looking for obvious signs of a slowdown, it cannot get find one better than this. India's new car sales this October fell the most in more than ...Read More
It was a sunny winter afternoon, and as cold as it gets in West Bengal. We, a group of journalists, were on a press trip to Mahishadal in West Bengal's Midnapore district. It was one of those occasions ...Read More
Wipro has retained the top slot in environmental NGO Greenpeace's latest Guide to Greener Electronics. HCL Infosystem is placed second in the Indian version. The international version ranks the IT manufacturing company HP at the top, taking the lead over ...Read More
More than four persons per day were killed in police and judicial custody in India between 2001 and 2010. The total of 14,231 persons includes 1,504 deaths in police custody and 12,727 deaths in judicial custody from 2001-2002 to 2009-2010 ...Read More
The State government in Manipur is forcefully evicting families living on Loktak. Since Tuesday, the State police has used brute force to chase alleged illegal settlers away from their homes, including burning nearly 200 huts. It is being alleged that ...Read More
Indian retailers suffered the highest loss of stocks to theft in the world for the fifth year in a row in 2011. Half of this loss was attributed to shoplifting by customers. The silver lining here was that India is ...Read More
An ill-conceived move by the Karnataka government allowing the extension of working hours for women working in the IT industry in Bangalore is drawing flak both from women and IT professionals.
IT companies in Bangalore at a ...Read More
Food prices in India continue to rise when international prices are stable because of the failure of domestic food management, wherein temporary shortages have led to price spikes, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said.
Over the past two years, wholesale ...Read More
When Manas National Park was removed from the UNESCO World Heritage Danger List in June this year, there was a lot to cheer about. The hard work put in by conservation groups has been recognised, but a bigger danger lies ...Read More
When Facebook introduced its "like" button, the idea was liked across the social networking site. The lazy ones liked it because instead of having to undertake the arduous task of having to type "hot" or "awesome" or even "nice" in ...Read More
As he, almost silently, glided into the living room, it was as if the curtains had lifted and the show had begun.
Cinemar manush (the man from the films) was how I would refer to him whenever I saw a picture ...Read More
It was a dank wintry evening of November 1993 and we had had our fill of Bengali sweets. My girlfriend and I were stepping out of a confectioner’s in Gol Park, Calcutta when I noticed a lanky, slightly slouching, man ...Read More
