New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) India will not hesitate to import food as and when the need arises to deal with this year's drought, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Friday, a...More

Panaji, Aug 21 (IANS) Farmers in Goa who have been opposing the sports ministry's move to acquire their land to build a 'sports city' for the 2011 National Games now allege that t...More

Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets slipped back into the red, after having crawled back into the green a little before noon Friday. ...More

Film: 'Sikandar'; Cast: Parzaan Dastur, Ayesha Kapoor, R. Madhavan, Sanjay Suri and Arunoday Singh; Writer-Director: Piyush Jha; Rating: *** Love and ten...More

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Thailand is wooing the Indian business tourist, with incentive packages for what is known as MICE (Meeting, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions) touri...More

Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) The Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) will buy three dredgers of 5,000 cubic metre capacity each at a total cost of Rs.1,722 crore. ...More

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The government is likely to issue a statement later Friday spelling out its position on the supply of natural gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin awarded ...More

Chandigarh, Aug 21 (IANS) The bed and breakfast (B&B) scheme started with much fanfare here last September to give a boost to tourism has run into rough weather. Authorities say l...More

Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) Indian equities markets made a poor start Friday with a key index dipping 126 points within five minutes of the opening bell. The s...More

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The government will speak in one voice on the Krishna-Godavari gas row, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said after the ministerial panel set up to coordina...More

Kolkata, Aug 20 (IANS) Rubbishing talk that efforts are on to privatise the Indian Railways, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said she would be the last person to do so. ...More

Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) Cash-strapped national carrier Air India Thursday decided to cut performance-linked incentives of its employees by 30 to 50 percent. ...More

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) India has pledged assistance of Rs.20 billion to Nepal for infrastructure projects, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told visiting Nepali Prime Minister ...More

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Cairn India Thursday said it will start crude oil production from its fields in Rajasthan later this month and expects to hold cost at $5 per barrel. ...More

Chandigarh, Aug 20 (IANS) The Mumbai terror attacks, the global financial meltdown and the swine flu scare have failed to deter foreign tourists from visiting Chandigarh in steadi...More