Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) The installation, testing and commissioning of the 6,700 km TGN-Intra Asia (TGN-IA) cable system was complete, telecom service provider Tata Communications a...More

Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) Indian equities markets were doing better than most other Asian bourses shortly after noon Tuesday, a day after a key index plummeted 627 points. ...More

Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) An indefinite shutdown called by Maoists to protest police excesses began in the three tribal-dominated West Bengal districts of Bankura, Purulia and West M...More

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The government Tuesday said it had already placed orders for 80,000 MW of fresh electricity generation capacity, against the target of 78,700 MW during th...More

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The 'multiple environmental crises that confront our country have created an alarming situation', Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Tuesday, while a...More

Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets rose into green terrain Tuesday after opening weak, but slipped to rule a meagre 19 points above its previous clos...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) With ties with the Arab world being crucial not only for India's energy security but also for its food security, efforts are on to have in place a structu...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said there is no need to panic over the drought situation in many parts of India as the government has 'a better unde...More

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 17 (IANS) Thirty innovative products, including an automatic solar panel guide system, a punching station and a surveillance robot to detect bombs, are vyi...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Monday demanded Rs.2,000 crore from the central government to purchase power for the drought hit areas of the state....More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), set up to tackle the drought problem in the country, met here Monday to monitor the situation and take necessary a...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) India is short by 10 million tonnes of cold storage capacity due to which over 30 percent of agricultural produce goes waste every year, according to an i...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) To meet the demand for over 200,000 skilled workers in the hospitality sector, the tourism ministry plans to start eight new hotel management institutes t...More

Bangalore, Aug 17 (IANS) The much-awaited flight evaluation trials of the medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) that are vying for an Indian Air Force (IAF) order for 126 jets...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) IT major Cognizant Monday said it will expand its Phoenix delivery centre by adding business process outsourcing (BPO) services to its existing portfolio....More