Sending a clear signal to corporate India that the environment ministry means business, Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh has accused Lavasa Corporation Ltd (LCL) of unauthorised construction resulting in extensive environmental degradation while building India’s first planned hill resort near Pune.

A two-year-old girl was killed and at least 25 people were injured in a blast at Dashashwamedh ghat, in the holy city of Varanasi, on Tuesday evening. The injured included some foreigners. While agency reports earlier said the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen had claimed responsibility for the terror attack and had warned of more

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday chose Mr Prithviraj Chavan to be Maharashtra’s next chief minister after Mr Ashok Chavan resigned in the midst of the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam in Mumbai that tarnished the image of top party leaders in the state.

Union minister Prithviraj Chavan, a technocrat belonging to the politically dominant Maratha community, was on Wednesday chosen as Maharashtra's next chief minister to succeed Ashok Chavan who was axe

If it was a pale grey kurti-style dress with buttons in pearl grey that US First Lady Michelle Obama chose to step out in soon after landing in Mumbai on Saturday, it was a brighter hue of aquamarine

The first AICC meeting after the UPA’s triumphal return to power in last year’s general election is being held at the Talkatora Stadium here on Tuesday in the shadow of corruption scandals related to the Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai, and earlier ones involving the recent Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and the 2G spectrum scam.

Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Sunday said that he had not recommended any case for membership of the controversial Adarsh Housing Society and that allegations in this regard were a “conspiracy t

Indian companies are mulling options that include leaving Research in Motion (RIM) for other smartphone makers as they face a threatened ban on BlackBerry services that could disrupt business.

A week after the Board of Control for Cricket in India said it was mulling whether to take Lalit Modi to court or not, it’s the suspended IPL chairman who has instead fired the first salvo.

A 52-year-old Italian national, Mr Giulio Ponetto, was held at Mumbai airport attempting to catch a flight to Munich, while two of his Italian friends, Mr Giovanni Ceccomello, 47, and Mr Donato d’Angelo, 42, and two Indian associates were picked up from a Pune hotel on Thursday in connection with the finding of live ammunition and empty pistol magazines in a New Delhi hotel room.