Campaign against Wal-Mart
NEW DELHI: Leading trade unions have joined hands with cooperative stores, retail associations and small-scale traders to launch a campaign against retail giant Wal-Mart's backdoor entry into India and the Government's move to open up the retail ...
Soaring food prices driving inflation: FICCI
NEW DELHI: The current inflationary spiral is the consequence of soaring food prices and not one driven by industry as India Inc. has been absorbing the hike in cost of inputs to hold the price line, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce ...
Race for Presidency yet to begin
NEW DELHI: About five months are left for President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's term to end but the race for Rashtrapati Bhavan is yet to begin. Political parties are possibly waiting to see the outcome of the Assembly elections, particularly in Uttar ...
Report on Baglihar dam today
JAMMU: Professor Raymond Lafitte, World Bank arbitrator on the Baglihar dam being constructed on the river Chenab in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, will submit his report on Monday. The report, to be released in Berne, addresses the ...
It's calving season at Eravikulam Park
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After the kurinji season, it is calving season now at the Eravikulam National Park near Munnar. At least two dozen endangered Nilgiri ibex ( Nilgiritragus hylocrius ) are pregnant and some have already given ...
Urges PM to convene meet of riparian States
BANGALORE: The former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convene a meeting of representatives of Cauvery riparian States to find an amicable solution to the row over sharing of the river water. In a ...
