Liquor baron Vijay Mallya said that he is moving to Britain to be closer to his children following his dramatic resignation as chairman of United Spirits Ltd and becoming its founder emeritus on Thursday. ...
The prestigious Muziris Heritage Project of the Kerala Tourism department will be inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee in Thrissur district on Saturday. ...
Disappointment over the railway budget, coupled with negative Chinese indices and a weak rupee, subdued Indian equity markets on Thursday. ...
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday condemned the violence in the Patiala House Court and promised action if Delhi Police was found doing "injustice" in the case....
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was set free from a Pune jail on Thursday and returned home here to savour 'complete freedom', 23 years after his legal problems began over his possession of an AK-47....
* Fourth largest railroad network in the world with some 64,460 route km, after the US (224,792), Russia (128,000) and China (112,00). * Plies nearly 21,000 trains daily to ferry 23 million passengers and three million tonnes of freight. ...
Commenting on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's complaints of conspiracies to destabilize his government, the CPI-M said that he was "already showing signs of strain and frustration"....

The left parties on Thursday criticised the railway budget as directionless and a move towards privatisation of the Indian Railways....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the rail budget lays emphasis on investment and information technology and shows the government's commitment to welfare of poorer sections of society. The prime minister said this year's rail budget builds on the budget presented by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu last year. "In the las...

Sparing fare and freight rate hikes, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday presented the rail budget for next fiscal with passenger amenities in focus, spanning ease of booking tickets and cancellations to actual travel comfort and cleanliness. The minister possibly left a decision on fare and freight hikes to a later date...