Toyota Kirloskar Motor said that about 300 of the 4,200 union members have signed the contentious “good conduct undertaking” and have returned to work at the two plants in Bidadi, where production has been hit for about three weeks now following a lockout and an ongoing workers’ agitation. However,...

The Chintels Group on Friday said it would invest Rs.5,000 crore in developing nearly 15 million sq. ft. of residential and commercial projects in Gurgaon and Delhi in the next 8-10 years. The real estate developer also announced the launch of hi-end residential project, Chintels Serenity, in Gurgaon. “We...

Closing the just passed year with a 28 per cent rise in exports, Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) should now ready itself to further expand its international presence and add more value-added steels to its product basket. Emerging economies Steel Secretary G. Mohan Kumar, during a review of...

Strongly disapproving requests for “regulatory forbearance” in cases of asset quality stress made by lenders and corporates, Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan told bankers on Friday not to find “artificial fixes” for the problem. Dr Rajan said the RBI had received requests from lenders and corporates requesting for postponing...

Vector-borne diseases are adding to the vicious cycle of poverty and have a significant impact of socio-economic status of communities, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. While countries in South-East Asia have made substantial economic progress, dengue and malaria fuel a vicious cycle of poverty and are still...

Afghanistan began voting Saturday for a new president amid fears of violence and insecurity. Thousands of Afghans lined up at polling centres in Kabul from early morning to cast their ballots. “This is a very good day for Afghans. People are going to elect their president and provincial council...

On a roll in the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 where his team has entered the finals, Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has another reason to smile as he has won the 2014 Asian award for outstanding achievement in sports here. Dhoni, currently in Bangladesh leading India in the...

A railway official says at least three people were killed when a passenger train hit mounds of mud after heavy rain triggered a landslide in central Indonesia. Two others are in critical condition. Junerfin, a spokesman for the Indonesian Railway Company, says the train derailed at a junction in...

If you are a student on the cusp of a career, how do you sift through the multitude of options to decide what is right for you? What will make you employable and keep you relevant? At the inauguration of The Hindu Education Plus Career Counselling 2014 on Friday, the focus...

Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh on Saturday filed his nomination papers from Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow parliamentary constituency. The Lucknow seat was thrice represented by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The former Prime Minister has sent an ‘angavastra’ (stole) to Mr. Singh has a mark for his support....