blast has been reported at the Ajmer dargah a short while ago. The reasons behind the blast and the scale of damage are yet unknown. There are uncorfirmed reports of eight people being injured.
Information about the blast was provided by some devotees who were present inside and it was not immediately clear whether the blast […]

With a rise of over 100 per cent in the share price of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), his flagship in the oil, petrochemicals and retailing group, Ambani’s wealth has doubled to some $44 billion in the past year, the Financial Times reported.
The only businessman of Indian origin richer than him is Lakshmi N. Mittal, the […]

An Indian television news channel has been taken off air for a month after broadcasting a false “sting” which led to riots and a woman being jailed. India’s Broadcasting Ministry said the report on Live India had been “defamatory, deliberate and false”.
Delhi teacher Uma Khurana was accused of forcing students into prostitution. […]

The Yorkshire Tourist Board said an estimated 500m viewers worldwide watched the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in June.
Bollywood superstars including Amitabh Bachchan and Shilpa Shetty attended the awards, which were held in Sheffield.
Tourism officials said the awards put Yorkshire on the global map.
In a statement the region’s tourist […]

India’s Janatha Party President Subramaniyan Swamy said that he had been informed by the Sri lankan authorities that the island nation was against the construction of Sethu Samudram Canal Project as it harms […]

The project to dredge a channel connecting the Bay of Bengal with the Gulf of Mannar, called the Sethusamudram project, is mired in controversy. In a four-part series, Mint looks at the real issues related to the project. Part 1 on Monday looked at the status of the project as well as the lack of […]

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd receives tentative approval from U.S. Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Galantamine Hydrobromide Tablets, 4mg (base), 8mg (base), and 12mg (base). Galantamine is indicated for the treatment of mild to moderate dementia of the Alzheimer’s type.
Total annual market sales for Razadyne were $130mn (IMS - MAT: June 2007). “This tentative […]