Sanchari Bhattacharya With Inputs From Reuters

The cabinet has cleared emergency executive orders to greatly ease land-acquisition rules and auction minerals such as iron ore to kickstart hundreds of billions of dollars in stalled projects. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that while the interests of farmers have been protected, five categories of projects including defense and national secu...

Thousands have been evacuated from the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh as Hudhud, a very severe cyclonic storm, races towards the state and neighbouring Odisha. The cyclone has picked up speed - from 120-130 kilometres per hour or kmph to 155-165 kmph - and could hit the coast at a wind speed of 170-180 kmph, according to the Met department.

140 people have been arrested in Vadodara, Gujarat, in connection with communal violence in the city allegedly triggered by an image posted on Facebook. Two men were stabbed yesterday during riots, the police said. No incident of violence has been reported today.

The government has been given two weeks to explain how it plans to clean up the Ganga, with irate Supreme Court judges asking, "Are you saving the Holy River? You are showing no urgency in this matter. "

The cabinet has cleared emergency executive orders to greatly ease land-acquisition rules and auction minerals such as iron ore to kickstart hundreds of billions of dollars in stalled projects. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that while the interests of farmers have been protected, five categories of projects including defense and national secu...

Thousands have been evacuated from the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh as Hudhud, a very severe cyclonic storm, races towards the state and neighbouring Odisha. The cyclone has picked up speed - from 120-130 kilometres per hour or kmph to 155-165 kmph - and could hit the coast at a wind speed of 170-180 kmph, according to the Met department.

140 people have been arrested in Vadodara, Gujarat, in connection with communal violence in the city allegedly triggered by an image posted on Facebook. Two men were stabbed yesterday during riots, the police said. No incident of violence has been reported today.

The government has been given two weeks to explain how it plans to clean up the Ganga, with irate Supreme Court judges asking, "Are you saving the Holy River? You are showing no urgency in this matter. "