If there’s one thing that I’ve learned about life, it’s that one shouldn’t pity those who know how to overcome obstacles in life, writes Rajesh Krishan.
After more than 25 years in manufacturing, marketing, and retailing of readymade garments, the founder and promoter of the Future Group, Kishore Biyani, is preparing himself for a second innings. Excerpts:
Gurgaon Police Commissioner Alok Mittal (43), an IPS officer of 1993 batch took over on February 13. In an interview with Sanjeev Ahuja, he talks about policing challenges in Gurgaon. Some excerpts:
Robert Oates, TRT’s chief executive officer, shared his experience and what the two agencies learnt from each other. Excerpts:
If the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, 2013, is passed, local bodies will have to speed up the process of making provision for hawkers, says Ajay Maken, Union housing and urban poverty alleviation minister. Reetika Subramanian reports.
With assembly elections due in Delhi later this year, chief electoral officer Vijay Dev gets candid in an interview to Atul Mathur on issues ranging from 'missing' voters and campaigns to motivate more people, especially youth, to come out and vote.
In an interview with HT, minister of state for home RPN Singh said the government has got some leads into the Hyderabad blasts.
A day after two blasts ripped through the middle-class locality of Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Friday said the state capital was not a soft target.
Firm on the action against chemists, Mahesh Zagade, state FDA commissioner, says that they won't give in to illegal demands. Menaka Rao reports.
Rashesh Shah, chairman and CEO of the Edelweiss Group, has been in the Indian financial services sector for over 20 years. Before Edelweiss, he worked with ICICI, then India’s premier industrial development bank and today its largest private sector bank. Excerpts from an interview:
Stampedes happen due to combination of factors: facilities are often far below capacity, bad crowd management and the lack of seamless coordination among authorities.
The country’s prestigious 100% export-oriented unit and mini rathna KIOCL Ltd was incorporated in 1976 to develop mine and plant facilities. The company’s chairman-cum-managing director Malay Chatterjee spoke to Hindustan Times on a range of issues.
It’s time laws empowered women: Our successive governments have had 65 years to discuss and debate such serious matters. The State must act now. The delay we see only reflects a lack of will to act firmly in the positive direction.
By focusing on missing children and juvenile homes, the Verma panel report speaks of a more inclusive safety.
The hanging of Afzal Guru in Delhi’s Tihar Jail last week evoked a range of diverse emotions. Politicising it will only undermine a lawful conclusion of justice.