A 10-Point Wishlist For Modi's Third Term

If Modi wants to leave a real legacy, breaking India's strategic triangulation would be the real gift, notes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish......

What Kovind said in 2018 on 'one-nation, one-election'

Over five years before being tasked with the responsibility to explore the feasibility of 'one nation, one election', Ram Nath Kovind as the country's then president had made a strong pitch for......

India to see 'significantly' higher number of heatwaves from Apr-Jun

Most of India, barring parts of northwest and peninsular region, is expected to experience above-normal maximum temperatures from April to June, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on......

AMU's Governance Structure Is Democratic, Not Divine

These self-appointed well-wishers of AMU are basically for the control or police model of university governance.They have no faith whatsoever in the democratic functioning of the universities,......

Winter rain won't cause large-scale damage to most rabi crops

For potato farmers in the north and wheat growers in the eastern parts -- particularly in Jharkhand, Bihar, and Odisha -- the recent rains could in fact be beneficial. An extended winter, with......

Modi must focus on 3 factors to sustain 8% GDP growth

GST stabilisation, DTC implementation and banking reforms are crucial for sustaining high growth for a long period, says FICCI president Rashesh Shah. As we enter into FY2019, the upturn in the......

9 BJP-ruled states may ratify Bill on GST by end of August

Government strategists are trying to ensure that the requisite 16 of the 31 states ratify the Bill by the end of this month Senior Union ministers have advised to as many as nine Bharatiya Janata......

Centre may drop veto from GST Bill

Amid opposition from the states, the Centre may smoke the peace pipe by dropping the contentious provision in the Constitutional Amendment Bill on a Goods and Services Tax (GST) that proposed to......

Lodha FAQs: Cooling off period for Ganguly, Shirke can't attend BCCI meet

Come June 2017, Sourav Ganguly will have to go for a compulsory 'Cooling off' of three years having completed three years at Cricket Association of Bengal as secretary and president. Sacked Board......

SC wraps up hearing on passing directions for reforms in BCCI

IMAGE: Chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed committee for reforms in Indian cricket Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha is flanked by Justice Ashok Bhan (left) and Justice R V Raveendran at a press......

Supreme Court pulls up BCCI over reluctance to accept Lodha panel recommendations

The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Board of Control for Cricket in India for its reluctance to comply with the recommendations of the Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha panel, including the one to......

SC to BCCI: Fall in line with Lodha report and save trouble!

'Decks must be cleared for complete reform.' BCCI granted four weeks to respond on the implementation of the recommendations. IMAGE: Justice R M Lodha, chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed......

Working Committee meet adjourned over Srinivasan's presence

BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur and IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla at the IPL Governing Council meeting, in Kolkata. Photograph: PTI High drama was witnessed at the Board of Control for Cricket in......