Yet another bridge collapses in Bihar, 10th such in 15 days

Another bridge collapsed in Bihar's Saran district on Thursday, the 10th such incident in the state in just over a fortnight. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for......

108 women, 7 children killed in stampede at UP satsang

A stampede at a religious congregation Tuesday killed 116 people, most of them women, as devotees suffocated to their deaths and bodies piled atop each other in the worst such tragedy in recent......

Coalition Won't Block Modi's Reforms

'The BJP's numbers in this government are almost the same as those enjoyed by the Congress under P V Narasimha Rao when the reform process was kicked off in 1991.' 'As before, the only constraints......

Can INDIA bloc replicate LS victory in UP assembly bypolls?

With the INDIA bloc making significant gains against the Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh in Lok Sabha polls, the by-elections in 10 assembly seats that have fallen vacant are likely to......

C S Setty: SBI's New Boss

'You will see him frequently asking customers -- especially retail -- about service experience, pain points, areas of improvement and suggestions.' IMAGE: State Bank of India Managing Director C S......

Nirmalaji Listens To Economists' Ideas

'The Budget needs to focus more on social welfare schemes.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the first pre-Budget consultations with leading economists in connection with the......

GST Council's fitment committee likely to consider dropping 12% slab

The fitment committee under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, comprising central and state officials, has begun a rate rationalisation exercise afresh, checking the possibility of dropping......

Is It Time To Smile, Nirmalaji?

Now that the economy is growing at a higher-than-expected rate, it is time to accelerate the pace of fiscal consolidation, and the Budget could be a good starting point, argues Rajesh Kumar.......

Olympic champ Chopra to lead 28-member squad at Paris Games

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra won the gold in javelin throw at theTokyo Olympic in August 2021. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters Defending champion Neeraj Chopra will headline a 28-member Indian......

Asian Relay C'ships: Indian 4x400m teams bag silver

IMAGE: The women's team of Vithya Ramraj, M R Poovamma, Prachi Choudhary and Rupal Chaudhary clocked 3 minutes 33.55 seconds to finish behind Vietnam (3:30.81) in the women's 4x400m relay......

Indian mixed relay team bag gold at Asian C'ships, but...

IMAGE: Muhammed Ajmal, Jyothika Sri Dandi, Amoj Jacob and Subha Venkatesan clocked 3 minutes 14.12 seconds to win the race but finished far from Paris Olympic Qualification bracket. Photograph:......

Deeksha sets new Indian record at LA athletics meet

IMAGE: K M Deeksha finished third in the women’s 1500 metres final, clocking 4:04.78 seconds and bettering the previous record of 4:05.39s, at the Sound Running Track Fest in Los Angeles on......

India men's 4x400m team fails to finish in World Relays heats

IMAGE: India also failed to make the Paris Olympics cut in the women's 4x400m and mixed 4x400m relays on the first day of qualification at the World Athletics Relays in Nassau (the Bahamas). The......