'India Has No Need To Support Baloch Movement'

'When so many young Baloch men and women are willingly volunteering as fighters and even suicide bombers.' IMAGE: Women supporting the Balochistan Yakjehti Committee at a protest in Karachi, March......

Who Observed Raj Dharma In Nagpur?

The Nagpur violence may have been prevented had the police considered the dangerous potential of the VHP/Bajrang Dal's demonstration; had they immediately stopped the burning of the chaddar and......

'Imposing Hindi Will Affect BJP's Prospects In Tamil Nadu'

'The vast majority of BJP supporters in Tamil Nadu can't speak any language other than Tamil.''When rural Tamil Nadu can't speak any other language than Tamil, how are they going to convince them......

Transition of Kapil Mishra: From BJP, Modi critic to Delhi minister

Activist and now a Delhi minister, Kapil Mishra has undergone a complete transition -- from being an avowed Aam Aadmi Party member and a bitter critic of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Rashtriya......

Direct tax: Budget 2025-26 eases burden, boosts spending and growth

The eighth Budget of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman continued to focus on ‘GYAN’ (Garib, Youth, Annadata, Nari) to maintain a consistent and coherent strategy initiated over the......

Meet Nirmalaji's Core Budget Team

The finance minister continues to be backed by the same policy team in charting out the broad strategy as in the few earlier Budgets. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman distributes halwa......

Unemployment: One of the BIG problems facing Modi 3.0

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led-NDA government in its third term must tackle the problem of unemployment in the country, especially in the unorganised sector and in small and medium enterprises,......

'Jobs Have To Be Created Everywhere'

'I found it unbelievable that L&T said 45,000 jobs were waiting to be filled because of unavailability of suitable skillsets.' 'So, when the Opposition sweepingly says there are no jobs, I'm......

Peake goes from jail to New Zealand Open golf champ

'Just changed my life. This is what I do, I want to be here and just play golf. The (back)story is what it is, but I'm just out here playing golf.' IMAGE: Ryan Peake, who was released from prison......

'HIL will make hockey families stress-free'

'Parents can now at least relax that there is future in hockey, we can involve our wards in hockey' IMAGE: The inaugural edition of the Women's Hockey India League will be held from January 12-26.......

Olympic talk: 'India's attitude towards sport must change'

IMAGE: But as I said, our Olympic preparations should continue throughout the year, in four years, continuously, says gymnast Dipa Karmakar.  Photograph: Kind courtesy Dipa Karmakar/X......

Olympics PIX: St Lucia's Alfred storms to women's 100m gold

IMAGE: The world's fastest woman Julien Alfred created history by winning Saint Lucia’s first-ever Olympic medal at the Paris Games on Saturday. Photographs: Edgar Su/Reuters Julien Alfred......

IOA increases support staff ratio for Paris Olympics

Trying to give the best support to Indian contingent but still being criticised: IOA chief PT Usha IMAGE: Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Petroleum and......