Priyanka Must Take On Modi In Varanasi

In the five years in politics Priyanka Gandhi has undeniably emerged as a thorn in the BJP flesh, notes Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.It is time that this thorn is twisted a wee bit more when the elections......

'In India, A Child Goes Missing Every 8 Minutes'

'The pandemic had a significant impact on child trafficking.''With economic hardships, traffickers exploited the situation to target desperate parents and children.' Illustrations: Dominic......

Act against corrupt, however powerful, without fear, Modi tells CBI

There is no dearth of political will today to act against corruption and officers should take action against the corrupt, however powerful, without any hesitation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said......

In RS, Modi thumps chest, says he alone is more than a match for entire Oppn

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a fresh broadside against the opposition on Thursday, saying their "keechad" (dirt) of allegations will only help the lotus bloom more and asserting he alone......

Budget 2024: 'We have to be intelligent'

'The global situation is not very good.' IMAGE: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the Global Conference on Cooperation in Enforcement Matters 2023 in New Delhi, October 30, 2023.......

Fund managers improve large-cap performance and stumble on small-caps

Fund managers of large-cap and equity-linked saving schemes (ELSS) have demonstrated a marked improvement in their performance over the past year, according to the latest SPIVA (S&P Indices Versus......

Interest rates on most small saving schemes hiked

The government on Friday raised interest rates on most post office saving schemes by up to 0.7 per cent for the April-June 2023 quarter in line with the firming of interest rates in the economy.......

India to clock GDP growth of 6.5% in FY'24; to meet fiscal deficit target of 5.9%: CEA

Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said the economy is expected to grow at 6.5 per cent in the current fiscal notwithstanding deficient rains in August. IMAGE: India's Chief......

The Official Timekeeper Of Beating Hearts

If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

'I got more praise than the hero'

Movie veteran Chandrashekhar, best known for films like Cha Cha Cha, Surang and Street Singer and playing the role of Arya Sumant on the television serial Ramayan, passed into the ages on June 16,......