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Pak Army Chief Will Now Stay Till Nov 2027

Whenever tenures of army chiefs were extended in the recent past, prime ministers were subsequently eased out of office by the same army chief, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at......

BJP Plays Dalit Ace In Haryana

The move, a first in the country after the Supreme Court order, is intended to consolidate the BJP's Dalit outreach in Haryana. IMAGE: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini during the cabinet......

Retiring SC judge says tolerance must for each other's opinion

People must have tolerance for each other's opinion at a time when the tolerance level has gone down internationally, Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said on Friday. IMAGE: Supreme......

Stopped from speaking, Mamata storms out of Niti Aayog meet

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday walked out of a Niti Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that she was unfairly stopped midway through her speech,......

Court rejects challenge against Musharraf's trial for treason

A Pakistani court on Thursday rejected an appeal against the formation of a special court to try former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on a charge of high treason. A two-judge bench of the......

FM defends GST hike on essentials

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the mass consumption items such as pulses, wheat, rice, flour, and curd will not attract the 5 per cent goods and services tax (GST) when......

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......

GST rollout on July 1; deadline for filing tax returns extended by 2 months

India will turn into one market at the stroke of mid-night between June 30 and July 1, with the rollout of the unified GST along with liberal tax filings rules for first two months to tide over any......

State of economy spooks BJP allies, but no one's listening

Its governing allies are not happy on the economy and complain of ignored concerns but find themselves unable to be assertive. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent address to company......

Executive course grads to bag huge salaries

For executives who quit their cushy jobs to do a one-year post-graduate programme in management at reputed management schools, it could be a problem of plenty, with placement offers pouring in two......

Welcome to Palekar cinema, Sonali

Nobody believed me when I said I was going to a reading of the script of Amol Palekar's newest venture Anaahat to see how well Sonali Bendre speaks Marathi.The wife could not stop smirking as I......

Waqar sad over Shoaib's marriage controversy

Pakistan coach Waqar Younis described the whole drama surrounding Shoaib Malik's alleged marriage to Ayesha Siddiqui as "sad" and "depressing" amid an outpouring of support for the former captain.......

Major centres stunned as ODI WC ignites venue controversy

Photograph: Kind Courtesy ICC World Cup/Twitter The officials of major cricket centres, which have not been allocated an ODI World Cup matches, have expressed their disappointment at missing out......

Harbhajan's allegations pull the plug on PCA President's term

IMAGE: Photograph: ANI Photo On Thursday, the President of the Punjab Cricket Association, Gulzar Inder Singh Chahal resigned just days after former India spinner Harbhajan Singh claimed:......

IPL woes mount as franchisees have little say

The Indian Premier League has been beset with problems ever since its inception in 2008. In fact, controversy has become synonymous with the lucrative T20 tournament. No points for guessing that......

South Africa's Faf du Plessis to captain T20 World XI in Pakistan

The squad includes representatives from seven nations for the games, which will have international status, in Lahore on September 12, 13 and 15. IMAGE: South Africa's cricket captain Faf du......

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