From 53 in first polls, number of parties at over 2500

Fifty-three political parties had contested the first Lok Sabha polls in 1951. The number of political parties today stands at over 2,500. Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph:......

Why Is It An Attack On India?

India's Right-wing has sought to own our democracy by making itself appear the stuff of majority, and sometimes, a national ethos older than the Constitution on which our democracy is based, argues......

India's Future: Tier 2 Cities

If India is to urbanise successfully, it has to focus on Tier 2 cities with a population of one-five million, observes T N Ninan. Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational......

Naveen Patnaik will be Odisha CM for Life

Because he knows Odisha; and Odisha knows him, observes Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, seated, with the Indian men's hockey team, which won India's first Olympic medal......

Bidding of BSNL land assets fails to garner interest

The first ever auction of non-core assets through the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management’s (DIPAM) asset monetisation portal has failed to garner adequate response for land......

HDFC Bank shifts tack to focus on wholesale loans

Defying trends, the country’s largest private sector lender, HDFC Bank, has shifted its asset mix significantly towards high-rated segments. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters As a result,......

Middle Income Groups See An Uptrend In Income

This is reflected in an improvement in their sentiments as well, explains Mahesh Vyas. Photograph: ANI Photo   Consumer sentiments have been rising steadily in India since June 2021. Between......

Economic Recovery can't be taken for granted

The fall in urban sentiments in June is worrisome, observes Mahesh Vyas. IMAGE: Tourists flock to the Ridge in Shimla after further relaxations in lockdown restrictions, July 4, 2021. Photograph:......

Uri teaser: BJP propaganda for 2019 poll

Syed Firdaus Ashraf is unimpressed by the Uri trailer. Sarhad par tanav hai kya?Kuch pata karao chunav hai kya. Rahat Indori's verse rings true: When it's the season of war, elections are probably......

2018's Top 10 Hindi Movies

Sukanya Verma lists the 2018 films that impressed her. The power of good cinema is that it makes you look at the glass half-full. As I put together my list of all the wonderful Hindi movies I......

'If You Want Only Slim Guys...'

IMAGE: India Captain Rohit Sharma. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Sunil Gavaskar slammed Congress national Spokesperson Shama Mohamed over her social media posts calling Rohit Sharma 'fat'.In her......

Cong reprimands spokesperson for 'fat Rohit Sharma' post

The Congress on Monday reprimanded its spokesperson Shama Mohamed for fat-shaming Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma and asked her to delete her social media posts in which she made the......

'He's Lucky Nobody Appealed'

IMAGE: Virat Kohli's move raised eyebrows as there was no Pakistan fielder directly behind him to collect the ball. Photograph: JioHotstar/X   Milestone man Virat Kohli once again proved why......

'Gill and Jaiswal will take Indian batting forward'

IMAGE: Shubaman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Photograph: BCCI/X Former India opener Wasim Jaffar was all praise for Shubman Gill but said it is unfair to compare him with Indian modern legend......

'Konstas played a style of cricket new to India'

IMAGE: Australia's 19-year-old opener Sam Konstas did not show any nerves during his scintillating 60 off 65 balls on the opening day of the fourth Test, which was studded with two sixes off......