Fate of 8 Union ministers in balance as 102 seats go to polls

The 2024 Lok Sabha polls kicks off on Friday with voting for 102 seats spread across 21 states and Union Territories in the first of the seven phases of the world's largest electoral exercise as......

Despite personal loss, PM goes ahead with train launch

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that the Union government is making record investment for railway infrastructure modernisation. IMAGE: A view of the Vande Bharat Express that......

Sedition law's poor record: 326 cases in 2014-19, six convictions

A total of 326 cases were registered in the country under the controversial colonial era law of sedition between 2014 and 2019 in which just six persons were convicted. According to the Union home......

'Indian Navy will protect India's trade and economic interests'

'The Chinese navy is large and expanding both in numbers and capability by the day.' 'India too must take measures to safeguard its own interests, now and in the future.' IMAGE: The INS Ranvijay,......

Uniting against a tsunami

But for the tsunami, the four Sumatrans whom an Indian coast guard vessel rescued near Great Nicobar's Campbell Bay would have been arrested and thrown into jail. The wrath of wind and wave had......

PM sole guest in Andaman's hotels

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is unlikely to boost the morale of tour operators and hoteliers here as their prime season business has been badly hit by......

Finance minister's Budget Speech

The following is the speech that Finance Minister Jaswant Singh made in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday while presenting the Interim Budget for 2004-05.Mr Speaker,1. I rise to present an Interim Budget,......

Rahul Dravid joins Scottish side

BCCI to chalk out plan for growth of cricket in 12 statesIn an unprecedented move to spread cricket to all parts of the country, the Cricket Board has decided to chalk out a plan and offer all......