Delhi LG okays Arundhati's Roy's prosecution in 'provocative speech' case

Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena has accorded sanction for the prosecution of author Arundhati Roy and a former Kashmiri professor in a 2010 case related to alleged provocative speeches, Raj Niwas......

Mizoram polls peaceful, with over 77% turnout

The Mizoram assembly elections passed off peacefully on Tuesday with over 77 per cent of 8.57 lakh electors exercising their franchise, officials said. IMAGE: Voters wait in a queue to cast their......

2 police teams to probe Lucknow gangster's murder, security tightened at court

Two police teams have been constituted to investigate the murder of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari's aide Sanjeev Maheshwari Jeeva in Lucknow, while steps have been taken to tighten security at......

Chinese incursions into India strategically planned: Study

Chinese infringements into the Aksai Chin region are not random, independent events but are part of a strategically planned and coordinated “expansionist strategy” to gain permanent......

Sensex To Hit 87,000 By 2024 End?

The bias for the BSE benchmark index, technical charts suggest, is likely to remain bullish as long as the index holds above 75,600 levels for the rest of the year. Illustration: Dominic......

Venugopal Dhoot: From an industry leader to a defaulter

Starting with a family, which had a dealership of Bajaj Auto's scooters, to becoming the owner of a household name in consumer appliances who could afford to have Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan......

Higher pay for IIT, IIM faculty soon

Teachers in Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management may expect fat pay packages, better than their counterparts in universities and colleges, as the government is likely......

How credit card route to UPI may come at a price for merchants

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) recent decision to allow credit cards for payments through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is likely to attract a merchant discount rate (MDR),......

Financial gap persists despite Women's World Cup success

Spain's captain Olga Carmona -- the scorer of Sunday's deciding goal -- plays for Real Madrid, where the women's team generated revenues of 1.4 million euros in the 2021/22 season, according to......

Why do world's best footballers struggle with penalties?

The most notable aspect of both 2022 shootouts was the shockingly poor quality of the kicks IMAGE Brazil players Rodrygo, Pedro, Neymar, Antony, Fred and Alex Sandro react in the penalty shoot......