Budget allocates Rs 3,481 cr to wipe out Maoist menace

The Union Budget 2025-26 has allocated Rs 3,481.27 crore for security-related expenditure and the Special Infrastructure Scheme for Left Wing Extremist areas as the Bharatiya Janata Party-led......

Budget allocation makes Census unlikely this year too

If budgetary proposals are anything to go by, the decadal census is unlikely to be carried out in 2025 as well with a meagre Rs 574.80 crore allocated for the exercise in the Budget presented on......

India, China should meet halfway: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday called on Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and discussed issues of bilateral interest. IMAGE: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri meets Chinese Foreign Minister......

Angry parents throng closed FIITJEE centres

Parents of students were incensed over an abrupt closure of FIITJEE centres in Noida and Ghaziabad. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only.......

What EVs need for catching up with ICE-run cars

'Currently, EVs are about 30-50 per cent more expensive than ICE vehicles. I believe the inflection point for EVs will come when this price gap narrows to 20-25 per cent. That's when people will......

Depreciating rupee offers opportunities for NRIs, GCCs

Industry experts say the rupee's record low last week presents an investment opportunity for non-resident Indians (NRIs) and global capability centres (GCCs). Illustration: Dominic......

Sensex crashes 1,235 points to 7-month low of 75,838

Benchmark Sensex tanked 1,235 points to settle at more than seven-month low due to an across-the-board selloff triggered by global trade war worries after US President Donald Trump announced......

India among top 3 least favoured Asian stock markets amid multiple headwinds

India is among the three least-favoured Asian stock markets, according to BofA Securities whose survey found that 10 per cent of fund managers are underweight on Indian equities from a 12-month......

'I Want To Make Serious Films That Are Also Cheesy'

'In Mumbai, isolation is a very different isolation.''It's not about actual physical loneliness.''It's the loneliness in the company of others, and I felt that that is a very Mumbai thing.''You can......

Will Mohammedan Sporting's Head Coach return?

'Circumstances force me to make this difficult decision' IMAGE: Mohammedan Sporting's Head Coach Andrey Chernyshov quit the club on Wednesday over non-payment of salaries. Photograph: Andrey......

Country gave me more: Sreejesh on Padma Bhushan

Playing down his enormous contribution to Indian hockey, Padma Bhushan PR Sreejesh has concluded that the country has given him more than what he has done for the sport, the views reflecting the......

India-Pak players' on-field friendship irks Moin

IMAGE: Pakistan captain Babar Azam and India captain Virat Kohli have been known to show appreciation to each other on and off the field. Photograph: Kind courtesy Babar Azam/X Former Pakistan......

Mission is trophy, not just beating Pakistan: Gambhir

India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Saturday asserted that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will have massive roles to play for the team in the upcoming Champions Trophy and said the batting......

Arshdeep vies with Babar, Head for T20I honours

India's Arshdeep Singh is in the race for the ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year along with Pakistan's Babar Azam, Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza and Australia's Travis Head, the ICC revealed on......