Highest rainfall in 88 years brings Delhi to its knees, 5 dead

Five people died in rain-related incidents in Delhi Friday as Monsoon arrived with a fury early in the morning, lashing the city with its highest rainfall in a single day of June in 88 years which......

Modi's top 4 retain portfolios; Nadda gets health, Shivraj agri

Signalling continuity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday retained Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar in charge of the four high-profile ministries -- home, defence,......

Naidu's 'super six' poll promises come up against empty coffers

Telugu Desam Party supremo N Chandrababu Naidu who is set to take the reins of power in Andhra Pradesh shortly will have the daunting task of making bleak coffers ring to fulfill the "Super Six"......

Modi govt 3.0: Who is in, who is out

Narendra Modi was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday for a record-equalling third term, heading a 72-member Union council of ministers that put emphasis on continuity, youth and experience while......

Sitharaman's pre-election budget shuns populism, boosts infra spend

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a Rs 11.11 lakh crore spending on infrastructure and vowed to continue reforms as she resisted resorting to populist measures in Modi......

'The real GDP was captured better'

'Revision of the base year for both CPI and GDP are long overdue.''The basic data that went into the 2011-2012 series were mainly from surveys done in 2011 or earlier.''We have since seen the......

'Indian manufacturers are making good-quality EVs'

'I'm very much against petrol and diesel....''I travel in an electric car.''I have had a really good experience with it.' IMAGE: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari......

As EVs rise in India, a requiem for Kolkata's electric trams

Kolkata trams -- now in their 150th year -- are the last to survive modernity in Indian cities, writes Ishita Ayan Dutt. IMAGE: Tram at Esplanade depot in Kolkata. All photographs: Hitesh......

'God willing, there will Gadar 3, maybe even Gadar 4'

'Gadar 2 was made with the purpose of entertaining people and not to perpetuate enmity between neighbouring countries.' IMAGE: Writer Shaktimaan with Sunny Deol on the sets of Gadar 2. Photograph:......