Waqf bill sent to joint parliamentary panel after heated debate

The Waqf (Amendment) Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on Thursday and referred to a joint parliamentary panel after a heated debate, with the government asserting the proposed law did not intend to......

Azam Khan, Muslims and UP Politics

True, Azam Khan is being targeted rather disproportionately and also because of his Muslim identity.That must be protested and resisted.But to say that he is a messiah, and his profit-making......

Bhupender Yadav: BJP's 'organisation man' gets seat in Cabinet

Bhupender Yadav has long been the go-to person for the Bharatiya Janata Party top brass for handling a variety of challenges and issues, ranging from assembly polls and organisation matters in......

With 147:42 votes Parliament passes anti-terror bill

In a big boost to the government, Parliament on Friday approved a crucial amendment to an anti-terror law allowing the Centre to designate individuals as terrorists and seize their properties. The......

NPAs a challenge, not crisis: Arun Jaitley

  The Finance Minister blames steel industry, state power companies for bad debts of public sector banks With key Bills stuck in Parliament, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday reached......

Govt auctions 'enemy' assets in Tata Steel

In the first-ever auction of 'enemy property' that the Indian government has held since the 1971 Indo-Pak war, rights shares of Tata Steel were sold to an Indian investment firm for Rs 485 per......

Billionaire marriages: Why get hitched?

Google co-founder and Chief Executive Larry Page's wedding this weekend is supposed to be a secret affair. But his own search engine is undermining the effort. A recent Google search for "Larry......

Corporate espionage could wipe you out!

Back in 1996, GoodFaith Pharmaceuticals was working on a drug discovery that would catapult its market position from the then 18th spot in its space to the number two slot.The company was betting......

Wisden commemorates Bradman phenomenon

A golf ball, a cricket stump, a brick stand supporting a large water tank, bats fashioned from gum trees and plain dirt pitches. From these primitive beginnings Australian Don Bradman fashioned a......