'Why Manipur being allowed to go Afghanistan way'

'Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have called his MLAs and ministers and said 'this should not happen in India. Manipur is not a part of any banana republic, I will not allow this to happen,......

'BJP Won't Win A Single Seat In Kerala'

'I will win the election. The Congress and BJP are fighting for second place.' IMAGE: Pannyan Raveendran, the Left Democratic Front candidate for the Thiruvanathapuram Lok Sabha seat. All......

In a first, BSF installs beehives on India-Bangladesh fence to check crimes

The Border Security Force has undertaken a unique experiment of installing beehives on the India-Bangladesh border fence in West Bengal to stop instances of cutting the hedge for cattle smuggling......

2024 LS polls to be costliest ever at Rs 1.35 lakh cr

'The estimated expenditure is expected to be more than double the Rs 60,000 crore spent in 2019' IMAGE: A newly married couple show their ink-marked fingers after casting their votes during phase......

Centre should privatise all PSBs, except State Bank of India: NCAER

The Centre should privatise all public sector banks (PSBs), except the State Bank of India (SBI). Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters This is because private banks have emerged as a credible......

Will Financial Stress Break The Global Economy?

What's different this time is that global financial stress -- which has its genesis in four policy choices made in recent years -- is juxtaposed with a more resilient real economy, observes Sajjid......

Asean bloc invites India for RCEP dialogue in Bali next month

The Asean secretariat hopes the meet may be able to iron out existing wrinkles raised by India. Since there had been no significant progress on the matter over the past two years on most issues,......

'Impossible Trinity': RBI's precarious balancing act

However, the aggressive accumulation of foreign exchange reserves should be able to ring fence the country in the immediate future. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is precariously balancing two......

Fencing Association of India re-instated by its world body

With the IOA's return to the Olympic fold, Indian fencers will be able to represent the country after Fencing Association of India's (FAI) suspension has been revoked by the sport's international......

Gavaskar@75: 15 Interesting Facts

Cricket icon Sunil Gavaskar celebrates a magnificent 75th birthday on July 10th. Sunil Gavaskar, known for his fearless batting, started his Test career on March 6, 1971. He went on to become the......

Historic! Fencer Bhavani wins bronze at Asian Championships

IMAGE: Fencer C A Bhavani Devi is the first Indian fencer to win a medal at the Asian Championships. Photograph: C A Bhavani Devi/Instagram Olympian C A Bhavani Devi created history by securing......

Fencer Bhavani loses in Cairo World Championships

IMAGE: Fencer Bhavani Devi gave a tough fight to her German opponent Larissa Eifler before going down 12-15 in the round of 32. Photograph: Fencing Association of India/Twitter India's first......

Ranji Trophy: Pujara slams century; Mumbai thrash Assam

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday.Another century for Pujara IMAGE: Saurashtra's centurions Prerak Mankad, Cheteshwar Pujara and Arpit Vasavada pose after stumps on Day 2 of......