Budget 2025: Defence Must Be The Priority

'The first and most basic responsibility of any government is to protect its people from external threats and internal harm.''Budget 2025-2026 has to focus on meeting this responsibility,' asserts......

Biryani seller held for sexually assaulting Anna University girl

An Anna University girl student was allegedly sexually assaulted and a 37-year old man, who sells biryani on the pavement, has been arrested for the crime, police said on Wednesday. Photograph:......

Instead of stopping atrocities...: RSS slams B'desh

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday appealed to the Bangladesh interim government to ensure the atrocities on the Hindus are stopped and ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das is released......

'Monumental mistake': Trudeau doubles down on India

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada has shared with its Five Eyes partners, the United Stated in particular, all information they have related to the allegations of the involvement of Indian......

Meet Nirmalaji's Core Budget Team

The finance minister continues to be backed by the same policy team in charting out the broad strategy as in the few earlier Budgets. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman distributes halwa......

The Pension Challenge Confronting India

When we look at the pension expenditure of the states, so far, there has been no gain from the NPS reform.Pension expenses as a share of total state revenue expenditure rose from 4% in 1991-1992 to......

A Budget With An Eye On Elections

Nirmala Sitharaman's messaging was clear when she presented a well-balanced Budget with an eye on state elections in nine states followed by a general election next year, observes Ramesh Menon.......

Reimagining Venture Capital

Ajit Balakrishnan on keeping an eye on democratising finance in India. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The impeccably booted and suited tall foreigner-looking man with a broad smile......

IOC urges nations to sever IBA ties amidst heated feud

IMAGE: India also joined World Boxing earlier this year but also stated that it was doing so without giving up its IBA membership. Photograph: IBA The IOC has escalated its feud with the......

Uproar over PT Usha's 'My way or the highway' approach

IMAGE: PT Usha rejected the appeal of IOA Officials for removing Raghuram Iyer from the post of CEO. Photograph: PTI The feud between Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha and......

Supreme Court stops CoA from taking over affairs of IOA

IMAGE: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the appointment of the CoA may lead to the Indian Olympic Association's suspension by the International Olympic Committee as happened in the case of the......

Bindra to help Delhi HC-appointed committee run IOA

IMAGE: Abhinav Bindra along with Anju Bobby George and Bombayla Devi Laishram will assist the three-member Committee of Administrators which will take over the affairs of the Indian Olympic......