Monsoon session of Parliament begins today, set to be stormy

The Monsoon session of Parliament begins on Thursday amidst outrage over the situation in Manipur with the Opposition demanding a statement from the prime minister. IMAGE: Defence Minister Rajnath......

NCB makes India's 'largest-ever' LSD seizure, 6 held

The Narcotics Control Bureau on Tuesday said it has made the 'largest-ever' single operation seizure of about 15,000 LSD blots in the country and arrested six people after it busted an......

EC comes up with RVM prototype for migrant voters

In a major move to increase voter participation, the Election Commission on Thursday said it has developed a prototype of a remote electronic voting machine (RVM) for domestic migrant voters and......

Will Varavara Rao be freed from prison?

The poet and professor's 'life breath is now in the hands of those sworn to uphold his Constitutional right to life.''Will they be true to their oath?', asks Jyoti Punwani. IMAGE; Professor......

E-commerce boom gives a lifeline to India Post

 Seattle-based e-commerce major Amazon delivered a parcel to pin code 790002 in India recently, and sees it as an achievement of sorts.  It may look like any other six-digit address......

Confused about the Budget proposals? Please read this

Extends fiscal deficit reduction roadmap by one year to 2017-18 Raises services tax, to implement GST by April 2016 and cut corporation tax from 2016-17 to 25% by 2020 The Government has presented......

Tatas, Adani, 7 others show interest in airport projects

Nine private firms, including Tata and Adani groups, have shown interest in operating, managing and developing four state-run airports in the country, official sources said. Other interested......

New Postal Act could deal blow to $2-bn courier sector

In what could significantly raise the operating cost of corporations and have huge implications for the $2-billion Indian courier sector, as well as for individual consumers, the Department of......

P T Usha to take over as first woman IOA president

IMAGE: P T Usha will be declared elected unopposed as the first woman president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) during the governing body's polls on Saturday. Photograph: P T Usha/Instagram......

O'Grady Olympic medals under threat by doping admission

Australian cyclist Stuart O'Grady could be stripped of his Olympic medals after admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs at the 1998 Tour de France. O'Grady, who retired this week, told a......

Armstrong team mate Kjaersgaard avoids doping sanctions

Steffen Kjaersgaard, a team-mate of Lance Armstrong's at US Postal from 2000-03, will not face sanctions, despite admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs, Norwegian anti-doping authorities......

Lance Armstrong admits to doping

American cyclist Lance Armstrong has admitted to doping in all of his seven Tour de France triumphs. In the two-part interview with Oprah Winfrey streamed live online to a global audience, the......

IOC strips Armstrong of 2000 Olympics time trial bronze

Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his 2000 Olympics cycling time trial bronze medal, an International Olympic Committee (IOC) official told Reuters on Thursday. The Americanwas stripped of his......