Stopped from speaking, Mamata storms out of Niti Aayog meet

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday walked out of a Niti Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that she was unfairly stopped midway through her speech,......

Court Verdict Reopens Question On Hindu Identity

What should be made out of the Madras high court order involving non-Hindus' entry into Hindu temples, when many non-Hindus are among the hundreds of thousands that have been worshipping at these......

Kerala mom gets nod to visit Yemen to save daughter from gallows

The Delhi high court on Tuesday permitted the mother of a Kerala woman, who is on death row in Yemen for killing a Yemeni national, to travel to the West Asian country to negotiate about blood......

Should Governors Be Legally Given Time Limit To Act?

Given the politics behind it all, one possibility is for binding the governor to act according to the decisions of the state government and clarifying his position vis a vis bills and resolutions......

FM defends GST hike on essentials

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the mass consumption items such as pulses, wheat, rice, flour, and curd will not attract the 5 per cent goods and services tax (GST) when......

Gold demand at pre-Covid level in Q2

The demand for gold has bounced back sharply in India from the lows seen in 2020 because of the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, and has even beaten the pre-pandemic level. In the September......

Jewellers expect 10% of pre-Covid sales on Akshaya Tritiya

For the second straight year, the gems and jewellery industry is set for almost a washout of business on Akshaya Tritiya as only about 10 per cent of pre-Covid sales of 2019 are expected on Friday......

RSS arm says divestment of Air India, BPCL was 'uncalled for'

In a resolution passed at its national assembly in Haridwar, the SJM said the Modi government’s proposed strategic divestment of PSEs was an “imprudent business decision” and......

Another year of utter disappointment for Indian athletics

An overview of India's underwhelming performance in athletics in 2016 IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra the omly bright light for India in an otherwise dull year. Photograph: Facebook Indian athletics had......

Population size has nothing to do with sporting excellence

IMAGE: Olympic silver medalist P V Sindhu with her incredible Coach P Gopichand. Photograph: PTI 'No country can go from zero to hero at the Olympics.''A hundred Indians now feature in the world's......