J-K polls: 61% voter turnout in phase 1; polling figures may go up

A voter turnout of more than 61 percent was recorded in the first phase of assembly polls covering 24 segments across seven districts in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, the Election Commission......

J&K First-Time Voters Will Be Deciding Factor

'The lack of opportunities here remains the biggest worry.''We have seen investment summits, but if you look around, much of it is only on paper and not on the ground.' IMAGE: Engineer Rashid's......

15 Kashmiri Pandits fight elections from Valley

So far 14 Kashmiri Pandits have filed nominations to contest from the valley for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, aiming to ensure the return and rehabilitation of their fellow......

Hail The Indian Voter!

Reuters Photographers Francis Mascarenhas, Almaas Masood, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, Sharafat Ali, Anushree Fadnavis capture fascinating glimpses of polling in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha election......

Modi to meet top business leaders at Melbourne roundtable

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet top Australian business leaders, including BHP Billiton CEO Andrew Mackenzie and HSBC Bank Australia CEO Tony Cripps, at a roundtable in Melbourne next......

The man who will advise Modi on economic affairs

Foreign Policy magazine named him as one of the world's top 100 global thinkers in 2011. Arvind Subramanian is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and at the......

Trade engine shifts down just as global growth needs a boost

Policymakers scrambling to keep the world economy from settling into the 'new mediocre' of sluggish growth can no longer rely on global trade to do the heavy lifting. International trade helped the......

Australia-India trade records nearly 14% drop

Trade between India and Australia has dipped sharply by nearly 14 per cent to $15.2 billion in 2013 as compared to the previous year, according to official data. The total two-way trade between the......

Remembering Dingko Singh

'He was not the hit and run kind of a boxer, but a very intelligent boxer.''His presence of mind in the ring brought him glory in many international tournaments.' IMAGE: Boxer Dingko Singh shows......

IOA rejects proposal for sports bill

The Indian Olympic Association on Tuesday rejected the proposed National Sports Development Bill and said some associations and federations are in agreement with the Sports Ministry because of......

Oz firm to sue Delhi CWG organisers over dues

Australian companies are planning to take legal action against the organisers of the New Delhi Commonwealth Games, claiming they are still owed millions for their work and are being blocked from......

CWG OC suspends three officials

Rocked by corruption allegations, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee on Thursday cracked the whip on tainted officials by suspending three officials, including T S Darbari, a close aid of......

CWG OC treasurer Anil Khanna resigns

Already engulfed in a series of corruption charges, the CWG Organising Committee faced more problems with its treasurer Anil Khanna resigning in the wake of allegations that his son's firm secured......