There is no dearth of political will today to act against corruption and officers should take action against the corrupt, however powerful, without any hesitation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said......
Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said speaking Hindi gives her 'shivers' and she speaks the language with hesitation. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Photograph: ANI Photo......
Facing flak from opposition parties including the Telugu Desham Party, the Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday cancelled a controversial order renaming an award named after former President A P J......
'It is very hard to get the police to file a report against someone from an upper caste.''Things are so bad that sometimes we have to sit on a dharna with the body of a Dalit victim to get the......
U R Ananthamurthy’s assertion of leaving the country if Modi is voted to power is an affront to the deep sense of the Indian voters who have time and again shown a certain sagacity and wisdom......
Universal basic income or social security? Economist Nitin Desai feels we need a blueprint for universal health care and pensions to help the vulnerable section. IMAGE: All Indians need access to......
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......
The 12-member panel will look at the difficulties consumers faced in receiving the subsidy after buying gas cylinders at market rates. The government has set up a committee to recommend......
Tenants dwelling in prime properties of Jain temples for years may have to vacate these; government interference in institutions and trusts of the community will cease to exist; and there will be......
The finance ministry may soon suggest a cut in the government's Plan expenditure to meet its fiscal deficit target of 5.1 per cent of gross domestic product in 2012-13. While the extent of the cut......
Almost synonymous with the word blockbuster, Subhash Ghaihas long dominated India's box office as a director. Now, entering another phase of his career, the showman brings us Whistling Woods, a......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Tejaswin Shankar/Twitter The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Selection Committee to consider on merits the case of athlete Tejaswin Shankar, a high jumper who......