Law ministry allocated Rs 1,400 cr for 2024 LS polls, new EVMs

The Union Budget 2025-26 has allocated more than Rs 1,400 crore to the law ministry to meet carry forward expenditure for holding the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and purchase of new electronic voting......

Why a Pakistani man living in police station in Mumbai

For the last four months, a police station in south Mumbai has become the temporary home of a 65-year-old Pakistani man who has served a sentence for illegal entry into India and is now awaiting......

Rekha Gupta swearing-in: Who are the 6 cabinet ministers?

The new Delhi government will have six cabinet ministers, including Parvesh Verma who defeated Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal in the recent assembly polls, who will be administered the......

Why Has FATF Summoned Indian Gaming Firms?

Dream11, Baazi Games, Zupee and WinZO among others are invited for the discussion with the anti-money laundering watchdog. Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes.......

Road, rail, coal may dominate National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0

Roads, railways, and coal together are likely to account for 70 per cent of the government’s takings from the upcoming second edition of the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP), set to run......

Urban unemployment rate unchanged at 6.4% in Q3FY25

Unemployment rate in urban areas during the third quarter (October-December) of FY25 remained unchanged at 6.4 per cent compared to the preceding quarter, according to the latest quarterly Periodic......

Govt may use reserve oil funds to finance fertiliser subsidy gap

For the first time, the government is likely to dip into the Oil Industry Development Fund (OIDF) to finance part of its fertiliser subsidy programme for 2025-26, according to official sources.......

Bank Deposits: Govt Plans To Increase Insurance

Currently, deposits of up to Rs 5 lakh are covered under the deposit-insurance scheme. IMAGE: A rush of account holders at the New India Co-operative Bank's Versova branch, north west Mumbai,......

Wrestlers stuck in limbo as sports ministry withholds approval

IMAGE: The Sports Ministry has withheld approval for the wrestlers to participate in the second Ranking Series of the year scheduled to take place in Tirana, Albania, from February 26 to March 2.......

Wrestlers sidelined! Ministry vs WFI drama continues

Indian wrestlers are set to miss the second Ranking Series of the year in Albania after the Sports Ministry withheld approval, blaming the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) for its failure to......

Ministry revamps TOPS review, plans coach incentives

IMAGE: Olympic medal-winning hockey goalkeeping legend P R Sreejesh is among the most high-profile former athletes involved in coaching in India. Photograph: ANI India's athletes will now be......

He's a champion: Kohli's coach backs him to silence critics

IMAGE: Screengrab of Virat Kohli with his childhood coach, Rajkumar Sharma. Virat Kohli's childhood coach, Rajkumar Sharma, remains confident that the star batter will rediscover his form ahead of......

'Why will SAI turn cricketers into baseball players?'

'We are busy ensuring that the we improve and build upon sports in which we are doing reasonably well, there is no time to get involved in something like this.' IMAGE: A file photo of Indian......