SC rejects pleas on 100% EVM-VVPAT verification, paper ballot voting

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected pleas for reviving paper ballots and also 100 percent cross-verification of votes cast on electronic voting machines with a voter verifiable paper audit trail......

Efforts to weaken India's progress must be stopped: Justice Datta on EVM row

Supreme Court judge Dipankar Datta on Friday said there seems to be a concerted effort to discredit, diminish and weaken India's progress on every possible frontier and any such attempt has to be......

Quality booze at low prices: TDP's poll promise

'We will reduce prices of commodities,' may be the standard refrain of every political party fighting an election. IMAGE: TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu consistently emphasises the issue during......

Three Lessons To Learn From Dronaacharya

Dronaacharya was the victim of what we would today call a politically motivated disinformation campaign. The Pandav strategy had the classic characteristics of disinformation. Three takeaways for......

Sitharaman lists 7 priorities for India in Budget

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that the Budget adopts seven priorities to guide India through the Amrit Kaal. Sitharaman announced this while presenting the Budget 2023-24......

Budget: CII wants govt to decriminalise GST, slash I-T rates

Industry body CII has pitched for a reduction in personal income tax rates, decriminalisation of the goods and services tax and a relook at the capital gains tax rates as part of its agenda......

'I Want To Do A K-Drama'

'I want to be in Korea doing a love story, full of romance.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Lakshmi Manchu/Instagram Lakshmi Manchu is a name that resonates with versatility and grace across various......

In The Times Of Usha Mehta And Savarkar

As Ae Watan Mere Watan and Swatantra Veer Savarkar release this week, Utkarsh Mishra takes us down history and reminds us about India's freedom struggle. IMAGE: Sara Ali Khan plays Usha Mehta in......

50 Years Of Abhimaan

Hrishida's Abhimaan captured the real life pair Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan's dazzling chemistry in the many stages of the husband-wife relationship, observes Sukanya Verma. 'Kala main jo baat keh......

Kangana, Will You Paint A True Picture Of The Emergency?

Hope this film will teach Indians the value of their rights and the perils of exchanging those for 'economic development' or promises of a better future by a populist leader, notes Utkarsh Mishra.......

Rabada breaks Waqar's Test record in Dhaka Test

Rabada reaches new milestone as Proteas take control on the opening day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka. IMAGE: Kagiso Rabada took three wickets in the first innings to get to 300......

India's worst home total: A day to forget for the hosts

IMAGE: Matt Henry of New Zealand celebrates the wicket of Ravichandran Ashwin. Photograph: BCCI India were bundled out for a dismal 46, their worst total on home soil, as New Zealand's fast......

India aim to gain upper hand over struggling Kiwis in overcast Bengaluru

IMAGE: Shubman Gill bats during practice session. He will strive to work on facing in-coming deliveries which has been his peristent problem. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Yashasvi Jaiswal and......

Brook, Root may merry in Multan before Pakistan collapse

Images from Day 4 of the first Test between Pakistan and England in Multan on Thursday. Scorecard   IMAGE: England's Gus Atkinson celebrates taking the wichet of Pakistan's Shan Masood......

PIX: Real Madrid, Bayern win; Juventus held

Real Madrid to fightback win against Espanyol IMAGE: Vinicius Junior, left, celebrates with Kylian Mbappe after scoring Real Madrid's third goal against Espanyol in the LaLiga match on Saturday.......