PMK breaks ranks with ally BJP to back TN resolution against NEET

The Tamil Nadu assembly on Friday once again passed a unanimous resolution urging the Centre to exempt the state from National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test and allow it to admit students to......

Birla's challenger's election was cancelled in 2009, restored by SC

Kodikunnil Suresh, the Opposition's pick for the Lok Sabha speaker who will go up against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Om Birla, is a Congress veteran, an eight-term MP and one whose election......

'Will BJP Abolish Reservations?'

'In Western UP, last time a lot of Dalits voted for the BJP.''This time, there is a rethink among Dalits about the extent of their support for the BJP.' Kindly note that this image has only been......

Dalal is BJP's 1st Lok Sabha MP to be elected unopposed

When the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mukesh Dalal was declared elected unopposed to the Lok Sabha from Surat on Monday, he became the first candidate to achieve the feat from Gujarat since its......

Lok Sabha election outcome can trigger stock market correction: Bernstein

While the markets have factored in a number close to 350 for the BJP and almost 400 for the NDA, 50 seats fewer could trigger a market correction IMAGE: Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates an......

Revamped SEZ law unlikely before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections

The revamped Special Economic Zone (SEZ) law is unlikely to see the light of the day before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, two people aware of the matter said. Illustration: Uttam......

Regulatory framework for large unlisted firms by MCA in the works

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) is considering a regulatory framework for large unlisted companies that may have systemic implications, a top government official said. Illustration: Uttam......

Jefferies sees fiscal pressure building, warns of choppy mkts

Fiscal pressure for the Indian economy is gradually rising, suggested analysts at Jefferies in a recent note, as oil prices (Brent) — which are close to the $100 a barrel mark —......

ICC ban a betrayal of the nation: Sri Lanka sports minister

IMAGE: The chaos in Lankan cricket descended after the Island nation’s early exit from the ODI World Cup. Photograph: ICC World Cup/Reuters Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe on Sunday......

Sri Lanka minister says ICC suspension of cricket board illegal

IMAGE: ‘Sri Lanka will appeal ICC suspension’. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Sri Lanka will appeal over its suspension from the International Cricket Council (ICC), sports......

SL's parliament tells 'corrupt' cricket board to resign

IMAGE: The Court of Appeal had restored the SLC board, which was dismissed by the government following the national team's heavy defeat to India in the ongoing World Cup. Photograph: Adnan......

'Will daughters get justice in this atmosphere of fear & intimation?'

IMAGE: Vinesh Phogat questioned whether the country’s daughters would ever get justice. Photograph: PTI Asian Games gold medallist and one of the prominent faces of the wrestlers' protest......

IOC hits out over treatment of Indian wrestlers

IMAGE: IOC lashed out over the treatment meted out to India’s top wrestlers. Photograph: PTI The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has condemned the manner in which the protesting Indian......