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Is Nehru Responsible For Indian Muslims' Plight?

Pratinav Anil is able to foresee some agency and assertion on the part of India's Muslims.His hope emanates from the citizenship rights movement of Muslims in 2019-2020, notes Mohammad Sajjad.......

'Modi's silence has grievously hurt the people of Manipur'

'Deeply hurt by Modi's conspicuous silence since the outbreak of violence, people in Manipur came on the roads and crushed their radio sets to express their frustration and anger.''The fact that......

'In some ways, India is already a Hindu rashtra'

'The way discrimination against Muslims has become almost normalised is very upsetting.' IMAGE: Residents of Jahangirpuri in New Delhi outside their homes after communal clashes broke out on April......

Instead of Ladakh, MPs were discussing uniforms!

Top military officers, including Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, had been summoned to make presentations on military uniforms.Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: Indian Army trucks move along......

With 1,752 COVID-19 cases, India sees biggest single-day jump; toll 723

The death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 723 with 37 fatalities reported since Thursday evening, while the number of cases saw a record jump of 1,752 to go up to 23,452 cases on Friday,......

Why Raghuram Rajan Raced At RBI

The speed at which he led the central bank in different areas -- ranging from internal reorganisation to inflation fighting, stabilising the currency, taking on rogue corporations, cleaning up bank......

Arvind Subramanian in race to be next chief economist of World Bank

Arvind Subramanian was appointed CEA in October 2014 and got a year’s extension in September 2017 Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian is in contention to be the next chief......

GM top executives spared in internal report on safety failure

General Motors Co on Thursday issued a report detailing how for 11 years it turned a blind eye to an ignition-switch problem linked to at least 13 deaths but largely pinned the blame on what the......

'Nielsen said would check for tampering, was inert'

The NDTV-Nielsen showdown has reached the finality early this year when in January, NDTV's executive vice-chairperson Narayan Rao wrote to Nielsen's chief executive officer David Calhoun about data......

'Leverites learning fast to climb mountains'

Just a month earlier, he referred to Hindustan Unilever as an underperformer while announcing parent Unilever's results for 2009. However, the Anglo-Dutch company's global CEO, Paul Polman, was......

10 movies you must see at MAMI

Satyajit Ray. Films from Italy, Iceland and Albania feature on Aseem Chhabra's list. Mumbai's own international film festival is back -- in a new incarnation, with a new team, infused by new......

Bachchan honoured in Deauville

Amitabh Bachchan follows Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and Pope John Paul IV as honorary citizen of Deauville, a small scenic town 200 kilometres from Paris. He was......

Will Anil Kumble be back as India coach?

IMAGE: India's coach Anil Kumble and Virat Kohli during a nets session at The Oval during the tour of England in June 2017. Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters Life could come to a full circle for......

Players, coaching staff back Bob Houghton

Members of the Indian football team, led by captain Bhaichung Bhutia, have backed chief coach Bob Houghton, who is facing allegations of racially abusing an Indian referee during an international......

IMG officials hold 'friendly' meeting with BCCI

Representatives of leading sports management firm IMG on Monday met BCCI's top brass in Mumbai presumably to give details of the financial dealings during suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi's......

BCCI to meet IMG officials on Monday

The BCCI top brass will meet officials of the sports management firm IMG on Monday to seek details of the financial dealings during suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi's tenure. IMG conducts the......

ICC's anti-corruption, security unit chief resigns

The chief investigator of the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption and security unit, Ravi Sawani, has resigned as the game confronts its most serious integrity issue in a decade. With......

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