How Modi Has Been Cut To Size

In the event of the BJP's poor performance in the assembly polls this year and in early 2025, Modi's hold will get further weakened because he will no longer remain the invincible electoral persona......

Assam's 1994 fake encounter case settles with compensation for kin victims

Thirty years after five youths were killed in an alleged fake encounter in Assam, their family members have been given a compensation of Rs 20 lakh each on court's direction, bringing to a close a......

'RSS Has Never Told People To Vote For The BJP'

'No one is propagating RSS ideology as a government officer.' IMAGE: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat with RSS officials on the occasion of their foundation day, which......

House must have Leader of Opposition, says SC

The Supreme Court on Monday said that a House must have a Leader of Opposition as it asked the Uttar Pradesh legislative council chairman's office to file its response on a plea moved by a......

Maharashtra opposes pension for new govt employees

The proposal is currently with the finance department and is expected to be placed before the Cabinet in the coming days.  The Maharashtra finance department, in its projection of pensions to......

To play long innings in banking, Vodafone needs to do a few things

The telecom company, which has a licence to start a payments bank, can leverage its wide distribution network. Access to formal banking remains a pipe dream for a large number of Indians: less than......

Pension may be linked with inflation index: Govt

Old age pension is likely to be linked with inflation index on the pattern of MNREGA besides being made universal by doing away with above poverty line and below poverty line criteria, the......

A pension for the poor and elderly

Proponents of universal pension coverage argue that India is now a rich country with a large population of poor people. So resources are available but not adequately channeled to those who need......