'Farmers are our Annadata'

This is the full text of the address to the nation by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of India’s 78th Independence Day. My Dear Fellow Citizens, I extend to you all my heartiest......

Who Will Vote For Vijay, And Why?

Where do Vijay and his TVK expect to get their votes from?Vijay has a huge fan following among women, but will they automatically become his voters like they had done for MGR's AIADMK, asks N......

SC upholds 'bail is rule, jail an exception' principle even under anti-terror law

The "bail is the rule and jail is an exception" legal principle is applicable even to offences under special statutes like the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Supreme Court ruled on......

'Errant Policemen Must Be Punished'

'This government is not in the hands of M K Stalin but in the hands of the bureaucracy -- the IAS and IPS.' IMAGE: Thoothukudi, May 22, 2018: Police personnel lathi charge protestors demanding the......

Bharti dials up UK telecom play with $4 bn stake in BT

Bharti Global, the international investment arm of Bharti Enterprises, has decided to buy 24.5 per cent equity in BT Group — a move that will make the Indian conglomerate the biggest......

'Should Have Bids For IDBI Before End Of FY'

'We are in a position to start due diligence and private data room access shortly.' IMAGE: IDBI Bank headquarter in Mumbai. Photograph: Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters The divestment of IDBI Bank is......

'India Is A Stock Picker's Delight'

'In the short term you keep your return expectations very, very low; in the medium term be prepared to invest and in the long term growth will come and your returns from stocks will be high.'......

Flipkart's Shopsy intensifies efforts to tap into Bharat

Flipkart’s hyper-value e-commerce platform Shopsy is intensifying efforts to tap over half of the 821 million internet users (about 442 million) in rural India. These efforts are being led......

Grand Chess Tour: Praggnanandhaa finishes last in rapid

IMAGE: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa lost to Lenier Dominguez of the United States in the seventh round. Photograph: Lennart Ootes/FIDE India's Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa had a rare bad in......

SEE: Manu coaches Modi on pistol; hockey team's special gift

IMAGE: Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photograph: SAI Media Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met with the Indian contingent which returned from the......

How Do We Prepare For LA 2028? We Don't.

You don't prep for 2028 but for 2040, or even 2044.Sustained sporting excellence is based on mass support, grassroots development, and funding -- and it is this trifecta India needs to work on,......

No silver for Vinesh as CAS rejects appeal

IMAGE: Vinesh Phogat was left heartbroken after she was disqualified ahead of her gold-medal bout in freestyle 50kg for being 100gm overweight in the morning weigh-in, crushing her Olympic......

'India can win hockey gold in LA 2028'

IMAGE: Indian men's hockey team celebrate after their bronze medal triumph at the Paris Olympics. Photograph: ANI Photo After winning successive bronze medals at the Tokyo and Paris Olympics,......