'Band-aid for bullet wounds': Oppn slams Budget, says poll-centric

The Opposition on Saturday described the Union Budget as one offering "band-aid for bullet wounds" and said the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre was only trying to woo voters in Bihar and Delhi......

The Wonder World Of Indian English

Indian English is the only language that uses the expression 'non-veg' for meat, fish, and those who consume them. A fascinating extract from Shashi Tharoor's A Wonderland of Words: Around the Word......

What led to BJP's defeat in Karnataka

Weighed down by anti-incumbency, the Bharatiya Janata Party heavily banked on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal appeal to enable it to sail through in the assembly elections but it was not to......

'I told them India was like a giant jumbo jet. It would take off slowly and be unstoppable'

This doctor couple put their faith in India. And in return India has put faith in them. IMAGE: The Parikhs in Paris in 1984. On December 5, 1988, a cold winter evening, an Air India plane touched......

'We Have An Indian Tiger That Needs To Be Uncaged'

'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......

Rural kiranas power September sales

Sales of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) witnessed significant recovery in September after enduring a double-digit decline in August, according to data furnished by Bizom. Photograph:......

Rural BPOs are successful businesses

Setting up of rural BPOs is no longer being perceived as just corporate social responsibility. These are viable businesses. Till a few months back, 20-year-old Srinivas Mangipudi slogged daily......

GMR to set up rural BPO centre

Kakinada Special Economic Zone (Kakinada SEZ), being developed by GMR group, entered into a partnership agreement with Bengaluru-based RuralShores for setting up a business process outsourcing......

Duleep Trophy: Easwaran keeps India B afloat after Kamboj takes five

IMAGE: Captain Abhimanyu Easwaran scored a century to keep India B's hopes alive on Day 3 of the Duleep Trophy. Photograph: BCCI/X India B captain Abhimanyu Easwaran single-handedly kept his team......

Australia's Handscomb uses isolation to overcome fear of horses

'In something to do to pass some time, I did a massive spring clean and basically cleaned out my cricket room, or 'the crap room' as my wife calls it.' IMAGE: Despite being married to an eventing......