India's Census 2027 to include caste count; exercise to cost Rs 13K cr

Sixteen years after the last census in 2011, the government on Monday issued a notification for conducting India's 16th census which will include caste enumeration in 2027. IMAGE: Union Home......

Goa CM Sawant reverses health minister's doc suspension amid outcry

Amid backlash from the medical fraternity and opposition parties over state health minister Vishwajit Rane berating a senior doctor and ordering his suspension in public view, Chief Minister Pramod......

This couldn't occur without money support: FATF on Pahalgam attack

Global watchdog Financial Action Task Force on Monday said the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 people, would not have been possible without money support, and it will soon release a report......

Badlapur accused's death: HC pulls up Maha for lack of FIR against cops

The Bombay high court on Friday said it was "appalled" that despite its explicit order no FIR was registered against five policemen over the custodial death of Akshay Shinde, accused in the......

'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......

GST for Covid medicines pegged at 5%: Govt

COVID-19 medicines and instruments are being sold at a GST rate of five per cent while other medicines are sold at a GST rate between five and 12 per cent ever since the pandemic started, Union......

Sitharaman may announce 2nd coronavirus relief package this week

The finance ministry is working on a second relief package for the Indian economy hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak and the 21-day nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the contagion, sources......

Old and at home, but not so alone

Kusum Gokarn, 77, shifted into a society built specially for senior citizens in 2006. After her husband passed away in 2010, she now lives alone in a two-BHK 'independent living' flat. On days......

'We've to change how we look at old age'

'We always think of retirement as a time to settle down, that it is the sunset of our lives.''Instead of calling it retirement, we must call it 're-tyre-ing', that is putting a new set of tyres and......