Parliamentary panel suggests reducing age to contest elections

A parliamentary committee on Friday batted for reducing the minimum age to contest Lok Sabha and assembly elections, saying it would give the youth equal opportunities to engage in democracy.......

Can India Deal with Halahal In Amrit Kaal?

We have our own problems for sure and they are not trivial, but for now, our economy is in not too bad a shape, our politics is as personality-driven and authoritarian as that of most countries in......

At G7, India pledges to protect free speech

Leaders of the powerful G7 grouping and its five partner countries, including India, have said that they are committed to open public debate and the free flow of information online and offline......

India, Pak enhancing nuclear capacity, expanding arsenal: Think tank

India had 160 nuclear warheads as on January 2022 and it appears to be expanding its nuclear arsenal, Stockholm-based defence think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)......

Amazon plans exclusive drones for India; files patent

Firm says the proposed drones can also be used to identify other such objects, along with aircraft, plying within Indian skies As part of its efforts to use drones to handle some of its......

Mallya consults 'formidable' lawyer to defend him

Award-winning lawyer, Claire Montgomery, the Queen’s Counsel, is likely to fight the Indian government’s attempt to extradite him to India. Beleaguered Indian businessman Vijay Mallya......

India less prone to banking crises; risks higher for China

In the first quarter of 2016, India's credit-to-GDP gap stood at -2.9, the lowest among the BRIC group of nations India is less vulnerable to banking distress among the major economies while......

Stringent law on anvil for services data

  The government is considering framing legislation for a stringent penalty on companies not providing information or giving false data on trade in services. Unlike in goods, the country does......

Why Shastri wants Arun as bowling coach despite Zaheer's appointment

Ravi Shastri's choice of bowling coach was always Bharat Arun and it is now apparent that Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) did not take the new head coach into confidence while recommending Zaheer......

RCB notifies BCCI about Mallya's resignation; Adams is new boss

IMAGE: Vijay Mallya (right) with his son Siddhartha at an Indian Premier League match. Photograph: BCCI Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore has notified the Board of......

Suspended Ajmal finds himself in Pak's provisional WC squad

Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal. Graham Crouch/Getty Images Banned off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has been included in Pakistan’s provisional World Cup squad of 30 players, but it is subject to......

Younis sends legal notice to British tabloid

Former captain Younis Khan sent a legal notice to British tabloid News of the World, which claimed in a report that he like several Pakistan cricketers had signed London-based bookies Mazhar and......