Fate of 683 candidates in balance as 43 seats in Jharkhand vote

Jharkhand is geared up for polling in 43 of the 81 assembly seats in the first phase on Wednesday, when the electoral fate of 683 candidates, including former chief minister Champai Soren and ex-MP......

Wayanad, 31 assembly seats face bypoll test on Wednesday

Bypolls will be held on Wednesday in 31 assembly seats spread across 10 states and Kerala's Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, from where Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her......

SC nod for NRCB's data collection in prisons sans caste

The Supreme Court on Thursday said its direction to delete the 'caste' column apart from any caste reference in undertrials or convicts' registers in jails will not impede the collection of data by......

Salman's security beefed up after fresh threat; caller traced to K'taka

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has received a fresh threat along with a demand of Rs 5 crore from a person claiming to be the brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, police officials said on......

Tomato price volatility exposes gaps in India's agriculture supply chain

Tomato prices have been on the boil for more than a month. Data from major cities show that the spike has been between 125 and 150 per cent at the wholesale level. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters......

Global firms form 'good rice alliance' for Indian farmers

Four big global companies — Bayer, GenZero (a wholly-owned arm of financial major Temasek), Shell and Mitsubishi — have decided to scale up their carbon credit programme in nine states......

GST rates on host of goods rejigged

Term life insurance policies, and senior citizens' health insurance premium are likely to be exempted from GST as most members of a state ministerial panel favoured cutting taxes to benefit the......

Consensus eludes GoM on GST rate rationalisation, over 100 items discussed

The Group of Ministers (GoM) on goods and services tax (GST) rate rationalisation, which convened in Goa on Wednesday, reviewed the GST rates for over 100 items, including textiles, handloom goods,......

A wake-up call for Indian cricket?

IMAGE: Former chairman of selectors MSK Prasad believes it is unfair to compare the two eras given the amount of cricket being played now. Photograph: MCA/X The gruelling Test tour of South Africa......

Juned's Journey: From Driving Autos To Winning Irani Cup

'I was irregular for practice because I had to drive the autorickshaw to sustain my daily expenses in Mumbai and also to send money to my mother back in Kannauj, so I could not miss even a day of......

Why Harmanpreet should bat down the order

IMAGE: Harmanpreet Kaur scored just 15 off 14 balls in the World Cup opener on Friday. Photograph: ICC/X Leg-spinner Poonam Yadav reckons that skipper Harmanpreet Kaur's is more suitable for the......

Ex-India wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra named national selector

Photograph: Kind courtesy Ajay Ratra/Instagram The Board of Control for Cricket in India appointed former India wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra as a selector of the men's cricket team on Tuesday. He......