Can Modi Achieve 'DMK mukt' Tamil Nadu?

'If he has not achieved a 'Congress mukt Bharat' even now, the question of his creating a 'DMK mukt Tamil Nadu' does not arise,' points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party Supremo......

Karnataka house okays temple bill in joint sitting after council snub

A bill that sought to collect funds from temples with over Rs 10 lakh annual income, which was defeated by the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal-Secular combine in the legislative......

24 of BJP's outgoing RS members don't get renominated

Many senior BJP leaders and outgoing Rajya Sabha MPs, including seven Union ministers such as Dharmendra Pradhan and Bhupender Yadav, have not been renominated by the party for the biennial Rajya......

17th Lok Sabha to meet for final session, interim budget on Feb 1

The Budget Session of Parliament, the last of the present Lok Sabha, begins on Wednesday with President Droupadi Murmu addressing a joint sitting of the Lower and Upper Houses, and the government......

Inflation to further decline, assures Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday exuded confidence that inflation would further decline and the government is on track to meet its budgetary target for deficit and said that there......

RBI hikes lending rate by 35 bps to 6.25%; home, auto loans to be expensive

The Reserve Bank on Wednesday expectedly raised the benchmark lending rate by 35 basis points (bps) - the fifth increase since May - saying it remains focussed on bringing down the inflation to a......

Not big players, but small brands catering to the needs of India: CAIT

Thousands of small brands are ruling the consumer market despite the predatory pricing and deep discounting by foreign e-commerce companies and efforts of certain FMCG companies to sideline the......

Industrial production remains muted; inflation @ 6-month high

In twin blows for the economy, industrial production remained muted for the third straight month in November 2021 while retail inflation rose to a six-month of 5.59 per cent in December. The Index......

12 Films When The Lovers Eloped

A fun excerpt from Diptakirti Chaudhuri's Bollygeek: The Crazy Trivia Guide to Bollywood. IMAGE: Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.   Q. What is eloping? A. It is the act......

The birth of Umran Malik, India's fastest bowler

First coach Manhas remembers 17-year-old terrorising Ranji batters at nets IMAGE: Pace bowling sensation Umran Malik. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter It was business as usual for coach Randhir Singh......

Woods fighting to return, 'grateful' to have life, leg

Woods said amputation "was on the table" during the three-week hospital recovery in California.   IMAGE: Behind the microphone for the first time since the life-altering car accident in......