Govt meets Ladakh team, agrees to discuss statehood, other demands

The Centre agreed on Monday to discuss threadbare the demands for Ladakh's statehood, the inclusion of the Union territory in the 6th Schedule of the Constitution and the setting up of an exclusive......

Sonam Wangchuk to go on fast unto death for Ladakh's rights

Sonam Wangchuk, a key campaigner for constitutional safeguards for Ladakh, on Monday said they would launch a fast unto death from February 19 to press their demands and that details of......

'Those days, 'jail-returned' was like 'foreign-returned', something to aspire for'

'Gandhi had given the call 'Do or Die'. And with all the leaders arrested, you had to be your own leader.' IMAGE: Dr G G Parikh with Yusuf Meherally's potrait behind him at the Yusuf Meherally......

Is The Congress Doomed?

The Congress needs to reorganise itself at the grassroots, infuse younger blood, and have more boots on the ground.Just offering freebies is not the answer anymore, argues Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: A......

Govt readies sweeping reforms for PSBs

The governance reforms, as an official put it, would bring in measures to track the performance of the executive-rank employees of the banks, intensively. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The......

GST rollout: CBEC to be revamped to curb tax evasion

The CBEC will itself be rechristened as the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs and will supervise GST and Customs activities and provide the government policy inputs. The GST department......

Centre announces financial package for Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh has been demanding a Special Category State status from the Centre ever since the state's economic powerhouse Hyderabad, which housed several IT and pharmaceutical companies as well......

Lessons for the Finance Minister to present a transformative Budget

Structural changes to government finances could be focus of the Union Budget, says Mihir S Sharma. In a fortnight, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley may well render the memory of his two previous,......

Non-Compliance from BCCI on 10/11 Lodha reforms: COA report

Former BCCI chief Thakur tenders unconditional apology to SC The Committee of Administrators (COA) has prepared its first status report as per Supreme Court directive, where they have clearly......

Parliament or BCCI? Why Anurag Thakur must quit one

An MP's is a full-time job, so is the BCCI president's.How can Anurag Thakur do justice to both, asks Sudhir Bisht. Let me begin by saying that I don't grudge the upward journey in politics and in......

FIFA faces day of reckoning as threats mount

IMAGE: FIFA logo outside their headquarters in Zurich. Photograph: Harold Cunningham/Getty Images The spotlight at next week's FIFA Congress will fall on the presidential election - but the real......

No club compensation for a 2022 winter World Cup: FIFA

Soccer's world governing body FIFA flexed its muscles again on Wednesday when it announced that clubs will not get compensation for losing players and suffering domestic disruption due to a 2022......