'People of this country are not hardcore communal at all'

'We are losing the battle of secularism, but we have not lost.' IMAGE: Teesta Setalvad, right, walks out of the Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad after the Supreme Court granted her interim......

65 pending bypolls likely to be held along with Bihar polls

The pending by-election to one Lok Sabha and 64 assembly seats spread across 15 states and the Bihar assembly polls will be held 'around the same time', the Election Commission said on Friday.......

Sheena Bora Trial: Indrani wants to argue her case for bail

Accused No 1 announced that there had been a change in the circumstances of her health condition.She produced a thick 19-page document, written in her neat, very feminine handwriting, detailing her......

Sheena Bora Trial: The Very Co-operative Witness

Devulkar had a certain abnormal vagueness about him that was unreal and defied belief.That came across in both his slightly too easy-going, extra-cooperative manner and the ragged nature of his......

Takeover battle over, Munjal-Burman team bags Fortis

Their offer values Fortis at over Rs 9,000 crore, or around Rs 172 per share. The takeover saga at Fortis Healthcare, one of India’s leading healthcare chains, reached the culmination on......

Markets have a tepid closing; broader markets outshine

BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices performed better than the front-liners with gains of around 0.5% and 0.9% each Markets finished the session on a tepid note due to absence of strong directional......

Markets close lower ahead of Fed outcome

The 30-share Sensex closed down 114 points at 28,622 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 37 points at 8,686. Benchmark indices ended lower, amid a volatile trading session, as investors turned......

Car makers pin hope for a smoother ride ahead

When domestic car sales clocked 12.54 per cent growth in August, the industry's fourth straight monthly gain, the perception that buyer sentiment has revived gained ground. In April-August 2014-15,......

Pathan group throws Lalit Modi out of RCA

Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi was on Monday removed as Rajasthan Cricket Association president after a no confidence motion was passed against him by office-bearers of the rival Amin Pathan......

Kohli is in a league of his own: Barry Richards

Virat Kohli of India celebrates as he reaches his century during the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images Legendary South African batsman Barry Richards feels Virat......

'Unfair to Sachin'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead - Part 2: It was a very good article but I fail to understand why you missed bad umpiring I am sure the bad decisions played a very crucial role in the......

Readers on where India has gone wrong

Sumit Bhatia:I firmly believe that Saurav and Wright have been instrumental in "making" this Indian team such that people now expect it to win all the time it goes out to play rather than making......

Readers on where India has gone wrong

M KRISHNANAND:Dear SirI appreciate your efforts in getting valuable feedback from people on the reasons for India's poor form in ODIs and how we can improve it . Now that the Pakistan series is......