'India is not strictly a federal democracy'

'What happened to Andhra Pradesh? It is the perfect example of the transientness of Federal Units.' 'Federalism is a transient thing in this country.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas......

Will launch 55-day hunger strike outside EC office if..., warns Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday criticised the Election Commission for "favouring" the Bharatiya Janata Party and threatened to go on a hunger strike outside the poll panel's......

BJP Invites World Parties To Witness Festival Of Democracy

IMAGE: An electoral officer demonstrates the functioning of an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) during a training programme for women polling......

Need to safeguard judiciary: Retired judges write to CJI

A group of 21 retired judges of the Supreme Court and high courts have written to the Chief Justice of India on the escalating attempts by "certain factions to undermine the judiciary through......

India moved fewer people to non-agri jobs than most neighbouring nations

India has managed to move a smaller share of its working-age population away from farm-related work than many of its neighbours. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri......

Markets tank 1%, Sensex ends down 793 points

Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty plunged by 1 per cent on Friday as investors booked profits after a recent record-breaking rally amid weak trends from Asian markets. Photograph: Danish......

FMCG cos to face volume pressure in Q4

Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies anticipate sustained volume pressures in the January-March quarter (Q4) coupled with sluggish rural growth during the period. Photograph: Pawan......

Avenue Supermarts regains Rs 3-trillion m-cap; stock zooms 23% in 1 month

Shares of Avenue Supermarts, which owns and operates the DMart stores, hit a two-year high of Rs 4,710.15 as they surged nearly 6 per cent on the BSE in Thursday’s (April 4) intraday trade......

2027 World Cup: Wanderers, Kingsmead, Newlands among eight South African venues

IMAGE: Wanderers in Johannesburg is amongst the eight venues confirmed for the 2027 ODI World Cup. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters Eight of South Africa's top cricket stadiums, including......

Discipline, diet, rehab: All that went into making Suryakumar version 2.0

'I (had) never read a book in my life and I started doing that as well. Getting up in the morning, spending a good quality time at the rehab centre and focusing on everything, connecting myself, my......

'We would have won by a bigger margin, only if...'

IMAGE: SunRisers Hyderabad players edged Punjab Kings by two runs in Mullanpur on Tuesday. Photograph: BCCI Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Abdul Samad feels the visitors could have won the game......

PBKS Vs SRH: Which Batter Impressed Most?

Despite a valiant fightback from Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma, Punjab Kings fell two runs short of a win against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League match at the Mullanpur......

PIX: Kane returns to haunt Arsenal; Real Madrid hold Manchester City

A summary of Tuesday's first leg quarter-final matches in the UEFA Champions League.   IMAGE: Harry Kane celebrates scoring Bayern Munich's second goal with Serge Gnabry during the......