Giant In The Earth: M S Swaminathan

Dr Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to Dr M S Swaminathan, the renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who passed away in Chennai last week. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

2 IAS officers suspended after Punjab U-turn on panchayat dissolution

Hours after taking a 'U-turn' by informing the high court that it is withdrawing its notification dissolving all gram panchayats in the state, the Punjab government suspended two senior Indian......

'This is governance by fear'

'The Emergency was a temporary affair. It was withdrawn after 20 months.''But we are in this situation for the last 10 years.''If the Emergency was jhatka, this is halal, slow killing.'......

'Politicians should stop patronising lumpen'

'The district administration failed and it was a very costly failure.' IMAGE: Police personnel are deployed after violent clashes erupted in Haryana's Nuh district, July 31, 2023. Photograph: ANI......

Tarun Bajaj posted as revenue secretary in IAS reshuffle

Senior bureaucrat Tarun Bajaj was appointed revenue secretary as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle by the Centre on Tuesday. Bajaj, a 1988-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS)......

Haryana job reservation law to shrink talent pool, say industry

Now the problem of demand chasing supply would kick in because there are very few locals who would fit into the specified criteria. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The recent job......

ED books Dr Naresh Trehan, others for money-laundering

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a money-laundering case against renowned cardiologist Dr Naresh Trehan and others in connection with allotment of land for the Medanta Hospital in......

Meet the ex-banker who will look after Modicare

For the past five months, ever since he was appointed the Ayushman CEO, Indu Bhushan, a former bureaucrat, has made Nirman Bhawan his second home, working nine to nine with his “dedicated......

BCCI elections pushed back by a day to Oct 23

'The BCCI elections are on track. It's just because of the state polls, we have decided to reschedule by a day.' The BCCI's much-awaited elections have been rescheduled by a day to October 23 in......

Sports Shorts: Asian champ Arpinder wins triple jump gold

Arpinder fails to touch World C'ships mark Asian Games gold medallist triple jumper Arpinder Singh won the gold but failed to touch the World Championships qualifying mark on the second day of......

Sports Shorts: Saina sails into Korea Open quarters

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Saina Nehwal beat Korea's Kim Ga Eun to enter the quarter-finals of the BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament . Photograph:......

IPL a tamasha; BCCI making Indians zombies of cricket: Gill

'The Romans gave the world the Gladiators Fight and now the BCCI has given the Indian public this tamasha.' 'Cricket matches are happening all through 12 months in a year and it is not good.'......