Odds favour Kharge over Tharoor and Tripathi in Congress polls

The stage was set on Friday for a contest between Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor for the Congress president's post, with the Dalit leader from Karnataka emerging as the clear favourite. The......

Cong prez poll: G-23 leaders among 30 who back Kharge

As many as 30 Congress leaders -- including some from the rebel G-23 group -- have shown their support to Mallikarjun Kharge who filed his nomination for the party's presidential elections on......

SC panel on Pegasus seeks responses from public on 11 queries

The Supreme Court-appointed committee probing Pegasus snooping case, has sought comments from the general public on issues under its consideration. The committee has shared an online form......

Govt panel recommends regular market approval for Covishield, Covaxin

An expert panel of India's central drug authority on Wednesday recommended granting regular market approval to COVID vaccines Covishield and Covaxin for use in adult population subject to certain......

The uniqueness of Professor Raj

Bliss it must have been in that dawn to be alive, but to be an economist working for Jawaharlal Nehru must have been heaven (with apologies to Wordsworth)! No retired bureaucrat around to say you......

Higher fuel charge may hike cost for airlines

Travellers may have to pay more for flying to and from Chennai or Kolkata. The oil companies which have bid for new fuel stations at these airports have offered throughput fees which is 17......

Delhi's pioneering businessmen

Charat Ram, who died earlier this week at 89, belonged to a generation of Delhi businessmen who have now passed on -- like MS Oberoi of the hotel chain that bears his name, HP Nanda of Escorts,......

Manmohan and the hand of destiny

Twice in the last 13 years, the helping hand of destiny has picked out Manmohan Singh when it could have been someone else. It happened first in 1991, when he became the country's finance......

Pran was the KING of villains

Pran lived a full life, entertaining and scaring the hell out of many people, writes Aseem Chhabra, in his tribute to the legendary actor who passed away on July 12. Nearly an hour into Hrishikesh......

Ranji Trophy: Delhi stare at defeat against Andhra

A round-up of Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Thursday. IMAGE: Punjab's Mandeep Singh after completing his double century against Hyderabad during Ranji Trophy match at Dhruv Pandove......

Sports Ministry limits tenure for Kalmadi & Co

In a bid to crack down on National Sports Federation (NSF) heads who have been occupying the posts for too long, the Sports Ministry on Sunday said NSF chiefs in office for more than a decade will......