Jai Shri Ram, mob violence and how to tackle it

Communalising law and order situations is fraught with danger; we need to tread cautiously.Interjecting a communal angle into what is purely a law and order issue does nobody good; it muddies the......

West Bengal doctors end strike after meeting Mamata

Doctors in West Bengal called off their week-long strike on Monday night after meeting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who assured them of steps to scale up security at government hospitals in the......

When the country's doctors went on strike

Healthcare services were severely affected across the country on Monday as doctors wearing helmets and forming human chains went on a strike in solidarity with their protesting colleagues in West......

Protesting docs get invite for talks with Mamata, no media allowed

Protesting junior doctors in Kolkata were formally invited for a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday at 3 pm, however, media persons will not be allowed to be present during the......

Fitch warns against impact of forced lending on banks

The stimulus measures include extension of the 90-day moratorium on recognition of impaired loans to 180 days, in addition to several relaxations in bank lending limits, including allowing banks to......

Qatar prince to invest Rs 1 trillion in India's smart cities

The government may be inviting the Americans, Chinese and Japanese to invest in India, but just one person is ready to put in Rs 1 lakh crore (Rs 1 trillion) over the next five years.  ......

Govt to tighten the noose on TV news ratings

Peeved by the latest sting operation by the Hindi news channel, Live India, information and broadcasting ministry is planning to clamp down on the system of Television Rating Points (TRPs), an......

Nepal's casino tycoons to compete in Goa too

An American businessman, involved in a legal battle with an Indian citizen Rakesh Wadhwa over the control of Nepal's casino industry, is planning to open a floating casino in Goa. The businessman,......

Cricket Australia apologises to survivors of child sexual abuse

IMAGE: Cricket Australia's chair Lachlan Henderson (in picture) said historical child sex abuse was "an appalling issue" that society and many sports, including cricket, were grappling with.......