'Lockdown-like' restrictions come into force in Maharashtra

The tough new measures announced by the Maharashtra government for the next 15 days to break the COVID-19 transmission chain came into force on Wednesday night with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray......

Nepal forms panel to probe death of 8 Kerala tourists

Nepal has formed a five-member team to investigate and submit a report within 15 days into the death of eight Indian tourists, including four minors, who died in their room at a resort in the......

'Bharat Bandh' draws mixed response; violence in Bengal

IMAGE: Members of Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) block the Trivandrum Express during the nationwide 'Bharat Bandh', in Guwahati, on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo Members of 10 central......

No milk, vegetables or petrol: Normal life comes to standstill in Sirsa

Curfew-like restrictions have been imposed in the area, which is the headquarters of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect.  'It was scary to see the black sky. To hear gunshots' 'Why was the......

Why RBI officers are peeved with the central bank

RBI's oversight cadre move creates HR trouble, officers threaten agitation. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) move to create a specialised supervisory and regulatory cadre has......

'Demonetisation is theft'

'Demonetisation, is in principal, a mistake, because it involves a theft -- a taking of private property by the State.''It is one of those bad Indian ideas that has been tried twice in the past,......

He helps Indian banks raise money in London

In India post the success of masala and green bonds on the LSE, Nikhil Rathi tells Rajesh Bhayani that there are many international investors interested in buying into the India story. IMAGE: The......

The IPO scam that changed India's primary market

Sebi had found irregularities in 21 IPOs between 2003 and 2005. Eleven years on, while 80% of scam-hit investors have been fully compensated, more than 50% of the sum is yet to be distributed,......