Ex-bureaucrat who oversaw Article 370 abrogation picked as new EC

Former Indian Administrative Service officers Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu were on Thursday appointed as election commissioners, ahead of the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls.......

A 10-Point Wishlist For Modi's Third Term

If Modi wants to leave a real legacy, breaking India's strategic triangulation would be the real gift, notes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish......

Woman among 5 held for Punjab varsity ex-VC's Padma Bhushan medal theft

Five people, including a woman, were arrested in connection with the theft of the Padma Bhushan medallion of former Panjab University VC GC Chatterjee, the Delhi police said on Wednesday. Image......

No reserved posts can be de-reserved: Govt clarifies on draft UGC norms

The ministry of education on Sunday clarified that no reserved posts can be de-reserved after draft guidelines by the University Grants Commission proposed that any vacancy reserved for Scheduled......

The 5 men who will decide how funds get shared by Centre and states

The panel will also recommend a fiscal consolidation road map for the central and state governments, study the impact of GST on the divisible pool, and propose performance-based incentives for......

India looks at Commonwealth boost for small businesses

For many years now, India has given the Commonwealth short shrift so its support for the Commonwealth trade initiative signals a renewed interest in the body. New Delhi will most probably host a......

How India paid the price for 'EPW types'

Had it not been for the intellectual dominance and political legitimacy of the Leftist philosophy since 1970, would EPW have become what it did? After all, there were other more established......