Flying from Mumbai airport to get costlier following user fee hike plan

Flying from Mumbai International Airport is set to become costlier from next financial year with the private airport operator MIAL proposing a steep hike of Rs 463 in user development fee for......

The Indo-Pak Hyphen Became Blurred

'We are too important to want to be paired with Pakistan but too intensely connected to it to successfully detach ourselves,' asserts Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Indians in Srinagar, May 10, 2025, react......

6 Month Tenure For Next Chief Justice

Justice Sanjiv Khanna 'belongs to that school of legal luminaries who give the highest primacy to facts.' IMAGE: Supreme Court Justice Sanjiv Khanna addresses the National Conference of District......

Tough Fight For Mumbai's 'Muslim Leader'

'In this assembly election, Muslims here will vote for one who works, but also one who safeguards their identity.' 'Their existence is more important they feel, than a faulty light meter. So yes, a......

FPIs offload equities worth Rs 23,885 cr in Sep

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) remained net sellers of Indian equities in September, withdrawing Rs 23,885 crore (around $2.7 billion) and taking year-to-date outflow to Rs 1.58 lakh crore......

Global headwinds likely to show in IT firms' Q2 results

Indian information-technology (IT) service providers are likely to report another quarter (July-September) of low, single-digit growth owing to macro uncertainties, chiefly emanating from America,......

What You Must Know About New Income Tax Act

The contrast with the old Income-Tax Act is stark.The 1961 law ran into 512,000 words; the 2025 one pares that down to 259,000.Chapters have been cut from 47 to 23, while sections have reduced from......

How UPI, AePS, Wallets Are Changing India

UPI has catapulted India into the forefront on the global digital payments landscape. Working hand in hand, the AePS payments system is making life easy for rural folks, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.......

Lara on how to save Tests in time of flourishing franchise leagues

IMAGE: 'I like the Test Championship and I think it is important to make sure that the game remains relevant.' Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters Admitting that T20 leagues have devoured a lot of......

AIFF set to defy FIFA's recommendations?

'Regarding this FIFA/AFC road map given in 2018, there are a lot of things which cannot be implemented right now.' IMAGE: AIFF president Praful Patel, right, with FIFA president Gianni Infantino.......

ISL to replace as I-League as India's top football league

As per the roadmap, the ISL will be the top league in the country from this season itself while I-League will continue as the second-tier league. IMAGE: Bengaluru FC celebrate winning the 2018-19......

Cash bonanza for Ranji players, umpires

The Board of Control for Cricket in India acting president CK Khanna on Thursday said that the Board is already working on a plan to ensure that domestic cricketers of all age-groups (senior, U-19,......

BCCI to consider player demands for increased pay

IMAGE: Virat Kohli with Ravindra Jadeja. Photograph: Twitter The Indian board (BCCI) will consider a further increase in salaries for its contracted players after leading cricketers expressed......