Special Session: Even Cabinet Is In The Dark

This form of government, where secrets and major decisions are kept from the Cabinet itself, appears to be continuing, which is why the speculation around this special session, asserts Aakar Patel.......

Balaji, first TN minister to be arrested by ED, sent to jail till June 28

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Tamil Nadu electricity, prohibition and excise minister V Senthil Balaji under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, official sources said,......

200 child labourers rescued since Jan, raids underway, Delhi govt tells HC

Delhi high court was informed on Monday that more than 200 children working as child labourers in Delhi have been rescued since January and further raids are underway. IMAGE: Volunteers......

Will Oppn attack on govt over Adani issue paralyse Parliament this week too?

Opposition parties on Sunday stepped up their attack on the Modi government over the Adani issue, with the Congress alleging that its "silence smacks of collusion". IMAGE: Opposition MPs attend......

Amazon's Black Friday: Unions to join protests

Employees in the US, the UK, India, Japan, Australia, South Africa and across Europe are demanding better wages and working conditions as the cost-of-living crisis deepens. Sourabh Lele reports.......

India keen to expand footprint in oil-rich Siberia

Indian officials will focus on expanding the country’s footprint in oil-rich Siberia when they meet their Russian counterparts at the four-day 7th Eastern Economic Forum beginning Monday in......

Blow for promoter group in Birla Corp AGM as well

It was a replay of the annual general meetings of the cable companies of the M P Birla group last month even as the Birla side raised “illegalities” in the latest poll results. IMAGE:......

The 5 wise men who will decide corporate loan recast

Under the watchful eyes of five wise men, who know the industry well, banks will not find it easy to hoodwink the system, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay. IMAGE: Kundapur Vaman Kamath, former ICICI CEO......

'Confident of sending record 125 athletes to Tokyo Olympics'

'Olympics is once in four years, and athletes have only one shot at glory, and it's important to have a holistic approach, use science, use medicine, use technology and engineering in training and......

Can Dada fix the BCCI?

'Somewhere along the way, elected office-bearers appeared to have lost sight of the interest of cricket and begun to pursue their own interpretation of what the game should be.' 'Families made it a......

Winter Olympics sidelights: Robots take to the slopes on sidelines of Games

IMAGE: Robot Rudolph skies during the Ski Robot Challenge at a ski resort in Hoenseong, South Korea. Photograph: Kim Hong-ji/Reuters While Alpine skiers fought high winds at the Pyeongchang Games......

2016 Rewind: India's women shine bright; Kohli enjoys dream run

With a mixed bag of success and failure, Indian sports remains in a state of inertia in the absence of a proper vision from the administrators. IMAGE: PV Sindhu, left, and Sakshi Malik celebrate......

Snubbed by BCCI, Srinivasan is 2nd most influential man in Asian Sport

Indian administrators are ruling the roost in Asian sports. Although, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) barred Narayanaswami Srinivasan from attending any meeting but he is still at......