LSE alumna Nupur Sharma was always a Hindutva firebrand

Nupur Sharma, suspended from the Bharatiya Janata Party after a major row over her remarks against Prophet Mohammad, was catapulted to the centre stage in 2015 after she was chosen to take on Aam......

Past finally catches up with J-K separatist leader Yasin Malik

From a Pakistan-trained militant to one of the prominent separatist faces in Kashmir, life has come a full circle for chief of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Yasin Malik, who......

Bhutan-China Treaty: Setback For India

Thimpu apparently didn't think it necessary to take Delhi into confidence.Bhutan is loathe to getting dragged into the geopolitical rivalry between India and China.And for Beijing, this was too......

Serum Inst to launch first indigenous vaccine against pneumonia

The first indigenous vaccine against pneumonia, developed by Serum Institute of India (SII), is slated to be launched by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and made available in the domestic......

Lesser-known firms set to make a mark in oil and gas sector

These new kids on the block have come up through a mix of entrepreneurial grit and backing from oil industry veterans. India may soon see a new set of oil barons with lesser-known companies......

RBI imposes Rs 6 cr penalty on BoI, PNB

The RBI on Monday imposed penalty aggregating to Rs 6 crore on Bank of India and Punjab National Bank for contravention of norms, including one related to "Frauds – Classification and......

India and the economics of good intentions

Good intentions are best left to political parties, governments and religious establishments, suggests T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Here's a problem: If......

HDFC Bank beats Street; Q4 net rises 23%

Total income for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, stood at Rs 31,204.5 crore, up by 22.1 per cent from Rs 25,549.7 crore for the quarter ended on March 31, 2018. Private lender HDFC Bank on......

How Rajkummar Rao became a dreaded terrorist

'You can't imagine what it feels like to hate someone to the extent that you are ready to kill someone... for me, it was important to get into the mental space of a man like Omar.' Rajkummar Rao......

Former spy chiefs want Indo-Pak cricketing ties resumed. Do you agree?

Two former spy chiefs of India and Pakistan, Amarjit Singh Dulat, the former chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), and General (retd) Ehsanul Haq, the former director general of the Inter......

Aamir claims innocence, says was playing friendly

Banned Pakistan pacer Mohammed Aamir claimed innocence over defying the ban imposed on him after the ICC launched an investigation on himplaying in an English competition. Aamir, who was handed a......

Aamir defies ICC ban, plays series in England

Pakistani pacer Mohammed Aamir could be in further trouble as the ICC has launched an investigation into claims that the bowler had defied the ban imposed on him by the world body by playing in an......