BJP releases manifesto for LS polls: No NRC in 'Modi ki guarantee'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a pitch for electing a strong and stable government in an uncertain world beset by geopolitical tensions as the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday released its......

BJP manifesto promises to 'maintain peace in Northeast'

In its election manifesto -- 'Sankalp Patra' -- the Bharatiya Janata Party has vowed to implement the Union Civil Code (UCC), maintain peace in the Northeast, among other key poll promises. IMAGE:......

Modi first foreign head to get Bhutan's highest civilian honour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday received Bhutan's highest civilian award, the 'Order of the Druk Gyalpo', making him the first foreign Head of the Government to receive the honour. IMAGE:......

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.......

Tax devolution to states seen at 32%, but lags 15th FC advice

The Union government is projected to share about 32 per cent of central taxes with states during the financial year 2024-25 against the 15th Finance Commission’s recommendation of 41 per......

Has India's 'Bad Bank' Worked Or Not?

The target was for banks to sell Rs 2 trillion worth of non-performing assets to NARCL, the so-called 'bad bank', by 2021-2022.Only 10 per cent of this has been executed. Illustration: Dominic......

Google unveils a slate of AI tools for Indian developers

Google unveiled on Wednesday a slate of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and technologies for Indian developers at its first I/O Connect event for India, being held in Bengaluru. The company......

Shoppers need not stop: Dynamics of in-store payments is being rewritten

In March this year, Worldline India launched Vabox (Voice Alert Box): merchants will now get instant audio alerts on the settlement of UPI (Unified Payments Interface) payments via QR codes in......

'I am the coolest dad in the world'

'This was Hollywood, as big as it can get.''It meant the world to me that my sons were next to me.' IMAGE: Dhanush with sons Lingaa and Yathra at the Los Angeles premiere of The Gray Man.......

The Official Timekeeper Of Beating Hearts

If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our......

Wrestlers were warned for creating ruckus: Police FIR

IMAGE: Wrestler Sangeeta Phogat is taken forcibly in police van. Photograph: PTI Protesting wrestlers ignored police warning that creating a ruckus during the opening of the new Parliament......

Opposition parties misused wrestlers: Yogeshwar Dutt

IMAGE: Wrestler Sakshi Malik addresses the media ahead of the protest march from Jantar Mantar to New Parliament House against the alleged sexual harassment of women wrestlers by WFI chief Brij......

Wrestlers spend night on footpath; seek national backing

Wrestlers threaten to approach Supreme Court, seek support from all quarters IMAGE: Indian wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, and Sakshi Malik address a news conference as they take part in a......

Wrestlers spend night on footpath; seek national backing

Wrestlers threaten to approach Supreme Court, seek support from all quarters IMAGE: Indian wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, and Sakshi Malik address a news conference as they take part in a......