Govt terms Delhi car blast a terrorist incident; denounces attack

The government on Wednesday termed the blast near the Red Fort as a "terrorist incident" even as it emerged during investigations that Dr Umar Nabi, who was driving the explosives-laden car,......

Odisha forms panel to probe death of Nepali student at KIIT

The Odisha government on Tuesday constituted a fact-finding committee to determine the circumstances that led to the 20-year-old Nepali girl's unnatural death in KIIT hostel and what prompted the......

18 killed, more than a dozen hurt in stampede at Delhi rly station

At least 18 people were killed in the overnight stampede at the packed New Delhi Railway Station, with a senior railway official saying on Sunday that the incident occurred after some passengers......

Cops probe if Baba Siddique was threatened over slum rehab project

The Mumbai police have launched a probe into the killing of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique from different angles, including a possible contract killing, business rivalry or threat over a......

Reforms plan fires PSU bank stocks

But experts say govt has hardly given up control in these entitiesShares of public sector banks, led by Bank of Baroda, rallied sharply on Monday, defying the overall weakness in the market. The......

RBI Rules Make It Difficult To Attract Talent

A top-class board is important from a systemic point of view, more so at a time when the wider financial world and India Inc is chasing the same talent as banks. IMAGE: Reserve Bank of India......

No proposal to dilute our stake in public banks: Govt

The government today said there is no proposal to dilute its ownership in public sector banks (PSBs) below 50 per cent. "Major bank trade unions have protested against the implementation of the......

Why splitting banks' CMD post is a half-baked move

The finance ministry has ignored some of the more substantive recommendations of the P J Nayak committee report P J Nayak, former chairman and managing director of Axis Bank, is one of the......

Collapsed at 4am, wins gold hours later: Paralympic hero

After defying medical advice and spending few hours at a Delhi hospital, Poland's Roza wins gold IMAGE: Roza Kozakowska endured chemotherapy as a child for a genetic blood disorder, battled Lyme......

PIX: Indian athletes start training ahead of Tokyo Olympics

IMAGE: MC Mary Kom during the Indian boxing team's training session in Tokyo on Monday. Photograph: Sports Authority of India Indian athletes, including the boxers and shooters, hit the ground......

Sports Shorts: Pranati wins bronze at Asian Gymnastic

IMAGE: Pranati Nayak of India competes. Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images Indian gymnast Pranati Nayak, on Friday, clinched a bronze medal in vault event at the Senior Asian Artistic......

'Have to plan to make sports more interesting without fans'

"A roadmap is being prepared. If something happens to top athletes it will be a setback and so we are careful and that's why there are no positive coronavirus cases for our athletes till now.......

Sports Shorts: Six-member team for Gymnastics Worlds

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters A six-member Indian team, including......