When Kejriwal Met Modi...

What some of our political leaders were up to on Monday.   IMAGE: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal greets Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the all-party meeting on the G20 Summit in New......

Rampur bypolls: BJP woos Pasmanda Muslims to capture Azam Khan's fortress

Five months after it wrested Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's stronghold of Rampur Lok Sabha seat, the Bharatiya Janata Party is now trying to further shore its position by wooing Pasmanda Muslim......

In 1st cabinet meet, Yogi extends free ration scheme for 3 months

In the first major decision of the Yogi Adityanath government 2.0 in Uttar Pradesh, the state cabinet decided on Saturday to extend the free ration scheme initiated during the COVID-19 pandemic by......

Modi watching, Yogi kicks off 2nd term with 52 ministers

Yogi Adityanath on Friday took oath as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister for a second term in a ceremony where 52 others were sworn in as ministers, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi watched the......

Panel on GST Appellate Tribunal formed, report by month-end

The GST Council has set up a Group of Ministers, chaired by Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, to suggest required changes in the law for setting up the GST Appellate Tribunal......

GST cut on Covid drugs, equipment, retained for vaccines

The GST Council on Saturday slashed tax rate on Covid-19 drugs such as Remdesivir and Tocilizumab as well as on medical oxygen and oxygen concentrators but ignored demands for reduction in taxes on......

GST meet on June 12 will discuss tax exemption on Covid essentials

Currently, 5 per cent is levied on domestically manufactured vaccines, while it is 12 per cent for Covid drugs and oxygen concentrators. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The Goods and......

Bonus season over, job churn begins at i-banks

Stuart Gulliver, head of HSBC's global investment banking business, is planning to give away the 9 million pounds bonus he received this year to charity. Many investment bankers in India, however,......

'Almost every song seems inspired today'

'I cannot be confined to just one or two kinds of music.' On a visit to New York in 2012, as part of an American concert tour, Bappi Lahiri, who sadly passed away on February 15, 2022, met with......

'Rest in glory, Lataji'

'The source of our music, the very notes of music itself have fallen silent.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Salman Khan/Instagram The Incomparable Lata Mangeshkar passed into the ages at 8.12 am on......

Revisiting 1983 in Hindi Movies

Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood. It was a year of excitement and extremes. If parallel cinema in India......

Sam Bahadur introduces us to Indira Gandhi

What is Bollywood celebrating? Please click on the images below for a better look.   IMAGE: So what's the first thing that Vicky Kaushal does after he gets married? Jump right into work,......

Ranji Trophy: Mumbai trounce Himachal by 85 runs

Riding on fine performances from veteran Ajit Agarkar and left-arm spinners Iqbal Abdulla and Harmeet Singh, Mumbai staged a remarkable comeback to defeat Himachal Pradesh by 85 runs in a Group A......

Ranji Trophy round-up: Day Two

A round-up of the second day's play of the Ranji Trophy Super League matches on Saturday. Mumbai in control as Orissa batsmen falter Orissa's batting line up crumbled yet again as Mumbai took full......

Delhi crumble against Powar, Bahutule spin

A round-up of the third day's action in the Ranji Trophy Super League on Tuesday. Day II round-up Mumbai take first innings lead over Delhi Spurred byquality spin bowling from Ramesh Powar and......

Kalmadi re-elected IOA president

In whatturned out to be a formality, the Indian Olympic Association elections returned the same office-bearers, with Suresh Kalmadi as president for a fourth consecutive term. The long list of......

Readers on where India has gone wrong

Sumit Bhatia:I firmly believe that Saurav and Wright have been instrumental in "making" this Indian team such that people now expect it to win all the time it goes out to play rather than making......