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Tension grips Kerala after 'bomb attack' at CPI-M headquarters

Tension gripped Kerala as an unidentified person allegedly hurled an explosive substance at the state headquarters of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist on Thursday night. IMAGE: CCTV......

CPM's students wing members ransack Rahul's office in Wayanad, 8 detained

A protest march of the Students Federation of India, the students wing of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist, against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's office in Wayanad on Friday, turned violent......

Twin setbacks put Pinarayi on a sticky wicket

Kerala CM and CPI-M strongman Pinarayi Vijayan has been facing one of the biggest political crises after the Trikkakara by-poll rout and subsequent fresh set of allegations against him and family......

Agnipath: Govt offers sops as violent protests continue

The Centre on Saturday announced several incentives including reserving 10 per cent vacancies in its paramilitary and the defence ministry for Agnipath retirees and said it will look into any......

Centre may not approve SilverLine project because of protests: Pinarayi

The SilverLine project, which is expected to considerably reduce travel time from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram, cannot be implemented without approval from the Centre which appears to be giving......

Airport PPPs on a crowded runway; private sector bids could be subdued

Last August, the government had announced its intent to sell stakes in four privately-run airports (Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru) and lease 25 other airports owned by AAI under National......

Modi slams opposition-ruled states for not lowering VAT on fuel

Flagging higher fuel prices in many opposition-ruled states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called it "injustice" to people living there and urged the governments there to reduce VAT in......

My Son Raj Subramaniam, The FedEx CEO

'He is a busy man these days, still, he makes it a point to call me at least once a month.' IMAGE: Raj Subramaniam, CEO, FedEx. Photograph: Kind courtesy FedEx Raj Subramaniam is the latest......

'Projected 9.2% GDP growth is just for the galleries'

'India's output contraction in the previous year was among the worst in the world!' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves to present the Budget in Parliament, February 1, 2022.......

'Government doesn't believe unemployment is a problem'

'Unemployment barely figures in the Budget except as a derived demand from industry and infrastructure.''There is no effort at direct attack on unemployment.' IMAGE: Workers at a wholesale market......

Can You Watch 384 Films In A Year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021. IMAGE: Aditya Rao Hydari and Konkona Sensharma in Ajeeb Daastaans. Year two of the pandemic was a challenge in so many......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

Asiad medallist Poovamma gets 3-month ban for doping

IMAGE: Asian Games medallist MR Poovamma's dope sample collected during the Indian Grand Prix in Patiala in February last year had returned positive for stimulant methylhexaneamine. Photograph:......

Will sprinter Hima Das return to 400m race?

Photograph: Athletic Federation of India/Twitter Star sprinter Hima Das is not ruling out a return to 400m, an event which shot her to fame in 2018, and is hoping to make a comeback to the......

Sable breaks national record to finish fifth in Diamond League

IMAGE: Avinash Sable shaved off more than three seconds than his own previous national record of 8:16.21, to finish a creditable fifth at the prestigious Diamond League Meet in Rabat, Morocco.......

Sable conquers another frontier, breaks 5000m National record

IMAGE: India's Avinash Sable is all smiles after breaking Bahadur Prasad's long-standing National 5000m record of 13:29.70s, set in Birmingham in 1992, at the Sound Running Track Meet at San Juan......

Discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur fails drugs test

IMAGE: Kamalpreet Kaur in action during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photograph: Kind Courtesy SAI/Twitter Top Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur has been provisionally suspended by the......

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