Given the return of near 9 per cent growth, and that too a more broad-based growth covering rural and urban areas, and against the background of rising support prices for farmers, it is now clear that excess demand has come to play a larger role in exerting pressure on the price line.
The BJP will enter this election, as it does every election, as if it is fighting to prevent a 2004-style defeat. This is a party that wins big because it always behaves as if its back is to the wall, predicts Mihir S Sharma.
There is nothing "fundamentally inconsistent" with a minority institution being an institution of national importance (INI), the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while hearing arguments on the vexed issue of minority status to Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).
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A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Even a doomsayer like Nouriel Roubini says India is in a sweet spot. If only we'd live up to the promise, says Shekhar Gupta.
He said the people of the state took a historic decision in 2003 by removing the government of "Mr Bantadhar", apparently referring to senior Congress leader and former chief minister Digvijaya Singh.
'Mr Badal wanted to talk to a member of the Gandhi family to bring about some sort of rapprochement between the Akalis and the Congress which were the two major parties at that time.'
Is this the first time Sonam, Rhea and Harsh have hosted a party for daddy's birthday?
An institution of national importance must reflect the "national structure", the Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday while pointing out that around 70 to 80 per cent students studying at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) are Muslims even without reservation.
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Anu and Chikoo have landed in Paris just as temperatures have soared to 41 degrees Celsius.
Some of her best films are not available on streaming platforms, but Deepa Gahlot looks at her Hindi cinema oeuvre on OTT.
Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra was expelled on Friday from the Lok Sabha after the House adopted the report of its Ethics Committee that held her guilty of accepting gifts and illegal gratification from a businessman to further his interest.
It's been 10 years since Ayan Mukerji's blockbuster Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani released in theatres, and the lead cast, including Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Aditya Roy Kapur and Kalki Koechlin -- got together to celebrate its success yet again.
The Supreme Court on Friday directed that all FIRs against expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Naveen Kumar Jindal lodged across the country in connection with his alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed be transferred to the Delhi police.
CBI Jt. Director, A K Sharma, weakened Mallya's "Look Out" notice, says Rahul.
He is among several leaders of Indian heritage who have ascended to the highest echelon of public service globally.
Anthology movies are a strange beast. They can be as monotonous and harmless as munching away a bumper bag of chips -- you eat one, you have to finish the rest. Or they can be like discovering a rare treasure marked by profound insight and offbeat experiences, observes Sukanya Verma.
'Everyone is so excited. There is a lot of excitement everywhere. This was a long time desire of many people.'
Celebrating Freedom with an unusual automobile convoy!
Contrary to the bragging that marked its two-year anniversary, the government's timidity on reform is simply astounding.
It sent shock waves in the party -- a political greenhorn had taken on Modi in his home turf of Gujarat. Smriti had clearly tried to choose sides, in this case Vajpayee's camp. Many felt that this would end Irani's career. A revealing excerpt from Nidhi Sharma's new book She, The Leader: Women in Indian Politics.
The Archies is an evergreen thought passed on from generation to generation. But Sukanya Verma wishes it had some of the comic's tee-hee humour and hyuk hyuk too.
Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput tied the nuptial knot at a farmhouse on the outskirts of Delhi on July 7.
Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra's wedding reception was as star-studded as it can get.
'I would request Mr Modi to improve the relations between India and Pakistan and arrange a match between the two teams.'
The execution of death warrants of these convicts have been deferred thrice so far due to delays by them in exhausting their legal remedies.
Rohit tested positive during a warm-up match in Leicester last week.
During the hearing, one of the petitioners said his plea has a pan-India effect to which a three-judge bench asserted that pan-India does not mean the apex court will have to hear everything, adding it would be appropriate to have a considered view of the Delhi high court.
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Even if the BJP gets 60, 70, or even 100 per cent of the votes in the seats where it scored more than 50 per cent in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, these will still add up to only 224 seats, argues Shekhar Gupta.
'Now that you are in heaven dad, I know you will continue to protect me.'
Market regulator Sebi suppressed important facts from the Supreme Court and "slept over" Directorate of Revenue Intelligence's letter on alleged stock manipulation by the Adani firms, one of the PIL petitioners in the Adani-Hindenburg row has alleged in the top court in an affidavit. The apex court is seized of four PILs on the Adani-Hindenburg controversy including those by lawyers M L Sharma and Vishal Tiwari, Congress leader Jaya Thakur and law student Anamika Jaiswal. On August 25, SEBI had informed the apex court it has completed the probe in all but two allegations against the Adani group, and is still awaiting information from five tax havens on the actual owners behind the foreign entities that have invested in the conglomerate.
'I don't see myself as a star, but I do see Shah Rukh very much as a star.'
'Shah Rukh Khan has to like you, and then it is easy to work with him.' 'Aamir knows more than me when it comes to tattoos!'
The Delhi high court Friday asked the Centre to inform whether it wishes to withdraw its 2017 affidavit in which it had submitted that marital rape cannot be made a criminal offence as it could become a phenomenon which may destabilise the institution of marriage and an easy tool for harassing husbands.
'Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Bengal can be the game changers of 2024.'
"We have prepared a broad platform where we have assessed the top 50 judges of the country who would be considered for appointment to the Supreme Court of India. We have data on judgments and the quality of judgments. The idea is to make the process of appointment in the Supreme Court more transparent," the CJI said.
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