MVA allies seal poll pact in Maharashtra as Cong 'steps back'

The opposition's Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition in Maharashtra on Tuesday announced its seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections with the Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb......

Victory will be fitting reply to my LS expulsion: Mahua Moitra

Exuding confidence in securing her Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat with a bigger margin, senior Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra feels that her victory would be a fitting response to the......

JMM case verdict rewarded MPs who accepted bribes for voting

The Supreme Court said on Monday the 1998 verdict in the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha bribery case resulted in a "paradoxical outcome" as it rewarded a lawmaker who accepted the bribe and voted on agreed......

Lawmakers' corruption erodes foundation of parliamentary democracy: SC

Corruption and bribery of members of the legislature erode the foundation of Indian parliamentary democracy, the Supreme Court said on Monday. IMAGE: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice DY......

HC seeks RIL response on govt's plea accusing firm of siphoning off gas

The Delhi high court (HC) division Bench on Thursday sought a response from Reliance Industries (RIL) and others regarding the government’s appeal against the Mukesh Ambani-owned conglomerate......

The blind spot on India's biggest banking whodunit

The PNB fiasco falls into a family line that involves non-fund limits - read contingent liabilities which are off-books. Harshad Mehta did it with bankers’ receipts in 1992.Ketan Parekh......

Budget content would be decided by economic realities: Jaitley

Jaitley also hinted that these very economic realities could decide whether the government sticks to a fiscal consolidation roadmap or not. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday that the......

2018: Year of reckoning for India Inc

A glance back at some important ups and down India Inc faced in 2018. Year End Specials   Kindly click on the image below to view the relevant story. #1 How PNB scam effected consumer......

SLC invites retired judges to form independent panel

IMAGE: Sri Lanka's players wait for the review against India's Suryakumar Yadav during the ICC World Cup match at the Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai, on November 2, 2023. Photograph: Adnan......

Cricket excluded from provisional list of '28 LA Games

IMAGE: India batting great Virat Kohli in action against England. Photograph: Surjeet Yadav/Getty Images Cricket's bid for a place in the Olympics received a setback when it was excluded from the......

PHOTOS: Defining moments of the decade in Sports

PHEW! What a decade of glorious sporting events we have witnessed. Sportsmen falling from grace, India winning the ICC Cricket Cup in 2011 and then coming up short in the following two editions,......

Cricket Buzz: Sangakkara is first non-British MCC president

IMAGE: Children watch the match with MCC president Kumar Sangakarra. Photograph: Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images for MCC Former Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara, on Tuesday, took charge as......

Soccer Extras: Sturridge banned, fined for breaching betting rules

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge looks on. Photograph: Scott Heppell/Reuters Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has been fined......