Asani intensifies into severe cyclonic storm; Odisha, Bengal on alert

Cyclone Asani, formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal, further intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Sunday evening as it moved northwestwards in the direction of north Andhra Pradesh-Odisha......

25% women aged 18-29, 15% men aged 21-29 married before legal age: Survey

About 25 per cent of women aged 18-29 and 15 per cent of men aged 21-29 got married before reaching the minimum legal age of marriage, according to the latest National Family Health Survey......

6 Reasons Why It's Near Impossible To Defeat Modi

It may well be possible to defeat Modi. But nobody seems to know how, points out Vir Sanghvi. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi during a roadshow at Dehgam, in Gandhinagar, March 12,......

'Indian history is north India-centric'

'There was a revolt. They were fighting for their rights.''They lost their rights after colonial forest policies came into place.''These freedom fighters were trying to reassert those rights.'......

Noted economist BPR Vithal passes away

Noted economist B P R Vithal, who served as a member of the Tenth Finance Commission, died in Hyderabad on Friday.  IMAGE: Economist BPR Vithal. Photograph: Courtesy, Vice President of......

Is Ola, Uber resuming services in your city?

While Ola will be restarting services in over 60 cities across the country from Tuesday, Uber, on the other hand, will restart services in 13 more cities from Tuesday, increasing coverage to over......

What the economy needs: Painful medium-term steps

'Even without major reforms, with a business as usual scenario, and with current inflation trends, we should be clocking around 11 to 12 per cent nominal growth.''That is not happening and is a......

Poultry prices decline amid rumours of coronavirus spreading to birds

Since coronavirus broke out in a few cities in China and a couple of cases were spotted in India as well, rumours claimed for the first time that it was carried by birds. Rumours on social media......

Vijay Hazare: Baroda beat Goa; Kishan stars in J'Khand win

A compilation of results from the Vijay Hazare Trophy matches played on Saturday. IMAGE: Ishan Kishan struck 173 off just 94 balls to lead Jharkhand to a massive 324-run victory over Madhya......

If fit, Jadeja likely to replace Vihari for Boxing Day Test

IMAGE: Ravindra Jadeja during an Indian nets session at Adelaide Oval. Photograph: Mark Brake/Getty Images The Indian team management will be keenly monitoring Ravindra Jadeja's progress......