BJP drops Varun Gandhi in UP, but fields Maneka

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday declared 13 candidates from Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha polls including actor Arun Govil, who played Lord Ram in popular TV serial Ramayan, from Meerut,......

Govt defends CJI's exclusion from EC selection panel in SC

The Centre on Wednesday defended in the Supreme Court the appointment of two new election commissioners under a 2023 law that excludes the Chief Justice of India from the selection committee,......

SC refuses to stay appointments of ECs under new law

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the appointments of new election commissioners (ECs) under a 2023 law that excluded the chief justice of India from the selection panel. IMAGE:......

Ex-bureaucrat who oversaw Article 370 abrogation picked as new EC

Former Indian Administrative Service officers Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu were on Thursday appointed as election commissioners, ahead of the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls.......

NCLT reserves order on Go First's plea for insolvency proceeding

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Thursday reserved its order on crisis-hit airline Go First's plea seeking voluntary insolvency resolution proceedings and interim moratorium on financial......

A Budget With An Eye On Elections

Nirmala Sitharaman's messaging was clear when she presented a well-balanced Budget with an eye on state elections in nine states followed by a general election next year, observes Ramesh Menon.......

Ex-BPCL chief Arun Kumar Singh to head ONGC

Arun Kumar Singh, former chairman of oil refining and marketing company BPCL, was on Wednesday appointed chairman and managing director of ONGC -- the first instance of a retired person being......

30 Years Later, Rao-Singh's Reforms Endure

But their trajectory and direction have been largely influenced by politics and the political leadership's understanding of how the economy needs to be managed, explains A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE:......

BCCI AGM: Dalmiya, Dhumal re-elected in IPL GC

IMAGE: IPL chairman Arun Singh Dhumal will continue in the IPL governing council. Photograph: BCCI Former CAB president Avishek Dalmiya and current IPL chairman Arun Singh Dhumal have been......

Miranda named India U-23 men's team head coach

IMAGE: Clifford Miranda represented India from 2005 to 2014 and lead ISL team Odisha FC to the Super Cup title in April this year. Photograph: Indian Football Team/Twitter Clifford Miranda was on......

'Insaaf Ke Sipahi stands with protesting wrestlers'

IMAGE: Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat at a press conference during their protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Photograph: Shrikant Singh/ANI Photo Former Union law......

Binny to replace Ganguly as BCCI president, Shah remains secretary

IMAGE: Former India all-rounder Roger Binny will officially take charge of BCCI on October 18 in Mumbai. Photograph: ANI/Twitter Roger Binny, a member of the 1983 World Cup winning team, on......

Shaji Prabhakaran appointed AIFF secretary general

IMAGE: AIFF's new president Kalyan Chaubey with newly-appointed Secretary General Shaji Prabhakaran. Photograph: Shaji Prabhakaran/Twitter Football Delhi president Shaji Prabhakaran was on......