Anxiety Behind Modi's Banswara Speech?

In the coming days, unless Modi tones down the communal spiel, it will be clear that anxiety continues to drive his mind and clouds his judgment, observes Modi biographer Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.......

'Electoral Bonds Not To Affect Lok Sabha Polls'

'Election funding needs a little more transparency.' IMAGE: Students with their faces painted as part of an awareness campaign for first-generation voters ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in......

'They want to suffocate our voices'

'Farmers have been sent notices in which the government is threatening that if you will join the movement, then we will impound your whole ancestral properties.''We will seal your bank accounts. We......

Farmers to take call on govt offer to buy pulses, maize at MSP

A panel of Union ministers held a fourth round of talks with farmer leaders in Chandigarh on Sunday over their demands, including a legal guarantee of MSP, as thousands of protesting farmers camped......

Imports of California walnut rise after India removes tariff

The California walnuts shipped from the US to India have seen a sharp uptick with imports more than doubling from September to November against the same period last year. Photograph:Brittany......

Govt to procure 200K-tonne onions amid farmer protest

Barely days after imposing a 40 per cent export tax on onions to cool down soaring prices, which, in turn, triggered widespread protests across the main growing belts, the Centre on Tuesday sought......

Has Apple's Roller-Coaster Ride In India Ended?

The new mantra was to align Apple's ambition with the government's, focusing on Modi's favourite themes of Make in India, employment generation and India as a high-tech export hub. IMAGE: Apple......

Gas prices hiked 40%; CNG, PNG to cost more

Prices of natural gas, which is used to generate electricity, make fertiliser and is converted into CNG to run automobiles, were on Friday hiked by a steep 40 per cent to record levels, in step......

BCCI suspends Punjab cricketer Abhishek Gupta for doping violation

Punjab wicket-keeper batsman Abhishek Gupta was on Thursday handed a retrospective eight-month suspension for an "inadvertent" doping violation. The 27-year-old's suspension started from January 15......