'The govt cannot release funds to states on request'

'If such a practice were feasible, every state would seek additional funds, posing a significant risk to the overall health of the economy.' IMAGE: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan addresses......

Is The Congress Doomed?

The Congress needs to reorganise itself at the grassroots, infuse younger blood, and have more boots on the ground.Just offering freebies is not the answer anymore, argues Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: A......

IMEC: Project Biden Thinks Hamas Targeted

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu termed it the 'largest cooperation project in our history', one that would 'change the face of the Middle East, Israel, and impact the entire world'.......

Gaganyaan test flight successful, crew module recovered from Bay of Bengal

India on Saturday successfully completed the first unmanned test flight in its ambitious human space flight mission Gaganyaan, less than two hours after the launch was aborted with just four......

Medica + Manipal Will Overtake Apollo

Next year Medica and Manipal will merge, making the amalgamated entity the largest corporate hospital chain in the country, overtaking Apollo Hospitals Enterprises. IMAGE: Manipal Hospitals,......

IndianOil top bidder for Reliance's KG gas for 2nd auction in a row

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation's largest oil firm, has walked away with half of the natural gas that Reliance Industries Ltd and its partner bp of the UK offered in the latest auction of......

e-Rupee: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

The RBI refuses to classify cryptocurrency as an asset since it doesn't have future cash flow and its value is always fluctuating because of speculation.There is also no consumer protection,......

Over 2 years post Covid, consumer firms see strong festival sales

The festival season has already begun in the west and south of India with Ganesh Chaturthi and Onam, respectively, and consumer companies are witnessing a pick-up in sales compared to pre-Covid......

Movies - no, Cricket - yes! I was never interested in movies: Vidhu Vinod Chopra's son shines on cricket pitch

Photograph: Kind courtesy Agni Dev Chopra/Instagram During the current Ranji Trophy season, a star son has been launched. But for 25-year-old Agni Dev Chopra, he never had the luxury of a re-take......

Samba Magic grips the City of Joy as Ronaldinho ignites Durga Puja festivities

IMAGE: In Kolkata for a two-day visit, Ronaldinho inaugurated several Durga Puja pandals. Photographs: ANI Wearing his infectious goofy grin, 'Samba Magician' Ronaldinho cast a spell on the......

Asian Games cricket gold fuels Olympic ambitions

IMAGE: The Asian Games gold medal-winning Indian cricket team. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Anurag Thakur/X Fringed by forested mountains in eastern China, the Pingfeng campus of Zhejiang University......

Remembering Football Legend Tulsidas Balaram

Tulsidas Balaram, who passed into the ages last week, was a member of the Indian football team which reached the semis at the Olympics and won an Asian Games gold medal. IMAGE: Tulsidas Balaram,......

Jharkhand enter Ranji quarters after 1000-plus runs lead!

The match was over as a contest after Jharkhand scored a mammoth 880 in their first innings – the tournament's fourth highest score on an Eden Gardens belter against a Nagaland attack in......