Mahinda Rajapaksa is a democratically elected leader who received a massive mandate of 71% of votes, and he owes nothing to Delhi or Washington for staging his political comeback, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel could see his hopes of a fifth Formula One world title fading with the Sochi sunset on Sunday after falling 50 points behind Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton with five races remaining.
We are spectators who have no voice and no power to influence the giant changes being imposed on all of us, says Aakar Patel.
'A lot of people -- whether farmers, students or businessmen -- think when they take a loan, that everything will go well and they will pay back.' 'Sometimes, things don't go well.'
Never before has an open and innovative platform like Airtel Zero been on offer that will help drive internet adoption through free usage (and companies and app developers being an equal partner in the process), says Srini Gopalan.
Just months before the deadly gas leak in Bhopal killed 15,000 people, journalist Rajkumar Keswani -- who passed into the ages on Friday, May 21, 2021 -- had warned that the 'city stood on the edge of a volcano'.
Observing that the economic recovery was not yet fully entrenched, the RBI Governor said recovery is likely to be gradual.
Farhan Akhtar pays tribute to the North East through his latest film.
Mumbaikars from different parts of the city are providing people with ready-to-grow seed balls to help tackle depleting forest cover, reports Swapnil Joglekar.
When actors got caught on the wrong side of the law
Tax Guru Anil Rego answers your personal income tax queries.
This Diwali, don't binge on processed foods, but consume fruits.
China on Saturday issued a yellow alert for smog as the pollution choked most regions in the country's north with no signs of abating.
'If India can only grow at 5%, why bother spending time on the country?' asks Akash Prakash.
NCLT allows Shivinder to withdraw petition against his brother Malvinder. Final decision to be taken by family members in their presence.
Images from Day 2 of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, on Tuesday.
Directly accusing Modi of corruption in the deal for the French fighter planes, he said the prime minister had favoured his businessman "friend" Anil Ambani by getting him the "contract".
'If I was a lady player, I'd go down every night on my knees and thank God that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were born.'
Malik said the step will enable good governance, bring self-reliance and employment opportunities to people Jammu and Kashmir and most importantly the feeling of unity and equality with the rest of the country.
Kishore Singh's encounters with post 8/11 India.
Ahead of VK Sasikala's return to Tamil Nadu on February 8, there are some important questions facing her. One, does she carry electoral weight more now than her brainchild AMMK had in the 2019 LS polls? Two, can she retain or build upon the five per cent vote-share from that time? And finally, is there space for Sasikala to retrieve, first within the AIADMK and then across the state, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Digital-pay companies see 10x growth spurt after demonetisation, report Ayan Pramanik & Shine Jacob/Business Standard from Bengaluru.
It is important to be prepared with a corpus to meet expenses that arise suddenly.
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