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Rana will be convicted in India, may face death: Ex-home secretary

Mumbai terror attacks accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who is being extradited to India from the US, will definitely get convicted in the country possibly with a death sentence for his involvement in......

'Naxals, some times, work like criminal extortionists'

The Naxal attack on the Congress convoy in Chhattisgarh, which killed several top politicians, has once again raised questions about security and governance in the left wing extremism-affected......

Exclusive! Home Secretary G K Pillai on his tenure

Union Home Secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai is retiring on June 30 after 39 years in service. Bureaucrats in India are made of hard stuff but Pillai injected some soft power to the job by making the......

G K Pillai to be next Union Home Secretary

Gopal Krishna Pillai, senior Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1972 batch, is going to be the next Union Home Secretary. Pillai, who is serving as the Union Commerce Secretary, will......

G K Pillai takes over as Union Home Secretary

Former commerce secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai on Tuesday took over as the new Union Home Secretary after the superannuation of Madhukar Gupta. The 59-year-old Pillai, a 1972-batch Indian......

US must get serious on WTO talks: Pillai

The US must make substantial cuts in farm subsidies and scale down demands for tariff reductions by developing countries to enable the stalled WTO talks to move forward, India's top trade......

We won't cut prices, say steel makers

Domestic producers of hot rolled steel, the intermediate that is used by automobile and consumer durables manufacturers, have emphatically ruled out the possibility of dropping prices ahead of the......

US, India to boost trade in legal services

India and the United States have set up a working group to promote greater interaction between legal professionals and to facilitate trade in legal services between the two countries. Announcing......

States can't scrap notified SEZs: Centre

The central government on Wednesday said that state governments do not have the power to scrap notified special economic zones although they can seek cancellation of those that are in the pipeline.......

Govt clears 6 SEZ proposals

The government on Thursday cleared six proposals for setting up special economic zones, taking the total number of such enclaves approved to more than 450. The Board of Approval (BoA), chaired by......

2023 At The Movies: A Double Take

It was a year of so many contradictions and contrasts that it became dangerous to talk about movies, people lost their heads discussing Friday releases, psychiatrists began dabbling in film......

COMING in MARCH: B-I-G OTT Releases!

Ajay Devgn steps into the OTT space in March with his new thriller, Rudra: The Edge Of Darkness. That's not all. Vidya Balan gets together with Shefali Shah to spin a tale about a journalist and......

Box Office: Waiting, Phobia, Veerappan all flop

The hits and misses of the week. Three films released last week. Two of them got good reviews. But all three failed the box office test. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Randeep Hooda's Sarbjit,......

Mukkabaaz Review: Going for the tear glands with brass knuckles

'You walk out of Mukkabaaz feeling good about yourself, but unlike Kashyap's best pictures, it releases you from the responsibility of seeing yourself in it; the movie is darn clever, most of the......

Lodha panel moves SC to appoint G K Pillai as BCCI observer

'Several office bearers at both the BCCI and the state associations continue to hold the posts although they stand disqualified as per the order of this court. It is submitted that those......

Nearly 100 tenders pending as BCCI top brass under fire

With the Lodha Committee seeking direction from the Supreme Court on appointment of former Union Home Secretary GK Pillai as observer to "guide" BCCI, the top brass of the board are unaware as to......

Govt briefs CWG Liaison Group on security

In the wake of the Jama Masjid firing incident, the government has briefed the International Security Liaison Group, monitoring the security arrangement in the Commonwealth Games, and assured......

Karnataka in control in Irani Trophy match against ROI

Karnataka inched closer to winning the Irani Trophy crown after Chidambaram Gautam's brilliant 122-run knock guided them to a mammoth 606 in their first innings against Rest of India on the third......

Ranji final: Karnataka in control despite Jadhav's ton

Kedar Jadhav continued his glorious form in the Ranji Trophy with a sparkling century as Karnataka maintained their upper hand despite a spirited fightback by Maharashtra on Day 4 of their Ranji......