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Lok Sabha polls: World's largest peacetime movement of men and machine

Holding of Lok Sabha elections is a mammoth exercise that entails the biggest peacetime movement of men and material in the world through waterways, air and land across India to ensure no voter is......

Will Modi's TN Outreach Help The BJP?

If the idea was to garner AIADMK votes with or without the three faction leaders after the party broke ties with the NDA, it may not work after all, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Prime......

'The Congress has to reboot'

'Revanth Reddy mounted a spirited campaign in Telangana which turned around the fortunes of the Congress in six months.' IMAGE: Congress Parliamentary Party leader Sonia Gandhi and Telangana Chief......

'Israel like James Bond has a licence to kill'

'But unlike Bond who killed an individual, Israel is killing a nation.' IMAGE: An image taken from a video released by Hamas shows what it says are its fighters firing mortar shells at Israeli......

Why 2024 Polls Are Crucial For AIADMK

With the assembly polls only two years away, any demoralising defeat in 2024 would challenge not only the party's continued relevance, but also EPS's leadership, asserts N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE:......

With 300 mn Indians in its fold, cooperative sector awaits big-bang reforms

Creation of a new cooperation ministry led by India's second-most powerful politician signals disruption, points to new farmer-friendly policies ahead of 2024 national polls. About 150 years ago,......

6 Indian public sector banks will cease to exist from Wed

As per the mega consolidation plan, Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India will merge into Punjab National Bank (PNB); Syndicate Bank into Canara Bank; Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank......

Interest of LIC policyholders will be protected: Anurag Thakur

Listing of LIC will help bring in greater transparency, public participation and also deepen the equity market. The government will protect the interest of policyholders of LIC, which is likely to......

Why 2020 will be a year of labour reforms

As per the recommendations of the 2nd National Commission on Labour, the ministry is codifying existing 44 central labour laws into four codes by simplifying, amalgamating and rationalising the......

India Inc bowled over by Sitharaman's 'new deal'

Industry, stock market and experts cheered slashing of corporate tax rate and other announcements by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, saying the big bang reforms will push economic growth and......

Review: Dunki Lacks Rajkumar Hirani's Touch

Rajkumar Hirani has a mastery in bromance. In Dunki, Sukanya Verma doesn't feel that chemistry one bit, it's more like SRK babysitting a bunch of clueless kids running helter-skelter in a garden......

Why Veerappan's Story Needed To Be Told

'He killed so many people, doing the kind of horrible things he did, and yet, he believed he was making the right choices.' IMAGE: Veerappan in The Hunt for Veerappan. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Siya Review

Siya captures the wounded soul of its protagonist with deeply felt grit and pathos, observes Sukanya Verma. It is a cold winter's night in a far-flung village of North India when a teenage girl......

Get Ready For Ranbir's SUPERPOWERS in Brahmastra!

Full credit to Ayan Mukerji for venturing into the 'Astraverse', says Deepa Gahlot. Director Ayan Mukerji's Brahmastra has been in the making for such a long time that jokes and memes about the......

Anek Review

There's too much going on in Anek, and a lot of it is terribly disjointed, complains Sukanya Verma. Before watching Anek, I did a little experiment where I asked a bunch of people to name all the......

India's first-ever hybrid pitch unveiled in Dharamsala

IMAGE: The HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala. Photograph: HPCA/X India's first-ever 'hybrid pitch' was unveiled at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) stadium in a grand ceremony in......

PIX: Pope defies India with gritty ton as England reach 316/6 on Day 3

Images from Day 3 of the first Test between India and England in Hyderabad on Saturday. SCORECARD IMAGE: Ollie Pope celebrates his century. Photograph: BCCI Ollie Pope transformed the RGI......

How the Rahul-Jadeja combo put England on back foot

IMAGE: KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja fifties put India in control. Photograph: BCCI Fluent half-centuries by KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja earned India a handy first-innings lead of 175 and......

100th Executive Board Meeting: HI appoints Sardar Singh, Rani Rampal

IMAGE: HI President announced Sardar Singh and Rani Rampal as chief coaches of the sub-junior teams during the governing bodies 100th Executive Board Meeting. Photograph: Hockey India Hockey India......

PIX: Bumrah leads India to thumping win over England

Here's how Bumrah bamboozled England batters in the 1st ODI at the Oval in London on Tuesday... Scorecard IMAGE: India's Jasprit Bumrah celebrates taking the wicket of England's Jonny Bairstow.......

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