Kargil: Did India Punish Pakistan Enough?

India failed to extract the 'price' from Pakistan for its Kargil misadventure. The price could have been military in terms of loss of territory/soldiers/equipment or destruction of terrorist......

SC notice to Centre, governors on pleas by Kerala, Bengal

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider the separate pleas of opposition-ruled Kerala and West Bengal, alleging the denial of assent to bills passed by the......

On Kargil Vijay Diwas, Modi hails Agnipath, targets Opposition

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Agnipath scheme is an example of necessary reforms undertaken by the Army and accused the opposition of playing politics over the recruitment process......

Modi Bluster Missing From Budget

With the reality of coalition politics staring the BJP in its face, this was inevitable, points out Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves for Parliament to present the......

Budget 2024: FM exhorts states to take up next-gen reforms agenda

In her Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday underlined the need for collaboration between the Centre and states to take up the next-generation reforms covering land,......

Budget 2024: Sitharaman unveils road map for 'Viksit Bharat'

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget proposals lay out a comprehensive road map for transforming India into a developed nation, focusing on key priorities that aim to generate ample......

Nirmala Sitharaman and her team decode the fine prints of Budget 2024

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, along with her team of bureaucrats, delved into the fine print of the 2024-25 Budget documents in a press conference, detailing the government’s......

Gold Crash: Should You Invest Now?

'If you invest in sovereign gold bond, you are going to get the price rise of gold over an eight year period.''You're also going to get that two-and-a-half percent which the Government of India is......

'I've Always Admired R&AW Agents'

'' Photograph: Kind courtesy Gurmeet Choudhary/Instagram Gurmeet Choudhary, who has been through the entire spectrum of visual formats, is back, this time with a series on OTT. "I have been......

Kakuda Review: Neither Scary Nor Funny

Since Kakuda is made for OTT, the film might find its audience of horror fans but it is not particularly scary, and not the least bit funny, observes Deepa Gahlot. In a country full of folklore,......

Women's boxing at risk? Boxers fight to stay in the ring

IMAGE: Australia’s Caitlin Parker after her bout. Photograph: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters The possibility of boxing being excluded from the programme at the Los Angeles......

Narang targets record haul at Paris Olympics

‘Mood is upbeat as first teams arrive in the Olympic Village,’ says India's Chef-de-Mission Gagan Narang Photograph and video: Kind courtesy SAI Media/X As the first teams arrived in......

'I miss my daughter but it is about winning Olympic medal': Deepika

IMAGE: Archer Deepika Kumari will be participating in her fourth Olympic Games. Photograph: Deepika Kumari/Instagram Deepika Kumari is torn between two worlds. One where the doting mother longs to......

Four countries honoured at ICC Development Awards

IMAGE: Netherlands earned the "ICC Associate Member Men's Performance of the Year" award for qualifying for the Men's Cricket World Cup. Photograph: ICC / X Four countries - Netherlands, UAE,......

'We can come up with a big surprise'

IMAGE: India's Italian Head Coach Massimo Costantini with Manika Batra. Photograph: X Insisting that even the table tennis powerhouses are keen to avoid playing India in the earlier rounds thanks......