Modi votes as polling underway for 93 seats in 3rd phase

Voting is progressing in 93 constituencies spread over 11 states and Union Territories on Tuesday in the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home......

Intense heat sweeps east, south; more heat wave days likely in May

Intense heat swept through east India and parts of the southern peninsular region on Thursday, testing power grids and prompting the Kerala government to order closure of educational institutions......

'India is not strictly a federal democracy'

'What happened to Andhra Pradesh? It is the perfect example of the transientness of Federal Units.' 'Federalism is a transient thing in this country.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas......

It's A Raja Versus Runk Contest In Mysuru

In a battle involving the 'royal' and the 'ordinary', the voters of Mysuru will make a choice between the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar and Congress's M......

View Consumption Survey Numbers With Caution

Could the MPCE survey results be used as a basis of reconstructing the Consumer Price Index with new weights, asks Madan Sabnavis. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The Survey on household......

Lithium reserves found in Jammu and Kashmir put on bidding block

The central government is expected to complete the auction of the 5.9-million tonne (mt) lithium reserves discovered in the Reasi district of the northern Union Territory (UT) of Jammu & Kashmir......

Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata to earn Rs 68.17 cr dividend from Infosys

Akshata Murty, the wife of Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, stands to earn Rs 68.17 crore in dividend income from her shareholding in India's second-largest IT firm Infosys. Photograph:......

Fraternity, prosperity and polarisation

Economic stagnation is the advance payment for polarisation, which extracts a terrible price. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com One of the most heartening and fraternal features of......

'There will never be another Bishan Bedi'

'He was a cricketer who come once in a lifetime...' Cricket legend Bishan Singh Bedi passed away into the ages on October 23, 2023.Regarded as one of the greatest spinners to have played the game,......

Ranji: Bengal trounce UP; Nagaland bowled out for 25!

A summary of all the action from Day 4 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu's B Sai Kishore picked 5/101 to bowl out Hyderabad for 258 on Day 4 of their Ranji Trophy......