Differences emerge in NDA over seat sharing in Bihar

Bickering among the ruling National Democratic Alliance partners in Bihar over seat sharing has come to the fore, even though the Bharatiya Janata Party, which held a meeting on Wednesday on the......

NDA seals Bihar seat pact, JD-U gets one more than BJP

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders including Home Minister Amit Shah and party president J P Nadda held a meeting with party leaders and those of the allies on the ensuing Bihar polls in New......

Prez Murmu visits Odisha harassment victim at AIIMS; principal held

As the health condition of the 20-year-old college student who set herself ablaze following alleged sexual harassment by a professor continued to remain critical, the Odisha Police on Monday......

Govt forms cabinet committees on security, economic affairs; includes allies

The Modi government on Wednesday constituted various cabinet committees, including the country's highest decision making bodies on security, economic and political affairs. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

Smaller deposits to be probed only if big accounts indicate irregularities

Limited I-T staff may compel them to focus on big fish than small depositors, reports Business Standard's Dilasha Seth and Indivjal Dhasmana. The tax department will go after 'big fish' in probing......

Govt goes all out to woo investors

On its first day in office, the new government on Tuesday sent out the right signals to investors by bringing up the issue of retrospective taxation, something that had been hurting foreign......

Aadhaar:Nearing a billion and counting, connectivity remains a problem

Aadhaar now has legal backing but it still faces challenges of privacy and data sharing. With enrolment numbers creating history now, we take a look at strengths & weaknesses in the system.  ......

Wrestlers write to PM Modi, IOA: 'Biased, unjustified, against right of equality'

IMAGE: The exemption will benefit the protesting wrestlers. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters Several women wrestlers, including medal winners from Commonwealth Games and Asian Championship,......