October 18, 2021

With an eye on UP’s caste equations ahead of the assembly elections to be held in a few months, the ruling BJP Sunday held the first of a series of ‘Samajik Pratinidhi Sammelan’, or meetings for representatives of society, with Chief…

STARING AT political marginalisation, the IPFT, a constituent of the BJP-led government in Tripura, has reached out to the Pradyot Kishore Debbarman-led TIPRA Motha alliance, seeking to revive the demand for a separate state for “protecting…

With two Samajwadi Party (SP) MLAs, one supported by the ruling BJP, in the fray for the UP Assembly Deputy Speaker’s post, the SP on Sunday termed the saffron party’s move “undemocratic”, arguing that usually, a legislator from the biggest…

Harish Rawat says Cong had no choice but to replace Amarinder, explains how Sidhu’s public statements “indirectly” help Cong, refuses to commit on who will lead party in Punjab polls, and says Mamata Banerjee’s taking away of Cong leaders…

NEW DELHI: A communication between a general insurance company and the nominee of a person who had bought a policy from the former has become viral on social media. The letter communicates the reason for rejection of accidental death claim.…

WASHINGTON: Describing the Indian government's response to the COVID-19 situation as "swift and substantial", the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the country continued with labour reforms and privatisation despite the pandemic.…

NEW DELHI: Private sector lender HDFC Bank has reported standalone profit at Rs 8,834.31 crore for the quarter ended September 2021, registering a growth of 17.6 per cent against the same period last fiscal. The sequential growth in profit…

NEW DELHI: The market scaled new highs last week with the Nifty50 surpassing 18,000 and the BSE Sensex scaling above the 61,000-mark for the first time. The 30-share index added 1,246.89 points or 2.08% to end the Friday session at record…

With the Equity Markets rising as though pumped by steroids, there seems to be a feeling of uneasy giddiness among many market participants, of the kind one feels while riding a roller-coaster. While the upward ride is exhilarating, it…

Bayern Munich thrashed Bayer Leverkusen 5-1 on Sunday as Julian Nagelsmann’s side ran riot and silenced a stunned BayArena, scoring all five goals by halftime to reclaim top spot in the Bundesliga from Borussia Dortmund. A brace each…

Newcastle United’s Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur at St James’ Park on Sunday was suspended after a fan collapsed in the crowd, Britain’s Independent website reported. Spurs were leading 2-1 in the 41st minute when referee…

The iconic Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday joined the Indian team camp as its mentor for the T20 World Cup, two days after leading Chennai Super Kings to their fourth IPL title here. Dhoni was appointed in the new role last month.…

Scotland stunned fancied Bangladesh by six runs after Chris Greaves’ magnificent all-round display for a dream start in the ICC T20 World Cup on an eventful Sunday night here. Greaves led a brilliant lower-order fightback with a 28-ball…

The string of attacks against migrant workers and local residents in the Kashmir Valley continued Sunday with suspected militants gunning down two labourers from Bihar, and injuring a third from the state, in South Kashmir. The latest…

The Uttarakhand government on Sunday announced that it had completed it’s target of 100 per cent first dose vaccination against Covid-19 among the eligible population in the state. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Chief Minister Pushkar…

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal strongly condemned the forcible entry by armed fighters in a gurudwara in Kabul on Friday, the second such incident to be reported in less than…

Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari visited the IAF’s Leh station and deployments at forward areas in the northern sector on Saturday to take stock of operational readiness of the service’s units. The Chief of Air Staff also interacted with…

ammu and Kashmir Police detained three locals including a 45-year-old woman and her son at Bhatta Durian on Sunday, as the security forces operation against militants in the dense forests between Mendhar-Dehra Ki Gali-Thanamandi and Bhimber…

WITH THE Line of Actual Control (LAC) remaining tense across all sectors, India raised a new aviation brigade in the eastern sector this year. The brigade is mandated with the task of increasing surveillance along the LAC in the eastern…

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday began his five-day visit to Israel by laying wreath at a cemetery for Indian soldiers who laid down their lives in the region during the World War I in Talpiot, Jerusalem. About 900 Indian…