NEW DELHI: Congress on Tuesday protested both inside and outside Parliament against the “anti-people” G RAM G bill, with its MP Shashi Tharoor – who the party has accused of being soft on BJP – taking a dig at the governmentt in Lok Sabha by recalling an old Bollywood number – “dekho o deewano (tum)…
Big picture – Can India close out series in Lucknow? If this tour followed the points system from the women’s Ashes – four points for a Test win and two for winning limited-overs games – South Africa would be leading India by 12 points to eight. If we look at it like that, while one…
NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday triggered a controversy after he pulled the hijab of a woman doctor during an appointment letter distribution programme.A video shared by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on X shows Nitish on stage alongside deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary and health minister Mangal Pandey.The incident took place…
An employee works inside a textile mill at Bhilwara in India’s Rajasthan state, on July 6, 2025. Himanshu Sharma | Afp | Getty Images India’s total goods exports for November rose 19% on year to $38.13 billion, with sharp improvement in the country’s trade with U.S. India’s merchandise goods trade deficit, which had touched a…
Alang, India – Standing on the windswept coastline of the Arabian Sea in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Ramakant Singh looks towards the empty, endless horizon. “In the olden days, ships lined up at this yard like buffaloes before a storm,” says the 47-year-old. “Now, we count the arrivals on our fingers.” Ramakant works…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday held a mega rally at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital, intensifying its campaign over alleged “vote chori” and the special intensive revision of electoral rolls. The protest, held under the banner “Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod”, comes days after sharp exchanges between the government and the Opposition in Parliament…
From ornate European-style interiors and spiral staircases to vintage lighting and a trove of luxury items, the Enforcement Directorate’s raid on the Lucknow home of a dismissed police constable arrested in the codeine-laced cough syrup case has left officials stunned. The Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police arrested constable Alok Pratap Singh,…
Shoppers purchase groceries at the upscale LuLu Hypermarket located in the Lulu International Shopping Mall in Kerala, India, on May 25, 2022. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images India’s consumer inflation rose to 0.71% in November, accelerating from an all-time low of 0.25% in the prior month. The headline inflation number was in line with…
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday allocated Rs 11,700 crore for the upcoming census schedule from April to September in 2027.According to Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the census will be conducted in two phases — housing enlisting and population enumeration.“Census 2027 will be the first ever digital census. The digital design of the census has…
‘Prefer Our Own Assessment To Make Policies’ NEW DELHI: Different global organisations, including environmental think tanks, may be ranking India on different green parameters, but the country prefers its own assessment for policy formulation instead of banking on “external” findings on pollution, sustainability and disaster resilience. Environment ministry made the country’s stand over such global…