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Air India

New Delhi: Air India has been “consistently improving” its overall performance and more than doubled its operating profit to Rs 298.03 crore in the last financial year, according to the government. The net loss of the state-owned airline however widened to Rs 5,765.16 crore in 2016-17. The divestment-bound national...

Feb 9 · >

‘Mahabharat’ in Rajya Sabha Over Modi’s ‘Ramayan’ Jibe at Renuka Chowdhury

New Delhi: A ‘Mahabharat’ played out on Thursday over Narendra Modi’s ‘Ramayan’ jibe at Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury, with the Congress forcing Rajya Sabha to adjourn and its women’s wing demanding an apology from the Prime Minister for his “utterly sexist and disgusting” remark. A fiesty Chowdhury threatened to...

Feb 9 · >

Jacqueline Fernandez to Recreate Madhuri Dixit

The actress will be recreating popular Tezaab number Ek Do Teen with the help of three choreographers — Saroj Khan, Ganesh Acharya and Ahmed Khan . IANS Updated:February 8, 2018, 3:46 PM IST Image: Yogen Shah Mumbai: Actress Jacqueline Fernandez will recreate veteran actress Madhuri Dixit Nene’s foot-tapping “Ek...

Feb 9 · >

Google Fined Rs 136 Crore By Competition Commission for Indulging in

New Delhi: The Competition Commission of India on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs 136 crore on Google for “search bias” and abuse of its dominant position, in the latest regulatory setback for the world’s most popular internet search engine. The antitrust watchdog said Google, the core unit of...

Feb 9 · >

With Elections Round the Corner, BJP Alleges Siddaramaiah Govt Yet to

Accusing Karnataka Ministers of indulging in “religion politics”, Leader of the Opposition Jagadish Shettar questioned whether the government was “dead or alive”. PTI Updated:February 8, 2018, 11:08 PM IST File photo of Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah. (Photo: Deepa Balakrishnan, Network18) Bengaluru: Opposition BJP on Thursday mounted a scathing attack on...

Feb 8 · >

British Insurers See China, India as Top Non-EU Markets After Brexit

After Britain leaves the EU, it will have to negotiate new trade agreements with many countries and insurers see India and China as top priority non-EU markets. Reuters Updated:February 8, 2018, 9:57 PM IST After Britain leaves the EU, it will have to negotiate new trade agreements with many...

Feb 8 · >

To Avoid Factionalism, Congress Includes Pilot and Gehlot in its Rajasthan Party Committee

The list which contains names of both Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot can be seen as an attempt to end factionalism that has beset the party in Rajasthan for a long time now. File photo of Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot (left) and state Congress president Sachin Pilot....

Feb 8 · >

Banks Set to Raise Lending Rates, Pre-empting RBI

New Delhi/Mumbai: Banks are raising interest rates even though the Reserve bank of India (RBI) is leaving its rates unchanged, as risks such as surging bond yields and more provisioning requirements erode their profit. HDFC Bank, India’s second-biggest bank by assets, on Wednesday became the latest to raise some...

Feb 8 · >

Karan Johar

And as his twins turn one, KJo celebrated the special day with his near and dear ones including Kareena Kapoor Khan, Rani Mukerji, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra, Soha Ali Khan and Manish Malhotra. Updated:February 8, 2018, 3:49 PM IST Image: Instagram/ Karan Johar It was a good...

Feb 8 · >

Up Against

New Delhi: It is not uncommon to see Panchali Bhattacherjee returning on a cycle rickshaw from the neighbourhood market near her official bungalow. To put it into context, Panchali is the wife of Manik Sarkar, who has been Tripura’s Chief Minister for the last 20 years. The ‘poorest CM...

Feb 8 · >

BJP Minister Giriraj Singh Booked in Land Grab Case, RJD Questions Nitish Kumar

Union minister Giriraj Singh has been charged with forgery and criminal conspiracy for allegedly conspiring to grab a prime piece of land illegally. via News18 IPA Newspack

Feb 8 · >

India Can Play Peace Maker Role In West Asia

By Surajit Mahalanobis   UAE foreign minister Dr Anwar Mohammad Gargash declared at the recent 4th Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate that the country cannot live under the shadow of “Iran’s threat”. India needs to be equally concerned about the violent developments in the backdoor of the GCC.   As...

Feb 8 · >

Kasganj: The Alienation Is Complete

  By Sushil Kutty   There is an uneasy calm in Kasganj. It was not a coincidence that this town in Uttar Pradesh witnessed an unprecedented communal riot on January 26, Republic Day. Since then its bustling markets have gone silent, remained shut. The largely Hindu-dominated trade lies crippled....

Feb 8 · >

‘Compulsory’ Gets No Attendance In JNU

By Aditya Aamir The word ‘compulsory’ doesn’t walk the JNU campus, where a diktat to make attendance compulsory is being fought tooth and nail by students and teachers, both like disciplined soldiers. Yeah, the only thing compulsory about JNU scholars and researchers is ‘compulsive-impulsive’. The irony is Indian Army...

Feb 7 · >

BJP Is Replacing CPI(M) In West Bengal

By Arun Srivastava   If the by-poll results from Rajasthan have been a warning for the BJP, the message of it replacing the CPI(M) as the main opposition party in West Bengal sounded the death knell for the Marxists. This certainly is a bad omen particularly for Prakash Karat...

Feb 7 · >

Pawar’s Belated Attempt At National Role

By Amulya Ganguli   It is rather late in the day for the septuagenarian Sharad Pawar to try and emerge as a major player on the national stage. Even if the NCP leader succeeded in assembling a number of parties for his “save the Constitution” rally in Mumbai on...

Feb 7 · >

Is there tyranny of the majority in India? 

Sushil Kutty Youth Ki Awaaz (YKA) is a website that posts stories on issues that engage, bother and interest the youth. And India is a country where over 60% of the population is young. People often refer to India as ‘Youngistan’. On February 4, YKA highlighted two posts —...

Feb 6 · >

Looking At Elders Through Selective Eyes

By Surojit Mahalanobis   The anxiety of the Finance Minister and the Prime Minister about periodically raising salaries and perks of the government employees is well understood, because they cannot afford to keep a very large segment of working force in the government unhappy for long when the governance...

Feb 6 · >
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