Since it began in 2008, the Indian Premier League cricket season has seen lines increasingly blurred between the sport and Bollywood, both of which are among the biggest cultural passions in the massive country. Six weeks long, and with a brand value of some $3.2B, the IPL has similarities to both the U.S.Super Bowl and […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a bank with a corpus of Rs.20,000 crore to extend credit of up to Rs.10 lakh to small businesses and regulate micro-finance institutions, to promote their growth, add to the country’s output and create jobs. The move is aimed at benefiting some 58 million small businesses in the […]
With the rural wage growth coming down to a nine-year low at 5.5 percent this January and inflation seemingly stabilizing, India is bracing for a long period of higher sustainable growth and lower prices, financial services firm Morgan Stanley said on Monday. “We are more constructive on inflation outlook and we expect the retail price […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met a group of Muslim leaders who voiced their concerns, including the growing radicalisation of the young in the country’s largest religious minority. As they sought the government’s support in providing better facilities to Muslim youths particularly in education, Modi gave them a patient hearing, an official statement said. […]
A spat over yielding space in a traffic jam ended fatally for a middle-aged motorcyclist, who was beaten to death by five people even as his sons, who witnessed the entire incident, unsuccessfully tried to get police to intervene. One of the accused was arrested on Monday. Shahnawaz, a resident of Mata Sundari Road in […]
Seeking to scotch “lies” being floated about the land acquisition bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that it synergized India’s growth imperative with the need for environment protection, while calling for the country to demonstrate leadership in tackling the global threat of climate change. Inaugurating the state environment and forest ministers’ conference here, […]
Three policemen were gunned down and a policeman and a former militant were left critically injured in three terror attacks — the first major strike in the Valley since the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed government came to power in March. A police officer said the guerrillas attacked a three-member police party at Amshipora village in Shopian […]
Chief Justice of India Justice H.L. Dattu on Sunday sought to play down the controversy over the holding of the high court chief justices conference on Good Friday, saying it was an internal “family matter” and would be settled. Describing as “unfortunate” the raising of the issue by Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice Dattu told […]
Christians in Meghalaya on Sunday joined their brethren the world over in celebrating Easter. Cathedrals and churches in the Christian-majority state were thronged by believers for special mass and other celebratory events. It was a day of coloured Easter eggs and buns all over the state. Archbishop of Shillong Dominic Jala presided over the Easter […]
A policeman in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district was crushed to death on Sunday while flagging down a truck belonging to the sand mafia. State Home Minister Babulal Gaur has sought a report about the incident within three days and a case of culpable homicide has been filed against the truck driver who absconded after the […]