India playing role in shaping global agenda, says Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi-- External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said that India was now playing an important role in shaping global agenda and listed...
With luxury encroaching in forest areas, tribals fear for their existence
By Kushagra Dixit
Khatiya-- Dheerwati, a member of the Baiga tribe, stands over some half acre of her dry patch of land, and points towards...
Shiv Sena Timeline
Highlights of the Shiv Sena's 50-year-long journey in politics:
* 1966:
June 19: Shiv Sena is born for 'Marathi manoos'
October: First rally at Shivaji Park, which...
Shiv Sena at 50: From militant chauvinism to mid-life blues
By Quaid Najmi
Mumbai-- It was a cool rainy day on June 19, 1966, that a frail, young political cartoonist with fiery eyes assembled a...
Text of Raghuram Rajan’s letter to RBI colleagues on 2nd term
Following is the text of the letter written by Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan in which he has made it clear that...
India Inc hails Rajan’s work as he says no to second term
New Delhi--As Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan on Saturday made it official that he is not keen on a second term,...
Government incentives for girls appear to work – somewhat
By Tanay Sukumar
When the then Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury launched the Dhanalakshmi scheme in 2008, she hoped it would encourage families...
Mallya declared a ‘proclaimed offender
Mumbai--A special court here on Tuesday declared liquor baron Vijay Mallya a "proclaimed offender" in the ongoing bank loans default and money-laundering cases, officials...
Mahatma’s life story to come out in comic form
Ahmedabad-- The Navjivan Trust, the Ahmedabad-based publishing house founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1929, is planning to bring out his life story in a...
Internet Saathi: Transforming lives of women through digital education
By Somrita Ghosh
Dholpur, Rajasthan--Twenty-five-year-old Kamlesh Kumari, a resident of Sirmathura village in Dholpur district of Rajasthan, is deeply engrossed with a tab, searching for...