Editorial

MUMBAI: More than 95 per cent Indian households prefer to park their money in bank deposits, while less than 10 per cent opt for investing in mutual funds or stocks, a new SEBI survey showed on Wednesday. The survey, conducted across urban and rural areas of the country, showed that …

A day after the African envoys’ termed the recent attacks on African students as ‘xenophobic’ and ‘racial’, External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said it cannot be called racist before probe is completed. Denouncing attacks on African nationals as “xenophobic and racial” in nature, heads of African missions …

NEW DELHI, CHANDER SHEKHAR LUTHRA: Monday could be the day the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Anurag Thakur would not like to remember. Whether the order from the three-member Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India TS Thakur would lead to prosecution against Thakur …

NEW DELHI: The Centre will be opposing in the Supreme Court the triple talaq practice on the grounds of women’s rights, terming it as “inalienable” and asserting that the issue should not be seen from the prism of uniform civil code, a highly placed government functionary said on Sunday. The …

NEW DELHI,KRISHNADAS RAJAGOPAL: Noting that the Centre and the Army, and not the Supreme Court, are the best judges to decide matters of national security and threat perceptions to the country, the apex court on Wednesday refused to entertain a petition to direct the government to stop funding separatists in …

Guwahati, Mustafa Khaddam Hussain, Main Uddin: Bangladesh and Bangladeshi are words which became the hotbed for every politician in North East Indian State Assam in the Early 80’s. Bangladesh is a small country which officially known as ”  People’s Republic of Bangladesh”. It gets independent on  26 March 1971. I …

NEW DELHI,KAY BENEDICT: The public spat between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has touched a shameful low in political morality. A few months back, the CM dubbed the PM a “psychopath” and a fortnight ago he went to the ludicrous extent of saying that Modi …

NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad has said on Tuesday it was for the Centre to decide whether Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley would attend the SAARC Finance Ministers’ conference or not. As per government sources, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das would represent India …

NEW DELHI: Against the backdrop of attacks on Dalits and minorities, President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said these incidents should be dealt with “firmly”, calling the violence against “weaker sections” that militate against the national ethos as “aberrations”. Coming down heavily on forces of intolerance, Mukherjee cautioned against “unmindful pursuit” …

NEW DELHI: The officers involved in the probe of Agusta Helicopter scam besides those securing successful prosecution of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala are among 31 CBI officers who have been awarded President’s Police Medal and Police Medal on Independence Day. Only two IPS officers figure in the …