Adopting a tough stance, separatists on Sunday rebuffed attempts by five opposition MPs to talk to them even as an all-party parliamentary delegation explored ways to end the 56-day-old unrest by holding discussions with Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and some other mainstream leaders. During the first day of its visit, the delegation met about 200 members in about 30 delegations Read More

ecially in the ruling regime, which ultimately prevailed in ensuring that he returns earlier to the “realm of ideas” at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Experts say his biggest legacy would be steering the economy out of what seemed like a never-ending crisis – with a bleeding rupee, unsustainably high CAD and precarious external position – and Read More

Hundreds of Missionaries of Charity sisters in their trademark blue-trimmed saris had front-row seats at the Mass, alongside 1,500 homeless people and 13 heads of state or government, including Queen Sofia of Spain. Pope Francis, bestowing sainthood said, “For the honour of the Blessed Trinity… we declare and define Blessed Teresa of Kolkata to be a Saint and we enroll Read More

15:43  Jesus Christ statue vandalised in Mumbai: A statue of Jesus Christ was vandalised by unknown persons in Mumbai’s Juhu Tara area on Sunday afternoon even as the world celebrated Mother Teresa’s canonisation. On Sunday, bestowing sainthood on Mother Teresa, Pope Francis said, “For the honour of the Blessed Trinity… we declare and define Blessed Teresa of Kolkata to be a Read More

A pencil-thin alley leads to the main entrance of Mother House, the 4-storeyed grey building with brown-shuttered windows. 54A AJC, Bose Road in central Kolkata — the worldwide headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa — radiates peace and a palpable sense of energy. On Sunday, September 3, St Peter’s Square in Vatican City will Read More

With the appointment of Dr Urjit Patel as the new RBI governor, I am happy that there is going to be a continuation. The Raghuram Rajan era is being taken forward and there is going to be continuity and also change. There will be continuity as nobody from outside is brought in. Of course, Raghuram Rajan is not Dr Urjit Read More

Bangladesh’s fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami leader and media tycoon Mir Quasem Ali was hanged on Saturday, the sixth Islamist to be executed for war crimes committed during the country’s 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan. Ali was hanged in Kashimpur Central Jail on the outskirts of the capital. “He was hanged at 10.35 PM (local time),” Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told PTI. His execution Read More

How could there be a revival of the entirely forgettable Hindi movie song of the mid-nineties, Ole Ole? What was the lifespan of these meaningless songs of the “beat and catchy tune” type that had replaced the ones with the unforgettable lyrics and melodies of the ’sixties and ’seventies? Why were people at the next table in the restaurant or Read More

According to data released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Indore, Jabalpur, and Raipur are among India’s most accident-prone cities. The map, above, shows us the number of road accidents per one lakh people, represented by the size of the circle and its severity (deaths per 100 road accidents). The severity of the accident is represented by the Read More

What is the one quality the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has that most of his predecessors lacked? Excellent oratorial skills, points out Virender Kapoor. Inspired by the charisma and eloquence of Modi, management guru Virender Kapoor recently released the book Speaking the Modi Way, in which he talks about how you can become a great leader like him. Presenting Read More