Sushma Swaraj had cited her health while announcing her decision to not contest next year’s Lok Sabha elections. read more

BJP’s state chief PS Sreedharan Pillai said there was a “police raj” in Sabarimala and that the pilgrimage to the hilltop shrine to Lord Ayyappa was being affected due to their high-handedness. read more

“I loved solving problems in Mathematics and still do. This led me to join engineering and while studying I was introduced to the subject of radar systems. Only three opted for it, with me being the only woman. I was fascinated with application of this... read more

Patel and his four deputies, who all are members of the RBI’s 18-member central board, will present a united front, while a few independent directors too are expected to support the central bank’s mission to clean up bank balance sheets, sources sai... read more

The Congress has been claiming that the state government is in disarray in absence of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar from office on account of medical reasons. The Congress had submitted representations to the president and the Goa governor, claiming... read more

Tensions between the RBI and the government have escalated recently, with the Finance Ministry initiating discussion under the never-used-before Section 7 of the RBI Act which empowers the government to issue directions to the RBI Governor. read more

The process of constitution of boards for the IIMs is a major development which signals complete autonomy of quality institutions in higher education, HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said. read more

Raghuram Rajan’s comments came a day after the second anniversary of the demonetisation decision, which has become an occasion for the opposition to renew criticism of the government. read more

National LGBTQ advocates hailed Jared Polis becoming the first openly gay man elected governor in the United States. But issues of sexual preference or gender never became a prominent topic in Polis’ campaign against Republican state Treasurer Walker... read more

Five-term congressman, Jared Polis, was open about his sexual orientation during the campaign, often referring to it in his criticism of President Donald Trump. read more

Pitching for respecting the institutional autonomy of the RBI, he said the central bank has the liberty to say no if the government pushes it to be lenient. read more

The attackers involved in the killings of senior BJP leader Anil Parihar and his brother Ajit Parihar have been identified and will be brought before the people soon, Jammu and Kashmir’s governor Satya Pal Malik said on Monday. read more

The CIC has asked RBI governor Urijit Patel to explain why a maximum penalty should not be imposed on him for “dishonouring” the apex court verdict, which had upheld a decision taken by then information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi, calling for disclosure... read more

Though Aatish Taseer’s book appears to be about the Brahmins of Benaras, it is actually a look at the continuing aftershocks of colonialism, about India and Bharat, and about the persistence of caste read more

The court recorded that 7,335 persons have been incarcerated by SEMs between July 1, 2017 and June 13, 2018 read more