Farmers' Protest: Samyukta Kisan Morcha to hold meetingFarmers' Protest: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) are spearheading the "Delhi Chalo" march to ...
22 Feb, 2024, 12.38 PM IST
Farmer sets himself on fire in UP's Muzaffarnagar during protest, rushed to hospitalBhartiya Kisan Union district president Yogesh Sharma said Brijpal tried to commit suicide because he was not getting any solution to his p...
22 Feb, 2024, 12.17 AM IST
Farmers counter tear gas drones with kites at Shambhu borderThe farmers protesting at the Shambhu border have adopted a unique tactic of flying kites to counter police drones dropping tear gas shells...
14 Feb, 2024, 05.34 PM IST
RBI asks Mahindra Finance to stop loan recovery via external agents after Hazaribagh incidentThe directive comes days after loan recovery agents of Mahindra Finance allegedly crushed a 27-year-old pregnant woman in Hazaribagh distri...
22 Sep, 2022, 10.28 PM IST
US sanctions on Russian oligarchs miss richest of richThe raft of sanctions on oligarchs announced by President Joe Biden this week in response to the invasion of Ukraine may do little to dim t...
26 Feb, 2022, 02.05 PM IST
Narendra Modi’s farm reforms could turn India into a food-export powerhouseAnalysts and industry experts say the new policy has the potential to change the face of Indian agriculture, which has been hampered by low...
16 Oct, 2020, 03.26 PM IST
SGX Nifty up 30 points; here's what changed for market while you were sleepingNifty futures on the Singapore Exchange traded 28.5 points, or 0.25 per cent higher at 11,483, in signs that Dalal Street was headed for a ...
14 Sep, 2020, 08.03 AM IST
One of China’s most ambitious projects becomes a corridor to nowhereAlmost seven years after the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was established, there’s little evidence of that vision being realized. The s...
03 Mar, 2020, 10.52 AM IST
View: RBI does its bit, the ball is back in govt's court to revive growthBy keeping the stance accommodative, RBI has signalled that it is keeping its powder dry for now.
07 Feb, 2020, 06.11 AM IST
Elections strike sour note across Uttar Pradesh's sugarcane beltThe sounds of NOTA (none of the above) appear to drown out any promises being made by parties with farmers saying they are tired of promise...
31 Mar, 2019, 12.44 PM IST
Ajay Srivastava on where to invest in an election yearInvest only 50-60% in equities and only in these 4 sectors, says Dimensions Consulting CEO
08 Nov, 2018, 03.45 PM IST
A mine of votes: Why illegal sand mining is never an election issueIllegal sand mining, conveniently brushed under the carpet for years, kicked a political storm when CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan embarked on Na...
18 Oct, 2018, 12.08 PM IST
Why Modi must find the courage now to stop the worst subsidy of allStudies show that up to 40% of subsidised kerosene is diverted from poor beneficiaries to the adulteration of diesel, which is more than tw...
06 Aug, 2017, 09.36 PM IST
It is important for Congress to give more power to regional leaders: Punjab CM Amarinder SinghI am more confident, having learnt from my previous experiences, of tackling the problems and bringing the state back on the track of progr...
16 Jul, 2017, 12.56 AM IST
Why are farmers in a palpably prosperous district of Karnataka killing themselves?In the verdant district of Mandya, perennially irrigated by the winding Visvesvaraya canal, 21 farmers have committed suicide over the last...
26 Jul, 2015, 02.53 PM IST
Repo rate hike: Corporates say move will hurt industry, some call it madnessIndia Inc has been cautious on expanding due to several rounds of rate hikes in the past one-and-a-half years.
27 Jul, 2011, 01.21 PM IST
- The hybrid solution
A quiet revolution is sweeping across the cotton fields of Vidarbha, notorious for its farmer suicides.
13 Jan, 2007, 03.39 AM IST