‘X-Ray is needed..’: Manager’s reply to employee’s request for sick leave sparks outrage from netizensAn Indian BPO employee faced a frustrating demand for extensive medical proof, including X-rays and MRIs, for nerve pain and inflammation t...
07 Dec, 2025, 04.48 PM IST
'Taunting husband is cruelty': HC says verbal fights, unreasonable demands can be grounds for divorceThe Chhattisgarh High Court granted a 52-year-old lawyer a divorce, citing mental cruelty by his wife. Her actions included taunting him ov...
25 Aug, 2025, 04.45 PM IST
Why should all health insurance claimants face painfully stringent claims processes due to a few fraud cases?The broader lesson extends beyond health insurance to all financial services. Basic systems that people depend on should be designed to wor...
02 Jun, 2025, 06.30 AM IST
Online mobs disgrace dissent: Misri abuse episode shows freedom of expression isn’t a license for venomForeign Secretary Vikram Misri, prominent during Operation Sindoor briefings, faced severe online abuse following the India-Pakistan 'stopp...
13 May, 2025, 11.33 PM IST
“Don’t create groups...": Gurugram employee sacked in 20 days for taking tea breaks with colleaguesAn employee was fired just 20 days into his job at a Gurugram startup after being accused of having an 'attitude problem' and for minor iss...
25 Feb, 2025, 01.09 PM IST
Disney-Reliance offer concessions for $8.5 billion India merger, but no cricket rights saleDisney and Reliance have proposed concessions to India's antitrust authority to gain approval for their $8.5 billion media merger but refus...
22 Aug, 2024, 05.51 PM IST
Facebook blocks news content in Australia as it blasts proposed lawFacebook's move comes amid Google's landmark deal with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, owner of the Wall Street Journal and two-thirds of Austr...
18 Feb, 2021, 04.12 AM IST
Angelina Jolie to direct biopic about wartime photographer Don McCullin based on his autobiographyBAFTA-nominated screenwriter Gregory Burke is penning the screenplay.
20 Nov, 2020, 02.19 PM IST
National commission for women mulling a policy to prevent gender discrimination at the workplaceThe National Commission for Women (NCW) is planning to bring in a comprehensive policy against gender discrimination at the workplace.
17 Nov, 2018, 07.00 PM IST
This is the most common ground that married couples cite to legally end their unionsThe proportion of divorces granted on the grounds of 'unreasonable behaviour' has grown considerably.
31 Jul, 2018, 05.48 PM IST
Will 2016 see the return of bulls?What of the other kind of investor who has patiently sat through all this trauma and turbulence waiting for the time when things will turn.
08 Mar, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Prefer roads, railways and defence sectors on govt spending: Dipen ShahWe have seen government spending coming across sectors like roads, railways and defence and this a segment which we should look at, says Sh...
20 Jan, 2016, 12.18 PM IST
Coalgate: Sonia agrees with young guns for aggressive retaliation against BJPSonia Gandhi agreed with younger Cong MPs on the need for aggressive posturing against the BJP on the Coalgate issue in Parliament.
24 Aug, 2012, 04.03 AM IST
Govt should not roll back key budget proposals so easilyThere is no way the government can concede an agitation against paying tax in whatever manner it may be concealed.
09 Apr, 2012, 08.49 AM IST
- Every fifth divorce in US involves Facebook: Survey
Facebook or Twitter may have helped unite many people across the globe, but a survey has revealed that one in five divorces in the US now i...
03 Dec, 2010, 12.23 AM IST
- Child rights panel moves SC against gay ruling
Dilution of Section 377 may legalise sexual exploitation of children.
16 Sep, 2009, 04.29 AM IST
- 'Builder can't deny compensation for delay in flat's delivery'
The National Consumer Commission has held that a builder cannot deny compensation to a buyer on its failure to deliver a flat within a stip...
14 May, 2008, 10.29 AM IST