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Bharatiya Janata Party supporters raise a cutout of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they celebrate winning seats in the state of Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow. AP FILE PIC

Exploring the UP verdict: Days after the wave

Imagination seems to work very well with the current winners.

14 March 2017 1:07 AM IST

Fishermen community members on the 4th day of their protest against the alleged killing of 22-year-old Indian fisherman Britjo, at Thangachimadam in Rameswaram. (Photo: DC)

No easy solution to the bay of woes

An even greater problem than this issue of poaching into Sri Lankan waters is the denudation of ocean resources with...

13 March 2017 1:41 AM IST

K. L. Rahul and Cheteshwar Pujara played stellar roles in the Bengaluru Test. (Photo: AP)

50 shades of grey drama in one thrilling Test match

The virtually neurotic dislike the Aussies harbour about fourth innings targets may have helped the Indian cause...

9 March 2017 12:57 AM IST

Tamil Nadu is so worried that it will not even allow gas pipelines to go through the state. (Representational image)

Hyperloop for ancient Tamil Nadu sounds far too fanciful

The state has said no to hydrocarbon extraction believing the devil resides in the oil trapped within the rocks.

6 March 2017 3:00 AM IST

The much hyped Universal Basic Income (UBI) touted as the mother of all welfare schemes to be introduced in the country fails to find any mention in the budget speech of Finance Minister Arun Jaitely on Wednesday.

Kerala budget 2017: Laudable aims, grim fisc

Kerala has not gone for compression of expenditure on neither revenue or capital fronts.

4 March 2017 2:25 AM IST

The Central Statistical Organisation had estimated a GDP growth of 7.1 per cent for 2016-17 earlier in January.

Pay revision has GDP figures up

GVA at basic prices does not include any taxes, including indirect taxes net of subsidies.

2 March 2017 7:15 AM IST

Finance minister Thomas Isaac presenting the budget for 2016-17. DC File

Kerala budget 2017: Reengineering on taxation front

The administrative mindset of the tax agency has to undergo a paradigm shift.

1 March 2017 1:22 AM IST

In Pune, the Aussies found their man of the hour in captain Steve Smith.

Team India hoist by their own petard

The Aussies found their man of the hour in their celebrated captain Steve Smith.

1 March 2017 1:10 AM IST

This is marked by the increasing use of acronyms and the funniest one to have emerged may be a new political party in Tamil Nadu which, going by its abbreviations, is the MAD party.

Watch out! Mad acronym war is raging

It is actually a more universal phenomenon, with the season coming into US, Australia and the South somewhat later in...

27 Feb 2017 6:49 AM IST

Joke night: Bash The Donald Oscars

Joke night: Bash The Donald' Oscars

Jimmy's classic line was Trump might run out of options if he contemplated a 4th bride since by then, the US would have...

26 Feb 2017 4:42 AM IST

Md Siraj and T. Natarajan

More Cinderella stories from IPL

Pay cheques in the region of Rs 3 crore for Natarajan and Rs 2.6 crore for Siraj represent a transformational event that...

23 Feb 2017 1:06 AM IST

Earlier, Nomura had said in a report last November, that demonetisation could slow Indias GDP growth to 6.5 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2016 against its estimate of 7.3 per cent.

Kerala: Revenue deficit stares hole through finances

With Goods and Services Tax coming into being, there is expectation that State would get additional revenue.

21 Feb 2017 1:44 AM IST