NEW DELHI: Sankarshan Thakur, editor of The Telegraph, who brought a lyrical flair to hard-boiled ground reporting, and whose deep and nuanced understanding of national politics, especially of the state of Bihar, made him one of the distinguished journalists of his generation, passed away on Monday after battling cancer. He was 63.Sankarshan’s eye for the…
NEW DELHI: LG Electronics India is looking to list on Indian bourses by middle of next month, with the company (the domestic arm of Korean global major LG Inc) understood to have re-valued its operations at around 20% lower to the peak of Rs 1 lakh crore that it had assessed earlier, banking sources have…
NEW DELHI: The stage is set for Tuesday’s Vice Presidential election, with National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate CP Radhakrishnan facing off against INDIA bloc’s Justice B Sudershan Reddy.The electoral process will take place in Parliament House from 10am to 5pm, with vote counting starting at 6pm. Both sides have conducted mock polls to ensure their…
DELHI/MUMBAI: The GST cut that makes cars cheaper and is expected to be a fillip for the auto industry in the second half of the year has caused a lull in sales in August as customers wait for the discounts to show up. Auto retail sales rose by just 3% in Aug to 19.6 lakh…
GM Abhimanyu Mishra defeated world champion D Gukesh (Image credit: FIDE) NEW DELHI: Since becoming the youngest-ever world chess champion at the age of 18 last year, Grandmaster (GM) Gukesh Dommaraju has been on the receiving end of countless potshots, not just from the past champions but also from those who have only managed to…
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court set aside on Monday a suit challenging the Central Board of Film Certification‘s green light to director Vivek Agnihotri‘s controversial ‘The Bengal Files’, saying the petitioner’s contention about the film tarnishing his family’s image wasn’t maintainable.Lawyer Santanu Mukherjee, grandson of freedom fighter Gopal Mukherjee, moved HC on Sept 4, alleging the…
Investors are focusing on forthcoming inflation data from India and the US, which could shape the US Federal Reserve’s future policy decisions. (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in green on Tuesday on positive global cues. While Nifty50 was above 24,850, BSE Sensex was up over…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday lashed out at the Election Commission, saying it “must be named and shamed” for its “brazen non-compliance” with the Supreme Court’s directive to accept Aadhaar as proof of identity.“Today, once again for the third time, the Supreme Court reiterated the point that Aadhaar must be accepted as a valid…
Indian employers are set to ease hiring in the October–December quarter even as recruitment sentiment shows marked improvement from a year ago, according to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey. The net employment outlook, quoted by Economic Times, for Q4 stands at 40 per cent, down seven points from the current quarter but 18 points…
PANAJI: In a major setback to Goa govt’s ambitious plans to start hinterland tourism activities in five sanctuaries, Supreme Court on Monday granted a stay on carrying out any development activities in the proposed tiger reserve areas in state.SC, hearing a special leave petition by the state govt challenging a July 2023 Bombay HC order…
