Reporter News - Rommel Rodrigues
Maharashtra assembly polls: Who has the edge?
- Oct 15, 2024
MUMBAI: The Election Commission of India announced on Tuesday that the assembly elections in Maharashtra will take place in a single phase on...
Industry legend and national hero Ratan bids final 'TATA',...
- Oct 09, 2024
MUMBAI: In a profound loss for India and the global business community, iconic Indian industrialist, chairman emeritus of one of India's biggest...
PM Modi's Asian outreach: A strategic counter to China's...
- Sep 08, 2024
MUMBAI: In an era defined by shifting geopolitical dynamics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proactive Asian outreach stands as a critical pillar in...
The alarming rampancy of sexual abuse against women in...
- Sep 01, 2024
MUMBAI: The recent harrowing incidents of rape and abuse of women as reported from the Kolkata incident and most recently in the film industry in the...
Anubhav Sinha's web series, 'IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack'...
- Aug 29, 2024
MUMBAI: Quite a few of us, especially those who must have been teenagers and above in the first days of circa 2000 would vividly remember when IC 814...
Does justice prevail when it is denied due to inordinate...
- Aug 25, 2024
MUMBAI: The wheels of justice move slowly, but 30 years is far too long for justice to be served in one of the most heinous crimes of enormous...
Navigating the fears surrounding Mpox epidemic
- Aug 18, 2024
MUMBAI: The very mention of the word "pandemic" is enough to send shivers down our spines, as we all have seen the devastating times during the...
Preventing landslides like Wayanad needs a comprehensive...
- Aug 11, 2024
MUMBAI: The recent devastating landslides in Wayanad district of Kerala have once again highlighted the urgent need for proactive measures to prevent...
Reshaping Monsoons: The Dance of El Niño and La Niña
- Jul 21, 2024
MUMBAI: Monsoons, the lifeblood of agriculture and water supply in many regions, are increasingly influenced by global climatic phenomena and among...
The dark side of faith: Fraud godmen and innocent devotees
- Jul 14, 2024
MUMBAI: India, a land known for its deep-rooted spirituality and diverse religious practices, has unfortunately also become a breeding ground for...
India's new criminal justice system, by Indians, for Indians
- Jul 07, 2024
MUMBAI: India’s criminal justice system, starting this month will see a major overhaul as three new criminal laws, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS),...
The 'NEW' paradigm shift in Indian politics
- Jun 09, 2024
MUMBAI: As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its alliance, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), secures a third term in power under the...
All that glitters is gold, prices hit new highs, but where...
- Apr 14, 2024
MUMBAI: Gold has been considered a safe haven investment for ages even when there was no major asset class like currency, oil and definitely...
Union Budget 2024, an ideal platform for the government's...
- Feb 02, 2024
MUMBAI: The convergence of the Union Budget 2024 and the upcoming Lok Sabha election provides an ideal platform for the government to communicate its...
Mumbai's air quality: A growing hazard necessitates...
- Oct 29, 2023
MUMBAI: India's bustling financial capital Mumbai, has long been a symbol of progress and development. However, behind its glimmering skyline and...
The G20 summit definitely scores a big win for India
- Sep 10, 2023
MUMBAI: Taking the lead in guiding the world toward equitable and sustainable prosperity, India's 2023 G20 Presidency can be called a tremendous...
Opposition unity is essential, but...
- Sep 03, 2023
MUMBAI: The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, commonly known by its abbreviation (INDIA) an opposition front of over 26 political...
BRICS is growing, but so will the challenges
- Aug 27, 2023
MUMBAI: BRICS a grouping of the world economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa formed by the 2010 addition of South Africa to the...
Positive side effects of global warming, 'deserts are...
- Aug 21, 2023
MUMBAI: Ever since we learnt of global warming we have been hearing about the devastating effects that it has wreaked on the earth and our lives. We...
CAG report raises red flags and concerns for the NDA
- Aug 20, 2023
MUMBAI: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra...
It was high time to update India's outdated laws for good
- Aug 13, 2023
MUMBAI: The Indian government just recently submitted a new bill that seeks to significantly modify the current laws, which is a huge step toward...
When will peace be restored in Manipur?
- Aug 06, 2023
NEW DELHI: India's northeastern state of Manipur has struggled with violence and turmoil for several weeks now. Ethnic warfare and insurgency have...
Confidence motions can be a catalyst for Political Turmoil
- Jul 30, 2023
MUMBAI: In a democratic system, the concept of a No-Confidence Motion holds significant importance. It provides an opportunity for parliamentary...
Rain fury every year, but do we learn lessons from the past
- Jul 29, 2023
MUMBAI: India is no stranger to heavy rainfall and floods during the monsoon season and every year like we are witnessing this year, the country...
The prospects of using artificial intelligence in...
- Jul 26, 2023
MUMBAI: Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly growing field that has the potential to revolutionize many industries, including online dispute...
What happened in Manipur is a blot on India's reputation
- Jul 21, 2023
MUMBAI: The recent incident in Manipur involving the circulation of an explicit video of two women paraded by a huge crowd can be deemed as a blot on...
Testament to India's growing capabilities in the field of...
- Jul 15, 2023
MUMBAI: The successful launch of the Chandrayaan-3 mission launched on July 14, 2023, with the aim of soft-landing a rover on the Moon's surface,...
Ajit Pawar's surprising, yet expected political move
- Jul 02, 2023
MUMBAI: Ajit Pawar's decision to side with the BJP and support Devendra Fadnavis in the formation of a government in Maharashtra, may not have left...
Advantage Congress in the countdown for Karnataka 2023
- May 01, 2023
BENGALURU: With less than two weeks to go for the May 10 Karnataka Elections 2023, the three major parties, the contender Bharatiya Janata Party...
Contrary to market expectations, RBI keeps repo rates...
- Apr 06, 2023
MUMBAI: Much against the wider expectations of the markets of a marginal upward revision in the key rates, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today...
All that glitters is definitely gold right now
- Mar 30, 2023
MUMBAI: All that glitters is not gold they say, but the prices of the bullion metal are definitely glittering and soaring to the skies with newer...
Old-time Rolta director former Lt.Gen Parnaik appointed...
- Feb 13, 2023
MUMBAI: In the latest round of gubernatorial reshuffle announced on Sunday (February 12), twelve states and the Union Territory of Ladakh were...
Rolta India earns dubious record, faces insolvency for the...
- Jan 20, 2023
MUMBAI: Rolta India Ltd (RIL) and its key promoter owner Kamal K Singh and directors may have earned a place in the Book of the Dubious Records in...
India's Wildlife Messiah: The Other Side Of Indira Gandhi
- Nov 19, 2022
MUMBAI: The fact that Indira Gandhi the first and to date the only women Prime Minister of India who served for three consecutive terms (1966–77)...
Chitra Ramakrishna will finally be behind bars in the NSE...
- Mar 05, 2022
NEW DELHI: Former National Stock Exchange (NSE) MD and CEO Chitra Ramakrishna who is an accused in the NSE co-location scam and who is being...
Explained: NSE's co-location scam and where we stand on it...
- Feb 15, 2022
MUMBAI: The recent revelation that Chitra Ramkrishna the head, none less than the former managing director and CEO of the biggest stock exchange of...
Why could the needle of suspicion ostensibly point at...
- Feb 14, 2022
MUMBAI: The final order of the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) against the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and its...
An outspoken doyen of Indian industry, Rahul Bajaj passes...
- Feb 12, 2022
MUMBAI: India’s leading industrialists and chairman emeritus of the Indian diversified conglomerate Bajaj Group, Rahul Bajaj passed away in Pune...
FM takes the pragmatic path, increases capital expenditure...
- Feb 01, 2022
MUMBAI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced the proposals of the annual Union Budget 2022 and in a precarious situation where the...
Rolta India strips off its key assets, turns tech complex...
- Jan 03, 2022
MUMBAI: Information technology company Rolta India Ltd (RIL) which is saddled with huge debt and over the past few years has been reduced to a shell...
RBI grants SFB licence to Centrum-BharatPe consortium,...
- Oct 12, 2021
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today granted Unity Small Finance Bank Limited (USFBL) the licence to operate as a Small Finance Bank (SFB)...
Congress leaders sit in silent protest outside the Raj...
- Oct 11, 2021
MUMBAI: The senior leaders of the Congress Party a part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi or the MVA government consisting of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)...
'Safaigiri' symbolic protest by Priyanka Gandhi while in...
- Oct 04, 2021
NEW DELHI: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who was taken in preventive custody early tody morning at Hargon by UP police, en route...
'To be or not to be,' is the dilemma of a being in a...
- Sep 29, 2021
Just when the Congress central leadership proudly patted their back, that they have finally tackled the festering situation in the border state of...
Bombay HC allows commercial suit of Rs 938 cr against NSEL...
- Jul 30, 2021
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court converted National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) suit for recovery of Rs 937.89 crore against NK Proteins Ltd and others...
Back in Antigua, Mehul Choksi says was brazenly kidnapped...
- Jul 16, 2021
NEW DELHI: Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, prime accused in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank Fraud Case along with his nephew Nirav Modi...
Senior Congress leader from Maharashtra Kripashankar Singh...
- Jul 07, 2021
MUMBAI: Senior Maharashtra state Congress leader Kripashankar Singh who is credited with turning North Indians' voters to the Congress fold since the...
'Diamonds Are Forever', I am Bond, Mehul Choksi Bond
- May 30, 2021
MUMBAI: We have seen in more than one James Bond films, like Sean Connery in 'Diamonds Are Forever' the fictional MI6 agent prancing around various...
The 'Streamcast Group' scam and Rolta: Was it deceitful...
- May 28, 2021
MUMBAI: Information technology company Rolta India Ltd (RIL) which was once considered among leading names in the sector, now along with its...
How Rolta's creditors were stonewalled against insolvency...
- May 27, 2021
MUMBAI: Information technology company Rolta India Ltd (RIL) now faces insolvency proceedings along with two of its fully owned subsidiaries Rolta...
Rolta India's ruse with NCLT and the 'Streamcast' hoax
- May 27, 2021
MUMBAI: The National Company Law Tribunal’s (NCLT) Mumbai bench has ordered insolvency proceedings against Rolta India Ltd (RIL) and appointed...
ED prob into Piramal Group's Rs 2,000 crore loan to Omkar...
- May 15, 2021
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) which is probing the alleged Rs 22,000 crore Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scam case by the promoters...
Commodity Exchanges, boon or bane for farmers?
- Feb 14, 2021
MUMBAI: When it comes to the on-going farmers protests most of the related conversations usually boils down to couple of contentions issues, one of...
As the improbable PM candidate, Sharad Pawar turns 80
- Dec 12, 2020
I might have been among the very few club reporters who quite early in one’s career was able to interact with the quintessential politician Sharad...
The Market Mafia, unveils a scam possibly much bigger than...
- Dec 09, 2020
Stories about major financial scams are quite a regular affair however only a few makes the headlines in India, especially the ones related to the...