People will choose BJP over TMC for safety: Dilip Ghosh

NEW DELHI: The following is an excerpt of...

KCR’s ‘Bus Yatra’ revives the BRS in Telangana

KOLKATA: The rationale behind undertaking the bus rally...

SP aims to reclaim Kannauj as it faces BJP incumbent in a fight

NEW DELHI: SP aims to reclaim Kannauj as...

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Hemlata to make comeback for Beti Bachao campaign

Singer Hemlata, whose soul-stirring songs became major Bollywood hits in the late 1970s and ’80s, is making a comeback to support Prime Minister Narendra...

‘Probes into bureaucrats not matter of public interest’

In what can be termed as an attempt to protect the privacy of babus, the Ministry of Finance has declined to share details of...

BJP may opt for 150 seats

The BJP is likely to settle for around 150 seats to fight from among Bihar’s 243. The rest of the seats will go to...

E-waste rules being strengthened

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is updating its E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011, making them more stringent and comprehensive to...

Old Delhi rail station a poor ad for tourism, needs a facelift

The Delhi Junction railway station located in the older part of the national capital, is a poor advertisement for India’s tourism infrastructure even though...

UP police felicitated by India News

On Saturday the police force of Uttar Pradesh was felicitated by India News TV channel , with Shaurya Samman for its contribution to society. Chief...

KCR TO DEMAND SPECIAL PACKAGE

Close on the heels of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demand special status and a...

Sikhs unruffled Aurangzeb Road renamed Kalam, not Teg Bahadur

The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC), which has been running a campaign to rename city’s Aurangzeb Road as Guru Teg Bahadur Road, has...

Suicides for AP special status make Naidu jittery

In what is becoming a dangerous trend for the ruling TDP-BJP alliance, another person has committed suicide to demand special status for Andhra Pradesh...

Mumbai Police is not revealing who gave information on Sheena

Even as information on the grisly murder of Sheena Bora and an inexplicably weird web of interpersonal relationships tumbles out of the closet of...

CRPF facing shortage of almost 27,500 bulletproof jackets

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), India’s largest paramilitary force engaged in anti- naxal and counter terrorism operation is facing a severe shortage of...

Too many lapses by police may spoil case

The way the Raigad police dealt with the remains of Sheena Bora in 2012 will now be looked at closely by the office of...

Lack of sponsors a hurdle for junior tennis stars: Natekar

As Leander Paes and Sania Mirza were on their way to their respective Wimbeldon victories, a certain 17 year old boy was writing his...

Reviving Iran gas pipeline not viable

India's exuberance about reviving the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline may not be practical, given that the global gas market has changed substantially since this...

‘Will take pragmatic view on P-Notes’

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has assured foreign investors that the government will take a pragmatic view and not restrict their participation in Indian stock...

China devaluation may start global currency war

China surprise move to devalue its currency (Renminbi) by over 4.5% is likely to trigger an ugly currency war with similar moves expected by...

This won’t make you mad, just disappointed

An old flatmate of this writer's would always finish all the cold water in the fridge, never once refilling the bottles. After many GENTLE...

Opera Max

Android app Free Opera Max, from the well-known browser company, is actually a data management app that claims to save 50% of your data usage on...

Andi Avonte 5

By iBall Rs 5,999 For the selfie obsessed, iBall has launched a phone with an 8 MP camera and dual-LED flash. It only has one camera...

Greenify

Android app Free Just like your hyperactive brain, your phone is always working away in the background. Apps are continuously refreshing themselves, and accessing the internet...

Sun King Pro

By Greenlightplanet Rs 1,800 The company has already sold 3.5 million of these tiny but mighty lamps around the globe. And for good reason. With a...

Maruti’s latest premium bet is the S-Cross

When you own half the entire car market in India, every new product that you launch is watched very keenly. Maruti Suzuki has had...

High design ethnic Indian wear online

IndianRoots, an ethnic Indian wear e-commerce enterprise, started by entrepreneur Rahul Narvekar from Mumbai, completes two years since its launch this month. Their portfolio...

Just Pressed presses on with new snacks

Primarily known for their cold pressed craft juices, Just Pressed have now launched a distinct line of products to munch on. We just sampled...

Geelani warns Pakistan about Gilgit, Baltistan

Hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has cautioned Pakistan not to dilute the disputed status of Jammu and Kashmir issue by making Gilgit-Baltistan...

Muslim polarisation may help BJP

As Muslim groups start shepherding their community in Bihar ahead of the Assembly elections, observers of minority politics feel that this may lead to...

Know your KCR to get a job in telangana

The stage has been set in Telangana for a massive recruitment of around 25,000 government jobs in the next four months. But a sound...

UPA suppressed Netaji files for fear of Russia: ex-CIC

The United Progressive Alliance government was not keen to release the documentation related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as it was worried that relations...

NDA allies push BJP to finalise seat-sharing

Parties constituting the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) have started pressing the Bharatiya Janata Party for an early decision on seat sharing following the JDU-RJD-Congress...

Qatar plans open, air-cooled stadia for 2022 World Cup football

The 2022 football World Cup, which will be held in Qatar, will witness some mind-boggling outdoor — that is open air — cooling technology...

It’s personal between Naidu and KCR

The bitter rivalry between Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) has lasted for around a...

Xi Jinping draws army into breath-restricting embrace

By mid-2015 there has been no reduction in intensity of the anti-corruption campaign unleashed by Chinese President Xi Jinping within weeks of the 18th...

Gap between wholesale and retail prices minimising

The latest data on retail inflation released this week showed that due to a sharp fall in food prices, retail inflation came down to...

‘Shifting to Delhi proved to be a career-defining move’

It's a story of a 10 year-old who overcame heavy odds in the pursuit of excellence. Shubham Jaglan the son of a milkman from...

My next hat-trick will be for FC Pune City: Tuncay Sanli

The inaugural season of Indian Super League (ISL) brought several football stars like Robert Pires, Del Piero and David Trezeguet to Indian shores for...

Athletes fight dearth of funds through crowdfunding

ive-time Olympian Shiva Keshavan was left in a quandary when he couldn't afford a sled to take part in the 2014 Winter Olympics held...

The many different faces of Hybrid

Hybrid Address: 54, Tolstoy Lane, Janpath, New DelhiT: (011) 33107916Meal for two: Rs 2,500 (with alcohol) plus taxes You have these tiny devices  — dispensing powdered...

Light up your wedding mandap

Klove Studio, owned by Gautam Seth and Prateek Jain and known for their blown glass installations, has collaborated with Swarovski jewels and created an...

Maruti Celerio Diesel may be India’s most fuel efficient car

The Maruti Suzuki Celerio recently crossed the one lakh sales mark in the market. Maruti achieved this in about one a half years since...

Stone-faced Ajay Devgn makes for an indifferent protagonist

If Indians had to pick a grand narrative for themselves, it would probably be the love for family values. It’s how we like to...

Phoenix: Apt representation of post war cinema

Few contemporary movies manage to capture the spirit of a bygone historical era. Even fewer combine this feat with a successful evocation of that...

FireChat takes connectivity offline

It begins with all modes of transport, airports and streetlights shutting down. Then the banks and stock exchange — backbone of a country’s economy...

The managerial shenanigans and bully tactics of the English Premier League

No more staring blankly at a blank TV screen every Saturday; the football is back, with the new English Premier League season starting on...

The Rock Supergroup: Forever doomed to egotistic mediocrity

The average lifespan of a supergroup, in a perfect world, should be no more than seven minutes and fifty seconds. It sounds arbitrary —...

Virtuosic fusion of folklore, class conflict & superstition

The Water Spirit and Other StoriesImran Hussain, Mitali Goswami (tr.)Harper PerennialsPages: 176Price: Rs 299 Mitali Goswami, who has translated Imran Hussain’s The Water Spirit and...

The Farthest Field: Raghu Karnad on the forgotten Indian soldiers of history

Writers and journalists may not often be subjected to a situation that mirrors their everyday life: essaying the role of an interviewee, but they...

Artist as thinker: Surendran Nair’s lively palette of ideas

We are still feeling the after-effects of the modern backlash against all philosophical and conceptual art. The general notion, yet prevailing, is that ideas...

Crimson: A schizophrenic’s romantic misfortunes and a twist in the tale

Portraying mental illness onscreen is difficult enough; to do it onstage is a tightrope. Underplaying it is not an option: this is theatre and...

When mortals play the music of God

Fifty years ago, in 1965, jazz legend and saxophone virtuoso John Coltrane released a 33-minute album called A Love Supreme. A four-part suite, its...

Robot dreams for a cleaner river

The level of pollutants in the Yamuna has risen exponentially in the last decade or so. Things have come to such a pass that...

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