USCIRF report on religious freedom in India ill-conceived

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NGT imposes fine for Delhi sewage

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT)...

Kejriwal bail a possible setback for BJP

The Supreme Court’s decision to grant interim...

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J&K finalises list of free drugs

Though the Jammu and Kashmir government has finalised the list of essential drugs to be distributed free of cost in government-run hospitals, the “governor’s...

Police reach out to Delhi via Twitter

In addition to news and views, Delhiites can now turn to the social media platform Twitter to keep up with alerts on law and...

MCD mess a result of Cong mishandling

The ongoing stalemate in the three municipal corporations of Delhi has its origin in the previous Congress government’s mishandling of the trifurcation of the...

IAF drafts new security plan to guard airbases

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has drafted a new security procedure under which it has decided to spend at least Rs 6,800 crore on...

Nothing grand about Nitish’s alliance in UP

The “Grand Alliance” has nothing grand about it in Uttar Pradesh. What emerged as a winning proposition in Bihar is already looking like a...

NREGA will get PM’s imprint

The UPA government programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which completed 10 years this week, will get Prime Minister Narendra...

Gold regains shine amid global volatility

Seeing their equity wealth eroded due to the ongoing global volatility, anxious investors have again started buying gold which has always been seen traditionally...

Karnataka global investors’ meet gets huge investments

Karnataka government’s initiative to woo investment through Invest Karnataka 2016 shored up Rs 1.33 lakh crore in the state. This may be supplemented with...

Good time to buy a home: Analysts

Genuine home buyers should take advantage of the bottomed-out prices of residential real estate and should start buying their dream home now as prices...

Shami included for World T20

Pacer Mohammed Shami has been included in India's squad for this month's Asia Cup and the World T20 commencing next month, the Board of...

Little known Jaspreet Bumrah takes the big steps

For a player the timing of their performance is of utmost importance as is evident in Jaspreet Bumrah’s case. His sterling show in the...

‘Supporting Syria’ event raises $10 billion

After the unexpected suspension of the Syria peace talks in Geneva, London hosted the fourth “Supporting Syria” conference this week, and was able to...

What life is like at the Indian Military Academy

 On The DoubleBy Tanushree PodderRoli BooksPrice: 295Pages: 236 It is unwise to read a sequel of something you loved when you were young. It might...

Book Review: A journalist discovers the secrets of ISIS

 In the Skin of a JihadistBy Anna ErelleHarper CollinsPages: 230Price: Rs 828In the Skin of a Jihadist by Anna Erelle (not the author’s real name)...

Street art festival aims to rejuvenate Delhi’s public spaces

Street art came into the realm of Delhi’s art festival itinerary in January 2013, with the first ever St+art festival. Who could have imagined...

NSD’s theatre festival to become a platform for young artists to showcase their talent

Bharat Rang Mahotsav, an annual theatre extravaganza of the National School of Drama (NSD) in its 18th year opened with much fanfare. The most...

Songs for friends and family by Consolidate

Bangalore-based independent and collective label Consolidate, which began as a Facebook community in 2013 is all set to release its second release as a...

G-Shock GWN watch is meant for the style-conscious customer

The G-Shock GWN 1000 has a lot of features cramped into one device. Simplistically designed, the watch is not for the average buyer and...

Reminiscences of a life lived making meals for the world

Chef Kunal Kapur is a well-recognized and celebrated chef in India. He is a restaurateur and media personality known for his food-focused television shows,...

Movie Review: 99 Homes an indictment of the quagmire of capitalism

One of the most precarious cinematic tightropes available for an artist to walk is that razor-thin line between urgent cultural criticism and flaccid moralizing....

Jet Airways suspends its cabin crew for allowing Sonu Nigam to perform onboard

Jet Airways said on Friday that it has suspended the five-member cabin crew of its 4 January Jodhpur-Mumbai flight for allowing celebrated singer Sonu...

Modi-baiters are running the intolerance debate

Singer-musician Adnan Sami’s recent statement that he would not have sought Indian citizenship had India been intolerant was an apt answer to the vicious...

India, Bangladesh stress on border cooperation

Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar discussed  border security and maritime cooperation issues with his Bangladeshi counterpart. Md. Shahidul Haque who came here on Monday for...

PDP, BJP leaders to meet J&K governor over govt formation

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and BJP state president Sat Sharma will meet Jammu and Kashmir governor N.N. Vohra on Tuesday, after the Vohra asked the...

J&K governor asks PDP, BJP to clear stand on government formation

Jammu and Kashmir governor N.N. Vohra has asked both People's Democratic Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party to clarify their respective positions on the...

Intolerant people are there in every country: Taslima Nasreen

Bangladesh-born author Taslima Nasreen, now a Swedish citizen, quietly visited New Delhi to participate in the World Book Fair last week. When in India,...

Most secretary ranks opened to services other than IAS

The Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has started the process of empanelling officers belonging to the Indian Police Service (IPS) and other Group...

PM Modi overruled BJP line on Rohith suicide

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought to reach out to the family of Rohith Vemula, a Dalit PhD scholar with University of Hyderabad (UoH)...

Over 20 incidents of major fire in ministries in recent years

Over 20 incidents of major fire were reported in recent years in Shastri Bhawan, North Block, South Block and Nirman Bhawan, housing important Union...

PM urged to help restore minority status to AMU

The Attorney General (AG) Mukul Rohatgi, referring to the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), stated in the Supreme Court last week that “as the executive...

‘Netaji was an admirer of Savarkar’s works’

Strongly condemning a “false” and “misleading” article against Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, his grandson, Ranjit Savarkar, has said he will soon file a criminal...

New Parliament building is a distant dream

A new Parliament building equipped with latest technologies is a distant dream in the country as the Lok Sabha Speaker’s suggestion for the same...

INA treasure a poor show, said Nehru

Amid the files on Netaji declassified by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, is a letter by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, on...

Delhi faces powerless summer as AAP govt shuts down two plants

Delhi, which has a demand for nearly 6,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity during the summer months, could be reeling under power cuts due to...

Pravesh Verma may get to lead Delhi BJP

Pravesh Verma, son of former Delhi Chief Minister, the late Sahib Singh Verma, leads the race for the post of Delhi BJP president.Pravesh had...

Maharashtra’s tribal produce will get a big market

Maharashtra’s tribal belt, which collects forest produce, is likely to a find big market in the food processing units of corporates and ayurvedic companies....

‘I think India has the people with the required skills to make cigars here’

As the creator of the hottest selling cigars (Vintage series) in the US, Rocky Patel is quite a rock star in the world of...

‘Start-up’ drive will change India’s economic course

The Narendra Modi government’s Start-up action plan has completely overwhelmed India’s young entrepreneurs who feel that the policy support would help Indian start-ups nurture...

PM, French President will lay International Solar Alliance foundation stone

The foundation stone of International Solar Alliance (ISA) Headquarters will be laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande a day...

Aviation authorities against using the most advanced landing tech

Aviation authorities in India are not in favour of introducing the most advanced Instrument Landing System — CAT IIIC — that assists during zero...

Ashwin’s omission from fourth ODI irks pundits

India’s 1-4 loss at the hands of Australia in the ODI series Down Under which concluded in Sydney on Saturday has been compounded by...

Maharashtra’s ‘Roti Bank’ will counter starvation

The New Year is likely to bring smiles on the faces of many homeless and destitute people in Maharashtra. From Mumbai’s famed dabbawalas to...

Pak scientists transferred some nuclear secrets to Laden

Two retired Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission scientists and Islamic fundamentalists—Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood and Chaudiri Abdul Majeed—provided some rudimentary nuclear know-how to the terror group...

‘U.S. report on Pak nukes is a sham to scare India’

A report by the US Congressional Research Service (CRS) released on 14 January 2016 claims that Pakistan is rapidly increasing its nuclear stockpile, with...

Six arrested in Karnataka for ‘links’ with Islamic State

The Karnataka police arrested six youths, including four from Bengaluru, on Friday over their alleged links with the Islamic State terrorist outfit, state Home Minister G. Parameshwara said."Four...

NIA raids Punjab SP’s house

The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is investigating the Pathankot terror attack case, conducted raid and searches at five places, including the residences and office of...

UGC recognition will not help madrasas: Naqvi

Granting UGC recognition will not help the state of madrasas which need overall modernisation, feels BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who is also...

Comedian Kiku sharda faces Dera followers’ wrath

Not everything and everyone is worth laughing over, surely not the “babas”. Comedian Kiku Sharda got to learn this lesson the hard way when...

Modi supporters in Aligarh mobilise quietly

Some Aligarh Muslim University professors and Aligarh-based Muslim activists are busy promoting the policies of the Narendra Modi government, at a time when the...

‘TMC covering up IAF man’s death’

A raging controversy has erupted after a speeding sports utility vehicle (Audi Q7) hit an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer, Corporal Abhimanyu Gaur, taking...

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