Reclaiming Authenticity in a World of Impressions

Right since our birth, we are trained...

Trinamool Congress sweeps Bengal byelections

Byelections in six seats saw TMC retain...

Stubble-burning declines, but pollution levels raise doubts over satellite data accuracy

Stubble-burning declines, yet unchanged aerosol levels highlight...

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Pravasi Diwas will be organised every year, says UP CM

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s unique and dynamic Pravasi Diwas meet, an attempt to engage with the non-resident Indians of Uttar Pradesh in the development...

U.P. Government’s pravasi diwas puts state on path of high growth

The Uttar Pradesh government, committed to putting the state on the road of high growth, embarked on a ground-breaking initiative by organising the state’s...

Bodies of militants killed in Pathankot sent for post mortem

The bodies of four militants who were gunned down in encounter in Pathankot with the security forces during the terror attack on the air...

Wife deserts ‘dead’ husband to escape living hell

Santosh Singh is dead in official records — dead because he married a Dalit girl in 2002, when his relatives, angry at his decision,...

Mehbooba may face hurdles on way to CM’s chair

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who is ailing and currently in the intensive care unit of the All India Institute of...

‘Intolerance debate was a conspiracy timed around Bihar polls’

“Where is award-wapsi now? The whole intolerance debate was a conspiracy which was timed around the Bihar polls,” said Santishree Pandit, Professor at the...

Cold wave grips J&K

A cold wave continues to engulf the entire Kashmir Valley and Ladakh, even as the state Meteorological Department has predicted rain and snowfall on...

Tension over village defence committees

Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir and the people in general are divided when it comes to the utility of having the Village Defence...

2,000 indians in libya need to be evacuated, urgently

Over 2,000 Indians are in urgent need of evacuation from Libya, where they are stuck with no proper access to food or healthcare. They...

Cybercrimes witness an alarming rise

Cybercrimes are increasing at an alarming rate in India. With no strong cyber security and privacy protection laws in place, the situation has reached...

Ban drives surrogacy-for-foreigners underground

The Indian government’s recent order banning foreigners from using Indian surrogate mothers in the country has hit the booming commercial surrogacy industry in the...

‘Free Basics’ is a threat to national security

 MODERN TROJAN HORSESIf Rupert Murdoch were to offer free newspapers, with news of his choosing only, to the media-deprived millions, would you call it...

Green norms will impact India’s auto, construction sectors

green norms will impact India’s auto, construction sectors Tougher green regulations — like the odd-even norm being tested by the Delhi government to combat the...

Stormy weather disturbs British festivities

Britain experienced another dramatic weather crisis over the festive season. Storm Frank followed the damage Storms Desmond and Eva had wreaked. Frank is the...

Stock markets geared to take a decisive turn in 2016

Stock markets are expected to take a decisive turn in 2016 giving lucrative returns to equity investors. Analysts attribute three major reasons for this...

Used car market likely to double in size in 5 years

The used car or pre-owned car segment, which is growing fast in the country due to the entry of organised players in the market,...

Ashwin’s rare feat achieved despite heavy odds

Ravinchandran Ashwin has done what few Indian spinners have been able to. The 29-year-old Chennai tweaker has ensured that he ended the year becoming...

BCCI reveals salaries of IPL players

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed the actual salaries of retained Indian Premier League (IPL) players on Friday ahead of...

Celebrate this New Year with light healthy dishes

New Year brings lots of celebration with parties, hangouts, social gatherings and in between what is common to all of these is delicious and...

Looking forward, looking back: A bibliophile’s record

Looking back at 2015 and looking ahead to 2016, it has been an extremely rich time in the world of books. In India, publishing...

Social, Def Col: A hit for the Indian palate

 Name: SocialAddress:Defence Colony MarketPrice: Rs 1,200 (2 person) Every good restaurant has its own little specialty, usually it’s a side dish or a sauce served with...

Mockery and entertainment quotient with MC Sood

India is known for its big fat weddings. The Indians love spending on wedding ceremonies. In the recent years, the concept of wedding has...

Website of the week: Sport a fresh new look

Looking to sell t-shirts that you have designed? Look no further than Freshmonk. Freshmonk is a platform where you can design and pre-sell your...

Designing Indian wedding attires with a contemporary twist

A child actor till a few years ago, Masumi Mewawalla’s fascination with designing clothes began in 2014 when she set out to make a ‘statement...

Using photography as a tool for better social engagement

Vinit Gupta, an ethnographer and researcher has documented the ongoing struggle of the people of Mahan, Asia’s oldest sal-wood forest. In 2011, the Mahan...

Ginsberg, the orientalist

Allen Ginsberg came to India for the first time in early ’60s. These were important times for India; most importantly, its long standing dispute...

Adnan Sami becomes Indian citizen

Pakistani singer-actor Adnan Sami will become an Indian citizen from Friday. The Indian citizenship was granted after he made a representation to the Home Ministry...

BJP, AAP spar over suspension of bureaucrats

War of words broke out in Delhi with BJP and AAP slamming each other over the issue of suspension of two bureaucrats even as...

Cabinet approves civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Australia

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with Australia that came into effect on 13 November this...

PM Modi scores a point at Congress expense in Kerala

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kerala last week, his first after assuming office, was rife with aftershocks that will have reverberations in the...

E-visas are a hit with tourists

The E-Visa scheme of the Indian government has become a hit with tourists visiting India. In October this year, the government opened its “E-Tourist...

Over 100 kg of drugs stolen from Narcotics Control Bureau offices

Over 100 kg of narcotic substances like cocaine, heroin, rock cocaine, marijuana and hashish and a large quantity of LSD have been stolen from...

‘Pak Army on same page as Sharif on Modi visit’

The Pakistan military establishment was on board when Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif hosted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lahore on Friday, as the...

Sweet-talking gang made victims part with money

Lalan Singh wanted the miseries in his life to vanish and so took an impulsive decision to spend Rs 21,365 to “see” Lord Hanuman,...

Sadhna: A diva who was a cut above the rest

Hers wasn’t really a face that could launch a thousand ships, but she indeed had something in her that made her an instant star....

J&K govt bats for job oriented education

In a bid to turn around the education sector in Jammu & Kashmir by creating a new job-oriented educational system, the coalition government of...

Dying tourism leaves people jobless in J&K

Efforts by the state government to revive the tourism sector in Jammu and Kashmir have not yet yielded results, forcing most hoteliers and houseboat...

Protests force Mufti to deny firing range to the Army

The Jammu and Kashmir government remains non-committal to allot Bajpathri as an alternative firing range to the Army which vacated the Tossa Maidan firing...

Students under scanner for taking part-time jobs in U.S.

An increasing number of Telugu students who leave for the US for higher studies have been caught taking up part-time jobs there without formal...

MHRD trying to modernise madrasa education

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) is putting in significant efforts to “mainstream” the education imparted in madrasas and other Islamic religious educational...

More students opting for adaptive learning

An increasing number of students across India are opting for adaptive learning platforms to prepare for various entrance examinations. Lakhs of students appear for...

‘Education shops’ have hurt standards

Massive privatisation has led to fall in standards in the higher education system and discipline among the universities.Academicians feel that the faulty policy of...

‘Vidarbha creation needs consensus’

A political battle continues to rage in Maharashtra over the demand for the resignation of Maharashtra Advocate General Shreehari Aney for his public speech...

Amethi chooses to cold-shoulder Rahul

Dipping temperatures have made the weather cold but Amethi, this week, was much colder to Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. Uncomfortable questions from the...

Government uses lawsuits to curb porn websites

The government has started cracking down on pornographic websites that carry child porn with lawsuits after a failed ban on URLs of 857 websites...

Prashant Kishor wants RS seat, JDU unhappy

Prashant Kishor, who had “successfully” managed the campaign for the Nitish Kumar-led Grand Alliance in the recently concluded Assembly elections in Bihar, has supposedly...

Surprise Lahore gesture is of huge value to India, Pak

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Christmas Day surprise is still reverberating around the world. Besides the Congress party, the Shiv Sena and the Vishwa Hindu...

Investments announced in Happening Haryana summit

Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, while inaugurating the logo and the website of “Happening Haryana” Global investors Summit 2016 in Gurgaon this week,...

Coal sector is showing signs of revival

The coal sector, which was looking gloomy until a year ago, has been rejuvenated due to the significant increase in the coal production. This...

Haryana overcome Punjab to enter final

Haryana Hammers entered the final of the Pro Wrestling League after pipping Punjab Royals 4-3 in a thrilling second semifinal contest in the inaugural...

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