Low voter turnout in Maharashtra’s urban areas

Mumbai City recorded a low voter turnout...

Apathetically yours, yet foes forever

Talk of taking your own sweet time,...

Cul-de-sac for Sharad, Uddhav?

The Maharashtra results, which are against the...

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Court takes note of illegal confinement of stone pelters

The Third Munsiff of Srinagar Court has directed Srinagar SSP to probe allegations levelled by nine Kashmiri youth against the police, while dispatching five...

Defeat in Warangal bypoll stuns Congress

The outcome of the Warangal Lok Sabha byelection with the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) registering a record 4.59 lakh votes margin win has...

Telangana, AP ready for private universities

Both the Telugu states, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, have finally decided to open up to private universities. The TDP government in Andhra Pradesh has...

TDP happy with PM nod to wish list

The Telugu Desam Party is elated over the “positive response” from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to its demand for granting special status to Andhra...

Rejection of Khalistan by SAD, Cong comforts Punjabis

The Congress has accused the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the ruling party of Punjab, of misusing government machinery to bring in the crowds at...

BSNL, MTNL do not return deposits

A large number of landline customers of state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) feel cheated as they do...

Will not allow communal forces to take root in Bihar: Nitish minister

The Nitish Kumar Cabinet, which has been “criticised” for inducting “undereducated legislators” as ministers, also has a PhD in Urdu, Dr Abdul Ghafoor, as...

‘Obama delegates’ scout AMU students on Modi govt

A delegation, which claimed to be authorised by United States President Barack Obama, last week visited the Aligarh Muslim University campus and met some...

Mass exodus from BSP likely

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is all set to lose quite a few of its leaders. Nearly 27 of the 34 Members of the...

Netaji comes alive in Singapore

Opposite the Padang near the Parliament House in Singapore stands a memorial in a patch of green. An isolated structure, which only a select...

Delhi family disappears, police apathetic

The plot has thickened in the mysterious disappearance of a family of five in Delhi. Hounded by unidentified elements, the Chawla family went missing...

Journos jostle for selfie with PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was literally mobbed by journalists, who wanted to get their selfies clicked with him at the Diwali Milan organised by...

Men demand their own ministry

Traumatised by the “misuse” of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, the anti-dowry law, men’s rights activists in India are demanding a separate...

OPEC unlikely to cut its current crude oil production levels

Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is unlikely to cut their high crude oil production levels in their upcoming meet on 4 December...

Second Quarter GDP likely to be 7.6%: Analysts

The Indian economy is likely to grow at 7.6% in the second quarter (July-September) of the ongoing financial year (FY16), expects India Ratings and...

Artists from Poland use graphic design to revive the art of poster making

The exuberance of poster art is best defined in the Polish posters. This can be said considering the fact that poster making as an...

An open air winter food festival in the park

New Delhi Municipal Corporation and Incredible India have come up with the second version of the New Delhi Palate Fest, a food lover’s delight....

The Audi Rs7 is not just a beauty; it’s a mean beast

Luxury car makers in India are increasingly looking at the performance segment, more than ever before. While BMW has launched a wide range of...

The Indian feminist designer store

Designer Natasha Lalwani is launching her flagship store in Mumbai for her clothes made for the independent woman.  The designer’s label is a blend...

Bikers in the city: What to wear, ride and places to visit

Wouldn’t it be nice to be a biker? No strings attached, finding your way through the streets you’ve never seen before, eating at places...

The Bhane culture: Clothes that wear your personality

Naming one’s company after the rising sun might sound too ambitious, but it can be said that apparel website Bhane (rising sun in Gurmukhi)...

Movie Review: What happens in Corsica, haunts Tamasha throughout the film

 TamashaDirector:  Imtiaz Ali Starring:  Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone  Everyone has been waiting with perverse anticipation for this Deepika Padukone-Ranbir Kapoor pairing *are they over their tattooed...

Movie Review: Crimson Peak intuitively includes cultural influences

Guillermo Del Toro is doomed by the breadth of his imagination. His lurid visions require big budgets to realize but they’re often too literary,...

Four movies to make this holiday season more exciting

Not planned for the approaching holiday season yet? Here’s a tip: mark off a day each week in December to watch these four potential...

Gadget Review: Steeply priced, but with worthy features

 ZenBook Pro UX 501AsusRs 1,15,999 With a price tag of Rs 1,15,999, the Asus ZenBook Pro UX501 is more of a luxury device and will...

Website of the week: For ‘bold, clear’ writing

Here is a word processing app that challenges you to write simply, like the Nobel Laureate it is named after. The Hemingway Editor app...

December 18 deadline set for 2016 Webby submissions

Webby Awards, also known as the highest honor for internet content will be entering its 20th edition in the year 2016. The deadline for...

Integrated intelligence youth summit turns Delhi school into a global village

Modern School, Barakhamaba Road, a 95-year-old institution situated in the heart of the national capital, is hosting its tenth   edition of the Community Development...

Big words, bombast and the poetry of erudition

 This Summer and That Summer by Sanjeev SethiBloomsburyPages: 53Price: Rs 199 After reading a music review, a disgruntled sub-editor in Sir Terry Pratchett’s novel Snuff...

Working with a language that is older than words

A  requisite  for Arpita Singh’s art is that it should  draw the audiences in using expressions that are understated and don’t reveal too much....

Closing Credits

Indian cinema has grown by leaps and bounds over the years as mainstream films get massive viewership and openings at multiplexes across the country....

MP shows the way to ensuring health services for all citizens

If Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has successfully set aside the ‘bimaru’ tag for Madhya Pradesh in the course of the past decade, there...

CM woos investors in Japan, Korea

On his return from visits to Japan and South Korea in October 2015, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the state government and...

MP excels in empowering women

The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government’s efforts aimed at empowering women in Madhya Pradesh have started showing real and revolutionary social change. It is for...

Speedster Avesh Khan is the cynosure of all eyes

Of late, Avesh Khan has shown a lot of promise. The strapping right hand bowler from Indore has a smooth action and he bowls...

Madhya Pradesh: A superb model of good Centre-State ties

Madhya Pradesh, led by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, has been a model of how states can work in partnership with the Central government...

Farmers reap benefits of good govt policies

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has completely transformed the agricultural landscape of Madhya Pradesh in the past 10 years. In order to boost the...

‘Madhya Pradesh has now become a preferred investment destination’

Following the resounding success of the Global Investors’ Summit 2014 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh is all set to organise the Global Investors’ Summit 2016...

Ujjain’s Simhastha Kumbh offers a lifetime experience for devotees

Kumbh Mela is held at each of the four places namely Haridwar, Allahabad (Prayag), Nasik and Ujjain once in every 12 years. It is...

Energy, infrastructure sectors booming in MP

Madhya Pradesh has emerged as a model state in the energy sector. Works worth Rs 60,000 crore have been done in the state under...

Lie detector test on Peter Mukerjea within 24 hours now

A CBI court in New Delhi on Friday allowed the CBI to conduct a polygraph test on Peter Mukerjea, former media tycoon and accused in the...

Jaitley takes on Congress over ‘constitutional principles’

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday took a veiled dig at the Congress, saying those who imposed Emergency rule in the country were now talking about...

‘Secular’ most misused word in politics: Rajnath Singh

Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said that "secular" was the most misused word in politics, and that those who framed the Constitution would have...

Parrikar wants defence import-indigenous ratio reversed in 5 years

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that the Centre was trying to reverse the import-indigenous ratio of military hardware from the current 70% imports to...

Mixed reactions to Aamir Khan’s ‘intolerance’ remark

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan’s remark at an awards event here about allegedly growing “intolerance” in the country drew mixed reactions from political circles and...

Government hopes for Opposition support on economic reforms

Union Minister of State for Parliamentary and Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has expressed the hope that the upcoming winter session, beginning 26 November, will...

BJP may elect OBC as president in UP

To eat into the Other Backward Classes votes of the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party in the 2017 Assembly elections in Uttar...

Congress yearns for allies in UP, finds none

Encouraged by its taste of success in the recent Bihar elections, the Congress has been desperately looking for a political ally in Uttar Pradesh,...

BSP turns down SP’s proposal for a grand alliance

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) led by former Chief Minister Mayawati has turned down Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s proposal for a grand...

Academics are divided on liberalising education

The education sector is deeply divided with the Indian government expected to sign the formal commitments to liberalise education under the World Trade Organisation-General...

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