Navtan Kumar, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

Babus shielding culprits in Sports injury hub scam

Exorbitant money was charged from patients for different implants before October 2018. NEW DELHI: The country’s premier Sports Injury Centre (SIC) at Safdarjung Hospital in...

Politicians, experts give mixed reactions to Union Budget

New Delhi: The Union budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday received mixed response with government claiming it to be “visionary”, while...

Private trains will run in India soon

New Delhi: The Indian Railways has set the ball rolling for its ambitious plan to allow private trains to be run on its network....

Amit Shah takes charge of BJP’s Delhi campaign

‘The BJP is now in a position to throw out the AAP and come to power’. New Delhi: Taking the pilot seat of the election campaign...

CAA beginning of ‘Karunya Bharat’?

New Delhi: It is more than a month since the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was passed by both the Houses of Parliament. However, the...

Shaheen Bagh protesters seek a face-saving exit

What has made the protesters restless is the Central government’s refusal to give in to pressure and promise the roll-back of CAA. NEW DELHI: A...

Centre gets moving on population control law

However, it may take at least two years to push any legislation. NEW DELHI: The Centre has began the ground work to enact a law...

India’s sugar production fell 26.15% last quarter

This is attributed to fall in output in Maharashtra and Karnataka. NEW DELHI: India’s sugar production has declined by 26.15% to 10.88 million tonne till...

Kerala Chief Minister duty-bound to approach me: Governor Arif M. Khan

New Delhi: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has said that the Constitution gives him many options and he will take a decision at an appropriate...

Centre mulls establishing a coal regulator

New Delhi: Going ahead with reforms in the coal sector, the Narendra Modi government now plans to establish a Coal Regulator on the lines of...

NRI cracks the realty code in Canada

Bob Dhillon’s Mainstreet Equity sees 92% rise in its share price in one year. New Delhi: A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) has carved his niche in...

US formally exempts Chabahar from sanctions

New Delhi: After several roadblocks, Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar has been successful in untangling the knot of Iran’s Chabahar project, which is...

Temple work expected to start this Ram Navami

‘Though a final decision is pending, there is a feeling that the foundation stone laying ceremony should be held on 2 April’. New Delhi: The...

Poll reversals won’t help BJP gain RS seats

Congress’ wins, on its own or in alliance, may help it gain a few seats. New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which was moving...

JDU may join Central government after Cabinet expansion

The Janata Dal United (JDU) is likely to join the BJP-led government at the Centre once the Union Cabinet is expanded. There are speculations...

‘Mining sector needs to regain 3% share of GDP’

The mining sector must contribute 3% of the GDP by 2025 in order to achieve the ambitious target of India becoming a $5 trillion...

BJP may project CM face for Delhi assembly polls

The party has been out of power in Delhi since 1998. The BJP may announce a chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections,...

How Saryu Roy won the Jamshedpur battle in 20 days

Roy demolished the Jamshedpur bastion after a group of dedicated supporters and professionals joined his battle. New Delhi: For Saryu Roy, it was a Herculean...

Nobody can say mediation failed in Ayodhya: Sri Sri

Art of Living founder says some fears about CAA, NRC have not been addressed. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder of Art of Living (AoL),...

What’s in a name? A lot where CAA is concerned

New Delhi: As the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) intensifies across the country, voices have started coming out over the nomenclature of...

Hidden reasons behind protests against NRC: Arif Khan

New Delhi: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Saturday said that there was nothing wrong with the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) and...

India’s S-400 deal casts shadow on military pact with US

New Delhi: India’s decision to acquire the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile system, has cast a shadow on the discussions between the United States and...

Mobile app that’s a ‘virtual clinic’ for healthcare services

New Delhi: Taking use of technology, an Indian entrepreneur has developed a tool which can be used as a “virtual clinic” for availing healthcare...

Election for new BJP president may get delayed

Several state units have not concluded their organisational polls. New Delhi: The process of election of a new national BJP president is likely to be...

RBI set to introduce new prepaid payment instrument

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) proposal to introduce a prepaid payment instrument (PPI) for transactions up to Rs 10,000 on goods...

Muslim activists seek UCC, go to Supreme Court

Petitioners have said India urgently needs UCC to promote national integration. New Delhi: The issue of Universal Civil Code (UCC) is gaining momentum with many...

Unity beats Liberty in number of visitors

Over 15,000 tourists visit the Statue of Unity in Gujarat’s Kevadia every day. NEW DELHI: The Statue of Unity at Kevadia in Gujarat has surpassed...

Indian, Swedish firms will explore business opportunities

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke about the various business deals between India and Sweden. NEW DELHI: Indian and Swedish companies have decided to explore business...

BJP ‘distances’ itself from Raghubar Das

PM addressed two rallies in Gumla and Khunti, but did not share dais with Das. NEW DELHI: Alarmed by the feedback from the ground, a...

More Indian students doing MBBS in China than in Russia

Soviet Russia used to attract the maximum number of Indian students. New Delhi: China has overtaken Russia as the favourite destination for Indian students...

Hindus under attack in Bangladesh, Pakistan, face annihilation

NEW DELHI: Incidents of human rights violations against Hindus are on the rise in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Islamic Republic of...

Rise in pilgrims to Kartarpur

The $20 fee charged by Pakistan from pilgrims led to lukewarm response. NEW DELHI :After an initial lukewarm response, the number of pilgrims to Kartarpur...

Centre plans to electrify rail tracks fully by 2023

‘Several steps have been taken to expedite electrification of rail lines in the country’. NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Railways has electrified more than 13,000...

3,000 ‘fraud’ Ayushman cases under scanner

NEW DELHI: More than 3,000 suspicious cases amounting to Rs 4.5 crore have been detected under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)....

Arcelor may acquire Essar Steel by year-end

New management may be headed by Aditya Mittal, President and CFO of ArcelorMittal. New Delhi: The world’s largest steel company ArcelorMittal hopes to complete the...

India’s new map fuels stir in Nepal

NEW DELHI: Anti-India forces and vested interests are “manufacturing” protests in Nepal over the inclusion of the Kalapani area of Uttarakhand into India’s new...

Rebel Saryu may take on Raghubar

In case Saryu Roy gets Opposition backing, the going can get tough for the Jharkhand CM. NEW DELHI: In a dramatic turn of events, senior...

NDB lends $13 billion to BRICS nations

NEW DELHI: The New Development Bank (NDB) set up by BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations has lent about $13 billion...

Sudesh draws miffed leaders from other parties

NEW DELHI: The Sudesh Mahto-headed All Jharkhand Students’ Union (AJSU), whose alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party has almost collapsed, has become a favourite...

Court reigns Supreme, Ram temple on the horizon

‘The Ayodhya judgement is the first judicial acknowledgement of the Hindu right to worship their deities since 1192 CE,’ said author Sanjay Dixit. NEW DELHI:...

BECA: India and US may sign third military pact soon

NEW DELHI: India and the United States are likely to sign the pending third foundational military pact—Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA)—during the 2+2...

Sudesh Mahto drives a hard bargain with BJP in Jharkhand

NEW DELHI: Taking cue from the Maharashtra and Haryana election results, the Sudesh Mahto-led All Jharkhand Students’ Union (AJSU) has upped its ante before...

Pak army may choose Bilawal to replace Imran

Imran has failed to charm US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’. New Delhi: The Pakistan Army is pushing for Pakistan People’s...

Centre will focus on five river linking projects

NEW DELHI: The Centre is adopting a realistic approach towards the ambitious project of interlinking of rivers by focusing on only five river links...

Punctuality of trains shows improvement

NEW DELHI: The punctuality of Mail/Express trains improved to 74% in the first six months of the current financial year due to honest reporting...

RuPay gives global cards a run for money

Today, there are over 1,100 banks issuing around 600 million RuPay cards. India’s own RuPay card is gradually going global and giving tough competition to...

BJP turns cautious ahead of Jharkhand polls

Dismal results in Haryana, Maharashtra have forced BJP to tweak their strategy. NEW DELHI :Taken aback by the “below expectation” performance in Haryana and Maharashtra,...

‘Disrupters of Hindu Congress linked to those against Howdy event’

NEW DELHI: A year after the second World Hindu Congress (WHC) was held in Chicago, the organisers have filed a lawsuit against five individuals...

Syria welcomes India’s stand against attack by Turkey

NEW DELHI: Syria is looking forward to enhancing relations with India, which according to it, has a strong voice in the international arena under...

National Medical Commission will soon be a reality

Once NMC comes into being, the MCI will automatically get dissolved. NEW DELHI: The ball has been set rolling for constitution of the National Medical...

Mohan Yadav’s reliance on bureaucrats increases

Pak likely to have missile capable of reaching the US in a decade

ISLAM: Tazkiya and modesty

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