HP MLA row: SC grants partial relief to CPS

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Modi blends diplomacy with India’s cultural showcase

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Torture is a sober word to describe what I faced: Lt Col Purohit

Lt Col Shrikant Purohit, who is in the news for getting bail from the Supreme Court in the Malegaon blast case, talked to the...

BJP starts readying for Assembly elections

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set in motion organisational changes in order to prepare itself for the coming Assembly elections in different states....

SC verdict secures women’s future, say talaq victims

Muslim women, who have been the victims of marriage laws under the ambit of the Shariat, have hailed as progressive the Supreme Court’s verdict...

‘Sans new law, verdict on triple talaq amounts to half victory’

Initial reactions by women activists to the Supreme Court’s verdict on instantaneous triple talaq or Talaq-e-biddat have been celebratory, but Law Minister Ravi Shankar...

CBI judge in Ram Rahim case is upright man

Jagdeep Singh the special CBI judge who pronounced the verdict against the rape accused, Dera Sacha Sauda chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim is considered to...

Varanasi’s cloud reader predicts earthquakes

Shakeel Ahmad, a well known cloud reader from  Varanasi, has predicted powerful to medium earthquakes and strong tidal waves in several countries, including North...

Case against Lt Col Purohit followed a pre-decided script, say NIA sleuths

The National Investigation Agency, when it took over the probe of the Malegaon blast in April 2011 at the instructions of the Home Ministry,...

Army could have defended Purohit better: Parrikar

Goa Chief Minister and former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar spoke to NewsX-The Sunday Guardian on the Lieutenant Colonel Purohit case. Excerpts:Q: As a former...

Panasonic’s AI-enabled smartphones are here

Japanese tech giant Panasonic is making the attempt to capture the Indian market with its commitment to introducing new technology and fueling innovation in...

‘Innovation, value-for-money and quality define Videocon’

Videocon Telecom Limited has recently forayed into the security and surveillance market with the launch of its new brand Wallcam. To know more about...

Puzzles, hurdles and riddles at the family-oriented car rally in Delhi

Family Fun Car Rally has been entertaining the families in the national capital for more than 15 years now. The popular event is to...

Meet the girl who won a global singing competition online and made $10,000

Music enthusiast and aspiring vocalist Richa Peter Topno (21) is the first Indian winner of “10 Grand Challenge”, a singing contest hosted by StarMaker,...

Major food drive organised to fight against hunger in 20 cities

Round Table India in association with NGO Robinhood Army distributed 70000  food packets among the underprivileged as part of their ongoing campaign “Freedom from...

A countrywide campaign to promote energy conservation

ACREX Hall of Fame—an industry benchmark instituted by ISHRAE in partnership with Danfoss India— on Wednesday held the ACREX-Hall of Fame energy efficiency drive...

Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize unveils shortlist

Author and translator Arshia Sattar, and poet and novelist Jeet Thayil, chose this year’s Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2017 shortlist from 47 titles...

Shadow of a nuclear winter falls over this story of survival

SurvivorsBy Anamika MukherjeePublished by: HarperCollinsPrice: Rs. 299Pages: 264When all that’s familiar disintegrates in the brunt of a nuclear winter, the time is ripe to...

Tihar launches an art gallery on its premises

The Tihar School of Art and an art gallery on the Tihar Jail premises were inaugurated by the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Dr...

Out of the urban jungle, into the heart of the city, an artist travels through space

Pieces of broken toys, black-and-white photographs, scraps of clothes are some of the elements that form the visual language of Jagannath Panda’s latest show,...

Dera chief convicted in rape case, taken into custody

A CBI special court on Friday held controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty of raping and sexually exploiting two...

Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s visit to Netherlands will boost investments in food processing sector

Union Minister for Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal will be in The Netherlands on 22-23 August to invite the Dutch government and businesses for...

KCR readies the red carpet for Ivanka Trump

US President Donald Trump’s daughter, and senior adviser Ivanka Trump will receive a red carpet welcome from Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR)...

BJP designing strategy to conquer Amethi, Rae Bareli

The Bharatiya Janata Party has set in motion a strategy, which, it hopes, will help it win the Gandhi family bastions of Amethi and...

UP, Uttarakhand give major push to education in English

The two new governments of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are going ahead full-steam to implement the teaching of English in government schools. In fact,...

Railways earned more than Rs 1,400 cr from cancelled tickets

Indian Railways has earned as much as Rs 1,407 crore in just one year, 2016-2017, from cancellation charges of reserved tickets. According to Ministry...

Telugu CMs will flood Venkaiah with demands

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu is likely to be presented with a list of demands by the TRS government during his civic reception in...

Amit Shah in MP, urges party workers to get ready for 2018

BJP president Amit Shah has asked  party workers in Madhya Pradesh to pull up their socks for the Assembly elections, scheduled in 2018.During his...

Telangana will start screening Rohingyas

The Telangana police is readying to screen each of the nearly 4,000 Rohingya Muslims staying in Hyderabad, as per the instructions issued by the...

Prashant Kishor faces acid test in Nandyal Assembly byelection

Election strategist Prashant Kishor, who has taken up the responsibility of leading Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress in Andhra Pradesh to victory in...

Court pulls up police in Sunanda Pushkar case

A Delhi court on Saturday pulled up the police for delaying the de-sealing of the room where the dead body of Sunanda Pushkar, wife...

Delhi police will take a month to file charge sheet in Aerocity case

The Delhi police has swung into action in the case in which a female staff of a Delhi hotel was allegedly molested by a...

Next generation of phones to hit the shelves later this year

The smartphone industry is getting ever more competitive. Each month, the stores are flooded with new launches, unveilings or teasers. Every device comes laden...

Shubha Mudgal curates folk melodies at music fest in Delhi

Into its ninth year, the IHC Lok Sangeet Sammelan, the annual folk music festival of the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, continues its efforts...

Musical Dreams’ Take The Stage gives wings to the dreams of rising talent

Take the Stage, an event dedicated to the performing arts, is one of the most democratic of all cultural forums today. It focuses on...

Equipping the masses with credible healthcare advice

With WhatsApp groups flooded with medical advice,  Facebook  and Insta feeds stocked up with listicles, we get a whole lot of information, but how...

DSC Prize for South Asian Literature announces its longlist for the year 2017

The much anticipated longlist for the US $25,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017 was announced today by eminent feminist writer and publisher...

Book Review: Beyond the scenery, Kumaon emerges as a cultural paradise

In the Shadow of the Devi Kumaon: Of A Land, A People, A CraftBy Manju KakPublisher: Niyogi BooksPages: 255Price: Rs 1995Manju Kak’s search for a...

Getting a reality check on the streets and boulevards of imaginary Paris

The city of love and of light—where would Paris be without the grand epithets? It is the kind of place that one approaches, as...

‘Aamir Khan has been my guiding force and my guru’

Q. You are all set to make your comeback with Quickie. How excited are you?A. It is always about waiting for the right opportunity...

Positivity and vibrant colours at Delhi show

Artists Shuchi Khanna’s latest works will be on display at her solo exhibition Transcending Thoughts at the Galerie Romain Rolland, Alliance Francaise De Delhi in Lodhi...

This artist from Gurgaon has landed the BMW Art Journey Award 2017

Astha Butail has won the BMW Art Journey award for 2017. The platform gives the winner a chance to travel anywhere in the world...

Vishal Sikka quits as Infosys CEO, cites negative remarks against him

In a dramatic development, global software major Infosys Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) Vishal Sikka resigned on Friday, citing continuous disruptions...

Independence Day celebrated at Indian Ambassador’s residence in Netherlands

Over 500 people gathered at the Ambassador’s residence in Wassenaar, Netherlands, to celebrate India’s 71st Independence Day.  This was the first time the flag-hoisting...

Sushma Swaraj meets Bhutanese Foreign Minister to discuss Doklam Standoff

Amid the ongoing standoff between Indian and Chinese troops on the Doklam plateau, Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met Bhutan's Foreign Minister Damcho...

SCOPE and the World Bank organises program on Best Practices in Procurement

Standing Conference of Public Enterprises in association with the World Bank organized a two day program on the “Best Practices in Procurement” today.In his...

Congress flop show in AP, Telangana behind Digvijaya ouster

AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh, who loomed large over party affairs as the in-charge of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for over five years, was...

SAIL chief asks employees to cut down delays

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) chairman P.K. Singh has asked employees to cut down on delays and finish pending projects at the earliest....

Over 50 braid-cutting incidents reported across North India

Even as police investigation continues, over 50 cases of braid-cutting have been reported from northern India within a week, costing a woman her life...

Venkaiah Naidu elected Vice President

National Democratic Alliance candidate M. Venkaiah Naidu will be the 15th Vice President of India, voting for which was held on Saturday. Naidu defeated...

BJP will be in A majority in Rajya Sabha from April ’18

BJP’s achhe din is all set to come by April next year when the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is likely to get a majority...

India will need 2,100 new planes: Boeing

As the Indian aviation market is growing at over 20%, exceeding the global average of 7.3%, American aviation giant Boeing has forecast a demand...

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