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Punjab gets more houses sanctioned than Haryana under PMAY-U

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BJP and SP intensify campaigning for UP bypolls

BJP and SP intensify campaigns for UP...

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Bluetooth earphones that make you hear loud & clear

The launch of Apple AirPods has created a lot of buzz in the industry, setting a new template for the way earphones are designed....

Book Review: Spiritual thought becomes grist for new graphic novel

This Dog BarkingPublisher: Harper ElementPages: 145Price: Rs 599James Farley, in a letter he wrote to the editor of his graphic novel, This Dog Barking,...

‘My love for theatre made me want to become an actress’

The Kolkata-born actress Sayani Gupta rose to prominence with her film Margarita with a Straw in 2015. This was her very first film, and...

Art is an economic, social and aesthetic risk: Anish Kapoor

Describing art as the “highest form of human activity”, distinguished sculptor Anish Kapoor contended that artists and art organisations need to be unapologetic about...

New vanguard of Indian independent art showcased at cultural fest in Delhi

In order to identify the current trends in the world of art, one has to look beyond the academies and established art galleries. More...

Listen to This

It was sometime around noon. I was at the Radio and Gramophone House in Delhi’s Connaught place, listening to Lata Mangeshkar on a record...

Modified pellet guns attract criticism

The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to give an additional 4,000 pump guns, commonly known as pellet guns, to the CRPF for tackling...

Mehbooba tries to save stone-pelters

The Mehbooba Mufti government has constituted the Selection-cum-Oversight Committees for monitoring and evaluation of the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS), a move that is...

Hanguls on the verge of extinction

The Central government has not cleared the proposal sent by J&K Government to save hangul (Kashmir stag) from extinction. The hangul population is at...

Right to recall’s time has come, says Varun

Feroze Varun Gandhi, BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP from Sultanpur, has moved a Bill—Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2016—which proposes to recall...

Naqvi warns of action against state Waqf boards

Holding state Wakf boards accountable for the delay in digitisation of Wakf records, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs (Independent...

Fragile X syndrome silently spreading in India

A new “Fragile X Syndrome” is silently spreading its tentacles in India. It leads a patient to “intellectual disability”. The disorder, which affects males...

Cops fail to make arrests in rape, sex racket case

The Bihar police have failed to make any arrests in the case of an alleged sexual assault of a Dalit girl who happens to...

Sindh leaders, Pashtuns condemn Red Corner Notice against Baloch rebel Brahamdagh

After Pakistan approached the Interpol earlier this week to seek a Red Corner Notice against Baloch Republican Party (BRP) chief Brahamdagh Bugti and his...

 ‘We will serve the sports fan’

Keep the sports fan happy is our motto,” says RC Venkatesh, advisor to DSport, a newly launched premium sports channel in India. DSport ,...

Indian e-commerce needs policy push

Significant lay-offs of workers by Snapdeal has shaken the image of the start-up culture of which e-commerce was largely seen as a success story...

Trump speech reins in gold prices

Gold prices that have been steadily moving up since January this year took a downward beat on Wednesday as global investors gained confidence from...

An exclusive brunch curated for children

Downtown Kitchen & BarCourtyard by Marriott Gurugram DowntownPrice: Rs 1,945 plus mocktail brunch per personRs 1,000 plus for kids (6-12 years of age).What better...

Celebrating India’s traditional cuisines with royal families

Dine With Royalty, an event that showcases culinary delights of India with the heads of the erstwhile royal families playing hosts, is to be...

These smartphones take the launch pad later this month

The year 2017 has barely begun and we have already seen smartphone makers scrambling to launch new models. The Indian smartphone market is one...

Honda launches 2017 City to recapture lost ground

Honda is one of those manufacturers who believe in constant upgradation. No wonder then that the City is one of the ‘most upgraded’ models...

‘I decided to tell the story of acid attack survivors in my new show’

It was in the year 2014, when I first met the survivors of acid attacks at a protest march at Jantar Mantar in Delhi....

Urban comfort plus natural beauty: You are never far from home in Mussoorie

I’ve had very limited knowledge of Mussoorie all my life. Most of it was drawn from movie clippings and the occasional tale of a...

‘Kuchipudi is an expression of life’s variegated moods’

Dr Raja Reddy, along with his spouse Dr Radha Reddy, are a Kuchipudi dancing couple, gurus, and choreographers. Their performances for over five decades...

Lotus may bloom in Rae Bareli

Congress ke durg mein khilta kamal (Lotus is blooming in the fort of Congress) is how Kubool Ahmad, a Hindi print journalist travelling in...

People’s affection will turn into votes for me: Garima Singh

“Rani” Garima Singh, the estranged wife of Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, the “Raja” of Amethi, returned to claim her royal status in...

Congress falters in poll management in UP

On a February afternoon, a group of Congress leaders sit under the shade of a tree, munching on peanuts. The topic of discussion is...

Murdered Indian engineer’s wife felt unsafe in U.S.

Sunayana, 30-year-old wife of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, the 32-year-old aviation engineer who was murdered by an American navy veteran in a Kansas bar on Wednesday...

TSG journalist gets Laadli media award

The Sunday Guardian’s Mumbai Resident Editor Vinaya Deshpande Pandit received the Laadli Media and Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity 2015-16 at a function here this...

Event on visually challenged people

Mainstreaming of visually impaired people is a challenge for a nation like India which has 1.5 crore visually impaired people. This was the view...

‘GST seems probable by September 2017’

Despite the speedy work being done by the government to bring in the GST as early as possible, there are several doubts around GST...

TRAI to settle ‘Jio vs Rest’ dispute

The Indian telecom market that currently looks like “Jio versus the rest” has prompted the telecom regulator to erect a tariff structure which is...

Arcelor Mittal’s India plans in danger

Steel giant ArcelorMittal’s proposed joint venture with Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) for an automotive steel plant has hit a deadlock. The deadline...

Jharkhand: A golden pasture for investments in the tourism sector

Jharkhand, famously known as “The Land of Forests”, is not just the ultimate destination for nature lovers and wildlife enthusiasts, but has increasingly emerged...

Unique Tourism Policy to boost state’s growth

Jharkhand is a state which is known for its rich cultural heritage. It is a state which is bestowed with huge forests, wildlife and...

Momentum Jharkhand generates investment interests of rs 310,277cr

“The skills and determination of the people of Jharkhand and the proactive efforts of the state government are bringing record development to the state....

Pathos of war in the work of Bangladeshi artist Shahabuddin

One of the most celebrated Bangladeshi artists of contemporary times, Shahabuddin Ahmed recently concluded his art show at Rashtrapati Bhawan. He was  invited by...

Civic polls: Sena ahead in Mumbai, but BJP has last laugh

The Shiv Sena finished on top of a hung BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday, but the BJP said it could take control of...

British ISIS fighter who blew himself up was paid compensation by UK government

British terrorist Ronald Fiddler was born to Jamaican parents in 1965 and raised in Moss Side-Manchester. This week, the so-called website designer, with a...

Mumbai civic poll results will be out tomorrow

Counting of votes following elections on Tuesday to 227 wards of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the country’s richest civic body, will be taken...

Army officer cleared by tribunal after 26 years, given Rs 4 cr compensation

Nearly 26 years ago, a newly commissioned officer of the Indian Army, Shatrughan Singh Chauhan was brutally beaten by his seniors just 12 days...

Doctor on CBI scanner gets senior resident post in Delhi government hospital

Orthopaedic doctor Nikunj Aggrawal against whom the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed an FIR in connection with alleged irregularities in his appointment...

Political parties hit hard by demonetisation: Sharad Pawar

As elections are being held in a few states in India, demonetisation has affected all political parties except BJP badly, Nationalist Congress Party leader...

RERA’s implementation will attract more foreign funds

The implementation of the Real Estate Regulatory Act (RERA) across India is likely to incentivise more foreign capital into India’s real estate sector. Foreign...

Govt’s re-capitalisation burden could be huge

Out of the total estimated Rs 13 lakh crore of non-performing loans, how much would actually fall on the government’s head (under its recapitalisation...

Mehbooba may halt anti-militant ops

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is contemplating to halt anti-militancy operations following state intelligence inputs that shoot-outs by the forces are likely...

Snap ties with BJP, MLAs tell Mehbooba

PDP president and J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is under pressure to reconsider her coalition with the Bharatiya Janata Party. The shrinking base of...

Rule-book approach settles dispute in TN

Tamil Nadu Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao’s decision to appoint Edappadi K. Palaniswamy as the new Chief Minister is viewed as a rule book approach...

Will BSP emerge as UP’s dark horse?

Rebels candidates in the BJP and Samajwadi Party could turn the Bahujan Samaj Party into the proverbial dark horse in the ongoing assembly elections...

Ruckus not possible in AP’s hi-tech Assembly

It will be very difficult for the Opposition members to wrench mikes, thump desks or surround the speaker’s podium in the brand new Legislative...

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