Child protection: The Just Right for Children Alliance case

The Supreme Court of India’s recent ruling...

Suyog Telematics powers India’s 5G future with tower expansion

India is the second largest telecommunication market...

Jhansi hospital fire kills 10 infants

Jhansi DM Avinash Kumar said fire brigades...

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Congress wooing AAP’s auto-rickshaw voter base

The Congress’ Delhi unit is trying to make a dent among voters in the auto-rickshaw wallah community — a key factor in the Aam...

Haj Manzil waiting to be built for nine years

The Delhi State Haj Committee (DSHC) has been waiting for the last nine years for construction to start on the 5,000 square metres of...

Commercial drivers get trauma care training in Delhi

The first batch of a unique year-long “First Responder Trauma Care Course” successfully completed its training here earlier this week. The first-of-its-kind course was...

Islamic banking may not take off

Putting all speculation to rest, the Centre has indicated that it has no intention to introduce interest-free Islamic banking in the county, as it...

PWL season 2 Auctions see a splurge as franchises go shopping

In the absence of Yogeshwar Dutt, Bajrang Punia became the costliest Indian when the Delhi franchise purchased him for Rs 38 crore during the...

Year’s bestselling gadgets that made it to everyone’s wishlist

Overall, this has been great year for the tech industry, as well as for the gadget fanatics. We have seen an amazing range of...

Beyond comic books: How Comic Con became a celebration of pop culture

Comic Con shatters all prejudice. If you think Comic Con is for a niche market of fanatics who collect the original Amazing Fantasy #15...

‘For me, photography is a kind of beautiful language’

Nathalie Herschdorfer is a curator and art historian specialising in the history of photography. She is currently the director of the Museum of Fine...

Paintings by Srimati featured at the Met Museum, New York

The first retrospective exhibition devoted to the Indian artist Y. G. Srimati (1926–2007) will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning...

Dialogue between multiple perspectives is the central theme of Kochi Biennale

Started on 12 December 2016, the much anticipated art event Kochi Muzris Biennale(KMB) is scheduled to go on till 29 March 2017. Aspinwall House...

Demonetisation: Many more steps needed to reduce corruption

Recently, I visited India in the midst of the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes. At the international arrival terminal at the...

‘Trauma legislation is the need of the hour’

If you are travelling on an Indian highway, you should know how to save a road accident victim because India doesn’t have trauma legislation...

Rape has become a part of our culture, says ‘Nirbhaya’ mother

Asha Devi’s voice is heavy with helplessness over the phone. On the fourth anniversary this week of the horrific Nirbhaya incident in 2012, she...

Traffic cops found ‘most corrupt’ in Delhi Police

Police officials posted with the Delhi Police’s traffic unit were found to be indulging in the maximum number of corrupt practices, with over 97...

Omar irks BJP with his clean chit to Pak

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has started a bitter war with the BJP over Kashmir, stressing that Pakistan has no role...

BJP is divided over Hurriyat’s invite to tourists

The BJP was divided over the Hurriyat inviting tourists to Kashmir this winter. Whereas Union Minister of State for Tourism Mahesh Sharma of the...

‘AAP has not fulfilled a single promise made before the elections’

Elections to Delhi’s three municipal corporations are due in April next year and will be a litmus test for three key parties, the Aam...

Mehbooba accuses Farooq of encouraging separatism

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has accused Farooq Abdullah and his National Conference for being involved in the current Kashmir unrest after the NC patron...

Ayodhya film fest will focus on composite culture

Beyond the mandir-masjid debate, Ayodhya is also about its people and composite culture. And to highlight that, Awam Ka Cinema or cinema of the...

Cash crunch hits poll campaigns in UP

The BSP is opting for press conferences and press statements. The Congress is using the ongoing Parliament session as an excuse to stall its...

Jayalalithaa leaves behind properties in Hyderabad, but no will or successor

Uncertainty looms over who will inherit the properties of Jayalalithaa who passed away in Chennai on Monday. Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK...

AIADMK leader with black money sacked from Tirupati board

The Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday removed Tamil Nadu based businessman J. Sekhar Reddy from the world famous Hindu temple, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD)...

Man who declared Rs 10,000 cr is a launderer

A Hyderabad-based realtor, Banapuram Lakshman Rao, 58, who had declared Rs 9,800 crore in black money under the Income Disclosure Scheme (IDS) in September,...

Thackeray 2.0: The story of the Munde cousins and a divided OBC legacy

In many ways, the story of the Mundes can make for a great movie—it has action, emotions, drama, revenge. It is a story of...

Opinions differ on efficacy of mental healthcare bill

Psychiatrists are waiting for the Mental Health Care Bill, 2013 to make its way through Parliament, even as questions are already being raised about...

Opposition boycott of Maha CM’s tea party continues

Since 2014, when the Devendra Fadnavis government came to power in Maharashtra, the Opposition has routinely boycotted the customary tea party hosted by the...

Smartphones that can turn you into a pro photographer

Anyone looking to buy a good smartphone has to consider a number of features — design, storage, processing speed and so on. But these...

Book Review: Art of looking: Notes on how to read what’s before the eyes

ConfabulationsBy John BergerPublication: PenguinPages: 146Price: Rs 593Faced with historical grandeur or scenic beauty — a monument, say, or a particularly fine sunset — many...

Area of darkness: Serious research on disability in India remains a pipe dream

A first-of-its-kind social development report on disability rights was tabled recently at Delhi’s India International Centre (IIC), chaired by Muchkund Dubey, President of Council...

‘I’ve been trying to take the sitar out of its comfort zone’

Ace sitarist Anoushka Shankar doesn’t need any introduction. Daughter of the sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, Anoushka has managed to garner fame internationally through...

Exhibition in Mumbai to help children suffering from cancer

Cancer Patients Aid Association(CPAA) organised the 12th edition of Colours of Life festival  entitled Strokes of Hope. This annual art exhibition and sale of...

Ramayana and Mahabharata are alive and well in Bali

Bali, a sub-tropical Indonesian island in the southern hemisphere, conjures up an air of idyllic, ancient mystique, reaching back in time for its wellsprings....

Dalai Lama’s visit to Mongolia angers China

Though described by Mongolian authorities as a purely religious visit and despite no officials having met him publicly, the Dalai Lama’s recent four-day (18-21...

Not victory, but defeat as women enter Haji Ali shrine

Legal luminary Shreehari Aney has criticised the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Haji Ali matter that “women will have to make do with incomplete...

CM KCR’s Siddipet will go ‘cashless’

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to develop his native Siddipet Assembly constituency as a “cashless” unit within a year. KCR has...

Migratory birds won’t visit Kashmir for their winter sojourn

The dry spell in Kashmir in the last few months has turned many of its wetlands into waste lands, as a consequence of which...

Naidu plans awards for cashless villages

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is contemplating to “suitably reward” the “cashless villages” in the country to ensure rural India’s fast transition...

Indian Navy is in high combat readiness

The Indian Navy is keeping a close watch on the increased Chinese presence in the Arabian Sea, which has been termed as a “cause...

Hospital performs heart ‘hybrid surgery’ in 45 minutes

Rama Dhamami, 76, has been a heart patient for the past 15years and had also been suffering severe osteoarthritis of both knees. Difficulty in...

Congress ignored benaami deals

The Narendra Modi government’s Benaami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill 2015, which became effective from 1 November after being passed by Parliament, has created a...

BJP hopes for Poorvanchali votes courtesy Manoj Tiwari

The appointment of Manoj Tiwari as the president of Delhi unit of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has come as a surprise to many within...

Parents will ask Sartaz Aziz to release son from Pak jail

Parents of Hamid Nehal Ansari, a 31-year-old Indian incarcerated in a Pakistan jail despite completing his prison term, are in Amritsar seeking an audience...

Fadnavis leads BJP to win, silences critics

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has silenced his critics within and outside the BJP with his great show in local elections. The election results...

IGI airport will introduce body scanners soon

In order to upgrade the airport security apparatus at a time when the world is facing threats from extremist forces Delhi's Gandhi International (IGI)...

Keep track of health with these fitness bands

Everybody these days wants to be fit, healthy and involved in physical activities like running, swimming, brisk walking etc. We also want to monitor...

Setting new trends for India’s fashion conscious men

Anita DongreDesigner Anita Dongre celebrates epic love and eternal moment in her new collection. Dongre unveiled a timeless story of passion that unfolds the...

Jaipur Rugs wins German Design Award second year in a row

After winning the prestigious German Design Award 2016 for its rug Anthar, Jaipur Rugs has again won German Design Award 2017 and received special...

The Rapid becomes more potent to take on rivals

The mid-sized sedan segment has some of the most worthy cars in the Indian car market. Almost every auto maker present here has a...

Book Review: Building an ‘Asian Century’ on the basis of vikasvaad and soft power

Modi’s Cultural Diplomacy and Soft Power: Issues and ChallengesEdited By Satish Kumar and Bibhuti Bhusan BiswasPublisher: Ansh Book InternationalPages: 200Price: Rs 1495Cultural diplomacy has...

Book Review: What it takes to be a part of a people’s movement

The Community CatalystBy Nirmala GovindarajanPublisher: Sapna Book HousePages: 204Price: Rs 250There is a guilty pleasure about judging books by their cover. Amidst the sounds...

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