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Institutions die in a ‘democratic’ Bengal

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Child protection: The Just Right for Children Alliance case

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

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Militant surrenders in J&K as Mehbooba asks police to be persuasive

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s “parenting rather than policing” instructions to the state police got a major fillip when an LeT militant...

Syllabus axed to ensure exams on time

The Jammu and Kashmir government’s decision to hold Classes X and XII board examinations this month as scheduled by curtailing 50% of the syllabus...

Shelling stops, but villagers yet to return

The border villages in Jammu and Kashmir continue to remain deserted as thousands of families have migrated to safer places. Shelling from Pakistan Rangers,...

Centre asks KCR, Naidu to minimise public appearances for security reason

The Chief Ministers of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh—K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) and N. Chandrababu Naidu—will become a bit more inaccessible to the general...

Telugu cops relieved as police kill SIMI men

The police forces in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are relieved over the encounter killing of eight SIMI militants in Madhya Pradesh last Sunday, as...

Manufacturing gets a new dimension with 3D printers

The technology of printing goes back a few centuries. But it was only very recently that it received a radical overhaul. 3D printers added...

Recently-discovered masterpiece by Raza is set to be auctioned off

Syed Haider Raza’s Paysage Nocturne (1960) is a masterpiece of South Asian modernism.  Recently discovered, it will be auctioned for the first time at...

New home for art exhibitions in the national capital hosts modern masters

Delhi has a dearth of art galleries and the inauguration of new art space is bound to be a great cause for celebration here....

‘I am my biggest competitor & I have rarely been beaten’

Four-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus, who is known for his signature moves Cloverleaf and Irish Curse Backbreaker, was recently in India on a...

A campaign that aims to expand the safety net for India’s tiger population

The tiger is one of the most endangered species in the world. For many years, habitat loss was considered to be the largest threat...

Reading the lives that are lived between the lines

Who is Eileen? You, me  and everybody reading this review of the Man Booker 2016 shortlisted title Eileen. Also, all those of us battling...

When the Boss comes calling, it’s time to pay close attention

Nickleback’s hit track “Rockstar” had us all longing. We have all, at one point of time or another, had that longing — to be...

Pro tips for those who want a green home of their own

With increasing environmental concerns, residents of metropolitan cities are not hesitant to spend a little extra to own a green and eco-friendly home today....

‘We couldn’t shoot at real locations, so we created a rural set on our terrace’

Q. What is your new movie about?A. Peepal Jhoomey Morey Aangna is based on Eugene O’Neill’s play called Desire Under The Elms. Set in...

Macmillan India is looking for future scientists

With an innovative initiative to encourage and develop scientific talent in schools across India, Macmillan is launching the annual accolade The Springer Nature Upcoming...

‘I jumped off a cliff for a scene in my latest film’

Q. Your movie opened with a tag line, “This Diwali there will be destruction.” It seems you are upping the game this time in...

Man who wrote to Brosnan wants Bollywood to take a stand

When the advertisement which featured former James Bond, Pierce Brosnan promoting a pan masala hit the Indian market recently, the instant response was simmering...

SP almost splits, BJP smiles in UP

The ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh has split — well almost. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is mourning the loss of upper caste...

BSP shifts focus from SP to BJP

Keeping in view the feud within the Samajwadi Party (SP), its rival Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is planning to revisit its strategy for the...

Track II dialogue begins as Sinha-led delegation reaches out to separatists

Track II dialogue has been initiated in the simmering Kashmir valley with a five-member delegation led by senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha meeting the...

Pak targeted 75 BSF posts in 36 hours

Sepoy Mandeep Singh was killed and his body mutiliated after terrorists entered a bunker in the Machil sector of Kupwara. The Army has vowed...

Farooq leads NC protest, will meet PM

National Conference veteran Farooq Abdullah, who is believed to be unhappy with his son Omar Abdullah’s lightweight response to the Kashmir unrest, limited mostly...

Farmers who gave land for Amaravati may get capital gains tax exemption

In a big relief to around 20,000 farmers who had given their farm lands for construction of Amaravati, the brand new capital of Andhra...

Delhi BJP may continue with Satish as president

With municipal corporation elections round the corner, supporters of Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay want the Central leadership to continue him in the post.A...

INS Viraat reaches Mumbai, set to be decommissioned in January

INS Viraat, India’s soon-to-be-decommissioned aircraft carrier, reached Mumbai on Friday. She was towed away by three tugs from the shores of Kochi this week...

Diwali sales are relatively upbeat this year

Sales at Diwali bazaars look relatively better this year with a perceptible increase in consumer demand for Diwali-related items. Falling inflation, pay commission payouts...

Home sales pick up in the last quarter

Ongoing festivities have cheered up the real estate sector with home sales as well as new launches showing an upward trend in the September...

Cyber strikes expose vulnerabilities of our financial system

ATM attacks have emerged as a significant roadblock to Digital India with 30 lakh debit cards being reportedly compromised in recent cases of ATM...

‘our target is to attain double-digit growth’

The Sunday Guardian spoke to the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, just after the Global Investors Summit (GIS), held from 22-23...

Retro gadgets that helped shape modern technology

Tech enthusiasts have got to love the 1980s and ’90s. These were the decades when some of the most revolutionary gadgets of our time...

HEC is now a one-stop solution provider for key defence items

Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC), based at Ranchi, Jharkhand, is one of the largest integrated engineering complexes in India. It has complete manufacturing set up,...

BEL: Empowering India’s armed forces

Guided by a farsighted vision to make the country self-reliant in defence electronics, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) was set up in Bangalore in 1954...

Boeing’s traditional ties with Indian military on the upswing

The Indian Air Force  (IAF) and Boeing share a relationship that goes back to the 1940s when the T-6 Texan or Harvard Advanced Trainer...

Out on the landscape of sound

Karsh Kale is the kind of musician who doesn’t let the conceptual boundaries having to do with form and genre interfere in any way...

These must-watch films are being screened at DIFF 2016

The 2016 Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) will be underway next week (from 2-6 November). In its fifth edition this year, DIFF was started...

Tata’s new flagship 7-seater Hexa ticks all the right boxes

Just before the high drama at Bombay House unfolded, the biggest piece of news from one of India’s largest conglomerates was a brand new...

Investing in luxury brands can get you good returns

Two-thirds of a woman’s wardrobe remains inactive most of the time, and the remaining one-third is what they actually wear. Out of all the...

‘Romantic films are rare in Bollywood these days’

Anubhav Sinha made his mark 15 years ago with his blockbuster hit, and directorial debut film Tum Bin. After directing action films like Dus,...

‘Our schools have spread to over 50 locations in the last 21 years’

Guardian 20 speaks to the Managing Director of G.D. Goenka schools, Nipun Goenka, who was recently selected as one of the 51 “new millennium...

This one-man orchestra from Australia makes music that has an electronic edge

It was a Saturday evening at a local watering hole where several people had assembled to enjoy a few drinks and alternate music. The...

Writers, thinkers and the spirit of debate in Mumbai

Come November, over 130 celebrated writers and thinkers from some 30 countries will converge at Mumbai’s biggest international literary festival, Tata Literature Live!The illustrious...

Real subject of these detective stories is the mystery of life

Tamil feminist writer Ambai, also known as C.S. Lakshmi, charts out her relationship with the city of Mumbai as she embarks upon solving mysteries...

Delhi hosts the first edition of an event that celebrates India’s tribal heritage

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs recently organised the first ever National Tribal Carnival in the nation’s capital. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra...

‘Anything that’s funny, that makes you laugh, is comedy’

A food writer, author and television personality Kunal Vijayakar is well-known for, among other things, his great comic timing. He has associated with several...

Barely known histories of Indian art lend colour to this exhibition

The two artists paired in this exhibition, Life in the Deep,  K. Ramanujam and Kaushik Chakravartty, have much in common, as even a brief...

An artist who has made the duality of human existence her central concern

Who am I to choose the name ‘Amrita’ for myself?” the Delhi-based artist Arpana Caur was confronted with this thought when she was 15....

Lalu wary Nitish opens unofficial channel to BJP

“Fed up” with RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Bihar chief minister and JDU president Nitish Kumar is said to have opened “channels” with the...

Pandits seek official status for Kashmiri in Devnagari script

Kashmiri scholars and writers from the Hindu community have demanded the official recognition of Devanagari script for writing Kashmiri language, arguing that this would...

Digitisation reduces pending PF cases to half

The pendency of Provident Fund (PF) settlement claims has come down to almost half, compared to three years ago, due to the digitisation of...

Pandits want official status for Kashmiri written in Devanagari script

Kashmiri scholars and writers from the Hindu community have demanded the official recognition of Devanagari script for writing the Kashmiri language, arguing that this...

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