Power supply companies continue to remain a burden on state finances

New Delhi: Electricity distribution companies (DISCOMs) continue...

Rahul invites ire during Winter Session

Congress seems to believe criticising Adani and...

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‘Dropouts, students form majority of car thieves’

College dropouts and students account for the majority of car thieves arrested by the South-west district police in the past four months. According to...

Dahi handi groups want to rise above 20 feet, seek PM’s intervention

The dahi handi groups of Mumbai have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to initiate an ordinance allowing dahi handis (human pyramids) to rise...

Illicit liquor has killed more than 30 in Bihar since April

More than 30 people have lost their lives in Bihar after consuming illicit liquor from the time prohibition was imposed in the state on...

Wilson gets first victory as Hyderabad bans manual scavenging

This year’s prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award winner Bezwada Wilson, who has dedicated his life to the eradication of manual scavenging, has tasted his first...

PM’s Jan Dhan Yojana earns Brookings’ accolades

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana has received accolades from Washington-based Brookings Institution, a not-for-profit public policy organisation, which has said...

Water reaches Mumbai from sources miles away

Nothing makes a Mumbaikar happier than the news of cancellation of water cuts. Many Mumbaikars wonder why they have to face water cuts despite...

American grooming for men, now in India

Personal grooming has turned out to be one of the biggest markets in today’s world, with billions being spent on simple cosmetics or grooming...

Hero Motocorp’s new bike marks production milestone

It’s been five years since the much publicized divorce between Hero and Honda took place. But even after that former was still reliant on...

Fitness club ties up with Balaji Motion Pictures

Team Core, a recently launched state of the art fitness club with its first outlet in Pusa Road has announced its collaboration with Balaji...

Special menus at eateries in Delhi add to the festive spirit

The relationship between food and festival is quite strong. As India celebrated Independence Day, Teej and Raksha Bandhan this month, many restaurants in Delhi...

Indian fashion industry is growing at a rapid rate: Beri

A graduate from National Institute of Fashion Technology, Ritu Beri is an international fashion designer. She was the first Indian designer to present a...

‘Shooting on location makes the experience authentic’

Amara Karan is a Sri Lankan-English actress who made her film début as the love interest in Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited. The film...

Tap & talk with Google Duo

Google has launched a new video chat app for iOS and Android specifically. Google’s new launch has to battle with much popular iOS app,...

Cutting-edge gadgetry marks top tech launches of the year

In the coming few months, the world of technology is likely to see some of the biggest and most-anticipated releases of the year. There’s...

Journey through transportation history at this one-of-its-kind heritag museum

It was the realisation of a dream which he had been nurturing for more than two decades and go through struggles and tribulations before...

Flights of fancy: Theatrical rebirth of the boy who lived

Even if the new Harry Potter book leaves one a bit “discombobulated”, the story, or rather the play, is of the clichéd unputdownable variety....

Inner compass: A writer who urged us to look at the margins

For writer Mahasweta Devi, who died on 28 July, the universe was a constellation of stars, but many of these stars were covered by...

Celebrating the feminist spirit through new media

A new exhibition, celebrating the spirit of feminism and conceptualised by Priti Paul, has opened at Apeejay Arts, Apeejay Surrendra group’s premier art centre...

Bibliophile’s delight: An exhibition that represents books as art objects

Over the years, the fondness for books in the hearts of readers has constantly grown. This is the kind of relationship which has withstood...

Dalit Foods, an e-commerce enterprise that links the culinary with the political

One man's food can understandably be another man's haram but consequences can be fatal when the choice of food is deemed sacred. Food habits...

Vanity fair

Becoming a published writer these days is as much a matter of prestige as it is about creative satisfaction. It’s true that an author...

Foreign Secretary Jaishankar accepts Pakistan’s invite for talks

Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar has accepted an invitation extended by his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Chaudhry to hold talks on the Jammu and Kashmir...

India grants $1 million to drought-hit Zimbabwe

Following an appeal made by drought-hit Zimbabwe, India has handed over $1 million as grant to the African nation, the Ministry of External Affairs...

Jinnah recognised Balochistan’s independence

On 14 July 1947, when the 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom was debating the Indian Independence Bill, only one man among 640 MPs...

Azad Maidan riot losses yet to be recovered

Four years since the 11 August riots broke out in South Mumbai and held the entire city to ransom, the administration is yet to...

‘Sangh terror does not exist’

Earlier this week, “Anhad” (Act Now for Harmony and Democracy), organised a day long convention titled “Sangh Terror and Failures of Justice” that the...

Parrikar will visit US to ink key deals

Government of India is gearing up to sign key strategic agreements including the first of three foundational agreements with the US before US President...

Medical Council of India may be disbanded

The Medical Council of India (MCI) may be replaced with a National Medical Commission (NMC) for which the government is likely to table National...

‘There can be no clear winner between Flipkart and Amazon’

In the days running up to Independence Day, e-commerce giants—Amazon and Flipkart— hosted their annual Great India Sale and Freedom Day sale events, respectively....

Low demand for electricity puts power sector under stress

The lack of overall demand in the economy is putting a lot of financial stress on India’s power sector. The electricity generating companies are...

GST may stretch fiscal deficit targets initially

The Central government’s commitment to states to fully compensate them for any revenue lost on account of implementation of the GST is likely to...

Ex-Maoist leaves behind Rs 4,000 crore empire

Mohammad Nayeemuddin, alias Nayeem, the 45-year-old former Maoist-turned -police informer-turned gangster, who was killed in a police encounter on Monday morning, left behind a...

Bengaluru reduces dreams to rubble based on a century-old map

A distraught family threatening to come under the JCB and drilling machines even as their brand new building gets demolished. A young female techie,...

National treasure: Set of young artists aiming to represent the idea of India

As India celebrates its 69th year of Independence tomorrow, Animal, a creative agency based out of New Delhi, has put together a unique art...

Digital platform devoted to preserve performance arts

Delhi-based NGO Routes2Roots recently introduced India’s first interactive digital learning platform dedicated entirely to the performance arts. Virsa, as this project is called, is...

Chandrayan-II may happen by next year

In recognition of his outstanding contributions in developing Science and Technology and its applications, A.S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO),...

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