Some DRDO seniors resist PM’s essential reform push

NEW DELHI: A powerful group in the...

Traders of Chandni Chowk express support for BJP

NEW DELHI: BJP candidate Praveen Khandelwal says he...

IIT graduate Shashank Mani in Lok Sabha battle from Deoria

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Congress will lose three RS seats from Telugu states

Congress is set to lose three Rajya Sabha seats from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The party does not even have the strength to field...

Mehbooba, Omar spat on twitter over sainik colony

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and the state’s opposition leader Omar Abdullah of National Conference are locked in a bitter Twitter war...

The new Vespa SXL 150 is premium and powerful

The moment you hear the brand name Vespa what comes to mind is a good looking scooter that oozes class. In its short presence...

Fashion design students from India and New Zealand join hands for sustainability

The Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) and Education New Zealand (ENZ) organised a fashion event ‘Runway to New Zealand’ based on the theme...

Kohli bats for deprived kids with charity gala

Virat Kohli Foundation has joined hands with Smile Foundation, a national level development organization, to support the cause of empowerment of underprivileged Children and...

Gripping adaptation of Ballard’s 1975 parable of class warfare

I have, since the beginning of his career, admired director Ben Wheatley’s work but always with qualifications. He makes the sort of inspired genre...

Habitat film fest exhibits best of pan-Indian cinema

A firm milestone now with a run of eleven years behind it, the Habitat Film festival has become the capital’s coveted showcase for the...

An ordeal of loneliness and extensive study is what it takes to be a topper

With a brimming smile, Tina Dabi welcomed me to her Gole Market home. On a hot Thursday afternoon, here I was in central Delhi,...

Parrikar to attend Singapore meet

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will attend the Shangri-La Dialogue 2016 slated to be held in June this year, according to the Ministry of Defence...

‘Sexual harassment exists in country’s police departments’

Sexual harassment does exist within police departments across the country, thanks to a largely ineffective complaints redressal mechanism. This is the uncomfortable truth many...

Brajesh, M.K. Narayanan were united on Agusta

The Agusta Westland helicopter purchase had its supporters in both the A.B. Vajpayee as well as the Manmohan Singh governments. However, the coming to...

Start-up brings sweetness to Mumbai’s doorstep

Five fresh graduates from Mumbai’s St Xavier’s College have come together for a unique start-up. They have launched an online portal —mymithaiwala.com — to...

‘Benegal committee recommendations being considered’

The call to recast India’s Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is gaining traction in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, sources said. The Shyam...

Coward SP shifted cops: Jhajjar DC

In a scathing report, Jhajjar deputy commissioner (DC) Anita Yadav has blamed the then Superintendent of Police Sumit Kumar of acting like a “coward”...

TRAI prices too high: Operators

The Telecom Commission has decided to go ahead with the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on the matter of spectrum...

Grand alliance is a non starter in UP

The Janata Dal United’s ambitious plan to carry forward its grand alliance to Uttar Pradesh from Bihar has come a cropper as the Rashtriya...

Three boys flee from J&K’s juvenile home

Three juveniles have escaped from the state run Harvan Juvenile Home on the intervening night of 2-3 May, underlining the fact that there is...

Mehbooba is reluctant to allot land for KP townships in J&K

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is believed to have put on hold the file sent by the state’s chief secretary B.R. Sharma...

Bio-medical waste poses threat to health in valley

The Jammu and Kashmir Pollution Control Board has warned the state government that people face a serious threat of contracting deadly diseases as J&K...

By 2050, three largest economies will be China, India, US, in that order: Harinder Kohli

Harinder S. Kohli, editor of The World In 2050 tells SHAILENDRA TYAGI that by 2050, the centre of gravity of the global economy will...

Jagan’s lone MP in Telangana joins TRS

YSR Congress’ only MP in Telangana, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, along with the party’s lone MLA, Payam Venkateswarlu, defected to ruling TRS, decimating the party’s...

DCW issues notice to colleges for gender bias in hostels, PGs

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) is taking up the cause of a student activist group called “Pinjra Tod” and has issued a notice...

Bike-taxi aggregators want services legalised

The market for “bike-taxis”, a new phenomenon in the capital, is awaiting the Delhi government’s notification to legalise the commercial use of bikes as...

Experts worry about price rise post GST

There is some speculation about the fate of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill getting passed anytime soon, given, experts opine that the...

Maha ‘Make in India’ campaign a success

After almost three months since the “Make in India” week was held in Mumbai, the Maharashtra government is on track to translate the MoUs...

Finding Mowgli’s den in the dense forests of Seoni district

Often creating headlines for its forest riches, project clearances or delays, Seoni district that is situated along the highway, is in news for a...

Saint-soldier, freedom fighter and the lost revolutionary of Indian history

In August 1914, a booklet known as the Ailan-i-Jung was widely circulated among Punjabis living on America’s West Coast. As suggested by the title,...

Honda’s latest car is a safe and practical seven-seater

It is the day and age of 7-seater cars. It gets even better if the 7-seater is affordable as well. This segment has seen...

Movie Review: An intermittently interesting cricketing story

Death of a GentlemanDirector: Sam Collins, Jarrod Kimber, Jon HottenStarring: Giles Clarke, Ed Cowan, N Srinivasan, Gideon HaighAvoiding cricket-based conversation had always been a...

Here Alone: A sombre entry in the shambling flesh-eater canon

The zombie movie trend appears to be just as popular with festivalgoers these days as it is with TV audiences or multiplex crowds. That...

IIFA heads to Madrid for its upcoming edition

It’s almost that time of the year when your favorite Bollywood stars head abroad to a different corner of the globe for the annual...

CBI summons Harish Rawat in ‘corruption’ case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summoned former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Thursday in connection with a sting operation.The sting CD made by the...

J&K eyes a good tourist season

The Jammu and Kashmir government is going all out to make up for last year’s drop in tourist footfall and is taking a slew...

Muslims may leave beef, but vegetable prices will soar: Zafar Sareshwala

The banning of beef in various states in the country is unsustainable in practical terms, Zafar Sareshwala told The Sunday Guardian. A prominent Muslim...

Southern states adamant on opposing NEET

Andhra Pradesh went ahead and conducted its EAMCET-2016 (Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test) on Friday, 29 April and Telangana is bent on...

Make in India makes India top FDI choice

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” campaign has helped India become the top destination for foreign investment in the Asia-Pacific Region in 2015...

Faulty speedometer caused Toy Train crash

The derailment of the “Toy Train” in Kalka in September last year, killing two British tourists, was caused by over-speeding of the train as...

Arms licence racket exposed

A retired BSF official was arrested by Delhi Police on Saturday for operating an organised gang that obtained fake arms licences on the basis...

Attacks on police shoot up in SP regime

Uttar Pradesh is getting increasingly unsafe, not just for women and children but for policemen. In the past one week, two sub-inspectors have been...

Liquor sale booms in Jharkhand thanks to Bihar ban

 Following the ban on liquor in Bihar, Jharkhand is expecting a 25% increase in the sale of alcohol, which is also likely to increase...

Nuke safety steps tightened to counter terror threat

The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board has stepped up security at all nuclear facilities and radiation centres across the country to counter any possible threats...

MoD issued orders against Finmeccanica in ’14, post UPA

The Ministry of Defence under the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, which ousted former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s UPA-II in May 2014, intended to stop...

‘End users will define the residential property market’

Anurag Jhanwar, Business head (Consulting and Data Insights), PropTiger.com- the one-stop online platform for home buyers, tells SHAILENDRA TYAGI that affordability and end-users are...

Centre leaves UPA’s POSCO behind as SAIL moves ahead with ArcelorMittal

The Steel Authority of India Limited will be setting up an automotive steel facility with the world’s largest steel producer, Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal, putting on...

‘Pak has China’s unwavering support’

When Pakistan’s Army Chief General Raheel Sharif early this year delivered his strongest warning yet and said “Kashmir is an unfinished agenda of partition....

India’s increasing coal production creates problem of plenty

India has been steadily increasing its domestic coal production especially in the past two years but seems to be lagging behind in making good...

India records 2.6% hike in steel production

India has recorded positive growth in steel production despite the prevailing global slowdown, which has affected even China, the largest steel producing country.According to...

Shooter Himani facing a major financial crunch

It’s a sad when an athlete is being forced to give up her sport, because of lack of funds and support from political and...

West UP clashes with East in AMU, as students complain of favouritism

A bitter sense of regional divide between students from eastern and western Uttar Pradesh in Aligarh Muslim University was the prime trigger for the...

Cricketers in J&K draw flak for hailing militants

Jammu and Kashmir opposition leader Omar Abdullah has taken to micro-blogging side Twitter to accuse the Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP government of glorifying militants in...

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