SC denies bail to ex-PFI chairman Abubacker in UAPA case

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday...

Trump emerging as the Ronald Reagan of the 21st century

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BJP’s new president selection may get delayed 

The party’s January 15 deadline for state...

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Naidu will induct son Lokesh in AP cabinet

The stage has been set for the induction of Nara Lokesh into the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet led by his father, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu....

Telangana will tighten cosmetic surgery norms

The Telangana government is readying to tighten the medical ethics norms to govern cosmetic surgeries. This intervention follows a complaint lodged by the parents...

Tobacco industry may challenge ‘85% pictorial health warning’ law

Challenging the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003, which empowers the government to regulate tobacco use in India, may not be on...

Jewellers desperate for PM intervention

The 39 days-old pan-India jeweller strike continues without respite. India’s gems and jewellery industry, which contributes over 6% to the national economy, is protesting...

‘We will double India’s port capacity by 2025’

The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari, talks to The Sunday Guardian about the role of shipping ports in...

Nationalism is our identity, we must protect it: Amit Shah

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah said at the BJP's foundation day function here on Wednesday that nationalism was the party's identity and...

Mehbooba Mufti sworn in as J&K’s first woman chief minister

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday took oath as Jammu and Kashmir's first woman chief minister. She will head a 22-member...

State govt inaction and market trouble delay coal production

Only six of the 31 coal blocks, auctioned to private players in three rounds, have started production due to delay in clearances by the...

Doctors with foreign degrees not registered with MCI

More than 18,000 Indians who have studied medicine in foreign countries have not been able to get registered by the Medical Council of India...

Vacancies filled in Information Commission

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has started working in its full capacity, for the first time ever since the inception of the Right to...

Doctors want Mci revamp

A large section of doctors has supported the recent recommendation of a Parliamentary standing committee on health to revamp the Medical Council of India...

F18 jets could be made in India

India is considering plans to produce American F18 fighter jets in India with Tata as the main indigenous supplier, according to sources in the...

India advances combat mechanism with drones

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is pushing ahead with its drone programme as part of its initiative for advancement and strengthening the country’s defence...

Clueless political parties unsafe workplaces for women members

The recent allegation of sexual harassment against the former Mumbai unit BJP Yuva Morcha chief Ganesh Pandey has highlighted the apathy of the lawmakers...

Big diesel cars will soon cost more

Upholding the Polluter Pay principle, the Supreme Court has extended the ban on the registration of diesel vehicles with over 2,000 cc engines in...

New FDI policy will boost e-commerce

Allowing 100% FDI in India’s nascent e-commerce sector is being seen as a progressive gesture which would simplify the convoluted funding structure that has...

Left mobilises farmers, tribals, targets Fadnavis

Nearly 10,000 farmers and tribals from across Maharashtra assembled under the Left’s umbrella in Nashik to press for land rights, loan waiver, remunerative prices,...

KCR uses Google maps to take on states

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday made a Power Point presentation using Google Maps in the Assembly on the irrigation projects on...

IVRCL head office raided by Bengal, Telangana cops

The head office of IVRCL, which was constructing the flyover in Kolkata, a portion of which collapsed on Thursday killing 26 people and injuring...

Pay hike cut, MLAS showered with perks

The TRS government in Telangana, which had given a three-fold salary hike to its lawmakers, increasing their monthly income from Rs 1.3 lakh to...

Lara was one of the best to play the game, feels Bravo

West Indies all-rounder Dwanye Bravo is on top of the world. The feisty Trinidadian was part of the West Indies team which knocked India...

How young entrepreneurs have started crowdsourcing their dreams

We humans are victims of desire. There are several things we wish to do. Be it travelling the world on a motorcycle or cycling...

Anatomy of happiness: The science behind your smile

 The Science of Happiness (How Our Brains Make Us Happy and What We Can Do to Get Happier)Stefan KleinPages: 296Price: Rs 450Western research has...

Cultural Crossroads: How Sanskrit became the Mughal lingua franca

As the hashtag #prayforLahore trends on social media, let’s take a quick look back to early 2015. Paris was at the forefront of global...

‘It is great to be able to share my family life with others’

Alain Laboile is a well-known photographer who lives in France. He is a father of six, who has made his children his great photographic...

Mysticism with logic: How an artist found his voice in Buddhist symbols

Delhi-based artist Satish Gupta is a genius in several spheres of creativity — a painter, sculptor, poet, writer, printmaker, skilled draftsman, muralist, designer, calligrapher...

Look at the Harlequins

The timing could not have been better. Holi, an occasion to give festive expression to our love of colours, was around the corner. And...

No bar on women’s entry to any place of worship, rules Bombay High Court

In a ruling with far-reaching implications, the Bombay High Court on Friday declared that no law prevents women from entering places of worship and there should...

NIA shares identity of Pathankot attackers with Pakistan

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday shared the identity of the four Pakistani Jaish-e-Muhammed terrorists, who were killed inside the IAF airbase in...

Court relief to smart phone manufacturers

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday granted interim relief to to India’s cheapest smartphone makers Ringing Bell Pvt Ltd — the Noida-based firm that...

PM Modi must rescue vaccine programme from vested interests

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s (BMGF’s) prescription of foreign drugs for India’s poor and the way in which it has become a major...

Government intensifies rural focus through Housing for All scheme

Continuing with its focus on rural India, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the rural component of the Housing for...

Low payout on savings will bring down interest rates

The government’s decision to offer lower interest on various small savings schemes has being hailed as a pragmatic step, one that would bring down...

Nationalism may be made a part of Social Studies

The Ministry of Human Resources Development may make it mandatory for schools to keep its recently published “Veergatha” comic book series in their libraries...

Telangana MLAs give themselves a Rs 3 lakh hike, will earn Rs 4.25 lakh

Telangana’s legislators will soon become the highest paid lawmakers in the country, with their salary set to jump from Rs 1.3 lakh per month...

RTE not effectively implemented

Lack of effective implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act has led to discontent among lawyers, academicians, NGOs and the general public alike.Nothwithstanding...

AAP wants thana-level committees back

Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung’s scrapping of the thana-level committees (TLCs) has left the Delhi government fuming, with Aam Aadmi Party MLAs gearing up to...

Japanese touch to Andhra Pradesh Assembly, Secretariat at Amaravati

Andhra Pradesh new capital Amaravati’s first phase of government administration zone will have a Japanese signature. World famous Japanese architecture firm, Maki and Associates...

Ambedkar was for a separate Marathwada

The big trees use up all the sun’s rays to themselves. The shrubs do not get any rays. That is why they do not...

‘Evolve permanent mechanism to conserve dal’

The J&K High Court on Thursday said there has been no progress in the Dal Lake’s preservation despite the state issuing directions for the...

J&K police under fire for booking minors

The J&K Police has been criticised by the parents of alleged stone-pelters who say that the police has wrongly framed their children to give...

Mehbooba is all set to be CM with BJP support

A joint delegation of PDP and BJP leaders led by Mehbooba Mufti met Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra at Raj Bhawan, Jammu and...

Indian Muslims counter ISIS

As terror attacks in Brussels are raising the spectre of radicalisation of Muslim youths the world over, Muslim intellectuals and clerics in India are...

Most people unaware of Digital India initiatives

Digital India’s initiatives and services are not being availed of by most people because of a lack of awareness about them. General enquiries made...

What makes MS Dhoni the best captain of Team India

India captain M.S. Dhoni seems to have the Midas touch. His exploits in the one run win over Bangladesh in Bangalore on Wednesday exhibited...

A dramatic exploration of truth

 Play: BarffWritten and directed by Saurabh ShuklaBauji, the character played by Sanjay Mishra in Rajat Kapoor-directed 2014 film Aankhon Dekhi, refuses to believe in...

Aussie Pat Farmer on a unique mission in Chandigarh

Legendary marathoner Pat Farmer (53), a former Australian Parliamentary Secretary and MP from Sydney, reached the city beautiful Chandigarh after starting his run from...

BJP refuses to give in to Mehbooba’s pressure tactics

The People’s Democratic Party’s hope to get the best bargain in government formation by putting the BJP under pressure has ended in smoke, with...

Betrayed by Punjab on SYL canal, Haryana pins hopes on SC, Centre

The Punjab government seems determined not to allow water from the state’s rivers to flow to the neighbouring state of Haryana, and to this...

CM’s comment results in water scare for Delhi

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s controversial remark that he is opposed to the construction of the SYL canal in Punjab as it has no...

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