Are you ready to pay lifetime insurance premium for your vehicle at one go? Most of you may say yes as it saves yearly hassle. The Madras High Court has observed that vehicle-owners be made to pay lifetime insurance, like the lifetime road t
For a career bureaucrat, home secretary to the government of India is an aspirational position. Anil Goswami had attained it not by dint of his work but network. And that was an exception. In his stint as home secretary, he ran the affairs in the
India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed Prithvi-II nuclear missile as part of a user trial by the army from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha on Thursday. The test was carried out from a mobile launcher from launc
In normal times it would be considered as sacrilege but early hours of Wednesday presented a challenge to the officials of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD). A special lock was broken to keep Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena and his wi
As one gets down at Patna airport, a billboard featuring Bihar chief minister Jeetan Ram Manjhi and agriculture minister Narendra Singh greets you with a bizarre proclamation – ‘bring out the biggest aloo (potato) and earn the prize&rs
Chairman of HDFC Deepak Parekh, who has been praising and warning Modi government during the last few months, has come out in strong terms against the administration as India gets into budget season. He told a news agency on Wednesd
Asking the central government to immediately relieve Sanjiv Chaturvedi from his service as deputy secretary, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has written a letter to centre where he also menti
There was not much of crowd but then it was first after the second term in office. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal held a ‘janata darbar’ at Aam Aadmi Party`s Kaushambi office in Ghaziabad. He met people for three hours from 9 am
Amid panic of increasing cases of swine flu (H1N1) and shortage of drugs, there is good news on the horizon – the swine flu would subside in a week or two as the temperatures rise in the country, especially in north India. Doc
After becoming an election issue, it is up for auction and for a purpose. Prime minister Narendra Modi’s controversial bandhgala suit that he wore during US President Barack Obama’s visit to India last month, has been put up auction at
Inaugurating the 10th biennial edition of Aero India at Air Force Station in Yelahanka, Bengaluru, prime minister Narendra Modi asserted that defence is at heart of Make in India programme and the domestic procurement of defence equipment
Even with his eternal bow the Maharaja is standing firm on certain issues. However, some do not like and others accept grudgingly. Air India staff; under pressure from the management to maintain discipline in timely departures and a
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday replied to his friend Barack Obama and said “religious intolerance is a global concern”. US president Obama`s had recently remarked on growing religious intolerance in India. Spea
As the new AAP government begins its work, Delhi that gave it a record verdict is full of high expectations with assured supply of drinking water topping the list of priorities. The other priorities, in descending order, are:
President Barack Obama’s executive order on immigration policy and amnesty has been halted by a judge in Texas. US District Judge Andrew Hanen’s decision puts on hold Obama’s orders to stop deportation of as many as five million
A week after assault on an Indian by a police officer in Alabama, a Hindu temple has been vandalized on the eve of Mahashivratri in the US. Miscreants sprayed swastika and painted `Get Out` on one of the walls of the temple in the
As anticipated the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won the assembly by-election to the prestigious Srirangam constituency of Tamil Nadu, earlier held by the party chief J Jayalalithaa. However, the margin of winning was hu
Will J Jayalalithaa’s absence from administration affect the progress of Tamil Nadu? There is real danger of halting industrial development in TN and the first test is just over three months away. But an indication of future b
While a final word is still not out on the usefulness of Aadhaar card, various government agencies have taken steps to link it for speedy verification process and the latest to join is the passport issuing authority. With Aadhaar ca
Internet security firm Kaspersky Lab has revealed that hackers have stolen approximately $1 billion from over 100 banks in 25 countries and termed it as one of the largest bank heists. It also said the "attacks remain active," and
