At ten past eleven as justice DW Deshpande read out the verdict this Wednesday, one man who needed to be in court to hear justice being delivered, was not. Nor was he present at the high court today when the sentence pronounced by the lower court
The idea was to talk over lunch, but by the time we finally meet, it is 4.30 pm. Dr Priyanka Shukla had had her lunch earlier. Shukla is not a district collector yet. But she is in Delhi to ‘share her experience’ with district collecto
Quality of life for mother and children in the urban slums of Delhi is one of the worst in the world, claims Save the Children in its annual State of World’s Mother report. What is more shocking is that India stands at 140th position in the
Soon the residents of Varanasi will be able to get pure drinking water from the polluted river Ganga, which is filthy and unhealthy even for a dip. Sulabh International is claiming to provide its new innovation at Asi ghat of the te
Remember the promo for the last season of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’? A young woman from the northeast, delivering the punch line: ‘jaante sab hain ki Kohima India mein hai, maante kitne hain?’ (Everyone knows Kohima is in Ind
Much of the budget session of the parliament saw ruling BJP clashing with the opposition including Indian National Congress over the land bill. The battling NDA government and the opposition clashed again after introduction of the real estate bill
Actor Salman Khan sentenced to five years of imprisonment, under Section 304 of the IPC, in the 2002 hit-and-run case by a Mumbai session court on Monday. The court held Salman guilty of running an SUV over homeless people who were
Aiming to enhance regional connectivity, the civil aviation ministry is mulling ways to dilute the rules for international flying. The ministry is aiming to form an inter-ministerial group to look at the guidelines for Domest
Popular e-commerce portal Flipkart has been advertising with the Times group. Recently, the e-retailer was contacted by Airtel, which offered to do the promotional job at two-third of the price. The plan was simple: the e-retailer had to register
Bengaluru will soon have an index that will evaluate the workforce or transitory population in each ward of the city. Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) restructuring committee
Constantly cracking its whip, the government has finally forced Greenpeace India towards a shutdown, claims the NGO in a press release. With the government already having cancelled the NGO’s access to foreign funds, its executive dir
Prime minister Narendra Modi is getting a lot of stick for suddenly placing an order for 36 Rafale aircraft to be bought off the shelf in a direct deal with the French government. A lot of it may seem justified on the face of it. It flies against
Indian media is facing huge criticism for the ‘insensitive’ and `sensational` coverage of the devastating earthquake that hit the Himalayan country on April 25. As Nepal is busy getting over its worst natural disaster t
The finance minister recruited his chief economic advisor in Washington; Arvind Subramanian has come on leave from Peterson Institute. The United States has a tradition of millionaires funding academic institutions. Stanford University is an examp
Here are five special stories you must read this weekend International Labour Day Shramev Jayate
Twenty-three-year old Amit Sundriyal had been running for almost an hour when he heard the police siren. He ducked behind a shack, while turning sharply into a bylane in the opposite direction from the sound. He looked cautiously over his shoulder
Looking back, India’s first policy-level government digitisation drive – the national e-governance plan (NeGP) – may well be termed as a 1.0 initiative. By comparison, Digital India easily has the makings of a 2.0 programme. In f
September is the month that I have always loved the most. September, the month with which the winters starts setting in. When flowers of different colours and hues bloom, releasing a fascinating aroma into the atmosphere. Ever since my childhood,
Shramev Jayate (Labour Prevails), the slogan coined by prime minister Narendra Modi, is not as seductive as Karl Marx’s exhortation, “Workers of the world unite”. But the essence of both emphasises the ultimate triumph of the pro
The radical Islam has put the world in the middle of a war unto death, and it needs to be fought with reason. That is the diagnosis from Tarek Fatah, a journalist and author originally from Pakistan and now based in Canada. After &l
