Bashir Thakur, who settled in Qatar 24 years ago, didn’t vote in the Delhi assembly elections but, in many ways, was a harbinger of change that swept the capital in February. Thakur, a mechanical engineer, originally belongs to Maharashtra,
Admitting that media trials tend to influence judges by subconsciously creating a pressure, the Delhi High Court on Thursday extended the stay on the airing of India’s Daughter documentary by BBC. It listed the matter for hearing on March 18
Contradicting the claim by health authorities on swine flu virus, two researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have reported that the current strain of the disease’s parent H1N1 virus has mutated to become more virule
Upholding the right to different opinion on development policies, the Delhi High Court on Thursday set aside the government lookout circular that had prevented environmental activist Priya Pillai from visiting the United Kingdom. The court observe
When India sent its last telegram on the late Sunday evening of July 14, 2013, it was perhaps not the first technology to reach the end of its lifecycle. However, the reason it made it big on news pages was because the 163-year-old service was sur
The civil aviation ministry has that there was no question of closing Air India. Minister of Heavy Industries Anant Geete had said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha that Air India and MTNL were among the many state companies "termed as a si
The centre has told the Jammu and Kashmir government to maintain close surveillance of activities of Masarat Alam, his associates and friends. Speaking in Rajya Sabha on Thursday Home Minister Rajanth Singh said the J&K go
What happens when the silent world of a one-year-old is suddenly filled with noise from all around? She recoils in fear; screams and cries. But, instead of alarm, her cries bring a smile to the sombre faces, and tears to the eyes of her parents. S
The factional war in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is out in the open. Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav on Wednesday chose to respond at length to the allegations leveled against them by party colleagues Manish Sisodia and others. Writing a long le
Once they were jewels in the crown of the government. But they are now sick and beyond revival. The government has decided to close down its best known enterprises like Air India, MTNL and Hindustan Shipyard. They are part of the list of 65 sick p
Few days back the budget of Rajasthan state was presented with a tax revenue figure of Rs 47096.05 crore. Compare this with the amount that top 10 borrowers have taken loans from public sector banks. These top 10 have to pay a staggering Rs 28,152
The Aam Aadmi Party, grappling with crisis at national level, saw exit of Anjali Damania. Housewife turned activist Anjali Damania has quit the party and alleged that Arvind Kejriwal had indulged in horse-trading. “I quit, I h
The Supreme Court on Wednesday awarded life term to 6 convicts for the murder of IIM graduate S Manjunath, who was murdered by oil mafia in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district in 2005 when he sought to expose corruption and petrol adult
In an ultimate denouement, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, along with a couple of highly-placed executives in Hindalco have been summoned to appear before court on April 8 in the coal scam case.
India does not have a vehicle recall policy but the automobile sector has already seen nearly seven lakh vehicles being recalled since 2012. Now, country`s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki has announced recall of 33,098 units of its popular small c
With Rs 2 lakh crore generated already from just 32 mines out of 204 and nearly Rs 1 lakh crore from spectrum auction, the government has so far earned Rs 3 lakh crore. On Monday alone, two mines -- Utkal C in Odisha and Lohari in J
Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that the security of India is important and not the alliance government in Jammu and Kashmir. He was commenting on the controversial decision to release separatist leader Masarat Ala
After saying that 90 % Indians are idiots, Justice Markandey Katju is ready with his latest controversy. This time he calls Mahatma Gandhi a British Agent in his personal blog. Within eight hours he posted his blog post on Facebook, it received ov
While there are 52 amendments proposed by the members, the government on Tuesday moved nine amendments to the land acquisition bill in Lok Sabha as it seeks support from the opposition. The changes include removal of exemption (requ
"When being raped, she shouldn`t fight back. She should just be silent and allow the rape. Then they`d have dropped her off after `doing her`, and only hit the boy," says Mukesh Singh in the now controversial BBC documentary by Leslee Ud
