Ever since the announcement that a new route to Kailash Mansarovar will be opened this year, enthusiasts and aspirants were waiting for the application process. The ministry of external affairs (MEA), which facilitates this pilgrimage, invites app
The rise of Switzerland as a financial centre began about 100 years ago. However, it is only in the last five decades that its reputation has catapulted from one of relatively modest standing – the Swiss centre was earlier dwarfed by New Yor
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen believes that the government is trying to block his second term as chancellor of the prestigious Nalanda University. Drawing attention to the delay in clearing his name for the chancellorship, Sen wrote a five-page lette
Even as the government is looking at bonanza from the coal blocks auction, power minister Piyush Goayl has said that the power tariff will come. The allocation of coal blocks will fetch a whopping Rs15 lakh crore over the next
Two hoursbefore the vote of confidence in the assembly, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi met Governor KN Tripathi and submitted his resignation as it became clear that he does not have the numbers. READ:
Finance minister Arun Jaitley can achieve twin objectives of getting an ally in Parliament and send signals to foreign investors about India’s tax regime by accepting a suggestion to revive Nokia plant in Tamil Nadu. It is lea
Social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand, accused of financial fraud will not be arrested, said a new bench of the supreme court on Thursday that was hearing the anticipatory bail plea filed by the couple. The ape
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
