Bangalore: A senior Karnataka government official who was brutally assaulted May 15 for exposing scams in house-building cooperative societies and was on life support...
For Rao Kabool Singh, a World War Two veteran who turned 100 this weekend, it has been a life of service with the army man choosing to take up the cause of the downtrodden in rural areas...
"Mar ke bhi chain na paya to kidhar jayenge? (If there is no peace in death, then where will I go?)" This Urdu couplet from Ibrahim Zauq aptly sums up...
New Delhi: After 15 gruelling months, former telecom minister and DMK leader A. Raja walked out of Tihar Jail here Tuesday after getting bail in the 2G spectrum case with a rider...
New Delhi: On May 16, the double murder of teenager Aarushi Talwar and domestic help Hemraj that shocked India will be four years old. But the question - whodunit - is still...
The recent mysterious death of a Northeastern student, Richard Loitam and the case involving a Manipuri scientist who has been a constant target of racial abuse, has once again brought to the...
Bangalore: A senior Karnataka government official who was brutally assaulted May 15 for exposing scams in house-building cooperative societies and was on life support at a hospital here died Sunday, police said.
Guwahati
A 60-year-old lady in Assam has launched a novel mission - not only to find out the victims of witch hunting but also to keep an eye on all such evil practices in Assam.
For Rao Kabool Singh, a World War Two veteran who turned 100 this weekend, it has been a life of service with the army man choosing to take up the cause of the downtrodden in rural areas after retiring in 1962.
Setting up
Hyderabad
"Mar ke bhi chain na paya to kidhar jayenge? (If there is no peace in death, then where will I go?)" This Urdu couplet from Ibrahim Zauq aptly sums up the problem of the dead in Hyderabad.
New Delhi: After 15 gruelling months, former telecom minister and DMK leader A. Raja walked out of Tihar Jail here Tuesday after getting bail in the 2G spectrum case with a rider that he can't visit his former office or his home s
New Delhi: On May 16, the double murder of teenager Aarushi Talwar and domestic help Hemraj that shocked India will be four years old. But the question - whodunit - is still as much of a mystery, with the first hearing in th
Uttar Pradesh: "Even if god forms a government in Uttar Pradesh, crime cannot be controlled," said minister Durga Prasad Yadav. Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan wants former governor T.V. Rajeshwar
Gurgaon
When Dana Sangma, an MBA student and niece of Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, committed suicide in her hostel room April 24, she was following in the footsteps of dozens of others
New Delhi: A cartoon on Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar in an NCERT textbook rocked parliament Friday, prompting the government to apologise and order removal of the "objectionable" sketch.After opposition leaders created an
Chandigarh
Both turbines at 600 MW Yamuna Nagar thermal plant suffered disastrous failure within 4 years of commissioning raising question mark over quality of Chinese equipment. Haryana is losing 144 lakh
New Delhi: India's National Solar Mission may be offering huge opportunities to global players but the domestic solar industry is bleeding owing to poor policy and stiff competition from foreign companies, especially the Chinese.
Gurgaon: A teenaged girl was abducted from her house and allegedly gang raped. No one has been arrested, police said Wednesday.A 16-year-old girl was abducted from her house in village Sikanderpur (Badha), near sector
India, I believe, is going through a transformation where it is becoming more awakened so to speak. The youth, who have historically been accused of being uncaring, is more aware now than it has ever been. Nothing validates this hypothesis more th
Himachal Pradesh High Court fines Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) a real hefty amount for setting up a cement plant by fraudulent means in the Solan district. The fine amount is as big as Rs 100 crore. In addition
Srinagar: With zebra crossings, road dividers and fences being painted, even during a downpour, Srinagar is being spruced up as top offices reopen here after six months of functioning in winter capital Jammu. But residents are ask
A bruised victim of dacoity calls 100 for help only to hear “does anybody need to come at the spot?”
That's what Mr Surendra Singh Dabla had to take as an answer when he called 100 after being looted of Rs 40, 000 in c
Mumbai: She was born into a community once considered untouchable in the Indian caste hierarchy and was married off at the age of nine. But 55-year-old Babai Sathe, now a village head, has touched the lives of hundreds of people i
Mumbai: Afflicted by misgovernance and corruption, India's global clout has waned over the past year but could swing back if the economy regains its growth trajectory, says a geopolitical power index (GPI) report by an independent
India, I believe, is going through a transformation where it is becoming more awakened so to speak. The youth, who have historically been accused of being uncaring, is more aware now than it has ever been. Nothing validates this hypothesis more th
West Bengal: Think attending seminars is a waste of your child’s time? Think again. They can bring out the very best in your children and save our society from many dangers. The bravery of a class X school girl resulted
Mumbai: She was born into a community once considered untouchable in the Indian caste hierarchy and was married off at the age of nine. But 55-year-old Babai Sathe, now a village head, has touched the lives of hundreds of people i
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission of India registered 82,021 cases of human rights violations in 2009-10 and completed action in 86,050 others, according to
Kolkata/New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, who is in the line of fire after presenting his first Rail Budget in Parliament over fare hike across the board, has said that he took the decision for the betterment
Now onwards people of West Bengal will read only those daily newspapers which West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee selects. The West Bengal government's decision to ban all dailies except eight Bengali newspapers in the state-funded librarie
And now it's the Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman who has composed a song, "Hasi Niye Thako" (Live with a smile), mocking the state government. Kabir Suman earlier expressed his dissatisfaction redarding the arrest of the professor on cartoon iss
Bangalore: A senior Karnataka government official who was brutally assaulted May 15 for exposing scams in house-building cooperative societies and was on life support at a hospital here died Sunday, police said.
Hikaka, a 37-year-old tribal MLA of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), was abducted while returning home along with his driver Ugrasen Jambeka and personal security officer (PSO) Gokula Kandhapan. According to police, the abduction took
Gurgaon: A teenaged girl was abducted from her house and allegedly gang raped. No one has been arrested, police said Wednesday.A 16-year-old girl was abducted from her house in village Sikanderpur (Badha), near sector
New Delhi: On May 16, the double murder of teenager Aarushi Talwar and domestic help Hemraj that shocked India will be four years old. But the question - whodunit - is still as much of a mystery, with the first hearing in th
New Delhi: India's National Solar Mission may be offering huge opportunities to global players but the domestic solar industry is bleeding owing to poor policy and stiff competition from foreign companies, especially the Chinese.
New Delhi: After 15 gruelling months, former telecom minister and DMK leader A. Raja walked out of Tihar Jail here Tuesday after getting bail in the 2G spectrum case with a rider that he can't visit his former office or his home s