Amit Shah asked to explain party leader’s remark
The Election Commission (EC) has sought an explanation from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah for a party worker’s statement in West Bengal that the poll panel was under their contr...
The Election Commission (EC) has sought an explanation from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah for a party worker’s statement in West Bengal that the poll panel was under their contr...
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday stayed the Maharashtra government’s controversial August 27 circular on sedition till the State files a reply to two petitions challenging its constitutional valid...
Boeing to supply Apache, Chinook helicopters
The prosecution in the July 11, 2006, Mumbai train bombings case indicated that it may not seek death for all 12 convicts, as it will categorise those accused persons, who deserve the extreme pena...
It is aimed at providing financial assistance for higher education
Tension prevailed in Musahra village in Sant Kabir Nagar district on Tuesday after the police reportedly seized cattle and chicken from Muslims in order to prevent them from celebrating Eid-uz-Zuh...
Bharti’s lawyers said after the order is passed they would move the Supreme Court to challenge it and seek bail
A sytems approach can help prevent the frequent stampedes during religious festivals
A deeper understanding of monsoon air-sea interaction, the key objective of our joint endeavour, is a prerequisite for improved forecasts
A soldier turned politician, Gen.(retd.) V.K. Singh has shown an uncanny knack of getting into news for the wrong reasons (“Different papers emerged in court martial;” “But soldier was sent to pri...
Nepal’s adoption of a secular and democratic Constitution, a successful step in moving away from being a Hindu monarchy, is a welcome development. However, Madhesis and Janajatis, who constitute a...
Socialism is a dead ideology and what is needed is compassionate capitalism so that the widening inequality is ironed out, if not eliminated (“What Corbyn means for India’s Left,” Sep.22). Besides...
All progressive citizens must condemn this violence and should demand a fair probe to bring the culprits to justice (“Now, Karnataka Sahitya Academy gets threat calls,” Sep.22). At the same time,...
The Mumbai police said on Tuesday that they had initiated a probe into the latest twist in the Sheena Bora murder case — the forensic results of the bone samples exhumed from Pen in Raigad recently...
Amid controversy over the origins of the iconic sweet, rasagolla (known better as rasgulla elsewhere), the West Bengal government has set off the official process of staking its claim, by fi...
The Technical Suppor...
Like death and taxes, it has become a certainty: every passing week brings forth a reminder that freedom of speech and expression are wobbly concepts in our country. Recently, Bengaluru-based prod...
The number of people getting admitted to area and headquarters hospitals for toddy addiction-related conditions in Telangana districts swelled on Tuesday.More and more people were walking-i...
In a bid to trace commonalities in the murders of rationalist-thinker Govind Pansare and scholar M.M. Kalburgi, a team from the Karnataka police on Tuesday grilled Sanatan Sanstha activist Sameer...
Rishabdev Raman was a set down and 2-5 behind in the second set tie-break before he staged a stunning comeback to defeat Kunal Anand 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-1 in the first round of the $10,000 TVS-ITF Futu...
A little known circular making its way to various State governments from the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment to identify at least 50-100 inaccessible spots for the differently-abled i...
Two-time Grand Slam champion Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka will return to the city to defend his Aircel Chennai Open title in 2016. The tournament, which will commence on January 4 at the...
Ali Bacher, who helmed South African cricket during the days of the apartheid and played a big part in his country’s return to the international fold in 1991, told The Hindu from Johannesbu...
R.I. Palani has been appointed cricket manager, M. Sanjay, the coach, and L. Balaji, the bowling coach-cum-player, of the Tamil Nadu Ranji team for the coming season.Their names were approv...