Ominous signals from Ayodhya
That the Ramjanmabhoomi movement was more political than religious in nature was evident from its very beginnings in communal frenzy and bigotry. And that the demand for the construction of a Ram tem...
That the Ramjanmabhoomi movement was more political than religious in nature was evident from its very beginnings in communal frenzy and bigotry. And that the demand for the construction of a Ram tem...
The results of Sunday’s parliamentary election in Spain are the strongest challenge yet to the post-Franco political order that has been dominated by the country’s two major parties — the centre-righ...
enior BJP leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday spoke out in support of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and demanded action against BJP MP Kirti Azad for ‘emba...
PIL seeks criminal proceedings against government officials concerned and the management of MIOT Hospital for the death of 18 patients during the recent floods.
In an Olympic year, every performance in every single tournament of international repute matters. In that context, the Premier Badminton League, which has become the de-facto season-opener, has acqui...
September 11, 2013... Kathmandu was a teeming mass of people mostly from Afghanistan, perhaps enjoying the happiest day of their life. Their team had minutes ago beaten the formidable Indian side to ...
Government reasons that special provisions are needed to tackle rising number of heinous crimes
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis was on Tuesday named as women’s doubles World champions by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in recognition of their stupendous success in season 2015. Hingis...
The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday cleared the Juvenile Justice (Amendment) Bill, 2015, lowering the age of a legally defined juvenile from 18 to 16 in the case of heinous crimes. Despite the fact that many ...
Shalini Yashwant beat Commonwealth Games silver medallist Shreyasi Singh by three points to clinch the women’s double trap gold in the 59th National shotgun championship at the JDA range here on Tuesd...
Punjab Royals upstaged favourite and Haryana Hammers to finish its league engagements by firming up a semifinal spot in the Pro Wrestling League at the K.D. Jadhav Indoor Stadium here. The 5-2 resu...
People who know BCCI politics like the back of their hand feel that Sharad Pawar’s attempt to become BCCI president, probably at the 85th AGM in Chennai on March 2 and again at a special general meet...
‘Decision to invest 1 lakh crore may prove to be the last straw on the camel’s back’
Dhoni, Ashwin, Raina and Yuvraj among others set to take the field.
It is evident that R. Ashwin leads his State side with a serious passion. Tamil Nadu waltzed into the quarterfinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, showing the sort of form that would have made other tea...
The Maharashtra police have arrested a farmer couple for allegedly sending threatening messages to investigators probing the August 20, 2013 murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar.Chandrakant Mohit...
By bringing the DDCA into national focus, Azad and Bedi have rendered cricket a signal service.
‘Investigating team confronted him with discrepancies in his statements’
The first meeting of the reconstituted National Cricket Academy (NCA) Board will take place at the Cricket Centre here on Wednesday morning. According to NCA Board chairman and West Zone representa...
Denying any ill-will on artist Chintan Upadhyay’s part, his counsel Satish Maneshinde on Tuesday argued at the Borivali Metropolitan Magistrate’s court that he shared a cordial relation with his estra...
Violence in northeast Nigeria and neighbouring countries targeted by Boko Haram has forced more than one million children out of school, leaving them prey to abuse, abduction and recruitment by armed...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Khaleda Zia has picked up a new controversy doubting the number of casualties in the country’s Liberation War against Pakistan.“There is a debate about how man...
The three-decade-old U.S. ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men was formally lifted on Monday, but major restrictions will continue to limit who can donate. The Food and Drug Administratio...
A winning combination of rail connectivity and e-commerce is making Zhengzhou the hub of brisk trans-border trade between China and Europe.