India needs a new Parliament building as the current one is in great “distress,” according to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan in a proposal to the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD).Speaking to Th...
Nostalgic complaints have the power to stop you in your tracks, as they are full of vigour and emotion. But do they always pass the critical empirical test?
Industry could take a $400-mn hit a year because of the hike.
The median salary, which an average student gets, was Rs. 8.5 lakh at IIT-B in 2014-15.
Surprised by findings that the ancient Devadasi system continues to exist in some parts of the country, the Home Ministry has asked all States to take strong action against those involved in the hein...
A 16-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide after being kidnapped and gang-raped by two men, who held a grudge against her mother after their defeat in the recently-concluded panchayat polls in th...
The Congress has not only amended its constitution, but also started off nationwide conclaves to regain control over the Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes constituencies.After the 2014 electoral de...
Ruling Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday said “people of Jammu and Kashmir will reap the dividends of the renewed thaw in Indo-Pak ties” and expressed resentment over the Congress party’s stand.“If ...
CPI leader D. Raja has said BJP general secretary Ram Madhav’s statement that India, Pakistan and Bangladesh would get reunited one day to form ‘Akhand Bharat’ would derail peace efforts in the sub-c...
Earlier this month, David Coleman Headley, one of the main conspirators in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, offered to turn approver in the case being investigated by the Mumbai Police. But the Natio...
The West Indies batsmen crumbled late on Sunday to leave their team teetering at 91-6 and staring at another humiliating defeat at the close of second day of the second Test against Australia. The ...
Sidak Singh sent down seven overs, bowled a maiden but conceded 77 runs
Had it not been for dhak, a popular move in akharas, Yadav wouldn’t have returned with bronze from Worlds
Two Manipur Rifles men posted to the residence of Health Minister Phungzathang Tonsing here were wounded on Saturday night when a fellow guard opened fire following a heated argument. The suspect fle...
Rolling out GST, rationalising direct taxes and ensuring further ease of doing business will be at the top of his agenda in the New Year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday. He also promise...
If the business gharanas of today have enjoyed government patronage, when will our turn come, asks Milind Kamble, chairperson of the Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI). He will pose...
The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is set to reacquire the important post of Joint Secretary, Planning and International Cooperation (PIC) of the Defence Ministry. Sources told The Hindu on Sunday that...
After being in the dark for several years on India’s geopolitical canvas, Russia is making an emphatic comeback as India’s trusted and strategic partner and is on course to reclaiming the position as...
With Assembly elections only a little over year far in Punjab, it apparently seems difficult to separate religion and politics as both the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) are leaving no s...
Hoping to make a turnaround in the coming West Bengal Assembly polls, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is returning to what many consider is the party’s political Waterloo — Singur— and the fa...
Twenty minutes on foot from a traffic diversion near Fort William, crowds thronged the Brigade Parade Grounds here on a quiet Kolkata Sunday to see the CPI(M)’s brass make a bid to showcase the party...
“Should old acquaintance be forgot”, asks the famous song Auld Lang Syne, traditionally sung at the year’s end. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia last week, much in the manner of the son...
It must have caused the Congress party great political discomfort to watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi make a surprise stopover in Lahore, exude bonhomie with his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif...
Every one knows what kind of a country Saudi Arabia is (“Indians harassed in Saudi return”, Dec. 27). There are either no or some human or women’s rights, and extreme laws and forms of punishment, p...
