From wars to natural calamities and accidents, the world has seen a turbulent year in 2015. Nevertheless, multinational accords, such as the Iran deal and the Paris agreement, remained glimmers of hope in this year of extremes. Here’s a brief review of the year:
The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) on Wednesday struggled to counter the allegations from BJP Member of Parliament Kirti Azad regarding the Syndicate Bank being converted into a privat...
Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will spend “substantial” time in the later half of 2016 in Punjab to steer his party’s campaign for the Assembly elections d...
In an another “green initiative” Union Railways Minister, Suresh Prabhu, on Wednesday dedicated a 26-Mega Watt windmill plant in Jaisalmer towards power procurement for the railways. “As Indian Rai...
By harnessing the power of Big Data and promoting the manufacturing of laboratory equipment, the Department of Biotechnology expects biotechnology to be at the foundation of a $100-billion industry b...
A key member of the Ashwin Naik gang who was held in a recent extortion and kidnapping case of a city builder, is a juvenile. While eight gang members have been charged under the Maharastra Control o...
Iran’s leading banks will soon open branches in India to energise commercial ties between New Delhi and Tehran. The decision was amongst a slew of commercial measures taken by the India-Iran Joint Co...
2015 was an unprecedented year in defence relationship as India and the United States began merging their critical defence and strategic needs, said U.S. envoy Richard Verma in a year-end statement.“...
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who met Geeta, the deaf and mute girl now with an NGO after coming back from Pakistan nearly two months ago, said on Wednesday that the girl was happy with th...
Citing security reasons the District Magistrate, north Goa, has prohibited all non-governmental agencies, organisations and individuals launching Unmanned Aircraft Systems/Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (U...
Separatist Aasiya Andrabi, who heads the all-woman group Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM), on Wednesday denied the statements made by three arrested Hyderabad youths that they were meeting Andrabi to join th...
The ruling coalition partners, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the BJP, on Wednesday once again seemed set on a collision course over Jammu and Kashmir’s separate constitutional status, with t...
Security agencies on Wednesday warned of attacks on New Year revellers in India with the reported infiltration of 15-18 trained militants.According to the alert issued across the country, the agencie...
The Congress on Wednesday came down heavily on the Modi government’s economic policy, arguing that the country has lost “tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs” and the recent budget sequestration i...
In what is being seen as an attempt to diversify its cadre profile, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) wants women and Dalits to play a more important role in the organisation. Senior leader Prak...
On the penultimate day of the CPI (M)’s Kolkata Plenum, former general secretary Prakash Karat kept alive speculation of an alliance with the Congress in the 2016 Assembly polls, although he made no ...
The banned bull taming sport of ‘Jallikattu,’ native to Tamil Nadu and performed during the Pongal festival was mentioned at a meeting of the Union Cabinet on Wednesday, despite not being on the agend...
India should study the U.S. experience to foster alumni participation and corporate support, and lower the cost of higher education and make it relevant
The Modi government’s policy is choking domestic demand at a time when global demand is also weak. This is hardly a recipe for double-digit growth.
From a Pakistani perspective, an Indian Prime Minister visiting Pakistan after almost 12 years is a positive sign. A strong BJP government led by an extremely conservative leader like Narendra Modi is capable of delivering peace with Pakistan.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday registered a case against a top Income Tax official and eight others, including his family members, on charges of possessing disproportionate assets to...
Risk-taking, possible grievous injury and testing the limits of physical and mental exhaustion have always been part of competitive sport, and the resultant tension has held the imagination of partic...
To rope in an intelligence official to head the federal counter-terror centre.
The National Democratic Alliance government’s decision to limit the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) subsidy to those earning Rs.10 lakh or less per year is one of those rare moves that will be cheered ...
After grabbing headlines for most of the year, it is perhaps fitting that Union Minister of State for Culture Mahesh Sharma is cautious on every point. In an interview to The Hindu, he says construct...
