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Kohinoor Belongs In Pakistan, Claims A New Petition
LAHORE -- A petition has been filed in a Pakistani court asking the government to bring back Kohinoor diamond, the world famous precious stone which India has been trying to get from the UK. Barrister...
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Farhan Akhtar Supports Equal Wages For Actresses In Bollywood
MUMBAI -- Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar says he supports actresses, who want to work on a wage system that will bring them on par with their male co-stars. The Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013) actor said he...
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Get Ready For All Things Geeky At Delhi Comic Con 2015
NEW DELHI -- From comic books and superhero movies to video games and anime, Delhi Comic Con 2015 is all set to roll here from tomorrow from a new bigger venue of NSIC grounds in Okhla here, with the...
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Is The RBI Serious When It Says Banks Are Cleaning Up Their Balance Sheets?
The fifth monetary policy statement for the current financial year (2015-2016) was released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) earlier this week. In this statement the RBI points out that since the...
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Solar Scam: Kerala CM Oommen Chandy Denies Charges, LDF Steps Up Protest
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM -- Dismissing as baseless the allegation against him by solar scam accused Biju Radhakrishnan, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today told the state Assembly that he has no right...
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Piyush Goyal Regrets Calling Selja's Caste Discrimination Comment 'Manufactured'
NEW DELHI -- Proceedings in Rajya Sabha were disrupted again today even as Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal expressed regret for his comment on the remarks made by Congress leader Kumari Selja...
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Bank Of America-Merill Lynch Report Says New Metrics Hype India Q2 Growth
Though official numbers peg India's July-September quarterly growth at 7.4%, a Bank of America-Merill Lynch report says that it would have been only 5.2%, if the traditional method of calculation were...
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Chennai Floods: State Health Secretary Says Preventing Epidemic Outbreak Top...
Dr. J Radhakrishnan is the health secretary for Tamil Nadu government and now faces the mammoth task of preventing outbreak of epidemics as flood waters begin to recede from Chennai and coastal Tamil...
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Pregnant Woman Labourer Dies Of Exhaustion After Allegedly Being Forced To Work
KARIMNAGAR, Telangana -- A 24-year-old pregnant woman labourer at a brick kiln here died of alleged exhaustion after being forced to work and lack of timely medical treatment, police said today. Four...
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Chennai Rains: 14 Die In City Hospital Due To Lack Of Electricity, Oxygen...
Even as the torrential rains in Tamil Nadu appeared to abate, the destruction and mayhem in its wake continues to be relentless. 14 patients in the ICU unit of the Madras Institute of Orthopaedics and...
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US Offers India Assistance To Deal With Chennai Floods
WASHINGTON -- The US has offered assistance to India in meeting the humanitarian challenge posed by the Chennai deluge and condoled the loss of lives in the worst flooding faced by the city in decades....
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Hit-And-Run Case: SC Rejects Plea To Cancel Salman Khan's Bail
NEW DELHI -- In a major relief for Bollywood actor Salman Khan convicted in the 2002 hit-and-run case, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected the plea to cancel the superstar's bail. Mother of Ravindra...
View ArticleIs a Pregnant Woman A Bane for the Corporate World?
Women in India have long been fighting for their rights- right to free speech, right to education, right to equality- it’s been a long battle. And we have come a long way since then. The society has...
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Actress Radhika Apte Tackles Pregnancy Bias In Corporate World Via New Ad
NEW DELHI -- Fashion portal Myntra whose ad film earlier this year dwelt on the 'social taboo' of homosexuality, on Friday released another short film starring Bollywood's Radhika Apte highlighting...
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Volkswagen Emission-Test Cheating: Government To Set Up Panel Of IIT Experts...
NEW DELHI -- Government will set up a committee of experts from IIT to look into Volkswagen's emission-test cheating case before deciding on any penalty on the German auto major, which is recalling...
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Kupwara Search Operation: Army Jawan Martyred, Two Militants Killed In Gunbattle
SRINAGAR -- An Army jawan has been martyred and two militants have been killed in a fierce gunbattle which is underway, as security forces are attempting to smoke out militants who are believed to be...
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Delhi's War On Pollution: Odd, Even Numbered Vehicles To Run On Alternate Days
NEW DELHI--Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has found a solution to Delhi's rising pollution problem. The Delhi government has announced a proposal saying that private vehicles with odd and even...
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COP 21: Ballsy South African Negotiator Embarrasses The Richest Nations Over...
PARIS -- "Finance will make or break" the climate change negotiations, said Nozipho Joyce Mxakato-Diseko, a diplomat from South Africa, who is presently chairing G77+China, a huge block of developing...
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Samajwadi Party Open To Alliance With Congress If Mulayam Is Projected As PM:...
NEW DELHI -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said that his Samajwadi Party would be open to an alliance with the Congress for the next general elections only if Mulayam Singh...
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Tamil Nadu ICU Deaths Didn't Occur For Want Of Oxygen Or Ventilator Support:...
The arrival of 14 dead bodies at Royapettah Government Hospital yesterday night sent the media persons into a tizzy over speculation on the cause of death. Rumour mills were agog with speculative...
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