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Vyapam Accused Laxmikant Sharma To Be Released On Bail Today
BHOPAL -- Vyapam scam accused former higher and technical education minister Laxmikant Sharma will be released on bail on Sunday. Sharma was to be released from Bhopal central jail on Saturday but...
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Remo Fernandes Summoned By Goa Police For Threatening A Minor Girl
PANAJI -- Goa Police has summoned singer Remo Fernandes to appear before it tomorrow for allegedly threatening a minor girl at state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital, where she was undergoing...
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Gopalganj DM Eats Mid-day Meal Prepared By Widow Cook At School, Helps Get...
The simple act of one man — in this case the district magistrate — has helped overcome years of superstition in a district in Bihar. When a widowed woman was sacked from her job as a cook in the local...
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Nirbhaya Case: People Gather At Jantar Mantar To Protest Against Release Of...
NEW DELHI -- People gathered in large numbers at the Jantar Mantar on Sunday in the national capital to protest against the release of the juvenile convict in the December 16 gangrape case. A large...
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CBI Threatening Rajendra Kumar For Names Of DDCA Officials Who Met Kejriwal:...
NEW DELHI -- The Delhi Government on Sunday alleged that the CBI officials are trying to cover the financial irregularities in DDCA under the helm of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley adding that the...
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Nirbhaya's Parents Leave Jantar Mantar After Police Denies Them Permission To...
NEW DELHI -- Angered at Delhi Police's refusal to allow a peaceful protest against the release of a man who, along with others, had brutally gang raped and killed their daughter, Nirbhaya's parents...
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Panchkula Plot Case: BJP Is Like A Blind Man Looking For A Black Cat, Says...
NEW DELHI -- Haryana's former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday said allegations of corruption in Panchkula Industrial Plot case against him is a case of political vendetta as the BJP...
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Nirbhaya Case: Activists Divided On Appropriate Punishment For Juvenile Convict
NEW DELHI -- Women rights activists are divided over whether juvenile convict in the December 16 gang rape case should be released with some favouring that he be given a second chance while others...
View Article'I Can Be A Child Again': Fardeen's Story (#NotMadebyChildren)
Fardeen is diminutive, looking younger than his 14 years. He stares a lot at his hands which are scarred from the work he did as a child labourer in a garment factory. Hailing from a village in the...
View ArticleThe Two 'Nakbas' Of November For Palestine
"Al-Nakba" is an Arabic word meaning "the catastrophe". Sixty-eight years ago, on 29 November, 1947, the UN Security Council rolled out Resolution 181 on Palestine. In the process, it put wheels on a...
View Article'Steve Jobs': A Near-Perfect Biopic About A Deeply Flawed Genius [Review]
One thing that the Danny Boyd biopic Steve Jobs, written by Aaron Sorkin, is not is flattering to the man who revolutionised the personal computing world. The much-awaited film paints a complex picture...
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Jaitley Sues Kejriwal For Defamation Over Graft Allegations
NEW DELHI -- Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has sued Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for Rs10 crores and filed a criminal defamation suit against the Aam Aadmi Party chief for levelling allegations...
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R. Balki's 'Ki And Ka' To Release On 1 April, 2016
NEW DELHI -- It's good news for Arjun Kapoor fans as the much-awaited flick Ki and Ka now has a release date. The 30-year-old old actor took to his Twitter handle and re-tweeted film critic Taran...
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'The Danish Girl' To Release In India Next Month
MUMBAI -- Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne-starrer The Danish Girl, inspired by the true story of a transgender, will be releasing in India on 15 January next year. Based on the book by David...
View ArticleParis Attacks: Why The 'Clash Of Civilizations' Theory Doesn't Hold Up
In the aftermath of the Paris tragedy, there is a growing debate on whether the attacks by ISIS are a manifestation of an ideological war against liberal western values, which are an antithesis of the...
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Interview With Annette Davol, Author Of Musical Mystery 'Spell Blues'
Annette Davol's debut novel Spell Blues was released in hardback in the autumn of 2015. She is also at work on a nonfiction tribute to William S Burroughs, in collaboration with the Ginsberg Library...
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'India Represents The Second Highest Enrollments in Our Courses': EdX CEO...
Founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, edX is a leading online learning destination and massive open online course (MOOC) provider. In an exclusive interview with Dipin Damodharan, its chief...
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Mumbai Is In For A Pollution Scare Like Delhi
As panic over the levels of pollution in Delhi escalated, residents of most other Indians city probably heaved and sigh of relief thinking, "Thank God, we don't live in Delhi". However, residents of...
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Electric Bus Another Initiative Of 'Make In India' Campaign, Says Narendra Modi
NEW DELHI -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the lithium-ion-powered battery bus introduced to ferry Members of Parliament(MPs),will keep a check on rising levels of pollution and is...
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Rajya Sabha Passes SC/ST Bill, Juvenile Justice Bill On Agenda Tomorrow
NEW DELHI -- In a landmark move, the Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Bill. The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill,...
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