Budget Session Day 2: Mayawati's BSP Yells 'Dalit Virodhi Sarkar'
NEW DELHI -- Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati today triggered an uproar in the Rajya Sabha by raising Rohith Vemula's suicide, with lawmakers from her party shouting "Dalit virodhi sarkar"...
View ArticleJayalalithaa's Birthday: Hundreds Get Amma's Name, Face Tattooed On Their Bodies
CHENNAI -- Over 1,000 people tattooed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's picture and name on their forearms to mark the 68th birth anniversary of the AIADMK supremo. The event was organised by...
View ArticleA 207ft-Flag A Day Keeps The Anti-Nationalism Away?
Over the past several days, the nation has been entangled in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) controversy. A group of students expressed solidarity for an executed individual, who was given the...
View ArticleHow Design Can Take 'Make In India' To The Next Level
Design is not new to India. Historically, Indian designs were much sought after - the artefacts from the Mughal and Rajput period speak volumes of our heritage in this sphere. Local artisans and...
View ArticleWhere's The Dialogue On JNU? This Lazy Mud-Slinging Doesn't Count
"Bharat Ki Barbadi Tak, Jung Chalegi Jung Chalegi" (The battle will go on till India's destruction) This slogan (and others like it), that rang out in Jawaharlal Nehru University, has polarized...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Chalo Delhi - For Rohith Vemula
Blues and reds, in the political palette, have spent too much time drifting away from what they were initially meant to represent. A month after the institutional murder of Rohith Vemula, students...
View ArticleSanjay Dutt Released From Yerwada Jail
NEW DELHI -- After a long wait of 42 months, Sanjay Dutt finally gets released from Yerwada Jail in Pune today, where he was serving the remainder of his five-year sentence for possession of illegal...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: Sanjay Dutt Released From Jail; Parent Caught Appearing For...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost The Rajya...
View ArticleIndian Army Helped Girl Get Married In Violence-Torn Rohtak
In violence-torn Rohtak, the epicentre of the Jat stir in Haryana, a distressed bride found help from unlikely quarters. Slated to get married on 22 February, the Rohtak bride found herself unable to...
View ArticleGrave Doubts About Afzal Guru's Involvement In 2001 Parliament Attack: P...
NEW DELHI -- Even as six university students are facing a sedition charge for allegedly raising slogans in favor of Afzal Guru, Congress Party leader P. Chidambaram has told The Economic Times that...
View ArticleRail Budget 2016: Highlights
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday presented his second Rail Budget. These are the highlights.
View ArticleWill The Nationalists And Patriots Of India Please Speak Up?
Edmund Burke famously said, "All that's necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing." As the sordid drama in the name of free speech is played to capture...
View ArticleWhy Sanjay Dutt Is A Free Man And Septuagenarian Zaibunissa Kazi Is Still In...
Her name is not Sanjay Dutt. That’s why we do not know who she wrote letters to from her jail cell. We do not hear if her daughter posts cute heartwarming messages on Instagram. Like “I’m so excited...
View ArticleThe Incredible Story Of Neerja's Hijacker's Trial Is Worth Another Movie
The film Neerja revives the memory of the Pan American World Airways Flight 73 hijacking. The flight from Mumbai to New York via Karachi and Frankfurt was grounded in Karachi. You probably know the...
View Article2016 Rail Budget Highlights: No Change In Fares, Disabled-Friendly Trains
With no hike in passenger fares, increase in seat quota for women and senior citizens, more disabled-friendly coaches, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday announced a slew of people-friendly...
View ArticleJNU Students' Answers During Interrogation Leave Delhi Police Scratching...
Delhi police constables are getting lectured on subaltern studies, class warfare, development concepts in South Asia and perhaps even dialectic materialism. This is not a back to college initiative....
View ArticleJNU Might Install A Battle Tank To Promote Nationalism
NEW DELHI -- With everyone out to prove their "nationalism" credentials, Jawaharlal Nehru University is "actively considering" displaying a tank on its campus. The Indian Express reported today that...
View Article'The Great Khali' Suffers Severe Head Injury During Wrestling Match
Former WWE wrestler Dalip Singh Rana, better known by his ring name 'The Great Khali', suffered a severe head injury during the Continental Wrestling Entertainment show at Haldwani, Uttarakhand,...
View ArticleFreedom 251 Has Nothing To Do With 'Make In India', Says Amitabh Kant
NEW DELHI -- DIPP Secretary Amitabh Kant today washed his hands off the Freedom 251 phone, which has run into a major controversy with questions being raised over the company providing mobile handset...
View ArticleFire At Make In India Event: Mumbai Police Registers FIR Against Wizcraft
MUMBAI -- Mumbai police has registered an FIR against event management company Wizcraft for alleged negligence in connection with the fire at a cultural event during the recently held 'Make in India...
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